Originally Posted by
Hodge
Best currently "New" available 4x4 on the market today, I reckon. For touring and/or for a van on the back. I had the pleasure of giving one a drive towing a decent van up to Wangaratta. What van? It's like being in a oversized HSV!
When and if my GU decides to print it's resignation papers, maybe it's what I'd be looking at (but not yet. I f'kn love this car). Also, as mentioned elsewhere You chose a seriously kick arse colour too!
I have a few mates/workmates that I go away with all the time, who upgraded to 62's a while back. In my view and from experience, while they mostly exalt "off-road", there is a area of struggle. Technical, wheel lift, rocky, "solid axle country". It's either 5000rpm of V8, hope for the best, or stuck. Crawl area in all modes is lacking. Spots, where my fossil age oil burner GU crawled up like a billy goat, they had to go full noise. Full noise is sexy and all, but for some reason they keep snapping CVs. Especially if throw some 35's on there, which is fairly common.
On account, these boys have spent more dough replacing CVs than on fuel! And I'm told there is a massive shortage of the genuine ones in Aus due to it.
But take a long rutted section and these beasts are in their element. Lack of diff pumpkin hang ups with all that grunt behind it!