Thread: What is with the Landrover hatred?

Originally Posted by joel0407

I think that's about what I paid for a Disco 2 Alternator. $850 isn't cheap but it's on par with Land Rover.

Happy Days.

Think you need to learn to shop around.

Cheers Ean

ive had a toyota. an ex used to work for toyota as well LOL. and my partner now has an old hilux. that is a fantastic vehicle i love it. and my surf was good but so slow. still i liked it even though it annoyed me. none come close to how awesome the disco is though

Just because you like a certain make of vehicle doesn't mean you have to hate every other make.Toyota make a great product,so do nissan and mitsubishi.However i just PREFER to own land rovers.They are something special in my books.

As to hatred for the Land Rover it's far & wide. But who cares, I have a Grand Vitara ( hairdressers car) & a Discovery2 ( insert Landy hatred here) so I will get it from 2 angles but Meh, don't give a what they think.

Originally Posted by Random88

2005 trip western QLD. Stopped at a rest area NW of Auguthel in a 1994 300TDI. Half way through a cuppa there was a loud hiss and green stuff started running over the red dirt. Car was boiling. We limped into Tambo where a Diesel truck mechanic refused to look at it. After pleading he raised the bonnet, looked around and asked "but where is the radiator cap?"
I showed him the reservior but he said "**** mate I can't work on one of these things..not even a radiator cap!"
Took on 100 litres of bad bore water and had used it all by the time we crept into Blackall where we also failed to get anyone to look at it, was trucked home under RACQ membership. Turned out to be a simple water pump.
Point is that while we were in Blackall we had a chat to some locals who told us that if it isn't a Toyota or Nissan it will not get looked at in the outback. Now this was a simple machine, no computer even. What hope would there be these days?

That's just like one of the two mechanics here in town. One has spent years saying, "I don't work on Land Rovers" every time I walked in, even if I was always there about a work Toyota or whatever else. It's pathetic. If you're a mechanic you should take pride in being able to fix anything. And I've laughed at him for years because I'm self-taught, have never had any money or a decent shed, and somehow I can manage where a qualified professional with a big workshop can't.

In my research to buy something else, it is is enlightening to look at various forums and find out all the issues other makes have. Yet they still all bag Landrovers, if you mention you own one.

I think it is just conditioning.

When I got my D2 about 4.5 years ago my oldies asked where the corgies were?

Why'd I buy it because they're no good, not built for Australian conditions blah blah blah?

They've had there D4 for about 6 months now & know it's the best car they've ever had or ever will have

I think the hatred is a cover for envy and taking the **** out of landy owners