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Didn't know if any of the Unimog Enthusiasts had come accross the German made 'Buder' toy line or not. I was at a childrens consignment shop with my wife this weekend and spied an Orange Unimog Truck toy, and snatched it up for a whole $4. It was their 'Unimog Winter Service', but it was...

I can't say that I'm overly impressed from an Overland/ Off-road prospective. If your intentions are to use it for the type of activities most users around here are interested in, I'd bet you'd be better server by one of the last generation 100 series trucks. I'm sure there are dealers around...

+1 on the fugly (but I think the Ridgline is fugly too). And while I , and I am sure most Expo members, would agree that bringing in the international truck platforms would be great, I think we are such a small minority of sales for Toyota that it would probably be a bad buisness decision...

Political I can understand (why else would many of Hollywood's elite choose a Prius over their other choices?), but ethical, not so much. At least assuming it is truly ethical, and not mindlessly led by the media ethical. Since it appears that both the birth and death of Hybrids are far more...

Ever heard of the Disco Web (www.discoweb.org)? I'm not a fan of alot of the 'characters' over there, but there is ALOT of good information, and quite a few extremely knowledgable members, if you can cut through the otherwise constant B.S. Search away and ask questiosn over there, and there is...

"Escape Hybrid is not recomended for towing" -- http://www.fordvehicles.com/assets/pdf/towing/08ESP_towing.pdf (Page 2) So I would have to say you can legally tow nothing, since the manufacturer does not provide a tow rating, and does not recommend towing with it...

I'm pretty sure you could get a 'fire engine' red color on either the Series I or Series II Discovery. As has been mentioned, the easiest way to tell them apart is by the door handles and the rear tail lights. Disco I's had repeated turnsignals and red marker lamps/brake lights in the...

Don't forget to factor in the environmental impact of hybrid vehicles. Everyone likes to talk about how green they are, but no one wants to consider the impact of manufacturing for the battery systems, nor the impact for disposal... http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~coreyp/hybridenvimp.html...

You might want to read through this thread as well: http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16605 Knowing the year would help narrow the responses, but I think it is a pretty fair statemnt to say that for every positive experience you will encounter a negative one. It seems that...

Many of your Garages make me Jealous.. Some nice garages everyone, I'm jealous, wish I had more goodies and time to play in my garage. I don't even have any real photos, just these from a year or so ago when my wife heard about a radio contest to win a $50K garage makeover, to be given to the...

How Much for the Trailer? Willing to seperate? Is it based on a M416? Any more details or photos? I may be interested, if I can get managments approval...

As far as I'm concerned you are a hero, thank you for your service...

We are kind of going off topic a bit, but I’m still not sure it would be a worthwhile project. I mean yes, you could theoretically increase the central ground clearance by tucking the center driveline components up higher, but how practical is that? I mean if you were the manufacturer doing...

What is the perceived advantage? The only one I can imagine is improved CV angles with severe lift, but I wouldn't expect increases in ground clearance (still need the bottom suspension arm) and the gearing advantage is pretty much offset by having to run considerably steeper gears in the rear...

Go spend some time Over Here. There are alot of H2 and H3 owners that go off-road, some pretty serious. It's not uncommon to see H3's on 35" Toyo M/T's (hey they fit nearly stock, with minimal rubbing) over here, running the infamous trails, exploding the infamously weak front differentials...

Both the Pinzgauer and the Hummer (H1/ Military) use gear reduction hubs, and have the drive axle coming into the drive wheel above the centerline. Just because they do not use solid axles, does not mean they cannot use the geared hub design, which affords both additional gear reduction at the...

Yes, well, I just happen to have a MagCharger, so... But I also linked to similar upgrades for standard d-cell mag lights..:)

What about 'MagChargers'? How about 500+ Lumen light output with similar battery life? Or 200 Lumen output with six times greater battery life (little less output then the stock bulb -- Maglite rates it as 218 Lumens)? The first one looses the focusing ability of the MagCharger, but the...

Any specific suggestions for how you keep your kids occupied (like 2-6 year olds) when you go on camping trips? I'm trying to convince my wife (and myself) that our daughter is ready for the first family camping trip (primitive, no camp ground, she is 3 years old). Any proven suggestions are...

I was also curious about pulling the trailer with a Pintle/Lunet combination instead of the lock and roll. I removed the stock bumper from my D-90 to increase departure angles, and put a 10,000 lbs rated Dixon-Bate Tow Jaw/ Pintle hook on the rear crossmember, and have no class III receiver as...