LR3 Opinions.

Cheeky bugger. Get to bed.

Alex

That's the catch. The Range Rover is said to be very well built and very reliable but it's more or less a product of BMW. Land Rover never had much of a reliability record on their own, and while Ford's trucks tend to be 1,000% more reliable than their cars, some of their products are still questionable. Steve Grauman

It's a remarkablly competant vehicle, on road and off. You can view some very basic development films here:

LOL Steve Grauman

I can't drink some of the beers you folks enjoy. Really dark, bitter drafts have never been my favorites. And no offense, but I'll take my cold, thank you. Steve Grauman

Your really in a different world to me, because if it was made after 1984 and if it has a cat then it is not and never will be a vehicle for me, they are all crap be they rolls royce, ferrari or whatever, the lot of them.

My series 3 can haul groceries and a lot more it can haul any of that modern crap out of a ditch as well.

Reliability is relative it depends what you are prepared to contribute to it.

If it is still running after thirty years there has got to be something going for it British Leyland and there reputation notwithstanding.

The less luxury, the less fripperies the longer and the better it will last, and I should know my last motor was a limo.

There is beer and then there is beer, warm or cold whatever, if it is piss weak you can keep it.

A pretty bold statement. Frankly I believe the more modern Defender 90 and 110 to be Land Rover's best vehicles. All the neccesary updates of today combined with all the proven hardware of the past. The last 2 generations of Range Rover have been gorgeous, competant vehicles. But the most recent version is the only one I'd have any confidence in, build-wise. Steve Grauman

On or around 16 Oct 2004 00:59:59 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@aol.com (Steve Grauman) enlightened us thusly:

I've bene reading about it in the Car magazine among others. Apparently you can go on a desert-off-roading holiday in saudi, and play with cayennes in the sand dunes... This of course costs, but not stupid money. I presume Porsche hope that you'll buy one thereafter.

On or around Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:44:32 +0100, Mother enlightened us thusly:

I might even get there next year - half these shows are a fecking long way from here, and Eastnor is about the nearest.

I'm a Porsche enthusiast so I read quite a bit about it. They did extensive sand testing with it before it was finalized for production, and it's apparently quite good. It also seems very competant to handle rocky terrain and just about anything else. I'd venture to say it's 85% as competant as a Disco off-road, and 200% as competant ON road. Equipped with the air-suspension it's capable of lapping sections of the Nurburgring faster than many sports sedans and coupes, especially the 450 horsepower Cayenne Turbo. Steve Grauman

How long is the drive from one end of England across to the other? I'm just curious. Steve Grauman

In news: snipped-for-privacy@mb-m20.aol.com, Steve Grauman blithered:

Have they any intention of fixing the headlight mountings so they don't blind drivers they are following!

And about time, too. Bring the tea cosy ;-)

Depends... Southend-on-Sea to Bristol is about 170 miles Great Yarmouth to Carmarthen is more like 350 miles

Also depends upon whether you recognise that Carmarthen isn't in England ;-)

So Mother"

So Dave Reynolds was, like

Why do I feel there may be some need to doth flamesuits soon?