Why don't you own a 4wd?
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Why don't you own a 4wd?
Because I sold it ;_;
I do
Because i don't need it. It rarely snows where i live, and when it does it's no more then 2 inches. Ice isn't a huge problem either. Plus i'm not into offroading at all.
sold it, do not miss it even one day.
I do
![24_1845983584[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/1d1AlNg.jpg "24_1845983584[1].jpg")
Because I'm saving up
>>15375873
But I do, anon.
I do but I'm too scared to off-road it.
I go on rough trails all the time in my 2wd pickup though. It has a limited slip rear end and actually does fairly well. I've never gotten stuck or felt out of my depth.
>>15375979
Is that a frontier?
>his truck doesn't have a v8
>his truck isn't 4x4
>he doesn't own a car as well
My outback sport handles enough for my needs lol
>>15376172
>he uses his pickup like an SUV
You don't need 4x4 or a V8 to move 20 tons of aggregate
>>15375899
>people automatically assume you need 4x4 for snow.
All you need is fwd
Besides you wouldn't drive in 4LO on snowy streets anyway sperg.
Because I drive a Honda :/
>>15376164
Yup
Called "King Cab" here, 2.5TD. Will probably buy one this month or in August
5WD is superiors
>>15376347
What country are you in mightybenz?
>Using 2+2WD instead of full time AWD
Not even once.
>>15375873
I own 3 though
>>15375877
>Sold his Jeep for a Volt
Bruh
>>15376347
ZD30>YD25
>>15376367
LOLWUT
>>15376383
That adobe house looks cool as shit. Where (city) is that?
>>15376383
Naw I bought the Volt a few months before I sold the Jeep. I sold the Jeep to buy stocks.
My beater.
96 4runner with only 120k original miles.
>>15376359
Norway, the prime country for lenient automotive taxation and sensible legislation
>>15376386
YD is more than enough for the King Cab as long as you get the crank bearing replaced, and anyways; has the King Cab/Navara/Frontier ever been offered with the ZD30?
>>15375973
Can you post more pics with that cap?
I'm looking into Tacomas
>>15376386
Hahahahahahahahahahahahha that's a good one mate
I will soon.
okay. I am not mechanically inclined, but I've been looking for a project car that is unique and will allow me to learn fixing cars and shit. one car I've been eyeing is a 1985 Landcruiser FJ60. would this be a good starter car for a noob like me? I assumed it would be because not many electronics at all and it is a pretty simple motor but I wanna hear your opinions. thanks
>>15376824
You are just replacing electronics for vacuum lines, they aren't too tough to work on but aren't the easiest either.
>>15376522
That's likely not adobe, the outer material is called stucco. Some houses in NM are made by adobe then covered with stucco but it's pretty uncommon these days.
>>15375873
Because 6WD
>>15376842
You think it would be a good start or should I look further? I'm a complete noob other than changing oil and spare tires. I figured grabbing a haynes manual and a toolset and i should be ok
>>15376938
>implying you own that
6/6 shitpost m8
>>15375873
why have four wheel drive when one wheel drive does it better?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JgAuz43Ji0
>>15377150
Didn't even open the video, but a trials bike by chance?
Anyway
>thatoldbastard posting something other than an Alvin in an off-road thread
>>15377181
Alvis, Alvin's a fuckin chipmonk
Alvis Stalwart!
and it Vespas off road on the vid
Because I live in South Texas, and I don't go mudding/off-roading.
>>15375873
> Inefficient
> Hard to park
> Can't fit through gaps in traffic
> Tires are expensive as fuck
> Shitty handling
> Unstable
> No need for one
> Literally no fucking need for one
> Would only ever consider owning one to use as a battering ram against slow drivers and bad parking
>>15376536
That might be worse
>>15377287
> Inefficient
> Hard to park
> Can't fit through gaps in traffic
> Tires are expensive as fuck
> Shitty handling
> Unstable
lolwut? Not every 4wd vehicle is a large truck or SUV
>>15375873
B-but I do.
>>15376938
>>15377298
6x6 is also available in non-meme form
Took a trip to Arctic Trucks Norway a few days ago.
