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twende
Just got M&S Tyres
Posts : 125
Join date : 2012-11-29
Age : 74
Location : Essex
| Subject: G Wagen Dream machine  Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:19 am | |
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Tom Mc
Founder
Posts : 3781
Join date : 2010-12-10
Location : Sant Boi de Lluçanès, Catalunya, Spain
| | Subject: Re: G Wagen Dream machine Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:41 am | |
| Very pretty and doubtless loads of fun, but obviously built for speed rather than off-road ability. For instance, doesn't appear to be much articulation there, bet it would struggle over the little log towards the end of this vid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZuJHchxpvQWhat a machine!  | |
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Peej
Just Bought 4x4
Posts : 76
Join date : 2013-10-24
Age : 67
Location : Scottish Borders
| | Subject: G Wagen Dream machine Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:42 pm | |
| Love it, I want one of each  Your right about the articulation Tom. The two videos show how tame road versions are compared to proper off roaders but you couldn't sell the Landy to Joe public, they would roll it at every roundabout! | |
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Tom Mc
Founder
Posts : 3781
Join date : 2010-12-10
Location : Sant Boi de Lluçanès, Catalunya, Spain
| | Subject: Re: G Wagen Dream machine Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:06 am | |
| True! It's bad enough coping with off-road tyres on wet tarmac, let the general public loose with any kind of trick suspension set-up, that really would be a recipe for disaster.  | |
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roamingman
Terrain Master
Posts : 1392
Join date : 2010-12-26
Age : 76
Location : Nearly thier
| | Subject: Re: G Wagen Dream machine Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:45 am | |
| First vid far too jumpy and merging for me, rubish.
second vid all out focus also rubbish, but great Lanndy. | |
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Assassin
Terrain Expert
Posts : 1227
Join date : 2010-12-27
| | Subject: Re: G Wagen Dream machine Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:44 am | |
| I got 4G, but that's only my work mobile' does this count? | |
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Assassin
Terrain Expert
Posts : 1227
Join date : 2010-12-27
| | Subject: Re: G Wagen Dream machine Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:49 am | |
| Length to ground clearance also wrong, easily grounded rock crawling; another vehicle built for a specific purpose which I suspect is off road racing where you don't encounter large rocks. | |
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wideformat4x4
Terrain Adept
Posts : 821
Join date : 2011-01-20
Age : 66
Location : Marcham, Oxfordshire
| | Subject: Re: G Wagen Dream machine Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:35 am | |
| Ooooo!!! I like this very much as a plaything.
I would love to see it follow my D2 in and out of some of the dry river beds we encountered in Morocco ! | |
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Assassin
Terrain Expert
Posts : 1227
Join date : 2010-12-27
| | Subject: Re: G Wagen Dream machine Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:01 pm | |
| It would follow you in, but it wouldn't follow you out. | |
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Tom Mc
Founder
Posts : 3781
Join date : 2010-12-10
Location : Sant Boi de Lluçanès, Catalunya, Spain
| | Subject: Re: G Wagen Dream machine Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:36 pm | |
| - Assassin wrote:
- It would follow you in, but it wouldn't follow you out.
I tell you wideformat4x4, he was exactly the same when we paid a visit to those 'special houses' in Amsterdam. No wonder we missed the plane back, but it was a day to remember!!!  | |
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twende
Just got M&S Tyres
Posts : 125
Join date : 2012-11-29
Age : 74
Location : Essex
| | Subject: Re: G Wagen Dream machine Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:25 pm | |
| Check out Top Gear new series starting this Sunday on BBC2. From the preview it looks like they are testing the G Wagen on one of the shows. Obviously this is a toy for the rich kids £370.000.00. But for those who like the tech bits: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/mercedes-benz/g63-amg-6x6But I must say, if the military version is now used by the Ausies it must be doing something right. As I said earlier, I'm not biased as I have owned both Landy and G Wagen so as the old saying goes "horses for course"  | |
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Assassin
Terrain Expert
Posts : 1227
Join date : 2010-12-27
| | Subject: Re: G Wagen Dream machine Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:36 am | |
| Tom told me it was a sausage and kebab house. | |
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