Off-roading made classy

Advantages: Enormously powerful off-roader, quite comfortable and relatively easy to fix and maintain
Disadvantages: Hungry and noisy, needs ECU upgrade to fully exploit its capabilities

...I had Disco 2 TD5 for a year and a half now and am very pleased with it. It's just as capable off-road as a Defender, but much more comfortable and will get you there in style. Reliability is generally not a problem - unless you count broken front differential, amongst other things, but mine is a proper off-roader, and is used accordingly. Mine is a "facelift" model, reg late 2002, and I recommend it over the earlier ones, mostly because of active cornering system, which makes driving nearly 3 tons worth of machinery a relatively easy task. Can't comment on MPG, because my car is by no means standard - the engine is chipped for power, mud-terrain tyres and suspension lift are not exactly fuel-saving features either. But then, if you want fuel economy, you buy a Prius. Repairs can be expensive like everything Land Rover. But the car...

CrocodileFarm 06.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Land Rover Discovery 2.5 Td5

The arcade off road Experience???

Advantages: OK Graphics, awesome cars - loads of fun!!!
Disadvantages: Not too realistic and occasionally Frustrating

...This game takes off-road racing to a new level with 16 off-road vehicles and more than 27 wide-open tracks. It enables you to play in Single race, Career race, Free-roam mode or Multiplayer mode. This game is great fun, especially in two player mode. The trucks look cool and the soundtrack really suits the game as you're throwing yourself off the top of a cliff at over 100mph! The races can get a bit annoying at times with the other racers constantly trying to mess up your race but this just adds to the challenge. The free roam mode is great fun as you can race around wherever you like with as much time as you want, and this is made even better by the awesome looking scenery.If you were put off this game by the bad reviews I have seen in magazines just remember that magazines are a lot harsher than people who buy the games. I...

markymark7270 04.03.2005 · Read review
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Review of Test Drive OffRoad Wide-Open (Xbox)

On the Road, On the Mind!

Advantages: The feeling that you're holding the author's hand the entire time.
Disadvantages: Spontaneous prose will not necessarily suit everyone's tastes

...On The Road is an exciting and enchanting perpsective on post-war America's cultural enlightenment, denoting a people's social revolution on the backdrop of an American 'halcyon' idealism. It highlights the desperate yet opportunistic nature of the 'beat' generation as they expand their horizons across the huge stretch of an entire continent. Outlining the experiences and revelations of a fragmented group of college peers and other random associates, it delves into the fiery-hearted life of drug experimentation and liberal thinking, in a decade where the clasp of the state was becoming ever more relinquished. As a psuedo-biographical work the author loosely basis the narrator, Sal Paradise, on his own turbulent past, and specifically that of the character he befriends and idolises, Dean Moriarty. The scope of the events that...

ChristopherAMorrison 29.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of On the Road - Jack Kerouac

Revoulationary Road

Advantages: Good acting
Disadvantages: NA

...This is based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Richard Yates. Set in 1955, Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet) move to Revolutionary Road in one of New York City's wealthy suburbs, and have a daughter and a son. Everything seemed to be in place for a perfect family. However, after 7 years of being together, April is not satisfied with her life as a housewife, and Frank despises his job at Knox Business Machines, where his father worked for twenty years in a similar position. The Wheelers feel they are trapped in the way of life of the suburb and the normal "happy family scene". On Frank's thirtieth birthday he seduces a young secretary from work and begin to have an affair with her.. Returning home late, April surprises him with a birthday cake and a proposal that they move to Paris, with April...

medgenie 24.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Revolutionary Road (DVD)

A Little Off

Advantages: A decent enough idea
Disadvantages: Poorly executed

...Apparently, Clare Curzon has been writing for many years and has published more than 40 books, but "Off Track" was the first time I had come across her work. Unfortunately, the experience hasn't really encouraged me to read any of her other books. Lee Barber is a train driver who has plans until one night he overshoots a station and is reported by a passenger. A few nights later, Lee comes across the man he believes reported him and, his mind muddled by drink, attacks him. It soon transpires, however, that the man he has attacked was instead a disgruntled biological scientist, who is on his way to meet a newspaper reporter to tell the world what he's really been working on. This reporter is the partner of a Thames Valley police detective, who is called in to investigate the report of the missing man. They are also involved when...

