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The original question was a shooting brake. Not an off road capable 4WD
It's a British concept - a vehicle capable of transporting a shooter and limited gear to a shoot. Not onto the logging roads of Iron county in the UP
That's true. I already have too many vehicles for that. I'm paring down the fleet, and going more upscale, more luxurious. If you are going to pound the miles, you can't beat wheelbase and air suspension. And collision avoidance technology. The rear limousine seats in the new Mercedes are absolutely fantastic. But I'd never get to ride in them.
Out there doing it best I can.
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Luxurious, wheelbase, air suspension. Peterbilt. Don't need accident avoidance. Put a 'roo bar on it and smash stuff outta yer way.
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Luxurious, wheelbase, air suspension. Peterbilt. Don't need accident avoidance. Put a 'roo bar on it and smash stuff outta yer way.
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Hillbilly DeLuxe Isn't that what a M1A1 Abrams tank is for? I drove to South Dakota and back in a pick up truck, never again.
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The Ortolan deep fryer is a 10 million dollar option on the Abrams.
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I would go with a Volvo XC70. There's a really nice 2012 on Autotrader in NJ with less than 36,000 mi. for $26,500.
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The Ortolan deep fryer is a 10 million dollar option on the Abrams.
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Big timin' in a small town That cracks me up! Suggest a BMW X5 w/diesel. Its my bud's vehicle, but we've gone a lot of miles using it w/gear and such, loaded to the gills over the last several years. Heated seats, hell for stout interior, great mileage and doesn't even know its running at 85mph. Torque monster. Also remarkably cross-wind resistant. Six hundred miles in a day is a no-brainer, 500 hundred getting there and another hundred off-road afterwards, I've not driven it farther than that in a day's time, but doubt it would be an issue.
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Stan- I'm talking exclusively about shooting, not hunting. Preserves, gun clubs, golf courses, resorts, etc. Slush and snow, ski trips, that sort of thing.
Long drives to wherever I'm meeting other folks. Oooooh ........ well then, my wife drives one of those. '15 Yukon Denali with 6.2 V8. Wait 'til I tell her what she's got. She won't leave home without her Barbour and her Joules again. Heck, go ahead and go big, CZ. Here it be, base price $171K. But when you open the hatch you'd better not pull anything out of a case less than a matched pair of McNaughtons. http://www.landroverusa.com/vehicles/range-rover/svautobiography-dynamic/index.html SRH (my seats vibrate in my Jeep, too ...... compliments of those 12.50-33 mudders)
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CZ, I'm not poking fun at you or anyone else who wants a nice ride to drive to shoots, at all. I hope you find exactly what you're looking for. I've got a new to me F250 Lariat I just drove to Arkansas and back on a duck hunting foray. Most of the amenities that you mentioned ('cept the vibrating seats), but still a truck. Just makes a lot more sense for me. When I get a pile of miles on it I'll just put in in the fields on the farm as a work truck. Hey did I mention the Rover Dynamic has 550 hp?  All my best, SRH
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My 4Runner is a hunting vehicle sometimes. And a long distance in foul weather travel vehicle
Plus one on the Toyota Fourunner. I'm on my 2nd one and love it. If the Tallyban can go the war in one I'm pretty sure mine will get me out of the woods...Geo
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My hunting rig is a 2002 Excursion with the big V-10. 10.5 X 33 tires gets me in and out - so far. Without the third seat it hauls two large dog crates and all the gear for 4 of us. When I have 5 I add the Tule box to the top rack. Works well and average mileage to and from SD and in and around the fields there is 12-14. Road mileage averages around 16 with cruise. I and my hunting buddies can live with the mileage for the comfort we have.
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