bri said:
Do you and Pat live for argument or what? Maybe the following will help,,. but I seriously doubt it.
I did not forget this thread at all. Looked at it when Chris said I was stalking him.
It is you and Chris that appear to be partners in crime and BTW I contact none of the dweb folks to get support, never belong to a frat and only have met one or two posters. Of which none of the ones I have met come running to my aide. You and Chris have done quite a nice job of bringing them in though, thanks!
If you think asking the original question of why you would want a hood white out and my skepticism about the looks of white out are insults, that is your perception, not my intention.
You are the one reading between the lines (which you even admit).
I actually qualified my statement that I would believe it looked good when I saw it. Certainly it has no functional value at all.
Since the single word bling did not make my point clear and you like to call names and make arguments, I will clearly define exactly what my opinion is on this shit. Bling should have been enough, but here you go...
I'll stand by my thoughts that logos, hood white outs are all about cosmetics and bling. Some people like to call this posing eh? You want to pose, you go ahead, you will not catch me slathering the stickers on the rig for cosmetic purposes only.
My thoughts on the hood black out is that it should be done for purely functional purposes. Since hood white outs have no functional purpose-- you can draw your own conclusion there.
As far as decals and stickers go. I like the G4. I like the XD. They come with their own stock of stickers from LR and they are appropriate in my eyes. People that are sponsored by certain vendors also have an obligation to those venders to advertise. So when sponsored people put stickers on the vehicle, that too makes sense to me. Afterall if ARB gave me a free locker in exchange for endorsement, I'd do it in a heart beat.
What this does is make sponsorship obvious. I love it when a good humored, civilized LR owner stumbles a bit when I ask if they are sponser by all of those vendors, or even if they have the equipment manufactured by a vendors sticker. Usually they kind of chuckle and get the joke. Would you or Chris call me a name or punch me in the nose-- sure seems like it.
Frankly, the day you see a camel trophy sticker on my hood, will be the day that 1) I bought a camel trophy vehicle or 2) the day I complete the trophy. Each of which will never happen.
And how about the Hummer recovery sticker. You won't see me do this because it is an I am better than you thing. Regardless of whether its all good, or its all fun, its arrogant and I would never put it on my vehicle. Mainly because I would remain humble if one ever needed to yank me out of a hole.
Do you get it YET?
If not, oh well. I give up.
Dude I got it before you made this entire post...I knew exactly where you were going when you made the first comments in this thread.
My point is who cares if one is a quote "POSER" or "POSEUR" or whatever, is that something you should try to make people ashamed of because you have a Mightier than thou complex.. Hell, if that is the case I would think the hardcore 4 wheelers here are the biggest friggin "POSERS" of all.
You asking another Land Rover owner if they are sponsored by all those vendors is just as arrogant as someone with a Hummer Recovery Vehicle on their truck.
I also agree with you that those tire covers are arrogant and myself have never owned one myself, it was an picture posted here a few weeks ago. I grabbed it made an avatar out of it end of story.
I don't have any tire cover on my truck because frankly I am do dumb to get the point of a "TIRE COVER", but hey that is just me. If someone wants one or likes the Hummer Recovery Vehicle Tire Cover whom am I to judge. If they like it and even better like it on their truck...Well Hoo Haaa...good for them Bri.
Now back to "Posers" or whatever you want to categorize them....you actually seem the be confused along with most of the Dwebbers here. The truth of the matter is if you really wanted to look at the QUOTE "POSER FACTOR" you would have to look the biggest posers here of all. Now I know what I am about to say is again going to ruffle some feathers and piss some people off, but the truth, well is just that.
The truth is the more radical you're vehicle is the more you're really posing. You have built a radical off-road vehicle in a country that has the best highway system in the world.
You buy and put a big Steel front bumper and a roof rack with all the Hella lights on it...lift you're trucks....all that my friend is nothing more than "BLING" again whether you want to admit it or not...sure it serves a purpose...sure you going to say, but hey I go out to Mohab and rural 4wheel only area's, but question is do you have too? NOPE
It is a hobby moreless...and just because you do that to you're truck makes you NO more Land Rover than the company exact who buys his truck to commute in...which Land Rover themselves will tell you was the reason they started importing their trucks into this country.
Do you have to go trial riding? NOPE...what is the more practical use for a Disco...running down the highway at 70mph with stock tires and no mods at all.
What is a Posers use for a Disco....hmm to mod the hell out of it ...basically lift a truck that by the manufactures recommendations was "NEVER" meant to be lifted and go out trail riding on the weekends with all the weekend warriors and act like they are real survivalist...which again to me is laughable.
My Disco is lightly modded...it has the 3inch OME springs, drive shaft conversion etc...and everything that was needed to do the lift. I have 265-75-16 Goodyear Street tires on the truck...will probably get BFG AT at some point....my point is my vehicle spends 90% of it's time on the pavement and it is set where it can perform in what little offroading I will do in it...which I have been in COUNTLESS offroad vehicles and I still don't find myself comfortable in a Disco in hard off road terrain.
Going out across a wide open pasture to head the horses off it works great and is a very practical use for the truck. It out performs my dads Ford F-250 Super-duty diesel and my brothers new Dodge 4dr 4x4 diesel in that department...though they still both laugh at me and my Disco and tell me to by a real truck.
I have always went against the family grain though and still do and some what enjoy being the radical blacksheep.
To end this novel I will say this unless you actually live at least 1 mile in a heavy rural area where you could get snowed in or it would make it hard to get to the pavement when it rains their really isn't even any reason to have a Disco accept for the bling factor.
I have heard of people who own Discos, transfer case shifter getting stuck and is hard as hell to engage because guess what they never use the freaking thing.
This whole country is made up of Posers with the bling factor...from the old Geezer in his brand new Corvette to you driving a freaking 4x4 make in the UK in a country with 1000's of miles of freeway. I have been in 44 states in this country and have I ever been anywhere that I couldn't get with a stock Yukon.
Hmm...now I drive a lightly modded Disco....am I a poser...yep you bet I am...and News Flash for you dude...you are too and a Hood Black Out Sticker isn't going to make you any less poser than what you already are....and if some city kid that has a Disco, but not the big money to mod his truck up with real poser stuff like a Roof Rack and Hella's and ARB or ROVERTYM Bumper can afford a C.T. hood black out to make him feel a little better about his rig who are you that you're so important to rain on his parade?
