What cheered you up today?

[Monique]

8) When I was rolling some coins today I found a penny that was from 1939. My mom had no idea of it's importance to a historic date.

^ I scanned it in^​

 

[evangilder]

Cool, that's an oldie!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The VW Touareg rules. It proved better than the Jeep, Land Rover and the Merc.

Well nothing cheered me up today but I hope for some tomorrow.

Um yeah okay. Did you actually look at the results? I have the video at home showing the tests of all the vehicles and the only 2 things it came on top of was the Price of the vehicle and in front of the Porsche!

 

[cheddar cheese]

The Touareg is pretty much useless on the road. It may be very good off-road, but on the road where they will spend 95% of their lives tey arent so good. The quality isnt up to the standards a Volkwagen should have and its not terribly economical. The best 3 4x4's in my opinion are the Range Rover, LR Discovery and the Jeep Cherokee. All are great off road but they work on the road too.

 

[Henk]

Adler I see what you mean. CC well then the EU one must be different than the ones we have here because my uncle drives one and I must tell you it drives great on the road.

The Jeep Cherokee is a great 4X4 and if I had the cash I would buy one, but the VW Touareg is a great thing for here in South Africa with our roads and climate.

Adler do you use a 4X4 a lot?

 

[P38 Pilot]

I think when Im older, im going to buy a Jeep.Either a Wrangler or Liberty.

What cheered me up? Finally being able to work on my P-38L model.

 

[pbfoot]

The only real 4x4 is the Toyota Land Cruiser probably the most widely used 4x4 in the world not only is it great all round vehicle its made by Toyota the worlds largest automaker and maker of the most reliable vehicle's on earth

 

[evangilder]

I saw a whole club of those up in the Sierras a few years ago PB. It's a shame they don't make them like the old ones. They were darn near bulletproof.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

I think when Im older, im going to buy a Jeep.Either a Wrangler or Liberty

of course you are you're american! houses on weels are all they sell out there...

and if you guys want a real 4x4 that drives exceptionally well off road and on, get a defender, there's a reason 85% of all of them ever made are still running and why the Army uses over 15,000 of them..........

sources on right click and i'll get some pictures of ours sometime.......

 

[cheddar cheese]

Sorry lanc, but the Land Rove, great though it is, does not drive well on the road. Honestly. Theyre entertaining, but not good on road

If you want something thats amazing off-road, get one of those Icelandic things with 900hp. Or a tank

And sleeping 13 hours straight cheered me up

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

4x4 is wack (with the exception of the Iceland beast jeeps, of course).
~~~
Get a Silvia and go do-rifting!

Or a Beetle maybe (this is cool, i'd never seen a rear engined car doing it before)?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Adler do you use a 4X4 a lot?

Yes I own a Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited V8 all time 4X4.

I am fixing to order a new Grand Cherokee Limited, and I am getting my wife a Jeep Liberty. I dont like the Liberty very much though. She likes it because it is small and cute. I like the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Jeep Commander.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

4x4 is wack (with the exception of the Iceland beast jeeps, of course).
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Get a Silvia and go do-rifting!

Yeah okay whatever. I will pull your crap cars off the side the road in a ditch with my 4X4 and then you will think otherwise. You have not posted a decent car yet.

Sounds to me your taste in cars is whack!

 

[P38 Pilot]

I think I'll stick to a Wrangler as my choice...

But you are right Alder, the Jeep Grand Cherokee is awesome.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Wrangers are great but Jeep CJ 5's and CJ 7's are much much better.

Besides me and my wife wanting to start a family soon, a Wrangler would not be practical. The Jeep Grand Cherokee or Commander are much much more practical.

When I get to Alaska though I want to buy a Jeep CJ-7 and have it stripped down. No roof, no carpet, just a drain plug in the floor so that I can do some real off roading.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

Defenders are fine on the road CC i livew riding in ours...............

anyway this needs its own thread........

what cheered me up, taking the kayak out earlier on an going to the local show yesterday.........

 

[P38 Pilot]

Wrangers are great but Jeep CJ 5's and CJ 7's are much much better.

Besides me and my wife wanting to start a family soon, a Wrangler would not be practical. The Jeep Grand Cherokee or Commander are much much more practical.

When I get to Alaska though I want to buy a Jeep CJ-7 and have it stripped down. No roof, no carpet, just a drain plug in the floor so that I can do some real off roading.

Sounds fun! But since ill be going to college in a few years and ill be driving with an adult this fall (I get to take my driver's permit test on October 8th because thats when I turn 15! )
I want to have something to cruise around town in and something that wont eat up gas too quickly.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

then why're you buying an american car?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

More like why are you buying a Jeep?

P38 that is all I have ever owned and they are gas guzzlers. No matter what type you buy.

By the way Wranglers are basically just new generation CJ-5 or CJ-7s, P38.

 

[peterbruce2002]

go here:

ultimateroadtrips.co.uk :: Scotland 2005

watch the video, link is on the right - now this is a good swarve offroader! £40,000+ new. VW Touareg. bit sluggish on the roads, but ive seen those guys on that website take it in the sea many times, drive it thru swamps, iced over rivers, up 50-degree steep mountain roads - at speed. amazing, adjustable ride hights ON THE MOVE, - this beast can have the same ride height thats standard on all military vehicles - thats high! (in my books!)