Solihull plant for the axe *again*

But it's badged as a Land Rover.

Reply to
Oily
Loading thread data ...

In article , William Black writes

in my limited experience, people on the subcontinent are excellent mechanics - they can mend almost anything!

Reply to
SpamTrapSeeSig

In article , William Black writes

Tata used to make nice kit - is there still a Mercedes-Benz connection?

Reply to
SpamTrapSeeSig

The first air-portable Rangie?

I'll get me coat...

Reply to
SpamTrapSeeSig

That is truly horrible. It looks like some medical shoe.

Reply to
SpamTrapSeeSig

But you can't mend a 'black box' and spares prices and internal transport all give serious grounds for concern.

They like stuff you can mend with a hammer and a pipe wrench.

It doesn't bother me much because Tata are based in Bombay, which is where I live when I'm in India, so if I do buy a car there I'm alright...

Reply to
William Black

What's dumb about it Ian? I refer you to my previous post for a description of the vehicle, I fail to see any dumbness... please enlighten me?

I've been called a lot worse, lol.

Ah, but a rangie is no good for the application that I wish to put my vehicle to, for the following reasons: 1. Too much soft, easily damaged trim. Dodge trim tends to be harder plastics for good reason. 2. A P38a wouldn't last 10 minutes before something electric failed and let me down. 3. Any classic in good enough condition would be too good to treat hard, hammering through forest tracks at high speeds. There are few enough good classics, I couldn't bring myself to possibly wreck one. 4. With gas tanks fitted, I'd lose too much ground clearance or boot space, as I need at least a 200 mile range. I don't do disiesels.

Badger.

Reply to
Badger

If you want a truck, get a truck, not one of those whopping great big yank tanks... Every time I see one I just can't believe they exist.

Driving around in a dodge ram, serves you right ;-)

I was talking about taste, not utility..

Reply to
Ian Rawlings

Trucks in the UK tend to be even bigger though, so I really don't see where you're coming from or what your problem with them is. Most European trucks are way too big for my needs unfortunately. The Dodge is about as big as I can go and still get to where I need to, and few trucks are 4-wheel drive except for maybe some old Bedfords and newer Iveco's - both of which are just plain silly big. In all honesty, yes, the Ram is nearly 6mtr long but it's actually slightly narrower than a transit's pick-up bed (by about 2"!) and actually the same height as the rear half of a Disco's stepped roof, so not quite the gargantuan tank you describe it as. It has a "presence" that makes it appear larger than it actually is. I need something bigger internally than a landrover 110 for comfort reasons, but small enough to fit down 99% of forest tracks and navigate single-track country roads on the Western Isles. What would you suggest as an alternative then? I deliberated over this for a *long* time, believe you me.

Lol. I meant prior to owning the ram, but I'll give you that one.

Now, if taste were to win over utility, that'd be a whole different ball-game, but my choice was made on function, nothing else, assuming comfort to be part of that function. My daily driver car is a Chrysler 300c Hemi estate, purely because I think it is a nice vehicle to drive, has amazing performance from one of the sweetest V8 engines ever made, gives excellent economy for its size and meets the "family" requirements of 1 kid and 2 dogs. If form were to win over that function, I'd be driving an XK or an older Aston, but they fail to meet the function requirements.

Tell me Ian, have you ever actually driven a Ram or are you dismissing them purely on appearance? As much as I really do love my 110, the yanks could really show Solihull a thing or two about combining utility with ergonomics. You really don't have to be cramped and uncomfortable for the sake of getting a job done. Badger.

Reply to
Badger

They're just hateful trucks, while there is an argument for deciding on a vehicle purely on utilitarian grounds, and sod aesthetics and image, that only goes so far, personally I'd refuse to consider a ram on the grounds that I'd be forced to wear a paper bag on my head at all times, which would make it dangerous to drive! If you saw my trucks you'd realise that image isn't a big concern to me, but the ram is so bad in that respect that even I wouldn't even consider for a second to just look at its spec.. I don't want to look it up on the net in case there's a picture of the truck on the page!

Hehe, personally I'd have gone for a diesel Pinzgauer ;-) Any excuse would do me, and I'd rather poke my own eyes out than go for a ram, even one of the japanese trucks (which I'm also not keen on).

Oh dear.

I don't think we'll ever agree!

I suspect that deep down, you're a fan of yank tanks!

Reply to
Ian Rawlings

MotorsForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.