Radionightster, I'm not going to give you any !# about wanting to put 22's on your
rig. As you said, "to each his own". But before you do, just take it offroad once. It
doesn't have to be on anything difficult or muddy. Just take it out and play with the
terrain response settings and explore a little. After you see what it can do offroad
and you are still hell bent on getting the 22's go for it! A lot of us who post to
this board are offroad enthusiasts, so don't take it personal if you get ribbed
about putting anything blingy on your truck. Good Luck!
I would like to agree with "duckdive", and "Houm WA" but I also agree with the saying to each his own. I would like to start of by defining a word.
ROBUST-
"consistent performance under a wide variety of conditions, said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover gracefully from the whole range of exceptional inputs and situations in a given environment. One step below bulletproof."
That said, vehicles can be robust in their own ways. Let's look at two completely different cars, a 1) Yugo, and the 2) LR3.
1) The Yugo. Besides of being the biggest piece of crap that came out of Eastern Europe, the car worked. It is robust in that it can move its passengers from point A to point B. However, as soon as snow entered the picture, or the vehicle was put into any situation other than a regular asphalt, the vehicle sucked. It spins out on snow, gets stuck in any other terrain except asphalt. The Yugo is NOT robust by any other means, but simply made to be cheap on money, and operate on limited conditions.
2) The LR3. The LR3 is the definition of robust. It has consistent performance under a wide variety of conditions, it has demonstrated an ability to recover gracefully from the whole range of exceptional inputs and situations in a given environment. Meaning it can not only drive on road, but off-road, including mud, sand, snow, rocks, cross rivers, and still get its passengers from point A to point B.
However to drive a true "sport Utility" the owners recognize that there are sacrifices. Sacrifices such as gas mileage, not being able to park in a "compact vehicle spot", taxes, and even congestion charges like in the UK. But most importantly, Land Rover owners, or those who actually value its abilities, would rather have its advantages over the disadvantages.
So yes, to each his own. This forum, and many of the others on this forum do not see the point in taking a "robust" vehicle, and limiting its performance abilities. I have no problem "radionightster" that you want to Dub your ride. But as I feel I can speak for many here, we value all the controls, mechanics, its abilities to operate in a variety of conditions that the Land Rover was engineered to do.
When Al Gore gets on TV and ******* about people driving SUVs for no reason just because they "look cool" or "beautiful", you misrepresent the nature which the Land Rover was actually made for. So hey... to each his own as you get from point A to B.
