Four Wheel Drives - Now They're Screaming For Them!
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From: Smurf on 7 Jan 2010 18:28 Ret. wrote: > Smurf wrote: >> Ret. wrote: >>> Turk182 wrote: >>>> The man who denied dying soldiers their helicopters, Gordon Brown, >>>> has also been a key figure in the demonisation of four wheel drive >>>> owners in the UK. >>>> >>>> How typical; on my local radio station there are now appeals being >>>> made for anyone with four wheel drive vehicles to contact support >>>> agencies and in some cases, ambulance stations, who are finding >>>> they are unable to get assistance to old people and the injured in >>>> rural areas. >>>> >>>> If anyone hid their four wheel drive, rather than be victim to the >>>> government hate campaign, could you now bring your vehicle out of >>>> hiding - you country needs 4WDs'. >>>> >>>> Come to think of it - we're short of everything except debt! >>> >>> Yes indeedy. For the first time in 30 years there is, at last, some >>> valid use for these monstrosities! >>> >>> Kev >> >> I bought my first one within the last couple of months, and spend my >> time driving round rural areas for my job. There isnt a hill or path >> my monster has not being able to get up with ease. I have practically >> pissed myself laughing at bmws and mercs, with their rear wheel >> drive.... >> The great thing with the four wheel drive, the chunky tyres and the >> extra traction, is the fun you have when you lose a bit of grip and >> the vehicle starts to slide, as it begins to slip away, you gently >> tap the accelerator, and its as if someone put steel spikes into the >> ground, as it immediatly gets control and traction and its off, as if >> you were driving on a rubber track. > > Yes - for at least two days a year in a normal winter they'll > certainly prove their worth... > > Kev They are also good for getting to tescos.... Anyway, mine runs on the cleanest burning fuel known to mankind, so you wont guilt me out....
From: IanT on 7 Jan 2010 18:57 "Turk182" <digitalradiouk(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:6d39b90e-f59b-4a19-a727-975e08a4e05f(a)a6g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > The man who denied dying soldiers their helicopters, Gordon Brown, Speak to anyone in the forces abroad - there is no shortage of helicopters or equipment. The complaints started because soldiers figting illegal wars were not happy with military issue equipment. They were paying for different non-approved and unsuitable items such as boots and expecting us to pay them back. Learn to see through emotional and political rubbish. You just repeat what you hear on the news without knowing the facts as told by British soldiers.
From: the gods have made us mad on 7 Jan 2010 19:07 "Smurf" <smurf(a)smurf.com> wrote in message news:7qn70eFefbU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Ret. wrote: >> Turk182 wrote: >>> The man who denied dying soldiers their helicopters, Gordon Brown, >>> has also been a key figure in the demonisation of four wheel drive >>> owners in the UK. >>> >>> How typical; on my local radio station there are now appeals being >>> made for anyone with four wheel drive vehicles to contact support >>> agencies and in some cases, ambulance stations, who are finding they >>> are unable to get assistance to old people and the injured in rural >>> areas. >>> >>> If anyone hid their four wheel drive, rather than be victim to the >>> government hate campaign, could you now bring your vehicle out of >>> hiding - you country needs 4WDs'. >>> >>> Come to think of it - we're short of everything except debt! >> >> Yes indeedy. For the first time in 30 years there is, at last, some >> valid use for these monstrosities! >> >> Kev > > I bought my first one within the last couple of months, and spend my time > driving round rural areas for my job. There isnt a hill or path my monster > has not being able to get up with ease. I have practically pissed myself > laughing at bmws and mercs, with their rear wheel drive.... > > The great thing with the four wheel drive, the chunky tyres and the extra > traction, is the fun you have when you lose a bit of grip and the vehicle > starts to slide, as it begins to slip away, you gently tap the > accelerator, and its as if someone put steel spikes into the ground, as it > immediatly gets control and traction and its off, as if you were driving > on a rubber track<<<. Not all peaches and cream, though ;) A Patrol, with its recirculating ball steering, and it's *extremely* agricultural long-throw gear lever is not the best of fun on tarmac. Great fun off it, though. Perhaps one of he most compelling reasons for buying a 4x4 is the inherent strength of the the thing when someone crashes into you. It might not be PC, but a family stand a much better chance of emerging unscathed than from a Mondeo, etc.
From: the gods have made us mad on 7 Jan 2010 19:16 "IanT" <noemail(a)email.co.uk> wrote in message news:hi5sd0$3kl$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "Turk182" <digitalradiouk(a)aol.com> wrote in message > news:6d39b90e-f59b-4a19-a727-975e08a4e05f(a)a6g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >> The man who denied dying soldiers their helicopters, Gordon Brown, > > Speak to anyone in the forces abroad - there is no shortage of helicopters > or equipment. The complaints started because soldiers figting illegal > wars > were not happy with military issue equipment. They were paying for > different > non-approved and unsuitable items such as boots and expecting us to pay > them back. Learn to see through emotional and political rubbish. You > just repeat what you hear on the news without knowing the facts as told by > British soldiers.<<< When it's a matter of life and death, don't they deserve the best? If this country has enough money to accommodate 'asylum seekers' and other unwanted riff-raff, then it has enough money to equip its troops properly!!
From: Joe Lee on 7 Jan 2010 20:53
Turk182 wrote: > The man who denied dying soldiers their helicopters, Gordon Brown, <snip> Perhaps you can cite cases of where a medivac has not been possible due solely to a shortage of helicopters. Or is the above just one more of your daft statements? -- Joe Lee |