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wifey:
first 4x4 I owned was a suzuki. Hubs 'persuaded' me to get rid of it when we hooked up b'cos of all the adverse publicity about them rolling over.
I didn't off-raod then - unless you can call taking the surf board (ah, mis-spent youf :twisted: ) to the shoreline off-roading.

ALmost went off the end of the world on Bodmin Moor in the fog once in it - but that's another story...

fram:
I've never felt the slightest risk of the Zuke tipping over. Went through some quite bad muddy ruts laneing over the weekend and got a good lean on her, but she felt as solid as a rock, also no problems on the road. The only problem I do find is on smooth mud, we did find we were going sideways a fair few times, she skips over the top, whereas the landys dig in a bit more. Nearly got stuck once in some deep mud, but only because I'd forgoten to change into four wheel drive and it was DEEP mud. Managed to keep up with all the Solihull boys and got through what the Frontera's got stuck in so I was really chuffed with her. Also Hubby took her round the off-road course and had no probs with the bits some of the big boys were getting stuck on.
I used to own a Series III Landy which I loved, never off-roaded as she was much too good for that, more of a show wagon than a work horse. The Zuke is a completely different fish, great fun and equally as good on road as off and relatively cheap to run and maintain. I would certainly recommend the SJ to anyone wanting to get into off-roading and have some fun.

robbie:
and you are wondering why the hub is hot!!!!  :wink:

My son has a Samurai and has similar issues with the front brakes sticking on, usualy after an off road trip. This did cause the pads to wear very quickly, about half the thickness in 3 days!!!!

We now have it worked out for stripping them down, releasing the cylinder and back on the road within the hour.... We know for sure the bolts wont be rusty......

winchman:
Suzuki published the tipping thing on there site and it was found that many other tipped first, I think too many people for got they where in a 4x4  and tipped them 8)

wifey:
don't get me wrong - I didn't say I believed the roll-over tales. Hubs worried about me. But, as I said, I used to travel from Swindon to Newquay and back most weekends - rough penisula weather in winter.

I don't miss it as I love my Landie, but I'd certainly recommend it as an economical, fun 4x4 - especially for trialing in.

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