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Anyone else get theirs dirty.......?

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Anyone else get theirs dirty.......?

Post by Ranger 6 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:31 am

Does anyone get theirs dirty?

Here's my old one which I bought because I regularly do this:
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this:
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this:
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and this:
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...and in amongst all that I wanted a car which was capable of swallowing all the associated 'stuff' that a family of four generates. Ultimately the X3 was chosen because of the balance of space, comfort, on-road ability, running costs and the capability of travelling on rally stages without suffering too much damage underneath or holding up the event by getting stuck.

When I first started using it the marshals faces when a black BMW turned up on the start line was a picture - they were even more surprised when nothing broke and I didn't get stuck..... :hehe:

Looking round for something else which could do everything I want it for I couldn't really find anything better - considered everything from Evoque/FL2 to RRS/X5/Touareg - all were slower, more expensive to run etc, etc. so I've just changed it for another one, albeit with a 3.0d this time....

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As newbie as well I've put a link over in that section :D
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Re: Anyone else get theirs dirty.......?

Post by AW8 » Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:37 am

Great thread & content...............Good to see some car being put to proper use.
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Re: Anyone else get theirs dirty.......?

Post by 535dboy » Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:30 pm

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Post by shadrack » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:39 pm

when we had the bad snow all my mates with land rovers were laughing at me ha ha ha x5 on 22s go home etc etc, then on a hill in bumper deep snow mt mates disco on off road wheels was stuck and i passed him on the 22s, they laughed no more!
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Post by shadrack » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:39 pm

[quote=""535dboy""]Image[/quote]
want a wash that mate!
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Re: Anyone else get theirs dirty.......?

Post by Ranger 6 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:44 am

[quote=""535dboy""]Image[/quote]
Dirty bottom..... fnar!! :D
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Post by X5Sport » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:13 pm

[quote=""Ranger 6""]Here's my old one which I bought because I regularly do this:

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What? Ignore the Satnav? :poke: :tumbleweed:
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Post by Ranger 6 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:27 pm

LOL

That was another day where the jaws hit the floor as a BMW was seen more than 6" off the road...:D

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Re: Anyone else get theirs dirty.......?

Post by Sit » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:29 pm

Love the picture of your black X3 in the snow, where was that taken?? How did you find it coped?

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