As usual...Landrover ranks as the dog, below Kia even...with JD Powers....
"Land Rover, which Ivers described as a perennial loser, finished last among individual nameplates. "They're highly desirable vehicles but they tend to have a tough time getting customers to buy more than one," he said".
Maybe we love them BECAUSE they aren't too reliable ?
Steve
Well, most people here have had more than one. Some of us have several. Despite the unreliability. I think it comes down to character.
Yup. Even the blandest Land Rover, such as my 300Tdi 3 door with wind-up windows, has more character than _anything_ else I've driven. 'cept the Series 3 of course, and maybe when I drove a Mclaren F1, but that's a different concept anyway .. :)
You're quite right, I always get out of our 101s with a smile on my face. And oil on my hands ;-)
Steve
Yes but which Land Rover,
Mine may have been a British Leyland disaster of the 1970's but how many other British Leyland disasters (apart from buses) have served so well for so long. Besides you have to have something to keep you occupied.
In news: snipped-for-privacy@uni-berlin.de, Larry expelled:
As it was put when I first bought a Landrover - that's not a vehicle it's a hobby :-)
JD is USA ....Disco, Freeloader and RR only ....guess we like LR because of the Defenders ;-)
I thought the reason for having more than one was to improve the odds of having one that works ?
cheers
Dave W.
And that there's always one that you can 'borrow' bits off to fix the other.
On or around Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:51:47 +0200, "Aubrey" enlightened us thusly:
some of us only buy second hand ones, and the discovery (if you'll pardon the pun) of the faults and omissions of both the previous owners and Lode Lane is all part of the Land Rover Experience (TM).
a recent case in point: the driver's side check strap wasn't working on my disco. Got around to pulling it off for a looksee, and found the bit inside broken. Welded same up, reshaped it with a lump hammer, re-assembled and put it back into the door. But what's this? that missing 3rd bolt, which I'd assumed had simply fallen out, won't go in (or rather, its replacement won't) - the hole has been misshapen by a carlessly-placed spotweld right beside it. I suspect that the 3rd bolt (the one below the check strap) has been missing since new, and the extra load this places on the bit inside which is not so well supported led to its premature failure.
Didn't have enough ground clearance for the green lane I took mine down.
;-)
Cheers
Blippie
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Actually, our best customers have owned several. It's the Freelander folks that hate us. Never buy the netry level anything.
Main dealer tech in USA.
On or around Mon, 19 Jul 2004 20:04:31 -0400, JPF enlightened us thusly:
IRTA "netty level"
still appropriate.
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