Has anyone seen the Mobil 1 commercial about the group of Discos that drove around the world without an oil change? Is that old news? I never heard of it before as an event.
Around the world in a Disco
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yeh i've been seeing it on the Travel Channel lately. not sure what it's all about. nice to see some real Rovers on tv for once. they appear to all be late model DIIs.
Not too spectacular a feat though. I had a GF who drove her Honda Civic 35,000 miles on the original dino oil. Of course that was right before it threw a rod right through the block. She didn't know oil had to be changed.
Justin Kurosaki said:
Hah! My brother did the same thing. Said they never taught in drivers ed that you had to change the oil!
Don't they know that it isnt necessary to change the oil in a rover?? Every 500 miles a quart of dirty oil leaks out, so after 4000 miles you have more or less 'new' oil in it!
I think we have two members on here with two of those trucks. One is Jeff from Texas...he wheels the crap out of that thing!
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.showvids&friendID=51304248
If you go over to the MyRover board and check the 4x4 Pics section, look for any thread started by Mel (texasrocverchic) and you'll see tons more pics of this truck up in crazy angles.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.showvids&friendID=51304248
If you go over to the MyRover board and check the 4x4 Pics section, look for any thread started by Mel (texasrocverchic) and you'll see tons more pics of this truck up in crazy angles.
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Ya I saw the commercial last night on the History channel.
I had to rewind the DVR and watch it again. My wife thinks I'am nuts................... Okay I am.
I had to rewind the DVR and watch it again. My wife thinks I'am nuts................... Okay I am.
I'm trying to find it but I think KN had a site dedicated to the use of KN Filters in these Drive-Around-the-World Expedition vehicles.
THere was a KN site...had a few videos...I link to a few videos too in a thread in the Discovery forum here.
I believe the actual trip took place in 2003, and was to increase global awareness/raise funds for Parkinson's Disease research for the Parkinson's Institute at Sunnyvale, CA.
I believe the actual trip took place in 2003, and was to increase global awareness/raise funds for Parkinson's Disease research for the Parkinson's Institute at Sunnyvale, CA.
