Furious, Absolutely Furious.

[donkey_punch]

just i quick story too prove that backing off doesnt always prove to be the safer way to go about things.

recently i was on my home from a family gathering along a fairly long and uncongested road, driving at the speed limit a car comes screaming up behind me and proceedes to tailgate me for about 400m. knowing this road quite well and having just had the ceffy tuned, i would have normally taken off and left the tool far far far behind me, but alas i slowed down and moved into left lane and tried to let him pass. it was as he rounded the corner with me in the other lane that had opened up that he proceeded to cut the corner and force me into a situation of either hitting him or the gutter, i chose the gutter and got a broken lower control arm for the effort, $75 bucks down and a whole lot of swearing and i was over it.

but if i had done what i would have normally done i wouldnt have been in that situation.

[Trooper]

Hang on....

So you are telling me that you saw a nice new 4WD drive off a sealed road?

NO...it cant be, they weren't made to go off-road

[dangerous_daveo]

just i quick story too prove that backing off doesnt always prove to be the safer way to go about things.

recently i was on my home from a family gathering along a fairly long and uncongested road, driving at the speed limit a car comes screaming up behind me and proceedes to tailgate me for about 400m. knowing this road quite well and having just had the ceffy tuned, i would have normally taken off and left the tool far far far behind me, but alas i slowed down and moved into left lane and tried to let him pass. it was as he rounded the corner with me in the other lane that had opened up that he proceeded to cut the corner and force me into a situation of either hitting him or the gutter, i chose the gutter and got a broken lower control arm for the effort, $75 bucks down and a whole lot of swearing and i was over it.

but if i had done what i would have normally done i wouldnt have been in that situation.

Could have also been worse man, had you sped up they could have done the same thing just at a higher speed.

[scathing]

You all seem to be having so much fun here - I hate to point this out... but the VW Toureg holds the current high altitude record for a standard car.

Meh.

Porsche Australia and Motor Magazine managed to drive a 996 Carrera4 across the Simpson Desert. It wasn't completely standard (it had a lift kit, underbody bash plate, off road tyres, and maybe some extra heat exchangers) but it wasn't highly modified either.

I know what I view as more of an off-road achievement.