Soho_Black 27.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Off Track - Clare Curzon

My Road Angel!

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: some may want battery life to last longer

...-------------------------------------------------- I am very pleased with the Road Angel SatNav and I would recommend it to anyone thinking of purchasing one. It has been very easy to operate, and the information it comes out with has always been concise and clear to both ears and eyes. I would honestly say it is the best one I have seen. I brought mine for £399.98 off www.gadget-and-gizmos.co.uk Thanks for reading, Dempsey....

dempsey_review 28.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of Blackspot Road Angel

Off Roading with Bob and Friends

Advantages: Sturdy, friction action, can get with accessories if you keep an eye out
Disadvantages: Children who abuse toys when playing may damage parts

...Carland on the play mat, off for a holiday at radiator Springs to spend time with his buddies from Cars, it's often seen giving hours of imaginative playtime fun for my son and his friends.It just goes to show it doesn't have to have a remote control, make sounds, have flashing lights, or anything else flashy to be a lot of fun. So if you have a young Bob fan and are looking for great play value, this is one toy that you will get far more than your money's worth out of....

Shroud 06.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Born to Play Bob the Builder Friction Vehicles - Scrambler

Off The Road

Advantages: Legally run people over
Disadvantages: Bad engine

...landscapes zombies/humans and mad cars something is not quite right. Maybe its the change of developer or maybe its because you *can* have too much of a good thing. To set the scene. It’s the future and the rich have become richer while the poorer have become much, much poorer. The rich have cut themselves off from the poor, building a massive wall around their part, separating their idyllic area from the slums. However there's more. The slums have had a nasty spill of radiation, turning all living inhabitants into the living dead. Its up to you to break out of the slums and pay a visit the rich happy people. Progression is simple. The slums are built up in Substates. Each state has 3 races and then a mission; the mission will open the area to the next state. While it is a welcome addition to the series, adding more structure to it...

3rdRockSatan 11.05.2001 · Read review
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Review of Carmageddon TDR 2000 (PC)

Driving me wild-rally driving experience

Advantages: Great fun
Disadvantages: cost

...,headed by the cheif instructor.Here you are given strict guidelines to adhear to,safety rules to follow and information as to your schedule.This takes around 40 minutes and is very well structured and organised. Next the fun starts... Astra Gti; My team got to start the morning off on the gravel and dirt section in the Vaxhaul Astra Gti..which may not sound that impressive,but for a novice was a whole heap of fun!!! Our instructor ran us through the handling of the car ,how to turn slide ,which gears we should be in and when, and how to bring the back end round...Then one by one we got to do a few laps of the track!! With the instructor at my side,I clambered into the car ,belted up and started the engine.............. I had had chance to watch 2 of my team run through the track already and so had observed the points at which...

babajane32 20.11.2002 (02.12.2002) · Read review
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Review of Off Road Driving

Scent Off

Advantages: helps reduce pet fouling on lawns, cheap and works well
Disadvantages: none

...the Gardening section and bought Vitax Scent Off Pellets. A 55g box costs just £1.49 which is very cheap (they are also available in a 165g box). The 55g box is very small with a large red circle on the front stating 'Scent Off Pellets' and a picture of a cat and dog running away. Cats and Dogs are very sensitive to smells; however dogs are able to recognise areas of fouling by detecting traces of smell from previous animals. My experience of using Scent Off relates to cat fouling and as cats are even more put off by strange smells than dogs; Scent Off may work better to keep cats away. Vitax Scent Off Pellets is a training aid for cats and dogs and helps to reduce fouling on lawns and other areas such as patios and paths etc. There are 200 pellets in the box which are small and dark Green in colour and as expected they absolutely stink! (but...

sweetdaisy 19.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Vitax Scent Off