Tuesday, Apr 01, 2003 at 11:55
If 'most' people were unhappy with the style of modern 4WD vehicles there would be a very small market for them, as opposed to your quoted figure of 90+%
Bzzzzzzzz... people have no option but to buy their "higher than normal" car in 4wd mode for most. Remember most of these tossers still work on the theory that sittin up higher is "SAFER"??
Patrol/Pajero/100/troopy/Jackaroo/Prado/Randerover/Disco/110 series etc etc etc.. the list goes on, none of these come in 2wd. So what option do they have to buying these??
Surely it is the prerogative of consumers to purchase the vehicle that THEY believe is most suited to their needs whether they live in Toorak or Broadmeadows, or are mums, dads or singles.
Agree. but if there was an option of 2wd, I am saying I think they would sell as they would be 1) cheaper 2) could leave 4wds as 4wds. Who needs 34 cup holders, and 12 mirrors on the sunvisors?
Why do the "mum's taxi", "Toorak taxi" set intimidate you to the such an extent that you feel the need to incite acrimony from your peers in a
forum such as this? An inferiority complex?
Intimidate me? LOL! You dont know me!
I laugh at them as I sit next to them at the lights and look down on them! Nope. I see the 4wds of the future and they look like boxes of dung. Bread boxes made of plastic chrome, tin bodys, IFS crap
suspension which leaves no real world offroad use... Look at all the "concept cars" in magazines, that light blue Toyota of the future.. did yousee that heap? the Humma look a like Square Jeep thing.. PLEASE SOMEONE TURN BACK TIME 20 YRS!
What ever happened to a car you can lean on and not do $3,000 of damage as the panels buckle they are that thin? 1 coat of
orange peel paint is called a good finish these days...
Imagine if the mum's of
Australia (who outnumber the 'real' 4WDers substantially) got together a lobby group to ban ALL off road travel because they felt that all cars should be 'cute and cuddly'. Imagine your outrage.
You would be happy with this? Arent people trying to stop 4wds now? ban this outlaw deadly 4wds, close parks close this stop that? Heard of Harold Scruby have you?
I don't know if my choice of 4WD fits into your genre of 'real' or 'plastic crap'. To be honest I don't care! It suits our needs, and by the way it does come as a 2WD which is the chosen vehicle of many, many tradespeople and is about $20,000 cheaper, as you suggested.
You answered this yourself by saying your car comes in a 2wd version it doesnt apply to you does it.
This missive is not intended to be offensive or derogatory. I tend to bet a little worked up when I see an attempt to trivialise or denegrate those who do not conform to a specific set of personal guidelines.
Do what you feel you want to...
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