And then, there is this
>>15376631
Sure thing
>>15376297
Why not have a v8, and 4x4 in a SUV
and my car
i do
I do
eye du
>>15377613
I see a rusty undercarriage on an otherwise okay ride
And a truck next to her
>>15377254
Ah, kek
>>15377535
>V8
>>15377658
>rusty
Heh cuz she's a ginger
>>15376317
CRV Swap, check out the K Sight
>>15375873
I do.
>>15377941
Nice. Specs?
>>15378004
Vortec 350, 4L80e, Spartan locked high pinion Dana 60, G80 AAM 10.5 FF 14 bolt, 4.88s, 37x12.50 BFG Bajas, 12 bolt H1 double beadlocks with PVC inserts.
Just finished installing Hooker long tubes, getting started on the rest of the exhaust this week. It's getting 2.5" duals with factory cats, summit 2 chamber mufflers, and an H pipe. Then welding the shock tabs on for the 14" Bilstein 5125s all around.
>>15378041
The amount of welding I needed done has finally made it worthwhile for me to go ahead and buy a welder. So when I get everything else finished up now I can build my own light cage for the roof basket and might start on my own bumpers.
>>15378041
Is it actually functional yet? Seem this project has been going for 5 years since you ditched the IFS and gave up on the Caddy front end.
>>15378058
It's functional, but not street legal yet. Since I started the SAS I've driven it to and from my shop multiple times and to other shops multiple times for steering and the rear bumper.
Everything I need to get it 100% functional and legal I either already have or is on the way.
>>15375873
I do but it's transmission has been kill for almost a year ;_;
And I don't know, I got it for only 500 so getting it rebuilt would be more than double what I paid but this little thing is so much fun
Why are used 4wd Tacomas so fucking expensive?
>Tacoma with no engine, transmission, wheels, radiator, driver's seat, and a blown fuel pump
>$8000 I know what I've got
>>15378104
Because they're the iPhone of the automotive world. There is ALWAYS a better option for half the price, but they're recognizable and alternative enough for a normie to buy one and falsely convince other normies that he/she is an enthusiast.
Why worry about it? Just buy something better for less. It's not worth complaining about.
>>15378087
the little 2.6l that could o7
Are pic related any good for serious offroading
I want to travel Western Australia & Northern Territory, These are selling for around $7k AUD, turbo diesel below 200k kilometers.
>>15378297
Enjoy your electrical problems. At least it's not a v8 one though, fuck they are a bucket of crap. Why not just buy something that isn't a Jeep?
>>15375873
gonna get the new 2017 Taco TRD Pro when it comes out, can't wait!
>>15378078
Why didn't you go coils instead of leaves?
>>15378335
cost vs benefit.
The leaf hangers locate from factory holes in the frame and require no welding. The leaf springs I used ride great and provide a ton of wheel travel. In my case, the benefit of coils would be insignificant but they're require substantially more time, money, and effort.
>>15378297
If you're an Ausfaggot for that coin, look at similar era diesel Pajeros. Anything in that price range you'll be getting great condition NLs or earlier NMs with the 2.8. You may also find higher mileage NMs with the 3.2 DiD for that money.
I would bother with pre 2.8CRDi Jeeps.
>>15375873
Which is better Manuel or Automatic?
>>15378478
Good shitpost m8
>still gets replies
>>15376620
D22 Navara was offered in AUS with a ZD30. Was much more reliable than the ZD30 in the Y61 Patrol as the Navara unit was a rotary pump DI, conventional wastegated turbo and under a lot less stress than the variant in the Patrol.
YD25 isn't too bad in the D40's (Frontier?) but pretty pus in the D22. Pay particular attention to the plastic timing chain guides that fail and allow the timing chain to come off the timing gear set. And be aware that there is nothing happening below 2000 RPM, nada. On-boost and the motor feels very strong but in displacement mode until the turbocharger is doing it's thing, the YD is very soggy.
I had a D40 for a work car over two years and overall enjoyed it. Very spacious cab, and comfortable seating.
>>15378297
If that's a two-point-eight I would walk away quickly. A good friend attempted to drive from Townsville to Port Headland but only got about 2/3rd's of the way. I cannot remember the cause of the fault exactly, but over half of the rocker arms were snapped with many lunched valves. She broke timing for one reason or another.
