Offroad-Express

went to post season fun trial north of palmy in rangiwahia

was awesome day, helped out as steward person thingy and then helped pull course apart today and cruised home



then saw pics like this on the forum........................



and I'm sorry Dan, but I gotta ask........
is she wearing any form of belts
you seem to be wearing a neck brace in case of a roll or something equally as dangerous but its a bit hard to see if you're wearing belts either

please tell me otherwise, pics look dodgy

tallsam66 wrote:Attempted to do to Lake Daniels but on the way lost Oil Pressure then developed an expensive sounding knock.
Laid up for the night at Glyyne Wye Station then got trailored back to chch.
Will get it looked at on Monday or Tuesday to see how bad it is.

shit that sounds bad, just for future reference my mother has a batch about 5 mins up the road from the road gate entry with plenty of beds and a couple of garages.

turoa wrote:mike you best be taking the fugly roll bar off the back else im not helping you build a new one!!

But its just the main hoop was going to move it back and mount it to the chassis But if you want to help me build an awesome cage instead of letting me just mostly copy yours then by all means the help would be very much appreciated. Otherwise reece and I did come up with a good plan to reuse the old cage main hoops.

skid wrote:went to post season fun trial north of palmy in rangiwahia

was awesome day, helped out as steward person thingy and then helped pull course apart today and cruised home



then saw pics like this on the forum........................



and I'm sorry Dan, but I gotta ask........
is she wearing any form of belts
you seem to be wearing a neck brace in case of a roll or something equally as dangerous but its a bit hard to see if you're wearing belts either

please tell me otherwise, pics look dodgy

since i posted this pic .. i'll answer, she was wearing lap belts for this! .. (and have removed pic due to Skids comment, hope this didnt cause any hassles being a public forum an all have to say though Skid ..why not any comment about the other "run" on page 1 about lack of seat belts?? )

went for a blast up bullock creek road 1st thig was a sign saying (CAUTION)go back road under water WEL WHAT AN INVITE was getting dark so didnt stick arround to late as the river was just about uup to the road and over the track in places problem was road tires and mud not a good combo but we went til we got to a river crossing that was a bit too deep and rising fast so we high tailed it out funny thing was where the road was under water going in was 1 foot deeper on the way out got to love a bit of rain to make things interesting any way going to go back for a weekend camping trip soon as we only had my truck

skid wrote:<SNIP>
then saw pics like this on the forum........................

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and I'm sorry Dan, but I gotta ask........
is she wearing any form of belts
<SNIP>

Was thinking the same thing as well when I saw that and was going to ask when I got home but you beat me to it!

meece4x4 wrote:since i posted this pic .. i'll answer, she was wearing lap belts for this! <SNIP>

Thanks for clearing that up but I would have thought it would have been beeter to have put the full belt on considering she may have only been novice with offroading and if it turned to custard......

In saying this I wasn't there and didn't see the hazard.....

mike wrote:Got the kiwi 4x4 challenge in 5 weeks and suzuki1k said i should get the LR ready for it so he came around and helped me move it out of the shed, I went in to get the beers and when i came out he had farked off!



Fark knows why

I had to go get the beer, that is why I left...

But when I got back and after having a few of them it started looking better....

Photo's of the weekend are here and it was a good weekend as well....

meece4x4 wrote:since i posted this pic .. i'll answer, she was wearing lap belts for this! .. (and have removed pic due to Skids comment, hope this didnt cause any hassles being a public forum an all have to say though Skid ..why not any comment about the other "run" on page 1 about lack of seat belts?? )

didnt ask for pic to be removed, but prob not a bad thing due to undesirable using pics off this site to portray bad driving in NZ wide publications

spotted the 1st page thing and just put it down to 'natural selection' in progress

skid wrote:

meece4x4 wrote:since i posted this pic .. i'll answer, she was wearing lap belts for this! .. (and have removed pic due to Skids comment, hope this didnt cause any hassles being a public forum an all have to say though Skid ..why not any comment about the other "run" on page 1 about lack of seat belts?? )

didnt ask for pic to be removed, but prob not a bad thing due to undesirable using pics off this site to portray bad driving in NZ wide publications

spotted the 1st page thing and just put it down to 'natural selection' in progress

madmatt wrote:Some pics from Thompsons trip today.

This is also a accident waiting to happen as well and wouldn't have been allowed on one of my trips

suzuki1k wrote:

madmatt wrote:Some pics from Thompsons trip today.

