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Geek Culture / 4x4 experience - do it if you get chance

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BatVink
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Posted: 15th Aug 2004 06:37 Edited at: 15th Aug 2004 06:38
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My missus bought me a Land Rover 4x4 experience for my birthday - and it's damn good! If you are given the chance, just do it.

Taking a £60,000 Range Rover down a 1 in 3 gradient/mudslide is a moment you don't forget in a hurry. What makes it especially memorable is the instructor saying "now take your foot off the brake"... If you take that leap of faith, you realise just how intelligent a car it is - the hill descent kicks in and it drives in a straight line, 5 miles an hour, all brakes working their backsides off independantly to keep the car under control.



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Ian T
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Posted: 15th Aug 2004 06:58
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Leaving a car up to AI is well and good until it makes a little mistake and cuts the engine off on the train tracks

That said, that's a damn nice car you lucky bastard !


Oh how perfect...
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Ilya
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Posted: 15th Aug 2004 10:45
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Cool.
If it wasn't gray, you could change it's color in texture maker(if you take a picture).

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Arkheii
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Posted: 15th Aug 2004 13:03
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Damn wealthy blokes...

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DrakeX
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aww! you got a £60000 birthday present! how sweet!



OK enough of that damn DBP fanboy banner. i'm NOT a DBP fanboy in any way. i haven't used DBP in over a year, and i don't really plan on using it again.
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Dave J
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Posted: 15th Aug 2004 13:45 Edited at: 15th Aug 2004 13:48
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Uhh... he wasn't given the actual car, was he? I thought his present was the activity of taking the 4x4 experience, which is driving the Land Rover off-road, down mudslides and across rocky terrain. Which would mean it's more like a £160 birthday present. Sounds like a whole lot of fun though, definately something I'd want to do sometime in my life.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though.


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BatVink
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Posted: 16th Aug 2004 02:33
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Nah, I didn't get to keep the car

And yes Exeat, it's one to put on the "Things to do before I die" list.

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 16th Aug 2004 02:46
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4x4s are cool, not had a go in the Land Rovers but my mom has a Mitsubishi Shogun I nick sometimes on the weekends and take it down the pit. Tis alot of funning ripping it around the mud.

That said still prefer a good ol' 950 CBR any day of the week


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