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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #25 on: August 20, 2014, 06:58:54 PM »
When Nissan stops making the Patrol Y61.  :'(



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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #26 on: August 20, 2014, 07:18:49 PM »
So, all things considered equal then, when does a ute become a pick up?
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #27 on: August 20, 2014, 07:30:23 PM »
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #28 on: August 20, 2014, 07:35:58 PM »
So when does  a car become  an SUV?
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #29 on: August 20, 2014, 07:37:30 PM »
And a golf cart become a car ;D
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #30 on: August 20, 2014, 07:38:19 PM »
And a hilux become a golf cart?
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #31 on: August 20, 2014, 07:42:08 PM »
Shopping trolley thank you ;D
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #32 on: August 20, 2014, 07:42:49 PM »
 ;D ;D lol. Sorry

That's easy, when you put the groceries in the back, lucky you got a lift lol
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #33 on: August 20, 2014, 07:44:45 PM »
And that shopping trolley got a lift yesterday.. The speed bumps in woollies are getting bigger and bigger.. ;D
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #34 on: August 20, 2014, 08:56:45 PM »
To answer the op.... When it has a sticker on the back that says "not a real 4wd but goes off road more then most real 4wd's"..:)
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #35 on: August 20, 2014, 09:31:01 PM »
Santa Fe , auto , slip the lever into low locked pulls me all the places I want to go ! Yeah I know it's not a dedicated 4x4 but it does all I ask of it !
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #36 on: August 22, 2014, 09:41:52 PM »
If it isnt a Patrol its not a 4WD! :cup:
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #37 on: August 23, 2014, 03:42:37 PM »
Quote from: Landyline on August 19, 2014, 10:01:15 PM
pretend Rav4 is a monster truck and not a Corolla with bigger wheels.

I thought I was the only one that called SUVs by the manufacturers beep beep name.

I called the parents Captiva a Barina all the time
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #38 on: August 23, 2014, 09:31:46 PM »
If the centre diff locks to give equal drive to front and rear it's a 4wd, if it's an open centre diff or LSD it's an Awd. Stand to be corrected though.


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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #39 on: August 23, 2014, 10:25:36 PM »
????   Some reckon if it has a centre diff it's not a real 4WD either.....
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #40 on: August 23, 2014, 10:32:58 PM »
When your SUV drives this, it's a 4wd
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #41 on: August 24, 2014, 04:45:49 AM »
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #42 on: August 24, 2014, 06:55:01 AM »
Quote from: Ratbag on August 19, 2014, 09:42:44 PM
When it has a full chassis that extends the entire length/width of the vehicle, that can have a variety of bodies and accessories bolted on to it, mostly separately articulated; and it's primary purpose is the carriage of goods.

Some passenger vehicles have this (a real rarity these days), but they are still designated as passenger vehicles.

Does that include Pajero?
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #43 on: August 24, 2014, 07:08:03 AM »
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #44 on: August 24, 2014, 07:09:14 AM »
Quote from: Diesel Power on August 24, 2014, 06:55:01 AM
Does that include Pajero?
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Guess not going by that description. Or some jeeps
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #45 on: October 16, 2015, 02:53:48 PM »
Quote from: Malcolm Tugless on August 20, 2014, 08:43:39 AM
When its got a "southern cross" sticker stuck on the rear window, right next to the "love it or leave it" or "sorry we're full" one.

Pretty sure those stickers state the owner/driver is simply a xenophobic bogan
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #46 on: October 16, 2015, 03:38:42 PM »
They can both be AWD but it's always an SUV when you don't want to scratch it, dent the underneath or dunk the rims in water.
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #47 on: October 16, 2015, 03:53:22 PM »
Quote from: Malcolm Tugless on August 20, 2014, 08:43:39 AM
When its got a "southern cross" sticker stuck on the rear window, right next to the "love it or leave it" or "sorry we're full" one.

If its got a "my family" arrangement on the back then it definitely not a 4WD ... unless the dad sticker has a mullet that is.


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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #48 on: October 16, 2015, 04:28:08 PM »
I have an X Trail and have no qualms about it being a Soft Roader, It is not a "REAL" 4WD but it can still go places my old Ford sparrow and Holden Commode would have had no chance of ever returning from.

I purchased it for its 4WD capability on boat ramps and guess what?........It actually works.
Would I go off road with the serious 4WDs?.............not on your Nelly.

But if you are speaking about Real Men's 4WDs you need to look at some of the extreme vehicles running around.
No Patrol, Pathfinder or Land Cruiser has a chance in hell of competing with these mean machines,
so does that make them "Not real 4WD's?"

I have watched a friend I know climb boulders, that I couldn't get up without a rope, in his beast.
I have seen it ford streams that Cruisers or Patrols would would wet their pants just looking at.

Lets not get into the "Real 4WD vs the Fake 4WD" because its all about the purpose of the vehicle, which is to tow.
Besides, an X Trail, with a few thou spent on it could match the big boys.
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Re: When does an SUV start getting called a 4WD?
« Reply #49 on: October 16, 2015, 04:56:44 PM »
What you are trying ask in a nice way is  . What the Truck are these people on about , for Trucks sake its a Trucking stupid question . A trucking SUV is a trucking soft way to say lts a Bongo . Fill the trucking thing with kit & Truck Off . How in Trucks name are you supposed to get a good answer to a trucking dumb question asked by a Truckwit                         >:D >:D                   :cheers:
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