Thread: Bought me a new 110

Originally Posted by the_preacher1973

Interesting garage of vehciels you now have combining the most useless, stupid, ridiculous vehicle in the world with one of the most practical.

Ha ha I only just got what you were talking about.
Tbh I thought the same at the start about the X6, but like any vehicle you dont really understand it untill you drive it for a while.

Cheers

Originally Posted by voltron

Ha ha I only just got what you were talking about.
Tbh I thought the same at the start about the X6, but like any vehicle you dont really understand it untill you drive it for a while.

Cheers

Yeah. It's just as an engineer that vehicle annoys me more than just about anything out there.

Coupe sporting styling so you get a cramped interior with limited rear head space.

But then you build it tall so it can't handle like a sports car.

Then you fit it with a heavy 4wd system that is so useless it gets confused by damp grass.

In summary you get all the disadvantages of a sports coupe without any of the sportiness and all of the disadvantges of a large 4wd without it being able to be driven offroad. I just don't see the point.

The only thing that would be more inexplicable would be taking something like a Discovery 4 chassis, fit a smaller body to it thereby reducing seating capacity and load area by 20% and requiring black paint on the windscreen to cover up the fact that it doesn't quite fit together properly. Stick a Range Rover badge on it and charge 30% more for it.

But who am I to cast stones. I've got a hankering for a cheap Porsche Cayenne to use as a bush pig in the future...

Let's face it. If we all made rational car decisions we probably wouldn't be hanging aound a Land Rover forum.

Congrats Graham, you picked a classic. I bought one too 2 months ago and loving it. It really stands out everywhere I drive it and leaves the Jap 4x4 dead in their tracks especially in the bush.
Enjoy!

Originally Posted by ProjectDirector

Congrats Graham, you picked a classic. I bought one too 2 months ago and loving it. It really stands out everywhere I drive it and leaves the Jap 4x4 dead in their tracks especially in the bush.
Enjoy!

Cheers mate, I take the long route everywhere I go just to spend more time in it, is that a side effect

Originally Posted by the_preacher1973

Yeah. It's just as an engineer that vehicle annoys me more than just about anything out there.

Coupe sporting styling so you get a cramped interior with limited rear head space.

But then you build it tall so it can't handle like a sports car.

Then you fit it with a heavy 4wd system that is so useless it gets confused by damp grass.

In summary you get all the disadvantages of a sports coupe without any of the sportiness and all of the disadvantges of a large 4wd without it being able to be driven offroad. I just don't see the point.


But who am I to cast stones. I've got a hankering for a cheap Porsche Cayenne to use as a bush pig in the future...

Let's face it. If we all made rational car decisions we probably wouldn't be hanging aound a Land Rover forum.

In reality most cars can be argued as pointless, just have to find the right angle. Nissan R35 gets abused by supercar enthusiasts for being to boring, yet it is faster then most 3 times it price.

I will admit I actually do enjoy driving the X6 but I wouldnt buy it for myself.

I just dont like to think much.

sorry I dont know how to multi quote :/

I have the same smile driving mine... Same with my 109 Ambulance twenty years ago...

Originally Posted by CharlesTeton

I have the same smile driving mine... Same with my 109 Ambulance twenty years ago...

Its the first time I actually agree that refinement in cars does ruin the driving experience. The Defender seems perfect in so many ways yet doesnt have that refinement all modern cars have now.

Originally Posted by voltron

Cheers mate, I take the long route everywhere I go just to spend more time in it, is that a side effect

It most certainly is.

We've got a Discovery 3 and 911 Turbo in the garage yet I take the 30 year old 110 with 370k on it 90% of the time. Just not allowed to take the Mrs to church in it.