swap my 4x4 for Landrover

Geoff ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

> There was a 4WD 2cv at Slab a couple of weeks ago, was that you ?

No, it wasn't.

Where's Slab? Streetmap suggests near Bordon? If that one, then was it a
Purple one?

Ian Rawlings <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2005-07-18, Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > That's a ****e excuse, given the value of it, you may as well
> > offroad it. Unless of course what you are tryi9ng to say is that
> > it's ****e off road, in which case why would anyone want to swap a
> > capable off-roader for a car that is neither good on road nor off
> > it?
>
> Ignore Steve, he was plainly abused by a landrover when a small child.

Are your reading skills hitting some all time low?

I said quite the opposite of your interpretation. I pointed out that the
Land Rover is capable off road and why would anyone want to swap one for
a vehicle that is less capable off road and not much cop on road.

> > I take a nicely painted 4xFord off road most days of the week, it's
> > larger and more glossy than the Korando and it's not "too good to
> > damage'.
>
> Hmm, you off-road regularly in a nicely-painted car and it's still
> nicely-painted?

Yes, there's this strange concept of a "paint shop" where one can take a
vehicle and pay someone to respray it if necessary. Not TBH that it
needs much or that often. Then again I'm not one of the Saturday
****wits who flings a vehicle across green lanes at too high a speed
until the vehicle breaks.

> Where is this off-roading done,

On my land of course. And on the approaches to it, the worst that
usually happens is mild scratches that can be polished out, indeed if
you keep the vehicle well polished the marks tend to be surface only.

If one is a blind pillock, or one of these "Fast Show" tits who wears a
John Deere cap despite never having owned a tractor, ever. The type that
thinks that taking a vehicle off-road is all about throwing it down a
lane a 50MPH+ straight at the nearest tree then I can understand why one
would get a little precious about damage to the paintwork.

> on the kerb at Sainsbury's? Perhaps the OP wants to actually go off-road
> properly, which needs something a little more capable than a chelsea
> tractor.

The Korando isn't a "chelsea tractor" that term is reserved almost
exclusively for the Range Rover which is <gasp> a Land Rover product.

The Korando isn't unbelievably bad off road being not much more than a
Jeep clone, it's certainly up to the Vitara standard and probably quite
a bit better. It's stupidity of the highest order to claim that a
Korando is "too good" to off road when it's obviously worth about
ninepence.

Maybe next time you may want to try correcting your rectal/oral
inversion problem before you speak?

--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759

Steve Firth (%steve%@malloc.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

> The Korando isn't a "chelsea tractor"

Indeed. Nobody in Chelsea would be seen dead in one.

> that term is reserved almost exclusively for the Range Rover

Hardly.

What about the Disco, X5, ML, Grand Cherokee, Lexus RX, LandCruiser Amazon,
etc etc etc...?

Adrian <[email protected]> wrote:

> > that term is reserved almost exclusively for the Range Rover
>
> Hardly.
>
> What about the Disco, X5, ML, Grand Cherokee, Lexus RX, LandCruiser Amazon,
> etc etc etc...?

Johnny cum-latelys, the Range Rover was the original Chelsea tractor.

--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759

THIS IS MY LAST POST ....


STEVE FIRTH ...... **** OFF

"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Nivaone <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I will NEVER AGAIN POST TO THIS NEWS GROUP.
>
> Don't let the door hit your arse.
>
> Do you always have a hissy fit when someone disagrees with you?
>
> --
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
> temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>
> -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759

On 2005-07-18, Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:

> Ian Rawlings <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ignore Steve, he was plainly abused by a landrover when a small child.
>
> Are your reading skills hitting some all time low?

Errr plainly yes, I have no idea why I read that into what you wrote,
must be my "Steve's off on one again" goggles getting in the way...
Humbly apologise..

> I said quite the opposite of your interpretation. I pointed out that
> the Land Rover is capable off road and why would anyone want to swap
> one for a vehicle that is less capable off road and not much cop on
> road.

Sorry! <rubs soap into eyes>

> Yes, there's this strange concept of a "paint shop" where one can
> take a vehicle and pay someone to respray it if necessary.

As the owner of an 9 year old landy I'm not familiar with the concept!
It doesn't last long anyway, the worst part is the vegetation
scratching the gloss of the surface in one single trip, I took a
friend out after he'd painted his truck, warned him about it but he
didn't believe me... until afterwards ;-) It went from gloss all over
to matt all over, not just a couple of scratches but thousands of tiny
ones. Mind you a shiny Series 2A looks daft anyway.

> The type that thinks that taking a vehicle off-road is all about
> throwing it down a lane a 50MPH+ straight at the nearest tree then I
> can understand why one would get a little precious about damage to
> the paintwork.

Blimey, fastest I've ever been off-road is about 10MPH, 50MPH on the
green lanes around here would be scary..

A chap at work said that if he went off-roading he'd just have the
pedal to the metal all the time. I took him out on the road in my
Defender, first corner we went round at normal speed he's scrabbling
away at the dashboard in panic for something to hold onto as he
thought it was tipping over! He went white as a sheet, and afterwards
scornfully told me that his friend's 4x4 drives just like a car..
"What is it?" I asked expectantly. "Toyota RAV-4" he said..

> The Korando isn't a "chelsea tractor" that term is reserved almost
> exclusively for the Range Rover which is <gasp> a Land Rover
> product.

Nah, there's plenty of pretenders to the crown, Landrover just started
it with the original Range Rover, but at least back then it had some
off-road potential, which the current crop have more than the
competitors in the class but certainly not serious any more.

