Roothy's latest DVD

I wouldnt drop him down that low. I reckon he is pretty fair dinkum, good host and does a damn good job of driving an old bucket to incredible places. Bloody good laugh too.

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just googled it... issue 139....

Don't know about issue 138 or 139. Picked up the latest yesterday and it has No 133 on it.

PeterD

I think you'll find any vehicle that has been to the places that car has and done what it has, would be pretty beaten up. There is no way in the world a new 200 series would get to any of them places and still make it back. That is a guarantee.

Roothy for Prime Minister i say. Legend

Yeh maybe but the others that go with him don't seem to have the same hassels he has with the green snot wagon.

Probably because the other cars dont go with him on every trip. And you'd be suprised at the amount of breakdowns that happen behind the scenes. Part of owning an old car is the frequent need of fixing worn parts, part of going out bush and 4wding means there is the chance of damaging parts and or vehicle, and part of modifying cars with more power and more traction is the absolute certainty that you are going to break something if not careful. Add them 3 together and i reckon Milo doesnt do too bad. Plus each time it breaks something they get to do a story on it.

I drive an old banger (1994). While you do worry about breakages I make pretty sure that the bus is up to scratch before venturing into the beyond. It has 420,000km on the clock and has gone over some severe country in the past years.

This year it has done 16000km over some pretty ordinary tracks and cross country stuff with no trouble. Next years treks might include the Cape and maintenance will be done over the next few months looking at parts etc that need to be replaced.

The old 4by has a normally aspirated 4.2 diesel, no computer and no rust. Some dents are to be seen on the bodywork.

I would like to have a late model 4x4 but it is out of the question financially. So I have to persevere with my old 4by

With you there Paul. They don't call it the "knuckle draggers magazine" for nothing. Certainly the worst of the 4x4 mags with inaccurate articles, little or no concern for the environment, biased reports & in general does nothing for the image of Four Wheel Driving. The Mag's not worth paying for that's for sure let alone the Videos.
Cheers Craig..............

I wouldn't say it is accurate but it was worth the cover price for that 5 mins of video

Regards Don

I actually find the Gall's video's quite entertaining as well

Perhaps i am easily amused ?

Also regarding incorrect information, if you were concerned with this you wouldn't bother looking at any internet forums as there is as much incorrect info on forums as what is in the magazines

Regards Don

Good comments Jack,

That was my last copy of the mag, didn't renew my subscription.

Sick of the videos and the number of adds.

Kev

Totally agree Jack, I stopped buying it about 3 years ago because all his articles were based around beer and getting pi@%!. The intelligence level they were written for was scary.

they are more watchable if you skip the advertising, they only take about 6 1/2 minutes to watch then!!!

"People can be a bit precious about them sometimes". With due reason - What idiot tows a caravan up the CREB Track? Cheers Tony

Tony,

I think you could do with a cold shower mate. Try and get a bit of perspective. They do it to test the product to it's limits and then improve on it's weaknesses. Yep - they (particularly David) get a bit gung ho but they can't know it's limitations unless they push them. Sounds like you have other "issues"

Test the product on roads that people will tow them - Not on the Creb Track where caravans are not to be taken.

Total rubbish is entertainment like this. There are many places where vehicles can not pass on the Creb Track - You do not need a caravan coming the other way. How inconsiderate is that?

Apart from that - Its just one of those places a caravan should not go. For any reason!

Test - Yeh Right! - Sell more Videos is more like it.

Steve - I call a spade a spade - Cheers Tony

sell videos? They practically give em away. In fact, they literally give em away as I can atest.......and no, I don't own a Kedron van and doubt if I ever will.

You call a spade a spade? Don't we all mate. It doesn't mean you're right though.

Jog on.

Steve - Then obviously can not speak from experience then. If you have driven an admired the CREB Track you would understand the point of view, a point of view I would say 99% of responsible 4 x 4 drivers would share. Im off for my run now thanks for the concerns with my health. Cheers Tony

Phil

I looked at it again & i don't think it was staged & if it was it was a good acting job as the look on the guides face at some points looked like genuine panic to me as the 79 was taking water in

Also when roothy was on the front guard of the 4# and the guide started winching looked like things had gone a bit out of control

From the look of it both vehicles had dash mounted camera's & this accounts for the in car footage

To his credit John Rooth stayed relatively calm during te recovery but i guess this is because of potential repair cost of the 4# compared to the 79

Interesting enough on the advertising side of things in the video's Maxtraxs no longer rate a mention even though a couple of times through the video a set would have been handy (perhaps they have pulled their advertising dollars from the magazine)

Be interesting to know why the transfer would not engage the front end
I assume it was a internal problem as the external linkages are simple & it should not have been to hard to rectify a external linkage problem or bodge something up

Regards Don

It didnt strike me as staged. The tour operators nervousness about being stuck in a 2ft deep croc infested swamp look realistic enough for me.

Somebody on this very forum bumped into them "testing" vehicles up in the Cape, I think it was. He said the way they thrashed the Disco 3, which had won every award going, wasn't just negligent but was bloody childish and destructive in their efforts to make sure it didn't win their's.

I doubt if there's much of the original vehicle left now. His "wonderful old girl" has just about had everything replaced three times over, courtesy of a nod and a wink and a free plug on one of the dvds. I'm sure my ancient Defender would be just as wonderful (it's better actually) if I had access to the freebies he gets. Suppose I'm just jealous of all the freebies they get. Then again, he is pretty good at the job. There'd be a fair bit of hard work behind the nice bits that we see on the edited version. He has the personality to carry it off and I reckon he'd put in his share of the graft. His constant references to VB come over a bit juvenile at times but I think that's being a bit picky. I don't mind him too much apart form his tunnel vision to all things Tojo and Jap in general. I've had Cruisers, Land Rovers, Mitsubishi and they have their own strengths and weaknesses.

Yes the "Old Tojo" reminds me of an axe I once owned. Had it for 30 years it was a great axe only ever had 6 new handles & 2 heads in it's lifetime but gee it was a good axe!! I suppose we should not take Roothy and others to seriously I suppose we must decide what is fact & what makes good theatre. A bit like Sam Newman there is John Newman & "Sammy" Newman.John is a gentlman & Sam acts in the manner to fit the characturer.