thats not really what you want to hear!
i think im going to get a mitsubishi pickup - fairly good offroad and doesn't fall apart
pete
Why i love my Landy
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thats not really what you want to hear!
i think im going to get a mitsubishi pickup - fairly good offroad and doesn't fall apart
pete
There's no reason why a Landy won't behave itself so long as it's properly maintained - but also little question that they require more attention than, say, a Land Cruiser. Catastrophic failure is, in nearly every case, the result of poor maintenance.
That said, I wouldn't dream of being so daft as to rely on a Land Rover as my main vehicle.
That said, I wouldn't dream of being so daft as to rely on a Land Rover as my main vehicle.
thats not really what you want to hear!
i think im going to get a mitsubishi pickup - fairly good offroad and doesn't fall apart
pete
You've been believing everything you read again Pete
You've been believing everything you read again Pete
na my boss has had his mitsubishi for a few years now (seccond hand) and has only had a small hitch with the free wheeling hubs. we use it every day and regularally driven out of the woods filled to the brim with logs and we havnt got it stuck yet!
land rovers are good off road, well untill you've driven a steyr puch pinzgauer
my other boss has one and it really is the muts nuts! it has been driven round the clock and has NEVER gone wrong yet still has that land rover feel to it.pete
Summer outfit:
Winter outfit:
Well, showed these to the GF, and she's up for getting a landy, yet again she has surprised me. just glad I was sat down when she agreed
It looks splendid mate, very nice example
Well, showed these to the GF, and she's up for getting a landy, yet again she has surprised me. just glad I was sat down when she agreed
It looks splendid mate, very nice example
Thanks again - can't say I did the work myself, most of it was done when I bought her. A lucky find on the Internet when I was looking for tips on how to fix the 90 I had back then.
My missus thinks the S1 is great, BUT that doesn't mean she wants to go anywhere in it - at any one time she's either cold, wet, having her hair messed up, back done in, or being thrown around in the cab. Oh, and for some reason she's hung up on actually arriving at her destination on the same day she left home.
I've had to put seatbelts in the back to make it safe/legal to carry the kids (who think it's fantastic), the winch, overdrive and hubs were all scavenged off the Internet.
Now waiting for more snow so that I can potter round the lanes hauling hapless Discovery and Land Cruiser drivers out of ditches because they've got the wrong tyres and no idea what they're doing...
i've been out today too, because i can!
loads of landy's about!
plenty of fools stuck in corsas too!
loads of landy's about!
plenty of fools stuck in corsas too!
I do.
so far this week mine has taken grandson to the dentist, me to a job interview in Newport South Wales,collected Hay, straw and horsefood, done lots of shopping and collected a load of logs for the fire. It has 158000 miles on the clock and hasn't even noticed the snow and ice. On the trip to Wales I managed 33mpg and around town or driving like a rep it does about 27mpg.
And its a DISCOVERY series 1 with the wrong tyres.
Its not what you do, its the way that you do it.
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Here here Bob
Hmm. I suspect mine might be a little too old to be relied on as a daily drive
Why I hate Range Rovers.
Got stuck down near Lyme Regis way last night due to my brother's V8 Range Rover blowing a diff.
At least we had a nice Japanese 4x4 to tow us home eventually.
Got stuck down near Lyme Regis way last night due to my brother's V8 Range Rover blowing a diff.
At least we had a nice Japanese 4x4 to tow us home eventually.
I'd like to post a pic of my present work one but I've tried to upload a shot recently and failed desparately
Here you go mucka...
Swyn's work landy:
Cheers,
IN this weather, I have wanted a ladny for the first time ever. The are kind of cute. If only something could be done about the random porridge stirring transmission. (I practically learned to drive in a landy90, it was..... difficult).
That series 1 is a lovely bit of kit.
We had quite a dose of snow lately , and even though i dont own a landy any more i still managed to get out to feed the animals ,get supplies etc in my old combo van thanks to fitting a set of mud and snow tyres on the front ,it hasnt missed a beat. i dont understand people who buy a 4x4 then run it on road bias tyres , ive shamed a few of the those lately.
We had quite a dose of snow lately , and even though i dont own a landy any more i still managed to get out to feed the animals ,get supplies etc in my old combo van thanks to fitting a set of mud and snow tyres on the front ,it hasnt missed a beat. i dont understand people who buy a 4x4 then run it on road bias tyres , ive shamed a few of the those lately.
dr jones, well said, first thing i did when i got the D3 was put 4 grabber at2's on instead of the "road bias tyres". i can think of nothing more embarrasing than gettin stuck in a 4wd.
As an aside, the majority of 4x4 drivers don't even know how to used their 4x4 system, i'm a firefighter, we have 2 4x4's, which have been on standby following pumps all week. Till i came in and had a look the ford ranger was in 2 wd high, but our sprinter (full time 4x4) had had the centre diff locked for 3 days of road driving!
people need to realise that a 4x4 isn't always a 4x4.
As an aside, the majority of 4x4 drivers don't even know how to used their 4x4 system, i'm a firefighter, we have 2 4x4's, which have been on standby following pumps all week. Till i came in and had a look the ford ranger was in 2 wd high, but our sprinter (full time 4x4) had had the centre diff locked for 3 days of road driving!
people need to realise that a 4x4 isn't always a 4x4.
I have ALWAYS wanted a Landy, since I can remember.
But family and family trips means I drive a family car and my wife drives a little C3. Note: The C3 is the worst car I have ever had the displeasure of driving. It is truly an impressive bit of engineering - there is absolutely NOTHING I like about it.
Already owning two cars means the Landy has to remain a dream of mine. The 4x4 dream, the owning a woodland dream, the owning a boat dream. Maybe one day, when the kids have grown up and I retire and I'm too old and fat to enjoy it. Yeah, that'll be the best time to get these things.
But family and family trips means I drive a family car and my wife drives a little C3. Note: The C3 is the worst car I have ever had the displeasure of driving. It is truly an impressive bit of engineering - there is absolutely NOTHING I like about it.
Already owning two cars means the Landy has to remain a dream of mine. The 4x4 dream, the owning a woodland dream, the owning a boat dream. Maybe one day, when the kids have grown up and I retire and I'm too old and fat to enjoy it. Yeah, that'll be the best time to get these things.
After months(years) of nagging and leaving copies of LRM about the place SWMBO has finally caved and allowed me to have a landy. Its a hollow promise though as she knows full well we've no money to purchase such a glorious thing. Yet.
It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine.
Jay
It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine.
Jay
widu13
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I learned in a 1 ton Landrover (Forward Control) and a 90. Best motors to learn in I reckon!
Forward controls are fun, my mate has one, and about half a dozen other landys.
His wedding car was a Series 1 he rebuilt. Others were a series 2a (I think) with a V8 and big suspension, that used to shift and annoy boy racers.
Ive got the brand new one and apart from the warning lights coming on now and then a a fault when new, its great for day to day. Not the charactor of the old ones but I regularly do upto 100 miles a day in it and Im no more uncomfortable than in a car rearly.
Ive heard that other new ones have had probs though.
His wedding car was a Series 1 he rebuilt. Others were a series 2a (I think) with a V8 and big suspension, that used to shift and annoy boy racers.
Ive got the brand new one and apart from the warning lights coming on now and then a a fault when new, its great for day to day. Not the charactor of the old ones but I regularly do upto 100 miles a day in it and Im no more uncomfortable than in a car rearly.
Ive heard that other new ones have had probs though.
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