A most remarkable man met

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Originally Posted by one_iota

Last night I had the pleasure over dinner with the company of Patrick Vanson (Google "Patrick Vanson"). This man has driven most of the worlds great rallies for Citroen...he now drives an 86 Rangie.

"we didn't measure the rally with a stop watch but with a calender"

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AND ?

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

back for 2 seconds and already lowering the tone---:p

come back soon Mahn!!!:D

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as per usual when i'm involved ;)

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Originally Posted by 84RR

AND ?

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Hi Gavin :D

I spent the evening with a bunch of French speakers and much of what was said came without subtitles.:eek:

It struck me that a man (now in his seventies) who had spent so much time driving Citroens and Mini Coopers in tough conditions spoke so highly of his current vehicle... an 86 Rangie.

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

back for 2 seconds and already lowering the tone---:p

come back soon Mahn!!!:D

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See Hiline

Tone?....what tone:p ;)

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Originally Posted by one_iota

See Hiline

Tone?....what tone:p ;)

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That one?:spudnikwhat: :spudnikconfounded: I dunno

"spoke so highly of his current vehicle... an 86 Rangie."

So what sort of things did he mention that made the Rangie so good?

Driving from London to Sydney in a Citroen in 1968 without a team of technicians it boiled down to mechanical simplicity. He and his co-driver were responsible. The Citroen failed at Broken Hill.

He said that the Rangie if maintained is a vehicle that will last at least 20 years.

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Originally Posted by one_iota

Driving from London to Sydney in a Citroen in 1968 without a team of technicians it boiled down to mechanical simplicity. He and his co-driver were responsible. The Citroen failed at Broken Hill. He said that the Rangie if maintained is a vehicle that will last at least 20 years.

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Why only the Rangie? Any piece of machinery, properly maintained, should last at least that long.

Case in point? Dear old auntie Marge's "grey mare", a 35/6 sidevalve V8 Aussie built Ford sedan, owned since new, a wedding gift. Ash wednesday bush fires SA. Local CFS Bedford 4X4 stuck in creek at the bottom of the old family farm. The uncle ( a Kokoda trail vet, sadly now passed on, damn these tears make it hard to type. ) jumped into the grey mare stamped his foot on the starter button on the floor, the old 8 roared into life and pulled the Bedford out of the creek.

Good maintainance equals reliabilty.

will google that name later.

shorty.