And then there were five

"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori) 10/14/2018 at 18:43 • Filed to: None

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What have I done?

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 18:49

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Submitted yourself to the hand of fate by not strapping your car down properly?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 18:53

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Besides possibly exceeding the towing capacity of that Rover, nothing. Rather have a Toyota than a Honda though...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 18:53

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Am I terrible for caring about the Civic Shuttle more than your Land Rover? :O

That’s AWESOME! How is the rust?

PyramidHat > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 18:55

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My God, man! You bought a Land Rover? Good thing you have that Honda  to get you home...

Die-Trying > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 18:59

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you done the right thing..........

jasmits > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/14/2018 at 19:09

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You’d be shocked, old Rovers have healthy tow ratings being body on frame and solid axle front and rear, IIRC D2s have a 7k tow rating.

My Range Rover Classic is beyond 5k

jasmits > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 19:10

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This picture of a heavily depreciated old Land Rover towing a weird 4WD Honda hatch/wagon thingy is one of the O ppoiest photos I’ve ever seen.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/14/2018 at 19:10

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Nah we’re good. 5600 or so in high range and 7700 in low. Trailer is about 2200 and the car is about the same.

Slow, but not sweating it.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 10/14/2018 at 19:11

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Oh?

fintail > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 19:16

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Real Time 4WD?

jasmits > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 19:18

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Someone posted this in a Washington Land Rovers facebook group I’m in and it’s too perfect.

dogisbadob > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 19:20

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hehehe I think you got it backwards :p

The Civic can move under its own power. The LR is the one that has to be towed lol

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > PyramidHat 10/14/2018 at 19:42

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Zing

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 19:43

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Well you are officially in my kind of crazy territory , my wife has totally cut me off from bringing anything else home! My older CRV is my Honda AWD reliable vehicle!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jasmits 10/14/2018 at 19:45

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I would expect 5,000 pounds. I’m sure you were fine. I was being a troll.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 19:46

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I was trolling you.

Spaceball-Two > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/14/2018 at 20:03

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God's work

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/14/2018 at 20:40

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Seemingly non-existent , though there is some suspect looking undercoating that might be hiding something. Car is from CA and has been in Arkansas for a long time. We don’t really get rust here.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > fintail 10/14/2018 at 20:41

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Push- button 4WD!

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/14/2018 at 20:42

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Haha gotcha.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/15/2018 at 04:55

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I have zero faith in the loose safety chains. The tire straps on the front of UHaul trailers are almost invariably worn out, not securing the entire weight of a vehicle by the front wheels isn’t   asking for trouble as it is. And there’s really nothing stopping the back end of the car from bouncing around, no matter how tight you get that “safety” chain. There’s a reason professional carriers always strap a vehicle down in a way that somewhat  compresses the suspension.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 10/15/2018 at 08:30

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That’s fair, though I'm not sure what a reasonable alternative is. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/15/2018 at 10:18

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You’re crazy in all the right ways.