What's your 4wd for?

[nj swb]

I'm interested to know what sort of use our 4wds get. Obviously, some 4wds are multi-functional - if you fit more than one category, please vote for the category which sees the most km clocked up.

Edit: My apologies for not making it clear enough. The poll question best describes what I really wanted to ask. I can't edit the thread title or the poll options, not that I would alter the options much.

This wasn't intended to be accusatory or judgemental. It was supposed to be a simple question, with one simple answer per member. Apparently, I failed.

[Wal]

Your poll doesn't cover my main option which is to travel through the outback during my holidays. I bought it for this reason so I could go anywhere I wished. Yes, I use it more for the daily commute but then I'm working 40 weeks a year. If I didn't want to go off road then I wouldn't have bought a 4WD! Maybe you should modify your rather skewed poll options.

[NS Rob]

You get 12 weeks of holidays a year!!!!!

[Sandgroper]

We are in the same boat as Wal so to speak, the main reason we bought our NM DiD was for towing our 6m boat up north twice a year but most of our kms are for daily commute. We use it for beach driving north of Lancelin because we have it and it's great for that but the main reason we bought it was for towing.

Sandgroper.

[Adza]

As it's the only car I have, it's an "everything" car.

[demented]

Me too

I know the worst thing you can say in a forum or news group is "me too", but there you go

Our current soft roader is a daily driver that is used for large country k's on holidays. The paj will be the same when we finally manage to buy it with the addition that it'll be used off road as well when we're on holidays or weekend trips.

Cheers,

Chris

[Garygls]

I use my 05 for weekends off {what are they??} 4x4ing, & our holiday car, & camping & so on.

Very happy 05 owner, cheers Gary

[icysyrup]

Daily commute/family hauler and then on weekends it pulls off trail duty to go exploring and trail riding once in a while.

[The Last Streetfighter]

It's the wife's daily driver, so that's where it gets the most KMs. But we bought it for the camping trips. The Magna just couldn't cut it.

[allanmac]

My initial reason for buying my NL was for towing my ski boat to my cabin at Tocumwal; was sick of getting my SS Dunnydore dirty . Was also sick of 'lighting up the rear tyres' getting the boat out of the very steep & crappy boatramp.

Then decided I might do a little 4wding, after an absence of over 20 yrs. The bug bit again & from then on it was all downhill; moneywise that is .

Bullbar,driving lights, A/T tyres, UHF were the 1st items puchased, after basic recovery gear of course. Then it got worse, suspension lift, 'play tyres & rims' & last but not least, an airlocker.

Love the NL & even though the later models are more luxurious etc, not a patch on the separate chassis models when it comes to off road; just my opinion.

[bernardpotatoe]

Reason for car - transport, nessessary daily evil, reason for 4x4, weekends in the high country, beside a river, enjoying the ambiance. Can't aford both so 4x4 is also transport. Upgraded from brilliant NL to NP due to auto (arthritus in left ankle), also brilliant DID motor, but miss nimble feel of NL. Kids also hate middle back seat!!!!!
Bernard

[peterdeg]

As everyone else is already saying - daily commute because I have to.
But it was bought because I do go interesting places for holidays.

[psproule]

All of the above plus tow the family ski boat.

[Keeno]

Our reasons for owning a 4x4:
1. Living above the snow line.
2. Towing the ski boat.
3. Camping.
4. And 4x4 for fun.

[obione_98]

I can't answer the Poll as it is. My/Our Pajero is our only car. We bought a Pajero because; retired as we are, we wanted a vehicle suitable for occasional outback touring, motoring holidays (entirely on bitumen), carting grandkids about etc. We choose an NP Did Exceed because it seemed (and is) well suited for all those tasks. It's as great for taking a load to the dump as it is for going out for dinner, or climbing Mt Nameless in WA.