What's the attraction of 101's?

View it as a larger version of a Series Land Rover rather than a Disco/Defender and maybe you can see the attraction?

Graeme

You just dont get landrovers do you!

All entirely correct.

Surprisingly good motorway drive actually, no worse than the average Transit to be honest, at least once the deafness has set in.

A complete bastard to take to pieces and put back together again actually. Sod all engine access, relatively expensive and rare parts and a real struggle to find a mechanic who wants to know.

Well, you aren't missing anything. It's one of those things - some people jump out of perfectly serviceable aeroplanes, others climb up cliffs when there is a very good path 100 yards further along and I leave the wife's air conditioned, 6 month old Mercedes where it is and drive around in a 101.

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 '77 101FC Ambulance '95 Discovery V8i

BTW - what and where is it?

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 '77 101FC Ambulance '95 Discovery V8i

You're missing an appreciation for 101s. You message shows a sound understanding of the principles but you see it all in a negative light. People are different so just go 'okay it's not for me' and try somehting else.

Adam tried to scribble ...

Everything .. ;)

Some things just can't be explained or quantified in any 'meaningful' way ..

Oi - I do not have a tattoo! Yet...

Well, it will tow a huge gun over rough ground. There wasn't anything else in the late 60's / 70's that would, otherwise it would never have existed. it's a military machine which never had any civilian design purpose, so there are no comforts or surplus items. If it wasn't necessary for killing something or avoiding being killed by something then it isn't fitted.

I imagine it'll comfortably outpace a VW camper, make a better noise and then park wherever the hell it likes...

IME the best thing about 101's is the owners. You can often see all other variants of Land Rovers being driven by people with no real appreciation of what they have (and no reason why not). I have never met a 101 owner who didn't know EVERYTHING about his vehicle, and they are all different.

I've never really seen the point of the Llama. It seems I wasn't the only one... But the Dredd, that is something I must have.

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 '77 101FC Ambulance '95 Discovery V8i

Most of their husbands look the same.

Probably because there hasn't been any. Those of us who have them hate them, loath them, would willingly take a chainsaw to them. We're always broke, so's the motor, we like them because they give us the perfect excuse to moan and moan and moan. They're perfect for anyone without a sense of humour.

A 'different story' being they were never manufactured and only one street legal Llama in existence built from prototype bits, you mean?

You know, whenever I've seen Grumble move it has been Charlotte at the wheel. Perhaps he has a really dark secret - he can't fit!!?

Mind you, if I can get behind the wheel it should be possible for anyone to get in.

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 '77 101FC Ambulance '95 Discovery V8i

I saw Martyn driving Grumble twice at Billing.....

-- Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Chairman and Webmaster

In article , Digweed .. ;) writes

At least they seem to make more sense than the civvie forward controls!

Bruce just "wants" one.

Because sometimes life is too easy and boring.

I walked right past him driving it last year at Billing, but he didn't see me.

Perhaps I should have said that he didn't know who I was.

And this, is the whole point really. 'Need' is a strange concept, 'want' is, well... :-)

I don`t think it has anything to do with practicality - looks - mechanics etc.

you either NEED one or you don`t. I HAVE to own one, but the missus doesn`t understand. I`m such a misunderstood chappy, all i want is a S1 80, S2a (got one), RaRo bobtail, tricked up 90 and a 101 GS Not asking much am I? Why can`t the missus understand this perfectly reasonable ambition?

Nick C series 2a `67 wakefield UK

It's one of those 'in the blood' things...

Mind you, Claire in the office was making 'how much would it cost to insure me to drive it' noises about my S3 the other day. Given time she could be doing site visits in the GS... :-)

As an aside, I purchased a tree last night (don't ask why, must be that the drugs are stronger these days). One of the first comments I got upon doing so was; "Why didn't you just keep the one that was growing through the GS?" - Laught? - I nearly brought a 'round...

There is, to my knowledge, at least one member of the 101 Club who was given the stark choice by his missus: "It's either me, or the 101".

I know it's not something to make light of, and it isn't really very funny, but he doesn't appear to miss her much...