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In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let’s try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags:
Headline: Land Rover driver mortified after finding mocking note saying 4x4 owners are 'entitled to free NHS penis enlargement therapy on his vehicle'
And the picture shows a man sitting in the driver seat of his 4x4 holding up the note.
cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/31860675
I have a Jeep.
Kind of a useless on-road or urban vehicle and so it's only used for my frequent trips requiring 4×4.
Range Rovers are a weird one because they too are pretty useless on-road while also being notoriously useless off-road. Really highlights insecurity, stupidity, ora combination of the two.
The card does specify "in the city"
Exactly right, Joe.
Funny, in Australia Jeep is not respected as an of road vehicle, we don't do much rock crawling which is where they shine.
LandCruiser is the off-road vehicle here. Isuzu off-road trucks are also respected
Jeeps are not sufficiently reliable
They're very reliable because of their mechanical simplicity (intentional) which also makes them very easy to work on in the wilderness with a minimalist tool kit by design. Have never had a "failure" in 130,000 and that thing gets mechanically pushed so hard. Granted I maintain it very well due to the role is has.
But compared to Toyota reliability, that's kind of their whole reputation. And I guess outside of the few major cities, Australians aren't exactly surrounded by towns and workshops, so it makes sense they want the most reliable. The LandCruiser is, after all, an agriculture vehicle first, but with fairly good off-road capability as part of that design. They've been designed to be in the middle of no where farming for years and be able to limp for months if a part fails and can't be repaired any time soon.
Not sure why you'd pick one as a recreation vehicle, though, unless touring extreme remote is your main 4×4ing. I don't imagine every Australian is into that though. And even then, I'dprobably take an Ineos or a classic Unimog for the lols.
If that's the way they are in America, I'm surprised. In Australia and the UK they are famous for being one of very few vehicles where you come out ahead if you buy extended warranty
Jimny > all others