thisllub

And driving us home when we have had a few.

My daughter is on her red P plates and she is off to one in a fortnight. AAMI provide them for free if you have a policy with them.

I learnt my defensive driving skills the hard way, driving a taxi around Sydney while I was studying.
For a while I was doing up to 30 hours driving over a weekend.
Many did more.
I am sure some still do.

Furymax

FLOODS + Airbag suspension in "super extended" mode = No worries !!

(Just gotta watch the current though)


Cheers
FURY

takahashi

I am sure some people from the north are VERY INTERESTED to have a button to get them up...

Revolver

Are you saying there's some people up north who are worried there's not much happening down south??

takahashi

that is another way to put it

drivesafe

Hi folks, just visiting from a Land Rover site.

In all fairness comparing an 8 to a D3 is a tad unfair but if you ever get the urge to try something different, go to a Land Rover dealers and take a D3 for a test drive, your in for a surprise.

My wife drives a V6 D3 SE, that a petrol V6, and she averages a little over 14Lt / 100Kms and thats not bad for a 2.7T vehicle.

I drive a Twin Turbo V8 Diesel RR Lux and I get around 11Lt around town and a tad over 9Lt on trips, which is not bad for a 3.2T 4x4.

Now tell me how much fuel do you lot burn up when your having a fang.

BTW my daughter drives a Mazda2, not quite the same league as an 8 but the thought is there.

As for handling, my RR develops only a little more body roll than your 8s do but I can assure you thats not at the same speed around a corner that yours can do.

Out on the open road, on a long trip, my RR would probably be heaps more comfortable than your short wheel based 8s and I could get from A to B just about as quick is your 8s. I’ve only had the RR up to 180 so far and have no idea what the top end is nor do I want to find out.

So there are some pluses and minuses for both types of vehicles, you can have as much fun driving a D3 or RR as you can driving your cars, theres just a little difference in the way they handle, even so, as I posted above, go take a D3 for a test drive, or if you can, take an RR for one.

Cheers and Happy Motoring.

Revolver

I was brought up not to argue with guests and I appreciate the sincerity behind your post but you have obviously never driven an 8, or you would never have been able to spit out an understatement as gross as that quoted above.

Glad you and your wife are happy with your 6 tonnes of motor vehicles.

takahashi

Thanks for the balance review.

I seriously dreaming of having a Range Rover Sport with a blown engine.... my bank manager will hate me.

Revolver

I had a girlfriend once who used to order 5 Big Mac's when we'd visit Macca's and I used to think, "Hey, that's not bad for a girl who weighs 120kgs."




















(sorry, the temptation is just overwhelming )

drivesafe

Hi Revolver, I think you missed the tongue in cheek exaggeration.

Cheers.

drivesafe

Hi takahashi, before you buy an RRS, try the D3 and full size Range Rover.

The Range Rover Sports is a fun machine to drive but if you’ve been driving either a D3 or a real RR, the fun of the RRS soon turns to inconvenience.

The RRS is much small inside than either D3 or RR and the D3 is actually the best all rounder out of the three 4x4s.

Revolver

A bloody big cheek you've got there drivesafe.

We'll have to agree to disagree on the issue but thanks for dropping in.

drivesafe

Very FUNNY

drivesafe

Revolver, we’ll have to catch up at some time and I’ll show you what one of these things can do.

In MOST cases, you are obviously going to thrash the daylights out of me but given the right situation, I bet I can line up with you at any set of traffic lights and once they go green, the next time you CATCH UP with me will be at the next set of lights.

I pull this stunt regularly with those ******* in their Ford and Holden utes and they don’t like it.

Cheers.

Revolver

Good to see you keeping the knuckledraggers honest but you won't find too many TLGP heroes in here. We bought our cars for the corners, not the boring straight bits.

thisllub

You wouldn't happen to be the RR I saw road raging with an AMG Merc GL500 on the M1 a couple of months ago would you? Both cars had kids in them.

drivesafe

And so did I, the wet whether dragging is just a side benefit.

Cheers

drivesafe

Not I, I don't have any kids ( not that I know of anyway ) besides, you tend to **** people off more when you don't respond to their stupidity.

Cheers

stevefredbelle

I just thought of another "right situation" drivesafe . You would probably be able to proceed faster along a dry creek bed than an RX 8 driver..........

drivesafe

Yes but there’s not too many traffic lights that we can line up at.