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thermidorthelobster:
Jeep94's post made me think about some of the daft things that get said about 4x4s.  We all know about the guy in the Mercedes E-class who will moan about our 4x4s hogging the roads and being uneconomical, even though they're smaller and more efficient than his.  But I'm thinking about the more banal stuff that makes you stand there speechless.

Two to kick off...

Standing next to my 6x6 101 at a show, talking to another guy with an overlanding 101, a guy came up and told us how obviously you should never run oversized tyres on 101s because you'll wreck them and cause all sorts of problems with the suspension and transmission.  I looked at the other guy and rolled my eyes;  I'd just driven to Guinea and back on 41" tyres in a 5 tonne 101, and the other chap had driven all round Africa in his overbooted 101, without any tyre-related transmission or suspension problems.  I think the tyre-kicking guy had picked the wrong pair of 101 owners to have this discussion with and seemed totally oblivious to the evidence right in front of his own eyes.

Abby used to take my old 200tdi Disco into work and got several comments about the "raised exhaust", meaning obviously the snorkel.  OK, I know we can't expect everybody to be experts, but surely they spot the exhaust is the little metal pipe coming out of the BACK of the vehicle, not the large plastic one going into the FRONT?

BigSi:
Same happened to me!

I was once loading up the rear of the Jeep in a supermarket car park, when a guy came up to me and said that it was illegal to have an exhaust pipe up that high! Funny I thought as I looked down, as most other vehicles have the exhaust underneath the vehicle. When I looked back at the guy, I found he was talking about the Safari Snorkel!!!!!

muddyjlx:
i got asked if mine was 4 wheel drive the other day.

thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: "muddyjlx" ---i got asked if mine was 4 wheel drive the other day.
--- End quote ---

To which the only response has to be "No, it's eight wheel drive."  And then watch their face as they try to work it out.

POTASH:
i get asked about the snorkel, why do you have the exhaust that high,and a little lad said to his dad why has it got a chimney. :lol:

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