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KaJuN · April 7th, 2008, 12:56 AM

Good trails are fun, even more so when they're not completely made of mud. I'm told I have yet to see what they consider proper trails. It should be a fun summer!

My previous cars were on the small side and I wanted to get something a little bigger and with more room to haul stuff to and from college. Originally I was looking into Chevy Blazers and Dodge Durangos and I happened to find the Disco and it was in my price range. I'm a sucker for vehicles that are a bit unusual and the rest is history. Now I'm really glad I didn't get something else because I wouldn't be able to do near as much stuff as I can do with this one. I've noticed my mom is less keen to want to borrow it ever since I took the running boards off. images/smilies/lol.gif

One of the other members offered me a good deal on his current lightly-used lift springs and I'm quite tempted.

TomCat · April 7th, 2008, 01:22 AM

Looks like fun. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

And yeah, stick with the "good trails". Not like the one I went on last week where I managed to dump my trunk on it's side. And I was driving conservative! images/smilies/dry.gif

tigger · April 7th, 2008, 06:48 AM

Looks like a lot of fun man, makes me wish I would've bought a truck instead of my Ford images/smilies/sad.gif

. It's funny that those Rovers can get through that muck only to be stopped by some random part falling/blowing off.

Crazyjeeper · April 7th, 2008, 06:55 AM

^What else would you expect of a British car? images/smilies/wink.gif

tigger · April 7th, 2008, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Crazyjeeper

^What else would you expect of a British car? images/smilies/wink.gif

Hehe, well I'd expect it to self-destruct while doing something spectacular (like all my old GM stuff images/smilies/lol.gif

), not just petering out and dying later.

CrazyRussian540 · April 8th, 2008, 04:51 PM

After seeing these pictures, I got a sudden urge to get a LR. A nice P38A in BRG would do nicely.

_HighVoltage_ · April 8th, 2008, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CrazyRussian540

After seeing these pictures, I got a sudden urge to get a LR. A nice P38A in BRG would do nicely.

+1!
Although I don't like the off-road scene in America (with all the pick up trucks) I love the Land Rover Discovery and would love to do some offroading in one of those.

Yaco · April 9th, 2008, 03:13 AM

Still gotta check out the video but looks like massive fun. I had soo much fun, (and so much anger,) in my 1991 Chevy S10 long box. I'll have to post a picture of it stuck.

Good thing you didn't get the Blazer since I know about them after my S10; they have serious problems on the front-end. Then again, I did hit every bump I could find doing 30. images/smilies/tongue.gif

Great truck for as much mud I did get through with bald tires, it was like half a foot deep at times only in rear drive.

KaJuN · August 3rd, 2008, 05:58 PM

Good news! The Dacia Sand...er wait that's not right. Oh yes I got the Disco dirty again! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

It was a fun weekend that started with the club meeting up at the newly created Land Rover category in the local annual British car show (photos here: http://forums.finalgear.com/vehicle-...-2008-a-29434/ ). Afterward we hit the trails before doing a bit of camping. It was much easier going this time around since it was mostly dry.

A creek bed rock crawl. It was so bumpy and so much fun.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/2537/picture198an2.jpg

We were able to find some mud but even this stuff was much easier than the muck we had been in during previous trips. But even so I gave my best Clarkson impression by shouting "Powerrrrrrr!!" as I went through it. Hopefully that makes it onto one of the upcoming Youtube videos.

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Someone brought out a new toy and it was great seeing one in action. I had always had doubts about the LR3 with all it's electronic gizmos but it thoroughly impressed me as it made it through everything on road tires. It's still a Land Rover. images/smilies/cool.gif

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It's becoming a tradition that mine comes out with the most mud on it.

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It was a blast and we rode some great trails. My favorites were the ones with very steep hills to climb. It's exhilarating giving it the beans when you can't see the ground in front of you. But of course with Land Rovers you're not having fun until something breaks. I must have done something to really piss off my Disco's cooling system because the radiator hose blew up my first time out and this time the coolant reservoir cap decided it wanted to unscrew itself and let all my coolant run free.

TomCat · August 3rd, 2008, 06:23 PM

Cool, looks like it was a good time.

The last trip I took was a few weeks ago when me and my brother did a night run through Sycamore Creek. It's too damn hot right now to do much during the days.

landy · September 28th, 2008, 11:10 PM

Hey KaJuN

Looks like a lot of fun images/smilies/biggrin.gif

. It is nice to see a Disco out getting dirty (trying to keep up with the Series folk eh images/smilies/whistling.gif

). My nephew just bought a 97 D1 that we are prepping as a trail truck.

Keith
Ontario Canada
1961 SII 88" Yellow Peril

KaJuN · September 29th, 2008, 12:34 AM

I'll do my best. images/smilies/lol.gif

It was amazing following that old Series through the trails. 97 D1s seem to be pretty darn popular as we have a handful of them in the club.

