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Balranald
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May 2002
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Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Sun, 02 February 2003 10:59
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I went to visit my grandfather on Friday arvo and everyone told me the quickest way to get there......in a country town this can be dangerous because they all drive Landcruiser Utes....not lowered Soarers!!!!!
The drive started off with a BEAUTIFUL road for about 40k's before it turned to dirt...before it turned to bad dirt....before it turned to shocking dirt and stayed like that for ages. I wasn't sure how much dirt there was so I kept at it thinking I will get to the end soon but there was about 30k's of it. A long way when your doing 20km/h dodging all kinds of things. I was so damn pissed off.
When I got to the main highway I left a nice set of black marks about 200 metres long to show what I thought of the dirt road. So if anyone is driving between Hay & Balranald near a place called Ravensworth in the next few months look out for the killer black marks...ha ha ha
I'm home now.....I took the long way home with no dirt roads....100k's longer but well worth it!
Anyone else taken their Soarers off road?
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Location:
Wollongong
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Sun, 02 February 2003 14:20
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Poor, poor Soarer. They were never meant to see suck roads 
I never take mine on any dirt roads whatsoever. Mine is lowered that much, that even certain speed humps on bitumen roads cause problems, let alone what some pothole or bump in a dirt road would do to the car. Makes me wish I had hydraulic suspension.
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Lost in the K hole
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Mon, 03 February 2003 00:38
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nark, that corrugation is actually caused by cars 
do'h!
ed
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Location:
Balranald
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Mon, 03 February 2003 04:20
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Yeah your right ed. I done most of the driving on the sides of the roads on 45 degree angles. It made for a smoother ride.
Especially after the drought and the high winds/dust storms most of the road was blown away which didn't help either.
That was my 1st and last Soarer 4WD'ing expadition. No more Layland Brothers for me 
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Location:
Balranald
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Mon, 03 February 2003 04:24
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Yeah your right ed. I done most of the driving on the sides of the roads on 45 degree angles. It made for a smoother ride.
Especially after the drought and the high winds/dust storms most of the road was blown away which didn't help either.
That was my 1st and last Soarer 4WD'ing expadition. No more Layland Brothers for me
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Mon, 03 February 2003 04:55
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Ed, unless there are SHITLOADS of cars with 5cm wide tyres going from one side of the road to the other continuously, then, no I don't think they're made by tyres....
Tyre tracks go the other direction (parallel rather than perpendicular) and are far less annoying than having your teeth rattling out of your skull..
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I supported Toymods
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I renounced punctuation
Registered:
May 2002
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Mon, 03 February 2003 07:09
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Hmm... Now that I think of it, they could be made by cars.
Just assumed it wasn't because it's not always on the most used roads, but I suppose the composition of the dirt would have something to do with that.
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Club Member
Location:
sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Mon, 03 February 2003 09:50
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its actually suspension shudder which (helps) creates it, mainly from soft shocks also combined with some axle tramp from rwd cars at low speed on uneven surfaces, lowering the tyre pressures will relieve some of the errosion if youre travelling over the roads for a long time, it will also ease the ride if the corregations are allready there.
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Location:
Darwin
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November 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Tue, 04 February 2003 03:05
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the best way to beat the bump problem whilst driving is to drive on the opposite side of the road (obviously only advised for long straights).
There you all are, you learn something new everyday
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Location:
Balranald
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May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Tue, 04 February 2003 04:07
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Yeah I actually learnt that on my little drive. It does seem a lot smoother on the other side.
I only passed 1 car in an hour and a half so it's safe enough.
All I kept on thinking was what would the car be thinking if it could...it's only been in OZ for 3 months and now in the outback on dirt roads.....when I bought it it had snow tyres!! Bit of a change
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Tue, 04 February 2003 04:10
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Dewd, I think you and your car need to find a room...
   
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Location:
Wollongong
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Tue, 04 February 2003 07:21
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Snow tyres ? When cars are complianced they are *supposed* to get a fresh set of tyres by law. Many places skip this to save money, but are supposed to change them as far as I'm aware. If you had to pay for compliance, I would complain, cos as far as I'm aware, we don't have dedicated snow tyres in Australia.
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Location:
Balranald
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May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Thu, 06 February 2003 07:24
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Oh the car has new tyres on it now and did have when I bought it....the 2nd set of mags had 2 snow tyres on them that the guy threw in who I bought it of. It was a great deal. Who is up for a trip to the snow in winter?? It even came with the rubber snow chains too.
Actually does anyone want to buy either standard TT Soarer mags (perfect condition...no gutters but the centre cap has lost some of it's crome paint and 2 snow tyres and 2 nice Jap tyres) OR a set of fully polished 300ZX wheels with 2x Continental Tyres and 2x Pirelli P6000 tyres.
I might sell both and get a set of 18" ones.
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I supported Toymods
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Northern Beaches
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Thu, 06 February 2003 07:55
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yeah the sprinter had its first taste of corrigation last week, on a surfing trip up north near port maquarie where my mates decided to camp at some beach accessed by dirt road.....
only way to take it was at 5km/h or 100 where you skimmed over them.... bit hairy on the corners as your ass bumps out for a nice bit of 80km/h sideways action.
stupid mates had a falcon and one had a volvo so both had soft as suspension and cruised it easily and were wondering what I was complaining about
the chick I had in my car didn't stop complaining about why the hell you would lower your car and make the suspension harder hehe
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Thu, 06 February 2003 08:07
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Crowdy bay? Been there done that.... Nearly lost a few teeth...
Bloody smart arse 4WD screamed past me too. At least once the corrugations stopped, I blew past him again...
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Location:
Blacktown Bro
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Fri, 07 February 2003 01:29
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I thought the graders made the corugations that make your car skip off the road.
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Location:
Balranald
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Soarers don't make good 4WD cars
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Fri, 07 February 2003 05:06
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No once a road has been graded it makes for a nice driving surface. Apparently there is a road near here that once it is graded it's like a speedway track because they bank all the corners. I think I will have to give that a go once......or if it ever rains and they grade it. But no way in the Soarer. I still have access to the old VL (dad bought it off me to putt out to work and back) so it will have to do a trip 
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