Thread: What made you buy you 1st Land Rover

i blame sales brochures, i had one as a kid showing a range rover
going though a deep ford, that was it i was hooked then saw the camel trophy and
i was addicted, evntually i had a fling with a s111 swb pick up which i still think was great despite
top wack of 60mph and all the noise a diesal can make, follwoing that a vm engined range rover which got stolen and showed me the true value of insurance companies (some were at the top of the list with double glazing sales men and estate agents)
then finally my 90. we now own two discos as well and truley bitten, i still ahve that sales brochure
and still think they are the best cars going, what else makes you smile these days.
to add to that i swopped the disco for a comadore for a few days apart from burning up some rubber was glad to get back to the disco.

This is our first Land Rover, we bought it to do outback touring and weekend offroading trips, so far i'm really happy even if we got the same ol' same ol' " a bloody Land Rover for outback touring ya mad it'll break down then what'll ya do " well poo poo to them i say, on most of our trips so far we have been the only ones not to break down.

I love our Disco, a Defender will be our next one, also we will be getting a second Landie in the near future too, a 130 i'd say.

Baz.

Because I like to visit the dealer very often.

No seriously, best 4WD's around and I wanted something you don't see like the proverbial (eg LC, Patrols etc...) and it can go most places.
And I my Land Rover.

Chris

Hmm, where do I start . As most of you know the D3 is my first landy, I almost bought one in 98, I had the brochures sent out and everything. I ended up buying a new C180 Mercedes, great car no guts. Then gave it back when marriage went to poop ( but thats another story ). Now come forward 8 years, I have a 10mth old Territory and keen as mustard to get off road, not the right vehicle, then I see an article on the new D3. Hop online and have everything they can send me on it.

First off was the look of the vehicle, nothing else compared to it, I can't lie and say the prestigious factor didnt come into play , hence why I would only get one if I could get top of the range. If I was going to spend that sort of coin it had to have everything ( satnav, premium sound etc) , it had to be black and a sunroof. I didnt bother test driving anything else, as soon as I took it for a spin I was hooked. Part of the reason for a landy is that I just have never been into "japanese cars" I've always had Australian or European cars.

Anyway hands down this is the best vehicle I have ever owned, it has introduced me to a great bunch of people on here and in my club- GCLRO, it has taken me places with my children we have never been before and allowed some great adrenalin pumping experiences. Plus did I mention the killer looks it has . I've now had it for 6 mths and it has a dint, a cracked rear light cover and a cuppla scratches from taking it off road, so it is rugged as well now . I could go on......but won't, I just love that car

Regards

Stevo

Gosh I can't remember why. I've always liked them. Whether it was Daktari on TV as a kid, visiting farms, seeing the army drive them, etc etc all the way to the Queen Mum hopping out of a Defender at Balmoral (she never went for the Disco, Rangie stuff).

Question is why do people drive anything else?

Harry Butler drove one all over W.A. and then said "Bloody Hell" on tv when he got his 5th staked tyre for the day.I was 8, he swore and got away with it, I was hooked.

That Bloody Bush Tucker man is to blame

I had a L300 with body and suspension lift, 2.6lt sigma motor at the time and we were doing The Old Northern Road out of Wisemans Ferry at the time, my brother in law was along as part of the trip and had borrowed a 110 county from work (he was head test mechanic for Jag Australia at the time)

Where I was lifting front wheels a meter in the air the damn county just walked over everything with that V8 burbling away, that was the end of me

Kept see Mr Hiddens treking around the top end and that was it, off to Garthons for a Defender please, very nearly bought one of the ex Calvert expedition wagons but they didnt get back in time from WA so picked up an ex LRA company car, the rest is history.

Although I drive a disco at present, it wouldn't take much to get me back into a Defender

And Baz, I'm along your train of thought, a 130 for an outback tourer would be the "Ducks Nuts"

Why did I get a Landy? Because I wouldn't be seen dead in a Jap thing.
A mate who races and had various Toyos, each from new, said he rented a Rangie on a job and it was much better on and offroad than his then new Cruiser. Sounded good to me! A new D1 Rossignol was the choice and the price was right! It went after a while and 3 years ago another D1 was too good to pass up and still does to job very nicely. My only other 4wd was a new Bronco back in 85 and it was pretty neat, but drank gallons a minute and had manual front hubs - sounding lazy?

Cheers, GQ