Censport · September 29th, 2008, 01:50 AM

Well <bleep>, now I'm all envious. images/smilies/mrgreen.gif

landy · September 29th, 2008, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaJuN

I'll do my best. images/smilies/lol.gif

It was amazing following that old Series through the trails. 97 D1s seem to be pretty darn popular as we have a handful of them in the club.

And right now you can't beat the price of them. How many $47,000 cdn trucks 10 years old can you buy in really decent shape for $1500!!!!

knewman · October 4th, 2008, 09:53 PM

That looks like so much fun! I'd love to tackle a trail like this, but I just don't think the batmobile could handle it.

Have you ever used the ladder on the back of your Disco?

teeb · October 4th, 2008, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by knewman

That looks like so much fun! I'd love to tackle a trail like this, but I just don't think the batmobile could handle it.

Have you ever used the ladder on the back of your Disco?

I always wondered about that - why on earth it was there (as opposed to being an optional extra).

I saw it used once (on The Mole UK), but that was it...

KaJuN · October 4th, 2008, 10:51 PM

Funny you mention the ladder because some other local club members were saying how strangely optioned-out my vehicle is. It's the base model but has leather, rear jump seats, hitch, ladder, and the little folding step. The ladder is supposed to make it easier to get to the big roof rack like some of the other vehicles have so it's a bit strange having that by itself. As far as I can tell a roof rack has never been fitted. I like the ladder because it makes it easier to wash the roof and gives a good handle when opening and closing the rear hatch.

knewman · October 5th, 2008, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaJuN

Funny you mention the ladder because some other local club members were saying how strangely optioned-out my vehicle is. It's the base model but has leather, rear jump seats, hitch, ladder, and the little folding step. The ladder is supposed to make it easier to get to the big roof rack like some of the other vehicles have so it's a bit strange having that by itself. As far as I can tell a roof rack has never been fitted. I like the ladder because it makes it easier to wash the roof and gives a good handle when opening and closing the rear hatch.

I always thought it looked pretty neat on the Discovery too

KaJuN · October 6th, 2008, 12:38 AM

To anonymous -repper: so a Vitara has more off road capabilities? Sounds like a challenge! I'm game. images/smilies/cool.gif

April 7th, 2008, 12:56 AM	#21
KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 23 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	Good trails are fun, even more so when they're not completely made of mud. I'm told I have yet to see what they consider proper trails. It should be a fun summer! My previous cars were on the small side and I wanted to get something a little bigger and with more room to haul stuff to and from college. Originally I was looking into Chevy Blazers and Dodge Durangos and I happened to find the Disco and it was in my price range. I'm a sucker for vehicles that are a bit unusual and the rest is history. Now I'm really glad I didn't get something else because I wouldn't be able to do near as much stuff as I can do with this one. I've noticed my mom is less keen to want to borrow it ever since I took the running boards off. One of the other members offered me a good deal on his current lightly-used lift springs and I'm quite tempted. __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action!

April 7th, 2008, 01:22 AM	#22
TomCat Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 01:50 PM Location: Chandler, Arizona Age: 24 Posts: 3,428 Car: 2004 Chrysler PT Turbo; 1985 Toyota 4Runner Rep Power: 42	Looks like fun. And yeah, stick with the "good trails". Not like the one I went on last week where I managed to dump my trunk on it's side. And I was driving conservative! __________________ When in doubt, throttle out.

April 7th, 2008, 06:48 AM	#23
tigger Joined: Dec 11th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Manhattan, Kansas Posts: 2,457 Car: '82 S10, '74 Yamaha, '74 Honda Rep Power: 28	Looks like a lot of fun man, makes me wish I would've bought a truck instead of my Ford . It's funny that those Rovers can get through that muck only to be stopped by some random part falling/blowing off.

April 7th, 2008, 06:55 AM	#24
Crazyjeeper Joined: Nov 29th, 2006 Last Online: 08:00 AM Location: Texas Age: 19 Posts: 2,791 Car: 1985 Jeep CJ7, 1997 Ford F150 Rep Power: 54	^What else would you expect of a British car? __________________ Toy: 1985 Jeep CJ7 Lifted and Locked Daily Driver: 1997 Ford F150 4.6L with a massive 220hp EVGA 780i, E8400 @ 4.0ghz, CM Hyper 212, XFX 8800GT 512mb Extreme SLI, MSI 8400GS, 2x1gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800, PC Power & Cooling 610w EPS12v, 1.6tb of HDD, CM Centurion 690.

April 8th, 2008, 04:51 PM	#26
CrazyRussian540 Joined: Mar 6th, 2005 Last Online: 08:20 AM Location: Shrewsbury, MA Posts: 1,340 Car: 1997 Audi A6 Avant 2.8 quattro Rep Power: 40	After seeing these pictures, I got a sudden urge to get a LR. A nice P38A in BRG would do nicely. __________________ "I beat a man on roller skates.... in an Aston Martin" - R. Hammond "You've just pulled the wobbly head off the former president of Nissan USA" - R. Hammond Vote for FinalGear's Most Evil-looking Car.

