Originally Posted by JDNSW
Who knows what the next change of ownership (of LR) will bring. Ford are rumoured to be seeking a sale or sales of Volvo-Jaguar-Land Rover. I do think making them bigger is a bloody good idea. I am 6'1", big frame (xxxl shirts, 105 kilos.), size 12 shoes, and sick of cars I have to put on like an overcoat, and, once in, have no room to move. I have modified the drivers seat of my 86 County -Isuzu to be 1 1/4" higher and 2" further back. If my current workhorse, a late model Falcon ute, had any less room at the drivers seat, I couldn't drive it. My wife had a Ford Escort auto. which had simply nowhere for my left foot to go if I drove it. I had to sit with my left knee bent and my left foot under my right leg.This explains my comments re cars designed to fit Mediterranean & Asian dwarfs. Having come from a family that ran mail contracts around theWinton district for three generations I am a great fan of simplicity and reliability, not to mention fixability. My uncles would regularly say that the American cars with their big slow-revving engines made the mail contracts viable, and that anyone who used British or European cars in the outback soon went broke.