Perfect service history etc etc etc. Gave up, bought a Landcruiser and is now somewhere down the bottom of Aus.
>>15375979
navara a shit
enjoy your engine that needs new main bearing every 50k km
>>15377528
arctic trucks is a meme
t. worked there
>>15378603
Sounds pretty unfortunate.
From what I've been digging up and reading the VM Motori 428 is a pretty stout little motor. Infact, one of the only reasons I'd be looking at something like a KJ Cherokee/Liberty is mainly for the motor (which is used in current Holden Colorados today).
I still wouldn't pass up something Japanese though.
>>15378685
>engine that needs new main bearing every 50k km
Nice shitpost m8
>>15375873
Because 4wd is for pussies who can't drive.
Because Volvo 850, That's why
>>15379180
>ive never driven on anything more than a recently scraped dirt road
>>15379180
The track after you've driven through it.
Good job, fuckhead.
>>15379180
I own land.
It would cost more to pave my driveway then it did to build your house.
In the rainy season, my mustang doesn't move out of the garage. If you don't have at least 33's and 4x, you're parking at the road and walking a half mile to my house.
>>15379180
rofl, faggot
>>15379236
m8 i could use 31s and have a leisurely stroll to your house
>>15377298
Tell me about it. Fucking britfags.
>>15376027
>>15377481
ive been really pondering getting a Land Cruiser, i just cant really decide which one i should get
FJ40 prices are insane, and being a car i would like to use regularly its seems like a horrible choice, but for the 50% of the time i drive it off road, it would be the best since its the shortest wheelbase
FJ60 prices are a bit expensive but not as bad as the FJ40s, i think they look the best, but for offroad use theyre worse than a FJ80, plus being carbeurated sucks for inclines
FJ80s seem to be the most capable, and the most comfortable, and prices are good, but theyre the least aesthetic to me. plus aftermarket is way better.
>>15378707
I know a one-off isn't the be all and end all, but damn did that throw a spanner in the works for his holiday.
Another good mate had a Colorado where everything but the engine failed, and if it's the same engine he seemed to like it enough.
>>15379773
I'll bet. Being 2/3rds toward PH would've left the vehicle in one of the least comfortable places in Aus.
It's a similar engine to the one in the current Collorado with what GM and Holden market a the "2.8 Duramax". Same engine, although I imagine with different head and manifold design.
After cross marketing the KJ Cherokee I previously mentioned as a possible family hauler, I couldn't find too many negatives other than emission components failing causing premature engine failure (something every late model diesel is potentially subject to), but that stuff easily fixed. I'm not the guy asking about the Grand Cherokee ITT.
>>15379630
Keep in mind while the J60s are pricier than they probably should be, they won't be depreciating any more. At least in Ausfaggot land they've been steadily heading up in value, and I imagine it's the same elsewhere globally. That said, J80s haven't bottomed out as similar era competitors have either, and I imagine they'll plateau before riding the supply/demand cable car.
As you said, J80s are a much more compliant ride with better suspension travel characteristics, and much better engine options. But like you, I love J60s as well.
Fucking Landcruisers, they have an economy of their own.
>>15379823
tl,dr; either J60 or J80 would be a sound investment, regardless of their seemingly inflated prices. Just pick your poison.
>>15379823
Only person smiling was the towie.
Dead on, just about every modern diesel is in harm's way from EGR + crankcase fumes, excess pilot and regen injection and failing DPF's. Bit of a pain now really.
At least Toyota made it easy on the 07-15 1VD 'Cruisers to fuck it all off.
>>15379852
Kek
Well that's it. Same with the Jeeps in question. It's simply a Provent and a tune. Hell, you don't have to physically remove the EGR, the tune simply reverses its function and uses it as an overrun bleed back. Literally a plumb back BOV.
However, if we continue looking for a family chariot I think I'll just be focussing on NM and NP Pajeros with R51 Parhfinders as an outside chance.
>>15377357
But they all have a high centre of gravity, they're all bigger than cars, and they're all heavier than cars.
And they all handle like shit, too.
>>15379560
Fucking panicky american investors, more like.
>>15377814
I have seen the K sight. I don't see how swapping anything on my 15 civic would help me off-road
>>15375873
u wot m8?