This is also a accident waiting to happen as well and wouldn't have been allowed on one of my trips

Why???

suzuki1k wrote:This is also a accident waiting to happen as well and wouldn't have been allowed on one of my trips

doesnt look any different to your mate in the white whale

DieselBoy wrote:

suzuki1k wrote:This is also a accident waiting to happen as well and wouldn't have been allowed on one of my trips

Why???

I am sure it would be because the spare tyre is not in a WoF'able condition (insert Tui ad here)

W

At least he used a seatbelt and doors...

Just another great weekend in at Lake daniells and nothing broken, just some more dents in left guard.
Al

mike wrote:well it turns out that suzuki1k did come back and helped an amazing amount, so much so that this is the result at the end of the weekend.

First test pretend drive


new seats mounted

The Grited teeth, the look of Sheer Determination, and that is before the engine is started, Not serious are you. What and where did you get those seats, they look great. Oh and do they cme with that added seat decoration free?

skid wrote:

and I'm sorry Dan, but I gotta ask........
is she wearing any form of belts
you seem to be wearing a neck brace in case of a roll or something equally as dangerous but its a bit hard to see if you're wearing belts either

please tell me otherwise, pics look dodgy

Cant see the picture that you are referring to,. But yes belts always worn even as it this case it is only the lap ones, (EDIT ADDEDI Always wera a neck brace,) you can tell its not serious of even slightly effy as I have no helmet on and no shoulder belts. Also camera angles can make really good photos

madmatt wrote:Some pics from Thompsons trip today.

Wow sweet pics, so jealous i couldnt go!!! Will definatly come the next time

skid wrote:

suzuki1k wrote:This is also a accident waiting to happen as well and wouldn't have been allowed on one of my trips

doesnt look any different to your mate in the white whale

It's because its a nissan, eh?

suzuki1k wrote: wouldn't have been allowed on one of my trips

i guess its lucky for him that hes NOT a member of this forum then nor was he a part of the forum group that went up.

i think i might mention to him that your concerened for his saftey tho but im sure his reply will be allong the lines of ........

If my memory serves me correcty I believe he's from Morrinsville....?

Case in point

Actually I think I know his brother

Andrew1706 wrote:If my memory serves me correcty I believe he's from Morrinsville....?

Case in point

Actually I think I know his brother

hahha nah hes not a farmer

meece4x4 wrote:just got back from a nice days drive in the country with our local club, yet another great safari, nothing too challenging as it was a shiny run. almost no mud since we are in the droughted north but still a nice day out.

hi meece,
can you email me the photo that is missing can I can see what Skid is talking about dan at drpc dot co dot nz

Cheers
Dan

wopass wrote::lol:

Vaughn's beast is cool!!

We had to tow Vaughn's best up and over to the park area , he lost his spark from the coil , then blew a tyre which put him half over the bank which required the Landcruiser winch. Great time

Had a good trip to Rallywoods, did heaps of tracks, very dry. Did night run on Sat night and Jerry came along, good to catch up Paul came out as well both days. We drove up Wong way at night did the top track by gate to Akas both ways. The V8 Landy suffered a broken cv (cruiser) but got him back and fixed and back out again

The Grited teeth, the look of Sheer Determination, and that is before the engine is started, Not serious are you. What and where did you get those seats, they look great. Oh and do they cme with that added seat decoration free?

you should see the video !! ill post it up in the next couple of days, barrel of laughs

Small sample of the loop.



Courtesy of Toyoda

just picked this up to tow the mistress



anyone want to buy a 1993 3.1D Isuzu Bighorn lotus??

suzuki1k wrote:Thanks for clearing that up but I would have thought it would have been beeter to have put the full belt on considering she may have only been novice with offroading and if it turned to custard......

In saying this I wasn't there and didn't see the hazard.....

Firstly she is not a novice, she is my wife who competes in both our club champs and the Top Half Fun Rally, secondly it was a shiney run and this particular slope A Safari (Mild Mods), A Jeep Rubicon (No mods), and Meeece in his vitara all had a go at it as well. Thirdly it was me in my vehicle and I had already driven it for about 4 hours that day on this farm so I knew what the ground was handling like and also how the Vehicle was handling as well. Believe me if I think it may go pear shape it is full belts and HELMET. (nothing like a healthy discussion is there)

UBZ wrote:



Small sample of the loop.



Courtesy of Toyoda

Awesome Vid, good times, The Cat Empire RULE'S