> Maybe next time you may want to try correcting your rectal/oral
> inversion problem before you speak?

In this case yes, perhaps I should, some advice on the subjet from a
master would be nice ;-)

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Nivaone ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :

> THIS IS MY LAST POST ....
>
> STEVE FIRTH ...... **** OFF

If you don't want to read his posts, it's simple - KILLFILE HIM, YOU
CRETIN.

Nivaone <[email protected]> wrote:

> THIS IS MY LAST POST ....
>
>
> STEVE FIRTH ...... **** OFF

You said the previous post was your last post. Or rather that you would
never post again which amounts to the same thing, why should I believe
you this time?

Cue the ****-faced moaners muttering that they used to like it when all
around here was trees.

--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759

On 18 Jul 2005 17:24:08 GMT, Adrian <[email protected]> wrote:

->Geoff ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like
->they were saying :
->
->> There was a 4WD 2cv at Slab a couple of weeks ago, was that you ?
->
->No, it wasn't.
->
->Where's Slab? Streetmap suggests near Bordon? If that one, then was it a
->Purple one?

Near Bordon yes.

No it was red, didn't get that close a look at it, from a distance it may have
had two engines and a lot of suspension travel.

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www.anoraks.uk.net

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:30:44 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:

->Cue the ****-faced moaners muttering that they used to like it when all
->around here was trees.

When there was hundreds of useful posts a day, and none of them contained the
vitriolic abuse of the ill informed.

--
Geoff
www.anoraks.uk.net

Nivaone came up with the following;:
> According to TOTAL OFFROAD .. the prices for a 2.9D Korando is
>
> Basic = £3750
> Good = £4500 - £7250
> A1 = £8000
>
> I will assume these are trade in prices so I will say mine is Basic ..
>
> and a cash price of £2500 ...

Heheheheh, who would pay those prices for it though ?

> How many times do I have to say it ... because I want to offroad AGAIN and
> the Korando is too good to damage.

Korandos are, were and probably never will be, 'too good' for anything.

I run a Discovery worth far more than that thing and it goes off-road just
as much as any other Landrover I know
(http://groups.msn.com/LosiPaulsPictures/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=115
and
http://groups.msn.com/LosiPaulsPictures/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=118
for just how much off-road we go.)

> and dont forget ... someone will buy just about any 4x4 if the price is
> right for them .. Suki's Lada's Panda's

All of which are pretty capable off-roaders.

> Rockster's ... do I need to go on.. Nah!

Well. yeah, that's about on a par with a Korando ... but isn't normally a
real 4x4, just 'looks' like a cheap American copy.


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Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:30:44 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
>
> ->Cue the ****-faced moaners muttering that they used to like it when all
> ->around here was trees.
>
> When there was hundreds of useful posts a day, and none of them contained the
> vitriolic abuse of the ill informed.

Nah, just the back-slapping vacuous rattlings of the ill-informed.

--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759

Paul - xxx <[email protected]> wrote:

> Korandos are, were and probably never will be, 'too good' for anything.
>
> I run a Discovery worth far more than that thing and it goes off-road just
> as much as any other Landrover I know

Careful, you'll have the brainless donkeys claiming tha tyouare
rubbishign Land Rover products and probably tha tyou are related to
Damien 666 on your mother's side. Or at least judging by the frothing at
the mouth hysteria that greeted my near-identical comment.

--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:25:59 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:

->Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
->
->> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:30:44 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
wrote:
->>
->> ->Cue the ****-faced moaners muttering that they used to like it when all
->> ->around here was trees.
->>
->> When there was hundreds of useful posts a day, and none of them contained
the
->> vitriolic abuse of the ill informed.
->
->Nah, just the back-slapping vacuous rattlings of the ill-informed.

How very droll.

--
Geoff
www.anoraks.uk.net

Steve Firth came up with the following;:
> Paul - xxx <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Korandos are, were and probably never will be, 'too good' for anything.
>>
>> I run a Discovery worth far more than that thing and it goes off-road
>> just as much as any other Landrover I know
>
> Careful, you'll have the brainless donkeys claiming tha tyouare
> rubbishign Land Rover products and probably tha tyou are related to
> Damien 666 on your mother's side. Or at least judging by the frothing at
> the mouth hysteria that greeted my near-identical comment.

Heheheh I, and you I guess, have wide enough shoulders for a little banter
and ****-stirring on Usenet. I stand by, and I guess you do too, anything I
say on this medium which is after all a free discussion forum where _any_
views might be aired free from censorship.

Doesn't mean I'm right, or wrong, but it _does_ mean I can say what I feel
....

--
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(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!
ebay stuff 5220527879 7987515557

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:42:18 +0100, Geoff <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:25:59 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
>
>->Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
>->
>->> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:30:44 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
>wrote:
>->>
>->> ->Cue the ****-faced moaners muttering that they used to like it when all
>->> ->around here was trees.
>->>
>->> When there was hundreds of useful posts a day, and none of them contained
>the
>->> vitriolic abuse of the ill informed.
>->
>->Nah, just the back-slapping vacuous rattlings of the ill-informed.
>
>How very droll.


OT, I know - but why can't you spell your name 'Jeff'? It's so much
more modern.
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"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message
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>brainless donkeys claiming tha tyouare
> rubbishign Land Rover products and probably tha tyou are related to
> Damien 666 on your mother's side.

Now say that in English . . .

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On 2005-07-19, Budgie <[email protected]> wrote:

> Now say that in English . . .

I think what he was trying to say was; "Nurse! The screens!"

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