>>15378685
It needs to have a strengthened one, which is something 99% of them have been given as it became a large warranty case here
>>15379560
The best thing about leaving the EU is the tears of all those student 'socialists' (because you have a valid opinion about the working man when you've never worked a day in your life) provides enough water flow to power the country for nothing!
Pause for thought, now we are doing away with the EU fascists can we go back to making defenders? Also hope we can fuck off some of their emission laws as I'm tired of our fire appliances breaking down every other week
>>15382421
>yfw britbongs are actually proud of Landrovers
Rofl. I'm afraid you're going to have to produce something a little less redundant if you want something export worthy.
>>15378572
>And be aware that there is nothing happening below 2000 RPM, nada
Mfw my yd25 pulls from just over 1000rpm
>>15382329
A strengthened main bearing you say? Very interdasting.
Pic related, it's you.
>>15382329
The head and time chain is also shit
The whole engine is shit
>>15384489
Nice shitposting senpai
r8 m8s
>>15384522
More like nice truth
t. used one as a sledpick before I realized ram is the shit
>>15384537
I've used multiple as quarry and mining LVs. Not once has one of those YD25s suffered vague, poorly described failures such as a "shit head and timing chain".
The only gripe with them is they're gutless if the turbo's caught with its pants down.
>>15384525
because mine just got totaled by some faggot
finna kms
I loved that truck so fucking much
>>15382421
Well you fucked up my stock values so F U.
Also Defender a shit.
>>15375873
>Why don't you own a 4wd?
But I do
>>15384489
Top cuck mate. The head is shit if overheated, like every alloy head. Timing chain was dodgy in very few of them in real life. Keep memeing though, you're doing a great job.
>>15376308
If you live in a mountain town with a shit ton of steep streets and roads, you do.
>>15385431
>Also Defender a shit.
bad meme
>>15385577
WELFARE QUEEN FUCK OFF
>>15385627
>10/24 spline axles aren't shit
Sounds like a meme the bongs try to pedal the rest of the world.
>>15385650
There's inspection and registration stickers on the windshield.
I prefer one wheel drive mate. 4x4s are good shit, just not where i like to go.
>>15382202
>They're all bigger than cars
What about the Subaru Impreza/WRX? BMW X-drive sedans? Audi/VW AWD sedans? As I said not every 4wd car is a large SUV or truck
>>15385577
>Buying a HMMWV instead of an LMTV or 5-ton
>>15385891
I once daily'd a 5 ton for a week, good times, but my wallet. Did like 500-600 miles that week. Highway commute was 65-70mi round trip. I absolutely did not allow myself to use my other vehicles. I went grocery shopping in the 5 ton, picked up my date in the 5 ton, drove the 5 ton to work, college, took my mom to dinner in the 5 ton. I made it as if it was my only car. So many fucking lols where had.
>>15385891
>5-ton
No, owned a deuce and a half and that was already too big to enjoy driving around.
>>15385906
Also dat flex. I also blew out the sidewall in some rocky terrain. Hopefully i never have to mount a new tire bigger than those again in my life.
>>15385907
The HMMWV is just so shit though.
>>15385906
I'm not sure I'd daily it if I got one, my V10 fullsize pickup is bad enough on gas. I want to build an LMTV into a bitchin overlander
>>15385936
Had good luck with these so far. Wish I had more offroading pics with them but I swam with my phone that had those on it.
>>15385936
>The HMMWV is just so shit though.
Also, this one got though some real serious oily thick shit on the Red River that's claimed some other vehicles before. >>15385577
>>15377287
>inefficient
>hard to park
My Toyota laughs at you.
>>15377585
...is that an s10?
>>15382202
Handling and high center of gravity I'll give you, but my 4x4 Toyota legit weighs less than most new cars nowadays. Is smaller than most of them, too.
>>15375873
Because I sold it
But I do.
All time 4wd, plus dual range nigga
>>15375873
but i do !
and i love it
Holy shit you guys! I just found out that my workplace doesn't block 4chan anymore! Well, the SFW boards anyway. Farewell, productivity, I barely knew ye!
In other news: I *do* own a 4WD, I just don't do any offroading, because frankly, I don't have friends who are into that and the next place that even resembles fun terrain is too far away... [image unrelated, but I kinda wish it wasn't]
