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Which vehicle is best for surfers; a ute (utility) or a station wagon (wagon)

Ute (Utility)
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Station Wagon (Wagon)
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Postby WooD » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:51 am

Works for me.


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Postby tomcat360 » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:52 pm

Wooot wooot!

I think an XJ may be my next vehicle.
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Postby Jimi » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:00 am

Long wheelbase nissan patrol... without doubt.

You can fit n 8'7"ft board inside with ease, and it's under lock and key (unlike on roof racks), plus it'll go anywhere... over sand, through mud, and to some of the most spectacular and remote breaks unaccessible to other cars.

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Postby jethrodog » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:32 am

Hey Tomcat
I had an '03 Jeep Sahara before the Ridgeline, loved it, went anywhere, fun to drive, great with the roof off, but the gas mileage, ouch! Brutal. I would typically fill up 3 times for every time the wife filled up her VW jetta diesel. How is yours for mileage, WooD? Did I just have a lemon?
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Postby ^*^BATMAN^*^ » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:15 am

jethrodog wrote:Hey Tomcat
I had an '03 Jeep Sahara before the Ridgeline, loved it, went anywhere, fun to drive, great with the roof off, but the gas mileage, ouch! Brutal. I would typically fill up 3 times for every time the wife filled up her VW jetta diesel. How is yours for mileage, WooD? Did I just have a lemon?


Your comparing apples and oranges here. A jetta desiel will get about 1000-1200km per tank. Your Jeep(all jeeps have bad milage), is a big heavy hog of a vehicle, so it has a bigger engine, so it used more fuel to go the same distance......Sorry, should say it did, now that you dont have it.
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Postby lem0n » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:11 pm

An old Volvo station wagon-the 940 or 740 style-is good. With the seats folded down my 7'3" board fits inside and you can also sleep in there, not that I need to since I live 5 miles from the beach...
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Postby tomcat360 » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:41 pm

Jimi, those are the tires I want to put on my vehicle, you like them?

(yeah I know it's weird I can pick up on what tires you have, haha)
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Postby RJD » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:15 am

I have subaru forester, not a nutter turbo one tho.

Drives like a car, goes offroad, can fit a 9'2" board inside, reasonably ecconomical, job done.
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Postby Johno » Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:53 am

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My surf van, bought for £200 I,ve been doing it up for a mounth, its good on fuel, got a roof rack 4 me board, a fridge for me beers and a double bed in the back for!!!!!!

An its a Mazda Bongo!

I love it
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Postby pault » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:22 pm

This would be almost the perfect surf car for me :D

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1958-CHEVROLET-BEL-AIR-4-DOOR-SEDAN-RESTORED_W0QQitemZ250106655166QQihZ015QQcategoryZ18301QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I wish I had the cash right now, but what would make it even more perfect if it was 1956 Chevy Bel Air

*Drooooooool*
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Postby soops » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:44 pm

Johno wrote:Image

My surf van, bought for £200 I,ve been doing it up for a mounth, its good on fuel, got a roof rack 4 me board, a fridge for me beers and a double bed in the back for!!!!!!

An its a Mazda Bongo!

I love it


You've got a bloody bargain there Johno!! £200 squid?!?!?!
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Postby soops » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:58 pm

Check out this little beaut going for a grand on ebay atm

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Postby Jimi » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:30 am

tomcat360 wrote:Jimi, those are the tires I want to put on my vehicle, you like them?

(yeah I know it's weird I can pick up on what tires you have, haha)


haha! I should mention that isn't my actual car, but mine's identical except for the shade of grey. (2" lift with bilstein shocks, 33" mud terrains, extractors, Limited slip diffs)

I'd definately recommend the BFG Muddies... They're rubbish on road, but that's the point.

I've had em cake up with mud a few times, but the only tires that beat em offroad are Simex (I think they're Centipedes) that aren't legal for road use in australia.

The only problem is the price, so I got a second set of retreaded tires with the BFG mud terrain tread pattern, and these are identical offroad but have softer tread and don't last as long..
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Postby worldsurfradio » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:03 am

Diesel (for going over to bioDiesel) work van, matress, two hob cooker, matress. Bucket

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Postby sharkbait » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:47 am

as with wood but without the rack. bloomin nightmare for pamela. the 6'10 fits in ok. max would be a 7'6 i'd think.

wood, with the rack on, can you drop the lid easy? looks a pretty tight sqeeze.

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Postby tomcat360 » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:32 pm

Jimi wrote:
tomcat360 wrote:Jimi, those are the tires I want to put on my vehicle, you like them?

(yeah I know it's weird I can pick up on what tires you have, haha)


haha! I should mention that isn't my actual car, but mine's identical except for the shade of grey. (2" lift with bilstein shocks, 33" mud terrains, extractors, Limited slip diffs)

I'd definately recommend the BFG Muddies... They're rubbish on road, but that's the point.

I've had em cake up with mud a few times, but the only tires that beat em offroad are Simex (I think they're Centipedes) that aren't legal for road use in australia.

The only problem is the price, so I got a second set of retreaded tires with the BFG mud terrain tread pattern, and these are identical offroad but have softer tread and don't last as long..


Yeah, they are a bit pricey, but unfortunately retreads are illegal here.... :(

I might go with the BFG AT's since I do a lot of highway.
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