What an SUV is supposed to be...

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Afriend of mine was going to do a film in the outback of Australia under the 
sponsor ship of Toyota. They gave him a fully fitted Land Cruiser and off he 
went. 40 miles out of town, it broke an axle.

Dragging into a farm, owner the farm had a well worn Land Rover. No A/C or 
special features, but a snorkle and dust filters. That truck made it for 4 
years in areas that never had a road, crossing deep rivers and climbing 
steep banks.

A real testiment to the design and durability of Land Rovers!



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
"For good health : EAT RICE!"
Amsterdam NY





>From: Aaron <aaron@brixtonhill.demon.co.uk>
>To: Scirocco Mailing List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>, Julie Macfarlane 
><juliemac57@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: What an SUV is supposed to be...
>Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 00:06:15 +0000
>
>
>On 27 Mar 2004, at 00:48, Julie Macfarlane wrote:
>
>>That was a heck of a pic. I showed my daughter and she thought the two 
>>were "cute".
>>Either one would embarass a Land Rover by the looks!
>
>Different vehicles - different games :)
>
>Land rover is tough, heavy duty, and heavy weight. The kind of vehicle 
>you'd use to blaze across Africa (even though if it was 20 years old)
>
>Haflinger (and possibly Pinz, although not qualified to say as have no 
>experience of them) - is light weight (so light that 4 people can actually 
>pick it up out the ditch), nimble, and built for extreme terrain. The kind 
>of vehicle you'd want to be in to climb a mountain.
>
>Horses for course as we say over here, different tools for different jobs. 
>My ideal list of vehicles:
>
>Scirocco 8V bored out to 2.1 for city work
>Porsche 928 S4 for motorway work
>Left hand drive BMW M6 for European touring holidays and autobahns, I live 
>in the UK where we drive on the WRONG side of the road, making all sorts of 
>very tasty and extremely cheap euro cars impractical.
>TVR Cerbera for fast road
>Landrover 110 TD5 for heavy duty/off road/towing.
>And lots of others just for the hell of it: audi coupe widebody (Classic), 
>Saab 900T (Classic), Ferrari 400 (the ultimate coupe), Lancia Delta 
>Integrale 4x4, Corvette Stingray, Starship Enterprise, Christine, 
>Batmobile.... hey I can dream can't I?!
>
>Onelove
>
>Aaron in London
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>Julie Macfarlane
>>1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
>>"For good health : EAT RICE!"
>>Amsterdam NY
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: Aaron <aaron@brixtonhill.demon.co.uk>
>>>To: Scirocco Mailing List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>>Subject: Re: What an SUV is supposed to be...
>>>Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 00:14:21 +0000
>>>
>>>I drove a Haflinger when I was a kid - here's a pic of one being towed by 
>>>it's Pinz big brother:
>>>
>>>http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~ppzcad/pics/nottham.jpg
>>>
>>>Loved it - local laird (Highlands of Scotland) used them for dragging red 
>>>deer off the hill. So light, loads of traction, could take on terrain 
>>>that only a quad bike could match, but could carry a lot more. Hunters 
>>>used them just like horses, which is why they called them haflingers I 
>>>guess :)
>>>
>>>Can't imagine what it might be like to drive one on the road though!
>>>
>>>Aaron in London
>>>
>>>
>>>On 26 Mar 2004, at 18:19, Eric S wrote:
>>>
>>>>Notice the mention of Cold War Remarketing here in Colorado.  I've seen 
>>>>so
>>>>many Pinzgauers around its not even funny.  The guy running the place is
>>>>thinking of importing Iltis too, now that they are old enough.
>>>>
>>>>Pinzs are pretty tough and spartan...aircooled motor, so no heat in
>>>>winter, and dog slow.  I'd take one over a Unimog anyday though...still,
>>>>given the choice, I'll take the Iltis.
>>>>
>>>>OH Jeeze, they guy commutes in a Halflinger now?  He's crazy, those 
>>>>things
>>>>aren't much bigger than a golf cart!
>>>>
>>>>So Julie, you want a cool SUV?  www.iltis.ca
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Eric
>>>>www.vintagewatercooleds.com
>>>>
>>>>79 VW Iltis
>>>>81 Rabbit Truck 2.0 16v
>>>>81 Scirocco S (TDI Swap project)
>>>>90 Corrado TDI
>>>>91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow swap project)
>>>>
>>>>Allyn said:
>>>>>fyi:
>>>>>login: john123
>>>>>pass: john123
>>>>>enjoy
>>>>>Al
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
>>>>>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>>>>Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 7:09 AM
>>>>>Subject: What an SUV is supposed to be...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/26/automobiles/26PINZ.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Julie Macfarlane
>>>>>>1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
>>>>>>"For good health : EAT RICE!"
>>>>>>Amsterdam NY
>>>>>>
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