The purpose of certain 4x4's?

Listen, the more driven wheels the better.

The bigger the better.

The faster the better.

And best of all, the more petrol you can use the better!
 
Pimped out 4x4 Pick-up drivers = 45yr old fat bald blokes with England 'Rooney' shirts, with permanently attached Blue-Tooth ear-pieces and Thai/Eastern European wives. It's 100% true!
 
All the Warriors and those big 4x4 pick-ups I see around here are builders driving them, then using them as family wagons because they have extended seating space over stuff like a P100.
 
My dads got a Toyota Landcruiser Amazon, the reason is it comfortably fits 7 of us and the 3 dogs.

Not all people with 4x4 are driving around in them for no good reason!

I don't see the point in them really apart from that.. id rather have a luxo barge to float around in if the space wasn't needed.
 
It's purely an image thing - how many new Range Rovers, Discoverys, BMW X-series, Audi Q-series, Lexus etc etc will ever go off-road, other than in the field at their daughters gymkhana? Not very many, I'm sure. Status symbol. Crew-cab 4x4 pickups are just the cheaper version for the middle classes.
 
my old dear had one years back. massive 4x4. they used it for towing horse trailers.

i remember clearly one noon in a muddy field, ankle deep everywhere and a horse box (lorry that carries horses) stuck in the mud.

landcruiser just lugged it out of the deep mud pretty much as if nothing special was going on at all. then the next one got stuck as they were leaving. towed out a few lorries that day

epic truck!
 
used to own a Nissan Pathfinder (a navara with full hardtop if you like) and it was fantastic. no faults in 2.5 years, excellent equipment and the space inside was epic. The space makes my current A6 Avant (3.0 Quattro) look puny even though they are externally a similar size except for height. Im looking to go back to a 4x4 after the Audi :) The things I miss about it..... driving position up high, road presence, interior space and practicality; all of which were better than my current car tbh, which cost significantly more. The only thing my Audi does better is speed, motorway cruising and cabin "quality".

So its Disco4/RR if i'm feeling rich or maybe another pathfinder! apparently they are sticking a v6 3ltr in it now. If I dont go down the day to day 4x4 route, I might be purchasing a bigass defender..... for the snow :) lol
 
My dad had a Mistubishi Warrior pickup because at the time there was a tax loophole that meant he paid less tax than a regular car if said vehicle could carry 1ton of goods with a hard top on. That was soon closed so he went back to a normal car.

Saw a black pickup this morning with big chrome wheels and thin tyres :(
 
I remember people telling me (not on here) that when I got a 4x4 it would never leave the tarmac and that I was stupid getting one as I had no need for it.

The fact remains that aside from the most basic of pacific rim barebones functional cars, very few of us have a need for the particular car we drive. That doesn't mean our choice should be removed.

Sometimes want should be enough!
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My dad used to have a double cab, a Vauxhall Brava. When he first got it we used to play "spot the double cab" as there were none around, he got rid of it in 2003 after a few years after he retired from building work. It was quite slow and could barely hit 60 on uphill stretches of motorways but took all his work rubbish around and took my family all over europe camping (way too many memories of bringing big rocks, and at one point a grand father clock). It was very agricultural but nice.

He replaced it with an X-Trail, still plenty of space and some grunt to pull trailers when needed.

I'll probably get one at some point, useful for dirty work (bikes and motorbikes) and lugging trailers if necessary. There do seem to be a huge number of people with them now though. Oh and we did use it off road as well. :p

Love all the moaning that they struggle to do 90 on a motorway, I thought the speed limit was 70... ;) And less space than an estate? Really? I'd check again if I were you...
 
Amp34 said:
My dad used to have a double cab, a Vauxhall Brava. When he first got it we used to play "spot the double cab" as there were none around, he got rid of it in 2003 after a few years after he retired from building work. It was quite slow and could barely hit 60 on uphill stretches of motorways but took all his work rubbish around and took my family all over europe camping (way too many memories of bringing big rocks, and at one point a grand father clock). It was very agricultural but nice.

He replaced it with an X-Trail, still plenty of space and some grunt to pull trailers when needed.

I'll probably get one at some point, useful for dirty work (bikes and motorbikes) and lugging trailers if necessary. There do seem to be a huge number of people with them now though. Oh and we did use it off road as well. :p

Love all the moaning that they struggle to do 90 on a motorway, I thought the speed limit was 70... ;) And less space than an estate? Really? I'd check again if I were you...
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I've got my PC, speakers, 2 bicycles, clothes, loads of other bits, and it's a struggle to get it all in the warrior, it would go into the V70 estate easily. Not to mention there is this permenant tool box in the back now which reduces space by I'd say about 10%.
 
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