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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Old Warthog on September 19, 2007, 13:06:59

Title: Is it me?
Post by: Old Warthog on September 19, 2007, 13:06:59: or is there some sort of madness that afflicts 4x4 offroaders in general? I've just totted up the amount of vehicles that I've had since taking up off roading. Eight in the last 3 years.

Apart from my Grand Vitara, which has only been off road twice, I've either broken, got fed up with, found terminal rot or other major problems with the other eight.

My current off road cum plaything is a 3.5 RRC EFI auto. This has been converted back to twin carbs so all the electro-trickery is not needed :lol:

This month I was going to put a 2" lift on it and some MTs ready for winter, but the autobox (ZF) has gone t*ts up :cry: I'm going to change to oil and filter as that seems to be the only thing that you can do to them. Everything else is "specialist" according to Haynes.

So - is it just me or have other people gone through similar amounts of rusty metal :?

Cheers

Keith
Title: Is it me?
Post by: simdeb on September 19, 2007, 13:33:08: we tend to keep them till its more expensive to repair than buy another!!

but at the moment we have -
l reg disco
2 suzuki's
simons freelander
j reg rrc
and my aold fatihfull h reg volvo
Title: Is it me?
Post by: Big Rich on September 19, 2007, 19:17:33: At the moment I have 4. But :roll: there is at least 2 more on the cards.

1991 200 Disco
1991 3.9 EFi Range Rover
1969 Series 2b forward control
1956 Series 1

Rich
Title: Is it me?
Post by: Bunnie on September 19, 2007, 19:26:18: we seem to have acumilated the following over 2 years

puggy - 206cc
evilgoat - Audi quattro turbo
rabbit - Suzuki vit
Serenity - Disco 200tdi

but we only have room for 3 on the drive :S
Title: Is it me?
Post by: iomlr on September 20, 2007, 15:46:07: V8 90 CSW rebuilt, (sold)
Citron Ax (crashed by a mate)
Xr2i (sold)
BMW E30 (sold)
Range rover Vogue Classics x 2 (sold one got the other)
pug 106 diesel (sold)
110 csw (still got, rebuilding to a crew cab v8 Auto is the plan)
3000gt twin turbo (still got but up for sale)
Range rover bobtail (process of being built)

all in the last 2 and 1/2 years. :shock:
Title: Is it me?
Post by: MuddyMachine on September 20, 2007, 15:50:26: I have had the series 11 for 6 years, the 90 for 6 months and the disco for 3months.

Also had 2 RRC and a V8i disco.

Only after keeping the 90 :lol:
Title: Is it me?
Post by: TechnoTurkey on September 20, 2007, 15:53:02: 109" Series 3 Ex Mil, Arctic Spec - for sale
90 N/A D, - Sold, thought it would be a project but it was too much for me
110 V8 CSW - my current toy of choice
BMW 320d - daily drive

Still need to thin out the collection by selling the 109", hoping to get MOT on her within a couple of weeks then onto ebay.
Title: Is it me?
Post by: Thrasher on September 20, 2007, 16:31:07: Hmmm .. 1x Explorer, 3 x Series 3, 2 x Freelander, 2 x Discovery, 1x Mitsubishi, 2 x RRIII .. getting to be a habit lol ....
Title: Is it me?
Post by: Old Warthog on September 21, 2007, 02:02:30: Sorry guys, you've all named your motors and I didn't :cry:

What got me started off road was a 1997 Vitara. Went to Tong with the Rhino Club (now sadly defunct) and was totally hooked.

So Vitara 1600 - P/X for
Grand Vitara 1600 2005 Bought new and only offroaded twice.
Still got it.
Isuzu Trooper 2.8 TD - Chassis rot and broke too many bits
Range Rover 3.9 EFI - Again tinworm and loads of electrical faults.
Spent more time fixing it than driving it.
Series 3 Y Reg. The bloke who sold me this saw me coming.
Great bit of rotten chassis hiding. The bulkheads were good tho
Fourtrak 2.0 petrol. Very good motor. Only got rid because a
back injury. The ride was pretty hard, but good off road.
Frontera Sport 2.0. Converted to pickup with 2" lift. Actually sold
this for a profit. Drunk with money I then bought:-
RRC 3.5 EFI Auto. Converted back to twin carb and currently
suffering from gearbox problems. So finally - bought today
Jeep Cherokee 4.0 L Petrol Auto. Electric everything, leather and
in very good nick (for now :(bigwicked): )

So I've actually reached 9 now. I'll have to change my sig when I can remember how to do it. :P

So what do you do with 3 motors? Well the RRC will be my green lane and mud playing toy (when fettled). The Jeep is for my 100 mile plus regular trips for treatment and general load lugging and the GV will be used by my new lady friend. She's not into offroading :cry: Tried it once and didn't like it: glad she doesn't think the same way about everything :wink:

Still I think my point is made, once you start this game you always think that something can be improved or a new model is better or you break something terminally :)

Cheers

Keith
Title: Is it me?
Post by: spy on September 21, 2007, 21:48:50: sportrak
88 series 3
109 series 3 ragtop
disco 200tdi
range rover bobtail
300tdi disco
110 2.5 petrol (only just got)

Thats my collection over the last 3 years or so! Thats without the 2 fronteras my missus has owned!

Yep, its a kind of madnes!
Title: Is it me?
Post by: wrecker on September 21, 2007, 22:20:38: im 21 and in the last 2 years

1994 swb vitara tin top,bought for Â£200,had it 2 days and sold it for Â£500 :D :D

1998 lwb vitara,went head on with a 56 plate merc and won :twisted:

1993 swb vitara still got at the moment :D and the best yet 8)

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