Nah Nah Nah.....seems to be you missing my point....poor fooker whever started this thread comes on here....posts as first post what he and most other peeps would think is a sensible question (admittedly anyone hanging round on here for a while has probably heard it all before) Gets slagged off for his choice of motor....note he never mentioned he wanted a hobby to get himslf covered in ****e and oil every weekend , or a vehicle for serious off roading so you dont know why hes buying it and probably is for a family motor. Admittedly there are many more family motors to choose from that are probably more reliable and cost less to keep on road.
And every time a new face appears on FL forum gets a barage of abuse for choice of motor.
Peronal opinion and through 25-30 years of experience of various LRs the only practical LR to own as a family motor is a FL...(Would possibly have said an older oil burnin disco until recent hike in veggie oil prices) but a properly looked after FL especially runnin on gas can be a good investment, even if not without its problems....
As for off road ability have never had to have my motor towed out of the ****e but have towed many "proper " LRs...Normally after following my well slagged off...cost me the earth...dont fookin buy it...FL.
Nuff said again at least if your gonna give some advice make sure it is advice and not just ****e....
i've seen some posts on this form that are full of ****. most of them are done with tongue firmly in cheek, your int.
he wasn't slagged orf, he was imformed that his choice of gaylander with the 1.8 engine was not a wise choice never mind running it on the hotter running LPG.
and no one even suggested that he wanted a hobby nor that he enjoys messing about with mechanical stuff.
tha facts are, as proven by the postings on here and from other sources, that the 1.8 gaylanders are likey to blow the HG and suffer complete engine failure
the v6 is just as likey to do the same
the new Hg and oil rail doesn't seem to have bin a total sucess at solving the problem
and we int touched the other problems that crop up on a daily basis
you only need to see how many folk have bought them only to come on here and say " i wish i'd never bought it" or " as soon as its fixed, this time its going"
there do appear to be some that are ok but its a lottery and the second prize is an ever depleting bank balance.
what choice do you have when asked?
say nowt and let them find out the hard way
tell em and have the like of you accuse folk of slagging others off for their choice of vehicle
tell them its a good choice and then have them accuse folk of misleading them
of course we could say yer be better off with a slitty but as we're here for the landies thats unlikey, so that leave discos ,defenders and RR's