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Question of the Day: What's the most interesting small town you've visited in South Africa?
4x4 Fun
- Thread starter Fazda
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Topdoggdbn
Senior Member
do i have to have a jeep/4x4 or can i pay and use theirs looks awesome.
Rouxenator
Dank meme lord
They are pretty sweet yes, had one on our private course on the farm some time ago :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkpH3Z9UkpY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkpH3Z9UkpY
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
That looks suspiciously like Killarney 
And that place is a blast...
And that place is a blast...
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
If its Killarney, then they don't have any vehicles for hire, you must bring your own.
Fazda
Honorary Master
Yes it is Killarney 4x4 at Shongweni
Shows you how much better [read more capable] the 90, 130 and Unimog are than the new vehicles. New is not always better
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
Yes it is Killarney 4x4 at Shongweni
Did you go on a bit of an "outride" as it were, or just mess around in the sand pit?
Fazda
Honorary Master
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
No, we did the whole number - part of Jeep training,
Good good..
I had WAY more fun on the outride than just in the sand pit.....
Rouxenator
Dank meme lord
Yep, even that old KB kicked ass.Shows you how much better [read more capable] the 90, 130 and Unimog are than the new vehicles. New is not always better
Quantum Theory
Executive Member
Big difference between the Wrangler and that old Cherokee...
I went on Sunday on the Jeep 4x4 course near Bronkies and it was fantastic! Absolutely brilliant day out! Got my 4x4 pre-learning certificate in the new Jeep Wrangler. Awesome buy! I must admit, I preferred the Sahara to the Rubicon because it was just more fun in the Sahara. The Rubicon actually makes everything a little too easy, if that makes sense? The Sahara requires a little more driver input...
Took some awesome video as well. Might upload to Youtube later...
Took some awesome video as well. Might upload to Youtube later...
Quantum Theory
Executive Member
...and how did the Grands keep up with you guys?
Surprisingly well...ish. They struggle on loose surfaces because of their power to weight ratio. They just spin tyres. In the Wranglers we just pump more juice for the ABS to kick in - they have to take sand with much more momentum and if they lose it they're in a little trouble. They do have higher ground clearance though which helps on the climbs. We scraped our bottoms on a few but they have skid plates so no issues really. The Rubicon is awesome with the disconnected sway bar though. They can go on the level 5 trails to places the Sahara struggles a little. Especially on rock...
Fazda
Honorary Master
Yesterday the new Grand stuck with us all the way.
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On level 4 trails over sand they tend to get into a pickle if they loose momentum. During our competency test the Grands had to take make some risky moves to avoid stopping (which was an immediate fail) but they completed it with relative ease. One thing about the Grands is that the interior is almost identical to the Wranglers. The 2013 models that is. I was expecting a little more luxury. The new 2014 models however are absolutely beautiful inside...
Fazda
Honorary Master
Yes, we had the 2014 models there as you can see in my pic. HUGE improvement over the 2013 - magic piece of motorcar!
Quantum Theory
Executive Member
Can't you disconnect sway bars manually on the Sahara. Seem to remember reading that somewhere...
Quantum Theory
Executive Member
I love them, but those front lights look too small on the new one...
I'll get used to it, I guess.