If you think a Defender is close to a Series 1 80" you are off your rocker. Also if you have no love for an RRC or D1, it shows you know very little about the mechanics of a Land Rover.
 
300bhp/ton said:
If you think a Defender is close to a Series 1 80" you are off your rocker. Also if you have no love for an RRC or D1, it shows you know very little about the mechanics of a Land Rover.
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A defender has derived from the series vehicle's. Your making a stupid assumption that it's the same as a series 1. A Discovery isn't by any stretch a land rover; it's a Discovery but it nod's at the RRC in style, mechanics etc. Neither is a RRC a Land Rover. There's too much ****e spouted about models which are not actually Land Rovers. I'd go further and say that Defenders are just Defenders not actually Land Rovers, apart from some common part's they are mechanically different. Following that through, a ****ing gaylander is far from being a Land Rover. A RRC is derived from American trucks like the Chevy Blazer. Correct me if I'm wrong but the original V8 was based on an American engine. The concept of the RRC has **** all to do with series Land Rovers. Debate all day if you want to about RR and D1's but not the same category as a Defender. I'm the **** that doesn't wave back unless it's a real Land Rover.
 
Don't you just love a Land Rover Series 1 snob?

Why not go the whole hog and condemn everything which isn't built on a Jeep (wash my mouth out with soap and water!) chassis? After all, that's what Maurice Wilks started with.
 
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John S said:
A defender has derived from the series vehicle's. Your making a stupid assumption that it's the same as a series 1. A Discovery isn't by any stretch a land rover; it's a Discovery but it nod's at the RRC in style, mechanics etc. Neither is a RRC a Land Rover. There's too much ****e spouted about models which are not actually Land Rovers. I'd go further and say that Defenders are just Defenders not actually Land Rovers, apart from some common part's they are mechanically different. Following that through, a ****ing gaylander is far from being a Land Rover. A RRC is derived from American trucks like the Chevy Blazer. Correct me if I'm wrong but the original V8 was based on an American engine. The concept of the RRC has **** all to do with series Land Rovers. Debate all day if you want to about RR and D1's but not the same category as a Defender. I'm the **** that doesn't wave back unless it's a real Land Rover.
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So what is a land rover? Sounds like you don't acknowledge anything other than hue166
 
I did consider a RRC, or the somewhat less sexy (and therefore much cheaper) P38. I would enjoy the classic too much - i think i would be too worried about restoring it and keeping it pretty than actually using it however! I did think about the petrol V8.....but i dont know, the psychology of it would make me resent using it at 12mpg or whatever shocking figure it is!
 
John S said:
A defender has derived from the series vehicle's. Your making a stupid assumption that it's the same as a series 1. A Discovery isn't by any stretch a land rover; it's a Discovery but it nod's at the RRC in style, mechanics etc. Neither is a RRC a Land Rover. There's too much ****e spouted about models which are not actually Land Rovers. I'd go further and say that Defenders are just Defenders not actually Land Rovers, apart from some common part's they are mechanically different. Following that through, a ****ing gaylander is far from being a Land Rover. A RRC is derived from American trucks like the Chevy Blazer. Correct me if I'm wrong but the original V8 was based on an American engine. The concept of the RRC has **** all to do with series Land Rovers. Debate all day if you want to about RR and D1's but not the same category as a Defender. I'm the **** that doesn't wave back unless it's a real Land Rover.
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LMAFO
Looks like everyone driving anything other than a Series 1 is as bad as me driving a Freelander. :p

My dream car is a bit more realistic
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I do love the defender - and would pick it over a range rover - but budget sadly
 
Earl said:
I did consider a RRC, or the somewhat less sexy (and therefore much cheaper) P38. I would enjoy the classic too much - i think i would be too worried about restoring it and keeping it pretty than actually using it however! I did think about the petrol V8.....but i dont know, the psychology of it would make me resent using it at 12mpg or whatever shocking figure it is!
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Driven right, a V8 can do much more than 12 mpg. I get 15-18 towing, depending on terrain and conditions on the day.
Big engine, not highly tuned or working very hard, electronically managed PI. Well suited to autotrans, mileage doesn't suffer that much on the open road over manual.
If you drive a V8 D2 and a diesel, doubt if you will buy the Td5. Not that they aint a good engine.
 
When I was an employee, I used to have a new RRC every year; V8. Auto. Brilliant ! If I could justify it now, mainly the fuel cost, due to the mileage - I would have one again in a flash.

I will definitely have one again, and hopefully before too long.:)
 
brian47 said:
Don't you just love a Land Rover Series 1 snob?

Why not go the whole hog and condemn everything which isn't built on a Jeep (wash my mouth out with soap and water!) chassis? After all, that's what Maurice Wilks started with.
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I couldn't give a toss about Series 1 landys.
 
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