April 9th, 2008, 03:13 AM	#28
Yaco Joined: Jan 17th, 2008 Last Online: 05:42 PM Location: Whitney Point, New York (state not city fool), USA Age: 21 Posts: 306 Car: 95 Cutlass SSL (201k), 91 Dodge Spirit (70k) Rep Power: 8	Still gotta check out the video but looks like massive fun. I had soo much fun, (and so much anger,) in my 1991 Chevy S10 long box. I'll have to post a picture of it stuck. Good thing you didn't get the Blazer since I know about them after my S10; they have serious problems on the front-end. Then again, I did hit every bump I could find doing 30. Great truck for as much mud I did get through with bald tires, it was like half a foot deep at times only in rear drive. __________________ "I love the smell of money in the morning." -May "Smells like wheels!" -Clarkson "Ha-ha!" -May I look at porn just for the viruses and spyware.

August 3rd, 2008, 05:58 PM	#29
KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 23 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	Good news! The Dacia Sand...er wait that's not right. Oh yes I got the Disco dirty again! It was a fun weekend that started with the club meeting up at the newly created Land Rover category in the local annual British car show (photos here: http://forums.finalgear.com/vehicle-...-2008-a-29434/ ). Afterward we hit the trails before doing a bit of camping. It was much easier going this time around since it was mostly dry. A creek bed rock crawl. It was so bumpy and so much fun. We were able to find some mud but even this stuff was much easier than the muck we had been in during previous trips. But even so I gave my best Clarkson impression by shouting "Powerrrrrrr!!" as I went through it. Hopefully that makes it onto one of the upcoming Youtube videos. Someone brought out a new toy and it was great seeing one in action. I had always had doubts about the LR3 with all it's electronic gizmos but it thoroughly impressed me as it made it through everything on road tires. It's still a Land Rover. It's becoming a tradition that mine comes out with the most mud on it. It was a blast and we rode some great trails. My favorites were the ones with very steep hills to climb. It's exhilarating giving it the beans when you can't see the ground in front of you. But of course with Land Rovers you're not having fun until something breaks. I must have done something to really piss off my Disco's cooling system because the radiator hose blew up my first time out and this time the coolant reservoir cap decided it wanted to unscrew itself and let all my coolant run free. __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action! Last edited by KaJuN; August 3rd, 2008 at 06:55 PM.. Reason: Cross-linking is fun!

August 3rd, 2008, 06:23 PM	#30
TomCat Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 01:50 PM Location: Chandler, Arizona Age: 24 Posts: 3,428 Car: 2004 Chrysler PT Turbo; 1985 Toyota 4Runner Rep Power: 42	Cool, looks like it was a good time. The last trip I took was a few weeks ago when me and my brother did a night run through Sycamore Creek. It's too damn hot right now to do much during the days. __________________ When in doubt, throttle out.

September 28th, 2008, 11:10 PM	#31
landy Joined: Jan 17th, 2007 Last Online: January 5th, 2009 Posts: 22 Car: 1961 Landrover SII 88" Rep Power: 0	Hey KaJuN Looks like a lot of fun . It is nice to see a Disco out getting dirty (trying to keep up with the Series folk eh ). My nephew just bought a 97 D1 that we are prepping as a trail truck. Keith Ontario Canada 1961 SII 88" Yellow Peril

September 29th, 2008, 12:34 AM	#32
KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 23 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	I'll do my best. It was amazing following that old Series through the trails. 97 D1s seem to be pretty darn popular as we have a handful of them in the club. __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action!

September 29th, 2008, 01:50 AM	#33
Censport Joined: Jul 23rd, 2008 Last Online: 04:37 AM Location: Nashville TN, USA Age: 41 Posts: 389 Car: '96 XJ6, '94 MX-5, '63 Corvair, '06 FZ6 Rep Power: 10	Well <bleep>, now I'm all envious.

October 4th, 2008, 09:53 PM	#35
knewman Joined: Oct 3rd, 2008 Last Online: December 10th, 2008 Location: King of Prussia, PA Age: 18 Posts: 48 Car: Honda Batmobile Rep Power: 4	That looks like so much fun! I'd love to tackle a trail like this, but I just don't think the batmobile could handle it. Have you ever used the ladder on the back of your Disco? __________________

October 4th, 2008, 10:51 PM	#37
KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 23 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	Funny you mention the ladder because some other local club members were saying how strangely optioned-out my vehicle is. It's the base model but has leather, rear jump seats, hitch, ladder, and the little folding step. The ladder is supposed to make it easier to get to the big roof rack like some of the other vehicles have so it's a bit strange having that by itself. As far as I can tell a roof rack has never been fitted. I like the ladder because it makes it easier to wash the roof and gives a good handle when opening and closing the rear hatch. __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action!

October 6th, 2008, 12:38 AM	#39
KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 23 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	To anonymous -repper: so a Vitara has more off road capabilities? Sounds like a challenge! I'm game. __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action!

October 6th, 2008, 12:40 AM	#40
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