Bad Media on 4WD Owners
Submitted: Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 13:11
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Member - Toytruck (SA)
you have all probably no doubt seen all teh bad press re 4WD owners........
Well they are now branding ute owners as hoons. A TV program down here in SA recently had a segment on Utes, you know the ones with bug mud flaps, aerials and usually a Burbon
sign somewhere. The poly on the tele stated that anyone in a ute is usually driving with a meat pie in one hand and a coke in the other..........funny how you can brand an entire
population of people by one or two bad experiences.
I feel sorry for the ute owners......although it may take a little heat of 4WD owners for a while.
Toytruck
Reply By: Diver1 - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 13:21
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 13:21
It sux but i know i do the same with people who drive cars like alfa romeo's etc......instead of a meat pie and coke they have a mobile in one hand a lip stick in the other.....
had a guy at the shopping centre the other day stop me and ask how i handled driving such a large car and being (extremely) pregnant...i said that it is alot easier to drive because it is big....then he had the hide to ask if i took it off road at all......something along the lines of " see all those stickers, the size of the tyres and the type they are, the dints and scratches...and oh yeah the mud.....they arent on there for the fun of it!! " ....... i told him that it gets used for the reason it was made....not just to look good....
Laura
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Follow Up By: Member - Toytruck (SA) - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 13:31
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 13:31
Driver1,
its funny ain't it. There is a particular guy that works with me that has an Alfa worth around 70k. He is intrigued that I spend money on my 4WD so I can go bush. I have a long way to go before I have spent 70k.
PS Did you show the guy the marks where you tried to destroy your parents house:-) just joking...really just joking.
Toytruck
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Follow Up By: Diver1 - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:09
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:09
he saw those ... didnt say anything.....must have been the marks from "hitting that damn tree !! " that he was touching!!! LOL !!!
I got a friend...she's just left actually.... that spent $10,000 on a trip through wa last year, hiring 4wd, camper trailer, flights buying all the camping gear over there.....wonders why i would spend $4000 on getting
suspension and car fitted out for our trip.....atleast
mine is reusable!!!
i love some peoples thinking!!
Laura
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Follow Up By: madfisher - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 17:20
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 17:20
Toytruck,
You will have the last laugh next year when the Alfa is worth ten grand. They use to be buckets of shxt, maybe they have improved
Cheers Pete
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Follow Up By: Member - John R (NSW) - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 07:13
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 07:13
QUOTE: "It sux but i know i do the same with people who drive cars like alfa romeo's etc......instead of a meat pie and coke they have a mobile in one hand a lip stick in the other..... "
Yeah, they're on the mobile to the dealer organising a time to fix yet another problem :-)) But if you ask them, they call it "Italian character" :-)
Pete, you're too generous - It'll be worth 5 grand next year :-)
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Reply By: Robnicko - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:14
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:14
pollies notice that because they sit in the back of a limo driven by a commonerand watch the real world from behind a security screen. Thier hands are usually busy too
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Follow Up By: tomjones83 - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:24
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:24
so are their interns ;-P
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Reply By: tomjones83 - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:32
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:32
it is very easy to brand a certain niche of the
population. Geez, i have done it before... xmas just gone... bloody hilux drivers on fraser island (no offence intended to hilux drivers) but 80% of the 'luxs "we saw" on fraser were driven by 'the hoon type' (ie... their vb bommodore with a fully sic 202 is in the shed at
home). wow, look at that, now its commodore drivers...
agreed tho, it will keep the heat off the 4b owners for a while... albiet a short while!
I guess, we keep to ourselves, enjoy parts of the country that the greater
population cant, do our little bit to ensure we dont lose access to the
places we love, leave the hoons stuck where they were for acts of stupidity & last of all, pray that nissan's next model patrol isnt released with IFS.
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Follow Up By: Member - Matt Mu (Perth-WA) - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:52
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:52
Hahah Tom you made me smile!
Been awhile since a VB dunnydore with 202 was ever thought of as 'fully sic'!!
Now its a VY with 20" rims and no
suspension thats fully sic!!
All the best! Matt..
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Follow Up By: Max - Sydney - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 18:18
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 18:18
I think we brand pollies too!
He-He-He
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Reply By: Ozrover - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:35
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:35
Then what are you if you drive both a ute & a 4wd (or a 4wd ute!!) 8 )>
Both with RM Williams & ExplorOz stickers on 'em.
Must be e typical Red Neck!!!
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Follow Up By: tomjones83 - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:47
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 14:47
yep. if i were you, i would sell up and move to a non-extradition country.
only jokes! have a good aussie day ;-)
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Follow Up By: Ozrover - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 22:14
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 22:14
Yep, I hope they don't extradite me from Wollondilly Station over the weekend...
8 )>
Just put an Aussie flag on the CT aerial for Aussie day, hope it lasts the night!!
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Reply By: PatrolBen - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 17:57
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 17:57
Maybe Hazza Scruby has got bored with bull bars.
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Reply By: Taz & Milka-Queanbeyan - Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 20:12
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 20:12
Most of the utes round here (
Canberra region) equipped like that have a CONARGO PUB sticker on them somewhere.
Imagine my surprise when travelling to my hotel in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates and I pass a standard Subaru Forester with a CONARGO PUB sticker on the back of it....... Is there no escape ? .... lol
Cheers ... Taz
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 07:48
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 07:48
You wrote:
....... Is there no escape ? .... lol
YES Luckily Ford make one, also available in Dubai
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Reply By: Barnesy - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 00:29
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 00:29
Toytruck, was it one of the commercial stations, 7, 9 or 10? They tend to make generalisations like that just to get a reaction to boost ratings.
I had the tv on 10 today for some reason when they had Bob Brown and the environment minister on talking about climate change. EVERYTHING those two said was argued against by some random third bloke on the show who I've never seen before.
It is common for these low-life shows to have someone on for the one and only reason to stir up controversy.
Barnesy
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