Hilux 4x4 Forum

How about we have a little "Blooper of the Month" competition? Please nominate fellow forum members or even yourself for this competition and we set up a poll and vote for a winner. Jurgen's little blooper a few weekends ago springs to mind for example. ( viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6696&p=74617#p74617 ) You can nominate somebody for getting stuck in a precarious position, lighting a smoke with a blow-torch and burning half his mustache off (if he comes from Pretoria) or anything else. The only condition is that it must be accompanied by a picture showing the blooper...

There are no prizes to be won, but I will open a "read only" thread where we will post the picture(s) of the winner and a small description of "WTH were you thinking" written by the winner telling us what happened and the lessons he learnt from his experience. At the end of the year we can bring out a calendar which we can sell and donate the money to charity...

Sounds like a fun plan Thuys ... I'm all for it (no nominations yet though)

As long as there is photos to proove it

Can write a book about this!

Hoppy wrote:Can write a book about this!

That's sort of the idea...

Okay I will get the ball rolling. I nominate young Jurgen for this month's Blooper. In a moment's lapse of concentration he reversed down a hill and ended up with his Savuti Hilux on its side.

Pics:

Gotta be the winner ... unless someone else does something really stoopid!

Only Forum members ?

What about this poor Lesotho fella Ramkat, a forum member, rescued that drowned his vehicle crossing the Orange in flood ?

Forum Members only... otherwise we could cut and paste pics from other websites as well, and that's just not fair. Unless you want to admit that was actually YOU in the water there...

On the other hand if this was a Recovery of the Month competition, then Jack would be eligible. Nothing stops you from running such a competition as well...

I nominate my wife, for re-arranging my garage door, the night before we were going on a trip, as I had put the spare wheel on the roof-rack.

Luckily no damage to the Tuna....he,he,he!!!

The flipside of that may be "who's the fool that put the spare wheel on the roof!"

Hmmmmm, ekke! Cause it's supposed to be there...

You're supposed to put it unna-neaf, or onna back like the vehicle inna background! 'Sides iffa your wife issa short, she canna see da tyre onna roof!

Ja' there's a lot to be said for a tail mounted spare. With the old SFA the tail overhang is so long that an underslung spare does little to hamper the departure angle, so I don't have that problem.

Anyway, it's a fair nomination for 'bloopers', .... I was just pulling your leg.

Unna-neaf is da long range, send donations for the rear spare-wheel carrier.....having difficulty justifying the cost of one!

But ja, in time :!:

Put the spare wheel on the bonnet, then you can look like a Land-Rover....


-F_D

ERIC!! ..... That's not even funny!

My vrou se 'not even a Land Rover will stand in our yard, neither a look alike' :!: :!: :!:

We're proud of her!

Pragtige Leba Pass, trek mens se aandag bietjie af...

Voel bewerig van skok en voel of my broek nog droog is terwyl ek n beter uitsig van Leba kry!

80L brandstof op die dak, rooftop tent, gasbottel, spaarwiel...... die gedagte van n helse afgrond n paar meter wag....

Recovery....al wat ek effens beter oor kan voel. Die manne het die bakkie bietjie per hand oorgetrek maar ek het self uitgery. OK, daar geen recovery vir my ego nie, ek moes die " maak my naam krater hemp daai volgende dag dra, die tweede keer op die trip!

Eish Leon, dit was amper ne'!

Jy praat, die ergste is ek het werklik nie die gat gesien nie want daar het n ander voertuig voor my gestop. Hyt uitgetrek en ek het vorentoe gery. Die volgende oomblik voel ek net daar gaan die bakkie en die grond kom nader. Ek gly kant toe en my voet trap vas op die petrol pedaal. Die bakkie rev maar gelukkig is ek in tweewieltrek en net die linkerkantse agterwiel tol in die lug. As jy mooi kyk sal jy sien net die regter voorwiel is op die grond en die sil onder my deur. Binne voel dit soos n Hollywood fliek waar die kar op die afgrond se kant balanseer en jys te bang om te beweeg. Dit alles n paar duisend kilo's en twee grensposte weg van SA.

Voel bewerig van skok of my broek nog droog is .....

Nobody would have blamed you! .... If you're anticipating something while being attentive during an obstacle negotiation is totally different from being caught unawares.

African Child wrote:Pragtige Leba Pass, trek mens se aandag bietjie af...

eish, maar dis mooi! nounet op my to do lys gesit

i see this never really gained much momentum
lets get it rolling again

i nominate fro november 2013 - a trip to heidelberg 4x4 track and a upside down hilux

JEEPIE wrote:i see this never really gained much momentum
lets get it rolling again

i nominate fro november 2013 - a trip to heidelberg 4x4 track and a upside down hilux

or we could call it a diff lock donut???

I would def support that notion Jeepie

I also have a few pics of 2 of our esteemed members that got themselves into questionable positions at Zone7.






But they pale in comparison to the ...

Must say i agree that the blooper of the month is NO ONE ELSE, but Mr Kruger with blink kant nie meer bo nie .

Are you referring to this by any chance?

Ek dink ons moet n klub begin

This is one club i'm not keen to join, just like the landie one

Hehe... weet nou nie so mooi of ek dit weer "wil" doen nie...

CasKru wrote:Hehe... weet nou nie so mooi of ek dit weer "wil" doen nie...

in a hilux with you behind the wheel anything is possible

JEEPIE wrote:

CasKru wrote:Hehe... weet nou nie so mooi of ek dit weer "wil" doen nie...

in a hilux with you behind the wheel anything is possible

Especially when the word "dare" is mentioned

Who dare? Who dare?

knock ,knock who dare roll over

At this rate the Cas crew is going to outgrow the club.

Ek dink ek gaan my engine laat uithaal en verkoop.
Dan gaan ek net my Lux kan kyk en seker maak dit val nie om nie

I dont like those "4x4 Hilux club" stickers ..... seeing way too many of them upside down ....

Agter wiel gebars met n swaar trailer

EINA !!!!!!

4x4BEES wrote:Ek dink ek gaan my engine laat uithaal en verkoop.
Dan gaan ek net my Lux kan kyk en seker maak dit val nie om nie

Stem saam dink myne is van nou af veiliger in die garage, is net bang hierdie "roll over Beethoven" ding is aansteeklik!

Hi-Hilux wrote:

4x4BEES wrote:Ek dink ek gaan my engine laat uithaal en verkoop.
Dan gaan ek net my Lux kan kyk en seker maak dit val nie om nie

Stem saam dink myne is van nou af veiliger in die garage, is net bang hierdie "roll over Beethoven" ding is aansteeklik!

Ek is klaar op krikke en in 'n rolstoel, so ek dink nie my lyf sal so iets waardeer nie.

Eina pyn Riaan. Ek voel vir jou ou maat. Jy darem okay?

Ouch! Sorry to see this


-F_D

Absolutely gut-wrenching to see an SFA looking like that! Hope you (and yours / passengers if any) are all OK!

i only saw this topic now so this was my blooper of the month a few moth back

There are guys in other clubs that maintain that we don't use our vehicles for off-roading, we should send them this link.

Hoppy wrote:There are guys in other clubs that maintain that we don't use our vehicles for off-roading, we should send them this link.

and they will promptly remind us that they have always maintained that a Hilux cant go off road ...




ons kan mos nou wragtag nie vir daai tjeep drywers amunisie gee nie ....

Seems like this trend have moved to the coast!

It started with Fortuners... Now we need to look out for Hiluxes as well....

Hoppy wrote:

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Hey........wanneer het STUward se bakkie gerol??

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