Quote Originally Posted by threedogs View Post
Brad Newham used to have the servo at Birdsville years ago, then 4x4 shop in Bayswater and now in south Aust, he told me 90% of desert failures were due to computer failure [dust]. And as stropp said you don't need a 4by , as someone made it up Big Red in a HQ sedan, while all the 4bys were working out how to get uplined up down the bottom.. on the flip side guy in NSW has Challenge prepped Range Rover cost approx $200K took new supercharged one around his test track and stated it does everything my Comp truck does BUT BETTER, Go figure
Not sure on the dust killing computers, most computers are or should at least be sealed I would have thought. Most solid state components and whole ecu's should be resin filled as well so not sure on that one but I'm not an expert . May be when they first came out that could be true.

I think we could be straying off the subject here as the main thread was about technology in 4x4 and not drive ability but I do agree you can take a 2wd just about anywhere you want to go,
Personally I have a 4wd to tow as I wouldn't want to have a 1.5t vehicle with 3 t behind it....just seems a bit unequal.lol . ohh yeah then I have one for a bit of fun as well...hahhaha

Anyway, vehicles are certainly not build like they used to and never will. Technology is here and will only advance so not much we can do but enjoy the benefits.