flyboy2 said:I was not referring to the Army's Land Rover's m8.In fact it was the Range Rover's and Land Rover's belonging to company's like ITN and the BBC.They were the laughing stock amongst other reporting teams in the Gulf.I cannot understand why people are so quick to jump to the defence of something that is quite obviously not up to standard and yet they feel it is their patriotic duty to rubbish another marque just because they don't like the name.I have owned both a Jeep and a L/R Freelander and am speaking from my own experience,so what am I expected to say,that the Freelander is a trouble free,reliable,fantastic motor car and that the Jeep is a pile of rubbish.I don't think so.I will buy another L/R when Landrover as a company admit that the faults on this unreliable,badly designed,excuse for a car actually exist and offer the customer reliable service and repairs,rather than making stupid excuses for their shortcomings.Something else that should not be missed is that L/R are in fact owned by an American company.If people are of the masochistic genre and like to be crapped on,then who am I to interfere with their wishes.
Sorry Flyboy i was having a pop at Army funding not Jeeps or anything else. I have a trouble free Hippo with 129k on the clock, Shouldn't say that as it usually is the kiss of death. I unfortunately am patriotic and believe in buying stuff made in UK , including Toyotas if need be, i never said they were better than Jeeps or any other marque, i was just relating a story i heard in a pub. Every landrover i've owned so far (4) has had its problems but i love them. prior to this Phycosis, i owned a rover 214Si ,poor, Montego 1.6, disaster, A lime Green Austin Allegro 1275 , the greatest car i have ever owned, various Triumphs of the Toledo/dolomite family, the worst designed car i have ever worked on, Two Vauxhalls, forgive me i was on drugs when I handed over the money, Morris Marina, Oh God!, triumph bonneville, ride it to work five days put it back together on Saturday. The point is. i believe in my sick deluded mind that i have never owned a bad vehicle. Then again I have never owned a new one and have never spent more than i could pay cash.
