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stubs
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17th Jun 08 at 05:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just spotted this (see below for link) on ebay and got me thinking, would you be required to take a test to drive something like this? Surely due to the height, it would be similar to driving a hgv or bus etc.. it looks higher than a van.

See here
dannymccann
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Technically it is just an estate/pickup truck which is basically a car? Just it has huuuge wheels on it so may get pulled a few times? No idea tbph
JamesMG
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nope its a 4x4 under 3.5 tonnes.. car license needed
LeeM
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i really want a monster truck, i keep looking at them i might buy one as a daily runner!
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anything undwer 3.5 tonnes is ok for those that passed after 97, pre 97 can drive up to 7.5tonnes
Planty02
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I would LOVE to drive that around
deano87
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I like how the arches have been widened
stubs
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Well on one hand it worries me to think that anyone can hop in one and be a bit of a danger. And then on the other hand I feel quite excited that that person could be me
BluKoo
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I'd love to try and go through a drive through in that...
Ben G
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imagine the cost of tyres if you use that as a daily runner!!!
Corsa_Scotty
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how do you get in it?
chunk89
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it would take along time to run them down the bald tho
jockey007
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on the road the wheels tyres would be bald in no time, it would have be a second car for off roading unless you put road tyres on there
Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by jockey007
on the road the wheels tyres would be bald in no time, it would have be a second car for off roading unless you put road tyres on there


exactly, hence why bmw x5's and porsche cayennes don't run off road wheels ok maybe that was a shite comparison, seeing as they are useless off road!

range rover vogues
jockey007
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lol very true tho mate used to have a range rover based dakar
jockey007
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used to eat road tyres, 3.5 v8 petrol was amazin fun, but ours was blue with red roll cage n kelly off road tyres
KerbD It
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quote:
Originally posted by stubs
Well on one hand it worries me to think that anyone can hop in one and be a bit of a danger. And then on the other hand I feel quite excited that that person could be me


but its just a 4x4 with a diffrent set of rims,

so what your saying if you buy a corsa & change the rims & higher it, its a danger?
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Yes, it's very much more difficult to drive. You can't see things in front of you for a start, not to mention geometry and therefore handling being to cock.

Stopping distance on AT tyres, ability to change direction, ability to judge distance, likelyhood of mechanical failure causing injury, etc.

Yes - more dangerous but your category B is fine assuming it weighs less than 3.5t.
cunningham
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i sometimes get stuck behind this on the way to work lol

its not used for offroading its all for show
stubs
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quote:
Originally posted by KerbD It
so what your saying if you buy a corsa & change the rims & higher it, its a danger?


I think the points that Ian made basically sum up my concerns
stubs
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quote:
Originally posted by cunningham
i sometimes get stuck behind this on the way to work lol

its not used for offroading its all for show


Shame its not a little higher so you could drive under it!
GteRedtop
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some people come up with some daft things in their spare time,who fuckin cares lol

 
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