I've been thinking about buying side by side four wheeler for a long time. I have had a regular straddle type four wheeler for about 20 years, but it's not all that useful to a point where I don't even use it any more, and my wife never really used it much. I really needed it Saturday to look for the dog, but the battery is shot.

After the dog search and my need to be constantly surveying the pipeline project, it pushed me over the line and I bought a John Deere XUV 825i. I think it's going to be the ideal thing to have around the place.

2011 John Deere Gator XUV 825i 4x4 Review

Four wheel independent suspension, comfortable and 50HP.

Probably won't be as comfortable as my old 300E, but it should make it into a few more spots around the place.

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Could get into even more spots with one of these:

If only money were no object....

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

Wow! That was a fun video! When I started watching it, I expected it to have a flux capacitor.

Thanks for posting it Jim!

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We have one that is a Diesel version, we don't use it much but when we do it gets the job done.

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1991 350SDL (211 and counting)
1998 C43 (50k) Silver/Black (sold)
1995 E500 (40k and counting) Pearl Black/Anthracite (sold)
1991 300CE (50k and counting) Silver/Black Cloth (sold)
1983 300D - 79k Classic White/Blue Leather
2002 E55 Obsidian Black/Black
1996 S600 Coupe - 75k Black/Black (traded)
1984 300D -145k (sold)
Silver Blue Metallic/ Blue Leather
1985 300D - 87k (sold)
Manganese Brown/ Palomino Leather
2005 E55, 50k(sold)
Flint Gray/Black

I've never seen an amphib of any kind execute the transition between land and water so smoothly - that thing does it well in both directions!

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

Oh...the trouble I could get into with one of those.

When I coached little league football, we bought a Gator. We got tired of loading all the markers and such into the back of someone's truck and taking it out to the field to set up each week. Actually, one of the poles we used on the scaffolding for the announcer slipped and broke the rear window of the AD's truck. I remember one night, after packing everything back up after a full day of football, we were sitting around enjoying a few cold beers before locking everything up and heading home. We started tearing across our practice field with it in the dark, having a real blast doing it, throwing each other out of the back...just acting like a bunch of childish adult men. The following morning wasn't so good, as we got to see just how well we tore that field up.

Oh well...at least we had fun putting it back together.

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I know more than a few ladies who would consider that to be a redundancy wrapped up in a contradiction in terms

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

My wife included. She refers to it as my inner 10 year old.

Sometimes he makes his appearance at the most inopportune moments...like earlier today, when the old lady in front of us at the grocery store farted, and I laughed...and couldn't stop laughing.

My wife told me I'm no longer allowed to go shopping with her now...

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And the old gasbag get's off scot-free? Not fair.

~ jim goes off hunting for the epic high five smilie thingie ~

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

John Deer Gator Rally - YouTube

Gators are awesome.

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1999 Plymouth Neon Expresso. 2.4 swap, 10.5 to 1 comp, big cams. Autocross time attack vehicle!
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Nice Larry.

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...got anything done without that Gator. I have a 2005 Kawasaki Mule and it's like a thumb: you can't do anything without it. Gators and Mules are well constructed pieces of equipment too. We also have an electric Bad Boy (glorified golf cart) what a piece of crap that's good for nothing except that you can sneak up on the deer, pigs and coyotes with it.

Neighbor just bought a new Gator and opted for the lower HP version. Seriously doubt that you'll ever use all 50hp; big time overkill for a farm ute.

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I know!! I was going to spray the Febreeze we had in our cart at her, but my wife ripped it out of my hand and gave me the look. I've learned not to mess around with the look...

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Great video! The Gator in that video is the original Gator design that goes back almost 20 years. The one in the video below is like mine, except mine has a bench seat. The video is not nearly as good or as fun to watch, but it shows a machine like mine:

John Deere Gator 825I pulling pet rock - YouTube

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