Thread: What do you think AULRO is for ?

I think it is far better to be here and hear LR knocked by folks that understand them, drive them, fix them, experience them; than it is to be on a forum elsewhere where they knock LR because of peer driven myth and a lack of the aforementioned understanding, ability, knowhow and experience.

Reality driven knocking beats myth driven knocking anyday of the week...

Originally Posted by Sparksdisco

Are they trying to push the tablelands at the moment as i keep hearing about it over here in the pilbra?

They have a large land sale on at the moment or somthing.
Looked prity expencive for out in but **** nowhere

I'll have to take a squiz before it gets out of hand then...like it has in some parts of Tas.

JC

Originally Posted by landyfever

I don't think its for people to complain/whinge about their land Rover ,

Cry me a river. People wouldn't complain about their Land Rovers if they were as reliable as Toyotas
I love Land Rovers (the real ones anyway) but I've got no problem accepting that they are severely flawed.

Originally Posted by subasurf

Cry me a river. People wouldn't complain about their Land Rovers if they were as reliable as Toyotas
I love Land Rovers (the real ones anyway) but I've got no problem accepting that they are severely flawed.

That's changing now, too. I would sooner spend time working on and driving a loveable vehicle than a soulless one. I grant that Japanese 4x4's on the whole are yes very reliable, but have no driver enjoyment and as such I don't really want one. I have quite a few customers that have driven a D2 or Defender 130, and then ditched their LC80 or LC75 series in favour of.

My apprentice who has moved to outback mainland has bought a new Nissan patrol tray for a work vehicle, it has spent quite a bit of time in the dealership with oil consumption issues etc already.

The current crop of Nissan and Toyota offerings are now proving to be quite troublesome, so soon there won't be any grounds for 'Landy Apartheid' in outback and rural areas.

Just need some product support and LRA will be off and running

JC

Originally Posted by JDNSW

While perhaps not what this thread seems to have "really" been about, I feel I should point out that "what AULRO is for" is different for different members - some see it as a social forum to discuss things not really related to Landrovers, some see it as a forum for offroad driving, some see it as a forum about specific models, some are only interested in ex-military Landrovers, some are interested mainly in technical aspects, some are interested in contributing, some are interested in learning, and so on.

The membership is very diverse, with the common factor being (mostly) ownership of one or more Landrovers - but some may be uninterested in anything more than three years old, others uninterested in anything less than thirty years old.

The solution to this diversity is simply to only read the threads you are interested in, and ignore the rest. If you don't like whinges, and the thread turns into one - the solution is the arrow pointing to the left, usually in the top LH corner of your screen. If you are interested, but don't like the way the thread is going - contribute, pointing out where it is wrong, but stay within the rules. If your views are persuasive, then the others will be persuaded!

John

As per usual John Words of wisdom. Good answer it sums up AULRO members nicely.

Originally Posted by justinc

. I would sooner spend time working on and driving a loveable vehicle than a soulless one

True, but LR haven't made a vehicle with soul for a long time.

Originally Posted by subasurf

True, but LR haven't made a vehicle with soul for a long time.

An opinion probably not shared with many here. I'm having many dramas with my Defender - but I do consider it to have soul. Wouldn't put up with it otherwise.

Originally Posted by subasurf

True, but LR haven't made a vehicle with soul for a long time.

I wonder how long a 23 year old considers to be "a long time".

Some of us are old enough to remember when Series Is were brand new. They have soul and that didn't seem very long ago.

We were out in the workforce when there were still Series IIs in dealer showrooms. They have soul and that time seems quite recent.

We were contemplating retirement when Defenders appeared. They have soul and that time seems like just yesterday.

My '73 Series III had soul. My '98 Defender has soul.

Obviously I either have a longer memory than you or else I am more easily impressed.