Thread: landrovers.... not what they used to be...

Originally Posted by Loubrey

I sure as hell know which one I would prefer to travel in!

Exactly. Each to their own. One is not better or worse than another, its our money, its our choice; so no more bagging different model Defenders, County or Series LR, that's what Landcruisers are for.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

quite correct...

now go bleed an unmodified puma with nothing more than a 4 inch shifter and the gear provided with the vehicle...

Why? I don't like any of the land rover diesels, nor any of the petrols, I see them as a blank canvas for something better

I'll be heading to ls3 powered p38 land over this winter when I build it, I prefer the luxury

yeah, im currently admiring a knock off of a detroit 4/53.....

Originally Posted by PAT303

And that prooves what exactly???,but yes we'll do the Gunbarrell,me in the TDCi and you two in the leaf sprung series,do you know what corrigations are?,don't worry you will.Tell me,how many K's in outback Oz have you done?,where have you been and what did you do?,I'm only asking because like many many others on here I've done lots in rubbish vehicles like the Tdi,rover V8,TDCi and that most evil of all vehicles,the electric everything toorak tractor,the one and only Range Rover.Oh and the puma,sorry TDCi is enviromentally friendly,thats what all that scary stuff under the bonnet is. Pat

Well Pat lets see if i can answer a few of your questions.
Landies I have owned - Series 3 diesel, Series 2A petrol, Series 3 lightweight petrol, Disco tdi, Series one petrol. I currently drive the current Hilux for work however in the past my bum has graced various land cruisers (including the turbo V8 diesel), patrols, hiluxes, Ford F series etc. etc. as work supplied vehicles. And i have been left on the side of the road by an electric wonderland Sahara cruiser more than once. Roads i have driven, well i have been up Cape york, lived in Burketown for 6 months, lived in Doomadgee for 3 months (wet season), Lived in the Isa for years and drove weekly between Isa and Birdsville. Driven the Simpson, Driven around most of the territory and have driven every beach that you can in Qld. I must say i have never driven in WA or SA. I am well aware of what corrugations and bulldust are (you seem to have a bit of bulldust left on your chin). I have towed boat trailers to their early death across corrugations in the gulf country. I would very happily take a leaf sprung landy across any desert you would care to in this country. I hope your ECU copes with the vibrations off those corrugations. Wouldnt want to have to get a chopper in to airlift you out when a piece of solder let go. Or do you cary a spare computer in your car?
Hmm maybe at the end of the big trip we could have a little competition. I will hose all of the bulldust out of the interior of my leaf sprung truck and i will hose all of the bulldust out of the interior of your puma. Competition is which car starts afterwards. Maybe the wet upholstery will screw up your resale value.
I am a little surprised at your user name. You seem to go for 303's. I would have pegged you for a STEYR man myself. You know, made from plastic so you can just clip a new bit on when the old breaks off. I rest comfortably knowing that the 63 year old land rover sitting in my garage will still be driveing when your puma is a faded memory.
What i am realy surprised at is unless i am mistaken you were giving it to a hyundai or something similar earlier in the thread whose engine locked down when a light bulb blew out. Do you really think all of this unecessary electrical crap is better? Simple systems are better by design.

Originally Posted by Mick-Kelly

Well Pat lets see if i can answer a few of your questions.
Landies I have owned - Series 3 diesel, Series 2A petrol, Series 3 lightweight petrol, Disco tdi, Series one petrol. I currently drive the current Hilux for work however in the past my bum has graced various land cruisers (including the turbo V8 diesel), patrols, hiluxes, Ford F series etc. etc. as work supplied vehicles. And i have been left on the side of the road by an electric wonderland Sahara cruiser more than once. Roads i have driven, well i have been up Cape york, lived in Burketown for 6 months, lived in Doomadgee for 3 months (wet season), Lived in the Isa for years and drove weekly between Isa and Birdsville. Driven the Simpson, Driven around most of the territory and have driven every beach that you can in Qld. I must say i have never driven in WA or SA. I am well aware of what corrugations and bulldust are (you seem to have a bit of bulldust left on your chin). I have towed boat trailers to their early death across corrugations in the gulf country. I would very happily take a leaf sprung landy across any desert you would care to in this country. I hope your ECU copes with the vibrations off those corrugations. Wouldnt want to have to get a chopper in to airlift you out when a piece of solder let go. Or do you cary a spare computer in your car?
Hmm maybe at the end of the big trip we could have a little competition. I will hose all of the bulldust out of the interior of my leaf sprung truck and i will hose all of the bulldust out of the interior of your puma. Competition is which car starts afterwards. Maybe the wet upholstery will screw up your resale value.
I am a little surprised at your user name. You seem to go for 303's. I would have pegged you for a STEYR man myself. You know, made from plastic so you can just clip a new bit on when the old breaks off. I rest comfortably knowing that the 63 year old land rover sitting in my garage will still be driveing when your puma is a faded memory.
What i am realy surprised at is unless i am mistaken you were giving it to a hyundai or something similar earlier in the thread whose engine locked down when a light bulb blew out. Do you really think all of this unecessary electrical crap is better? Simple systems are better by design.

So because you and Dave don't like them we shouldn't own them?

Originally Posted by TimNZ

So because you and Dave don't like them we shouldn't own them?

nahh you can own em...

y've just gotta call em fords cause defender drivers wave.

Perhaps they're just not waving at you?

Regards,

Land Rover Defender owner

Originally Posted by TimNZ

So because you and Dave don't like them we shouldn't own them?

Nope you can own them, chose whatever you want to drive. Just dont claim that pumas are what land rovers used to be. That is what the topic is about after all