April 27, 2004
Practical 4x4 Off Roads Information
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Welcome to this edition of the 4x4 Newsletter!
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TOPICS:
- Luxury vs. Drivability
- Glacier Picture
- Truck Survey Results
- 10 steps to creating a successful website
4x4OffRoads.com
The trend in resent years has been to make trucks and SUVs more and more luxurious. The question is; Is this the right direction?
More and more features are electric driven and the engine is controlled by a number of sensors. What happens when some of the nice gadgets break down in a trip?
Semi 4x4s are also a concern. They have four wheel drive but weak hardware, not really built for the off-roads. Manufactures find that a market exists for these cars and seem to be tempted by taking the real 4x4s in that direction.
I am starting a survey on this matter and would like your opinion!
You can send me suggestions for questions and I will try and fit them in.
The Easter trip to Vatnajokull was unbelivable! The landscape magnificent and the weather just as great as it can be.
I got some great feedback from my readers:
Those are fantastic trip reports. If I have a boy, I'm pulling for an icelandic name for him, they are too awesome. - Outshined
I liked the defender and the f-350 myself. those pix are just incredible. I would love to visit there one day and go on a trip like that. - jackhart
Thrandur, Great site and awesome pictures -- I too dig the gigantic Ford and the Guinness pics. It must be exciting to have all that opportunity for adventure readily accessible. Keep the posts coming, cool stuff! - GrantB
WOW !!!! That is SO kewl ! Man.. makes me wanna take another road trip.... heheheheh
and Skiing behind the rig.. now THAT looks like some fun ! Closest I got to that was riding on the back of Mazdamans S-10 while he was doing donuts on the iced over puddles !
GREAT pics and rigs ! - Glenshadow
Wow those trucks kick a$$. The cherokee is pretty tight. That f150 is pimped out and those are some freakin huge tires. I saw that thing about the guys that went across antiartica in 4x4's. Only thing is they used these really ugly lookin Isuzu things. Oh it makes me have shivers it was so ugly. But what they did was pretty cool. I bet driving on that ice and snow is pretty crazy. - Cherokee4.5XJ
If you have not already read the story it can be found right HERE.
Most of the answers to the Truck Survey are submissions from Iceland. Because of this we can not compare answers between different countries.
201 valid answers were received and are summariesed here.
| Country | ||
| Iceland | 87,1% | 175 |
| United States | 8,5% | 17 |
| Canada | 1,0% | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 1,0% | 2 |
| Greece | 0,5% | 1 |
| Ireland | 0,5% | 1 |
| Kenya | 0,5% | 1 |
| Norway | 0,5% | 1 |
| Portugal | 0,5% | 1 |
| 201 |
| Current truck | ||
| Toyota | 23,4% | 47 |
| Nissan | 15,9% | 32 |
| Jeep | 10,4% | 21 |
| Ford | 9,0% | 18 |
| Mitsubishi | 8,5% | 17 |
| Chevy | 5,5% | 11 |
| Land Rover | 5,0% | 10 |
| Dodge | 3,5% | 7 |
| Suzuki | 3,5% | 7 |
| Isuzu | 3,0% | 6 |
| Musso | 2,0% | 4 |
| Daihatsu | 1,0% | 2 |
| Lada | 1,0% | 2 |
| Scout | 1,0% | 2 |
| Other... | 7,5% | 15 |
| 201 |
Of the other types mentioned are Hyundai, Mazda, Mercedes, Unimog and Volvo.
Although not statistically accurate, in the US, Chevy seems to be the most popular, with Toyota, Jeep, Dodge and Ford following.
| Fuel | ||
| Diesel | 54,3% | 108 |
| Petrol | 45,7% | 91 |
| 199 |
| Tire size | ||
| 30" and less | 5,0% | 10 |
| 31" to 34" | 25,5% | 51 |
| 35" to 39" | 55,5% | 111 |
| 40" and larger | 14,0% | 28 |
| 200 |
| Lift type | ||
| None | 16,9% | 33 |
| Body lift | 13,3% | 26 |
| Suspension lift | 31,8% | 62 |
| Both | 37,9% | 74 |
| 195 |
Ken Evoy defines the steps you need to take to become a successful web master.
STEP 1 -- Understand PREselling and its Effect on Conversion Rates
STEP 2 -- Brainstorm Your Site Concept
STEP 3 -- Develop HIGH-PROFITABILITY Topics
STEP 4 -- Grow, Prune and Group Best Affiliate Programs
STEP 5 -- Refine Final Concept and Register Domain Name
STEP 6 -- Build a Site that Gets the CLICK!
STEP 7 -- Build Traffic to Your Content
STEP 8 -- Know Your Visitors
If you haven't yet read the book about building a successful web site I suggest you go and fetch your complimentary copy. Best wishes,
Thrandur Arnthorsson
