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Old 07-11-11, 19:16
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They sure don't want pedestrians messing up the grill work down your way, just kidding. I know what the reason behind that massive grill shield is for wonder if some of our readers would like to hazard a guess?

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Phil It is for splashing wild life all over it...
They do the same thing with their semi's in Newfoundland..but it is for moose..
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They sure don't want pedestrians messing up the grill work down your way, just kidding. I know what the reason behind that massive grill shield is for wonder if some of our readers would like to hazard a guess?

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We have the same problem in the Hill country of Texas, 'cept with White-Tail deer.

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Old 07-11-11, 22:11
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I know what the reason behind that massive grill shield is for wonder if some of our readers would like to hazard a guess?
Totalling Chevy CMP's??? No, I think to make Kanga mincemeat.

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Old 07-11-11, 22:54
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As I restored a 1942 MB Willys Jeep and which is now becoming a regular sight around our town during my weekly drives. I had to naturally purchase a Jeep Cherokee to tow the Jeep trailer to events and to take the wife to the shops as she refuses to get into the MB Jeep. I am more than happy with the combination and we can scoot up the highway with the trailer in tow and you would not know it was even there. A very happy chap

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Old 08-11-11, 06:34
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Totalling Chevy CMP's??? No, I think to make Kanga mincemeat.

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The primary use is making fox feed out of roos then the next truck can get the fox which is the real vermin further west the bars are called camel filters, I don't fancy hitting a camel myself.
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Old 08-11-11, 09:54
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Phil It is for splashing wild life all over it...
They do the same thing with their semi's in Newfoundland..but it is for moose..
Great minds think alike!

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Old 08-11-11, 13:00
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Old 08-11-11, 18:00
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Old 10-11-11, 01:47
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I expect hitting a camel is much like hitting a Canadian moose...lots of weight sitting on a few spindly legs..with the weight at windsheild height on cars (which is why there are occasional deaths in Canada)

for 300,000km I had a 1994 mercury villager van (rebadged nissan quest) pretty good, but while parked some (drunk? stoned? stupid?) fellow in a contractor van (Cheve Express) knocked the front end off it while pulling into his driveway..(normal speed about 5km/h) and ripped the sheet metal on his own van from stem to stern

Then to replace that, a 2001 totally ubiquitous ford windstar for $2K..seems ok, Had 176,000km (alleged) upon purchase.....it has a fair amount of road noise, but has made many 600km trips without incident this year..

i like a van coz it has lots of junk storage space..and all of it stays out of the elements unlike a "ute"

. i miss the advantage of the opening back window of the Mercury/Nissan..at the time, I thought all van rear windows opened...now realize thats not the case..somewhat harder to carry long pieces of lumber now.

(oh and there is another vehicle...a very fast/expensive thing, but thats just too much fun and it never goes out in rain or winter anyway)

For a particulary work purpose, the company rented me a new dodge journey for a day.. only spent a couple hours in it to this point ...very quiet on the road, but so far do not like it much...a bit clumsy to get into and out of due to high sills....it so far feels like a bit of a pig.
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Old 04-12-11, 10:45
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Old 04-12-11, 11:30
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Old 07-12-11, 01:54
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Mines (well....Ours) is just a common, garden-variety 2010 Mercury Mountaineer GLX, but we also run a Yanmar Cub Cadet Tractor with bucket and backhoe around the garden in the spring/summer/fall (which is about a month each in Colbert: the rest is either 'leaving winter, winter, or approaching winter'!) The little tractor is as close as I get to an off road vehicle these days!

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Old 10-05-12, 12:36
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I'm out of the drivers seat. Today my job was to sit in the pasanger seat while the young lady drove the truck, she should be confident enough to do her driveing test soon. I get to ride shotgun again next week.
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Old 10-05-12, 19:54
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I'm out of the drivers seat. Today my job was to sit in the pasanger seat while the young lady drove the truck, she should be confident enough to do her driveing test soon. I get to ride shotgun again next week.
Bob..
here is a real truck..but women drive these too.
Canadian women..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZq-X...eature=related
But they have to start some where..
Well done the young lady.
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Old 13-05-12, 06:11
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Time to update my post on this thread!
Some time back I shortened the XG by about 8 inches when I didn't pull up as quick as the car in front of the car in front of me.
So I updated to a BA Falcon ute

DOHC 4.0 litre gives me 182kW (244hp) and 380 Nm torque (280 lb/ft). This too I converted to LPG/Dual fuel but this time I fitted a Vapour Sequential Injection LPG system which is just outstanding.
Not to be outdone, Jo as given the Fairlane the flick & now drives a Nissan Pathfinder.

4.0 litre V6 petrol, 198kW rocket ship, and, you guessed it, converted to LPG/Dual fuel with VSI injection. Love it.
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Old 13-05-12, 07:06
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My daily driver is a 1995 EF XR6 in Heritage Green. Full body kit and sunroof just some of the factory fitted options. It has a 164kw 4L straight six engine.
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Old 05-06-12, 11:44
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I'm out of the drivers seat. Today my job was to sit in the pasanger seat while the young lady drove the truck, she should be confident enough to do her driveing test soon. I get to ride shotgun again next week.
I drove the semi today while the owner took his daughter for a licence test, She passed and now has her MR licence.
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Old 06-06-12, 07:52
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My daily driver is a 1996 Ford Falcon Futura,costs about $50 per week to run,and her in doors car is a 1996 mitsy v6,simular petrol milage,oh the Falcon is a 4.1 6 cylinder.
The best part is my Falcon aint Japanese as i have to work on mainly Japanese cars all day long!and am sick of them!!hahaha.
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