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Old 13-11-2009, 09:48   #16
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SIMON - not yet, been pi55ing the last few days Sorry to hear of your troubles mate, hope you get sorted - been there, ummmm, twice actually! ).

ZIPPY - peeps are right, whats required for your lady wife is really something with permanent 4WD (bit of a misnomer because most of them work on the principle of sending drive just to either front or rear wheels normally, but splitting it, say, 50/50 or 60/40 if it detects any wheel slippage. That happens pretty much instantaneously and needs no input from the driver.

Other vehicles I'd add to the list would be things like the Subaru or the Honda HRV. We have one of the latter and having driven it a lot I can tell you it works brilliantly. I have got to say that, in 2WD alone, I don't find the T2 that encouraging on wet roads at any rate of knots. Its a heavy old beast and if it comes unstuck it comes unstuck.....in very wet conditions you can run it safely in 4WD (I've had T2s/Mavs for 12 years and done so loads of times without problem), but she'd have to be reversing to get it back into 2WD when she wants to manouevre and so on, all very inconvenient.

I have never, ever managed to get the Honda unstuck. It has a VTEC engine so will go like stink when you want it to (at least for a 4WD) but even on the wettest, bendiest, leaf-strewn roads West Wales can offer, it sticks like glue. And being a Honda its bomb-proof - 70,000 miles on this one and NOTHING gone wrong.

So you might have to think about a second car mate! LOL
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Old 13-11-2009, 10:15   #17
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I'll second the scooby option. The sport wagon impreza's and foresters (I think) even have a low box which is more than can be said for a few of the other mentioned. Not got te ground clearance of a bigger 4x4 but far more practical for most people for everyday use, like the Honda being Jap scoobies are uber reliable and of course have good street cred too.
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Old 13-11-2009, 15:40   #18
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I'll second the scooby option. The sport wagon impreza's and foresters (I think) even have a low box which is more than can be said for a few of the other mentioned. Not got te ground clearance of a bigger 4x4 but far more practical for most people for everyday use, like the Honda being Jap scoobies are uber reliable and of course have good street cred too.
...and you were doing so well til that very last bit terra!

Here in wales, if you spot a scooby coming you get off the road, fast, cos its likely to be driven by a monobrowed moron!
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Old 26-09-2011, 21:45   #19
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thread revival!
Has anyone managed to get a sucessfull front lsd or know of any good front lockers for the terrano?
cheers matt
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Old 26-09-2011, 22:19   #20
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Yep simples mate
You just need a "Lokka" from that there Australia
It'll cost you around 350 squid, possibly a bit less now with the exchange rate.
Try this http://www.4wdsystems.com.au/index.php?id=29
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