1. Name: Full Name (Nickname/Registered Name) Noel Maddison (NMAD)
2. Birthday and Age: 19 Dec , 39
3. Town and Country of residence: Capetown
4. Home Language: English
5. Occupation/Business: Occupational Safety co-ordinator
6. Family status: Married
7. Membership - Other 4X4 Clubs and Forums: 4x4 community forum
8. Current 4x4: Touareg
9. Current Mods: none
10. Mods on wish list: none
11. Vehicle on wish list: 4.5 GRX or 4.8 GRX
12. Previous 4x4's: Landies: Series 3, disco v8i, defender tdi. Colt rodeo 2.8tdi, Nissan sani, Jeeps:wrangler rubicon and sahara, porsche cayenne 4.5
13. Last 3 offroad or overland destinations: namakwa eco trail, west coast and cedberg
14. Your favourite destination: west coast
15. Other hobbies: surfing, hunting
16. GPSr and Map Data used: 276c
17. Rate your 4X4 and overlanding experience: good
18. Online Photo Site:
19. Photos of you and your Vehicle:
Hello from Noel Maddison (NMAD)
-
rvanrooyen
- Senior Member
- Posts: 96
- Joined: 04 Aug 2011 12:36
- Full Name: Roland van Rooyen
- Nickname: Roland
- Home Town: Cape Town, Mamre
- Current 4x4: 2000 Nissan Patrol 4.5 GRX
- Home Language: Afrikaans
- Location: Mamre, WC
- Has thanked: 2 times
- Been thanked: 4 times
-
Marino4x4
- Patrolman
- Posts: 520
- Joined: 19 Oct 2011 12:15
- Full Name: Marinus Potgieter
- Nickname: Marino4x4
- Home Town: Bloemfontein
- Current 4x4: Nissan Patrol
- Home Language: Afrikaans
- Location: Bloemfontein
- Has thanked: 17 times
- Been thanked: 84 times
Re: Hello from Noel Maddison (NMAD)
You have quite a nice collection of previously own 4x4.
Think you will be impressed with the Patrol.-
JoshJ
- Patrolman
- Posts: 984
- Joined: 30 Nov 2013 16:16
- Full Name: Joshua Joubert
- Nickname: Joshua
- Home Town: Centurion, Gauteng
- Current 4x4: 2004 GL TD42
- Home Language: Afrikaans
- Has thanked: 81 times
- Been thanked: 96 times
Re: Hello from Noel Maddison (NMAD)
Hope you find that Patrol soon Being alive is a Blessing!!
Regards,
Joshua
Regards,
Joshua
-
Peter Connan
- Moderator
- Posts: 6017
- Joined: 10 Sep 2010 07:21
- Full Name: Peter Connan
- Nickname: Piet
- Home Town: Kempton Park
- Current 4x4: 1996 Patrol 4.5SGL
- Home Language: Afrikaans
- Location: Kempton Park
- Has thanked: 1067 times
- Been thanked: 987 times
-
NMAD
- Senior Member
- Posts: 267
- Joined: 11 Mar 2015 15:07
- Full Name: noel
- Nickname: happy
- Home Town: C
- Current 4x4: 20
- Home Language: E
- Has thanked: 51 times
- Been thanked: 10 times
Re: Hello from Noel Maddison (NMAD)
Wow thanks for all the welcomes!
I have had a lot of cars, wife says I am obsessed with cars.
Current one is thew touareg which is mickey mouse offroad, I even got the terrain tech one with low range and rear diff locker and it is not even as good as the landy series 3 that I had 15 years ago
Patrol is amazing , just don't know why i never got one earlier.
I drove a 4.5 grx in cape town last week and I really liked it but its steering was a bit loose and i think I can find better out there and in this case out there is Jburg.
I have my eye on two Patrols one is a 4.5 grx 2000 year model full history with 223k on it for r110k (got one vrot leather seat
) and the other is a 4.8 grx 2007 with 118k for R220k looks like new with full history at nissan.
I am leaning to get the 4.5 as its manual but I am not sure which one to get
Will fly up next week to check them out
I have had a lot of cars, wife says I am obsessed with cars.
Current one is thew touareg which is mickey mouse offroad, I even got the terrain tech one with low range and rear diff locker and it is not even as good as the landy series 3 that I had 15 years ago
Patrol is amazing , just don't know why i never got one earlier.
I drove a 4.5 grx in cape town last week and I really liked it but its steering was a bit loose and i think I can find better out there and in this case out there is Jburg.
I have my eye on two Patrols one is a 4.5 grx 2000 year model full history with 223k on it for r110k (got one vrot leather seat
) and the other is a 4.8 grx 2007 with 118k for R220k looks like new with full history at nissan.I am leaning to get the 4.5 as its manual but I am not sure which one to get
Will fly up next week to check them out
-
Peter Connan
- Moderator
- Posts: 6017
- Joined: 10 Sep 2010 07:21
- Full Name: Peter Connan
- Nickname: Piet
- Home Town: Kempton Park
- Current 4x4: 1996 Patrol 4.5SGL
- Home Language: Afrikaans
- Location: Kempton Park
- Has thanked: 1067 times
- Been thanked: 987 times
Re: Hello from Noel Maddison (NMAD)
Auto boxes have come a long way in the last few years, and the one in the 4.8 is a cracker!
Much better in sand than the manual, but a bit less control on some rocky sections...
Much better in sand than the manual, but a bit less control on some rocky sections...
Mag ons ons kenniskry met lekkerkry aanhoukry.
-
NMAD
- Senior Member
- Posts: 267
- Joined: 11 Mar 2015 15:07
- Full Name: noel
- Nickname: happy
- Home Town: C
- Current 4x4: 20
- Home Language: E
- Has thanked: 51 times
- Been thanked: 10 times
Re: Hello from Noel Maddison (NMAD)
You are right as the last four 4x4 I had all had auto boxes, I think I must take both of them for a good test ride and make a decision.
-
Tinus lotz
- Moderator
- Posts: 7579
- Joined: 29 Aug 2010 13:07
- Full Name: Tinus lotz
- Nickname: Tinus lotz
- Home Town: Centurion
- Current 4x4: Nissan patrol 4.8 GRX 2005
Toyota 2.7 legend 35 LWB 4X4 - Home Language: Afrikaans
- Has thanked: 800 times
- Been thanked: 549 times
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 37 guests