Has technology killed the modern 4x4 ???

[Yendor]

Let's face it guys, apart from the electronics there is not much difference between the GQ and GU (don't forget the GQ 4.2 EFI).

Andy, I'm sure if a GU 4.2TD had of come up at the right price, you would have been all over it.

[AB]

Let's face it guys, apart from the electronics there is not much difference between the GQ and GU (don't forget the GQ 4.2 EFI).

Andy, I'm sure if a GU 4.2TD had of come up at the right price, you would have been all over it.

Yeah I would of mate but they are outside my budget. However I don't like the size of GU's. If I could somehow put the interior of a GU which I love inside the GQ then that would be a winner...lol

[Yendor]

If that is the question then it would be a GU that would fail first, Know of a few patrol owners to buy a GQ, upgrade 2 a newer model being the GU then upgrade back down 2 a GQ *LMAO*

And yes I would buy a fridge build in the mid 80's, if its still working 20 years latter I know it was built 2 last... not like the fridges of 2day, lucky 2 get a year out of anything built these days.

I will send you some matches so you can light your candles.

[Maxhead]

If that is the question then it would be a GU that would fail first, Know of a few patrol owners to buy a GQ, upgrade 2 a newer model being the GU then upgrade back down 2 a GQ *LMAO*

And yes I would buy a fridge build in the mid 80's, if its still working 20 years latter I know it was built 2 last... not like the fridges of 2day, lucky 2 get a year out of anything built these days.

We all know everything was built a lot better and built to last years ago but it doesn't mean you don't move forward when new technology appears.

Do you still have a vhs instead a dvd or hdd?
B/W tV over new colour LCD?

list can go on...

hold on, you just posted that on a lappy or pc or table or phone and not an engraving in a bit of stone like the stone ages ...hahahhahaha

[AB]

We all know everything was built a lot better and built to last years ago but it doesn't mean you don't move forward when new technology appears.

Do you still have a vhs instead a dvd or hdd?
B/W tV over new colour LCD?

list can go on...

hold on, you just posted that on a lappy or pc or table or phone and not an engraving in a bit of stone like the stone ages ...hahahhahaha

Laptop....pffft, who needs technology...lol

Sent from my iRock, 5800 B.C

[nissannewby]

Most of the technology that is in the newer cars has been around for a very long time inc common rail its just now its more affordable to be mass produced. I have driven these you beaut common rail v8 jobbies and find them to be nowhere near as good as my 04 GU with only a 3" exhaust and me tinkering with it a little. My fuel economy is better, servicing is cheaper, repairs are cheaper, driving wise my GU certainly pulls better and it only cost me 20k where as the v8 things the base model is arounf the 60k mark.

[MQ MAD]

If that is the question then it would be a GU that would fail first, Know of a few patrol owners to buy a GQ, upgrade 2 a newer model being the GU then upgrade back down 2 a GQ *LMAO*

I had many an MQ/MK and though yippie for nissan reliability, got the missus to jump camp from toymota as well, so win win
But i wanted a GQ and couldnt find one at the time,so we went for the GU
Was alright for what it was,was only a few years old, then came the big wallet hammering ....
Certainly turned me of the brand for awhile, but alas bought me the best GQ i could find
Best thing i ever done....yeah its thirsty but its not a diahatsu charade is it ???,its a 2.5 T lump of non areodynamic mass weight goin thru the air
We have and are still looking at upgrading to something newer,but i cant find anything new thats as cheap to repair,parts avaliability,and i dont have a science degree

As for the technology in 4bies ???
The wifes old bosses dad bought some high tech fancy range rover or something, went off road the computer had a bad day,so heading down a steep hill and system shut down,no control,slid into a tree
Technology itself , good and bad
Ive about 20 mobile fones here ,,that need upgrading every heartbeat

I just threw out the other month 5 good working tellies as they wernt digital compatable,and even then i cant get every channel,yay for technology

[Bob]

Oh for the days when you could remove a Head off a Motor,Do a Valve Grind,Replace Head and sit on Mudguard with your feet in the Engine Bay and adjust the tappets whilst the Motor was running .
It was just as easy to replace Big End Bearings,Rings etc.
Now I open the Bonnet and about the only thing I can do is check the Oil Level

[Chris79]

I dont think technology has killed the modern 4wd, I think the buyer demographic have.
Unfortunately knowone wants a 4wd to actually go off-road in these days so they dont bother designing them to do so.
Of the only 5 new 4wds on the market that would suit my needs, 4 of them have throwbacks to the 80's - 90's lol.

New technology in 4wds can make them very capable, Jeeps quadradrive 2 system for example is very close to twin locked performance but does not require driver input at all.

[macca]

Now I open the Bonnet and about the only thing I can do is check the Oil Level

They make it simple now, all the yellow plastic bits are the ones we can touch!!!

Funny the dipstick has a yellow end to pull it out but the oil filler cap on the engine is black, what am I going to do?????