Thread: Post Three Things About your rangy that you couldnt live without

Nah, stick with the classics up til mid 92 without any of the frills of ABS and air suspension, can't go wrong IMO. Offer the great ride, sophistication and simplicity of DIY in one package, how many marques offer that

The P38's are a great unit but the complexities of the electronics scare me

Trav

After spending over $3k on my Pajero diesel, I started driving a 89 Rangie for work (towing 1500kg)... Now I want my Paj to ride and turn like the Rover...

But I love the leg-room front and rear, - more than the 2 big Jappy 4wds!

Winding the back windows ALL the way down, and,

Everything working perfectly, especially electricals, door-mechanisms, locks and trim-bits.



Driving the Rangie makes me glad I own the Paj, could never afford the constant breakages and fixes for 'everything non-4WD the Solihull has inflicted on us!

The perfect vehicle would be a Rangie/Disco chassis, cut and lengthened to suit, with a Isuzu diesel and a Pajero body .... (windows wind up and down.... rear-seat passengers won't die of DVT... and everything electrical is sound in design and materials!

1: Super comfy seats with armrests and feeling all warm and cosy in my plush velour interior with real wood trims (newly re-finished, stained and lacquered by myself ) no matter what the weather or terrain outside.

2: surprisingly maneuverable for it's size, with brilliant visibility front and rear.

3: It's a V8....

The three things I love about my neighbours Rangie:

1: Its an old Rangie
2: He's just bought a newer D2
3: He will probably sell it to me if I keep at him!

(He's going through a rough patch at the moment - unable to let go of his old steed... It's quite funny, but I can understand. )

Forgot mention the water-dance you get on the bonnet above 80km/h when it rains.....

There are some things Range Rover's and Disco's have that no other 4WD have that set it apart.

1. Seating position (Visabilty)
2. "A" Frame rear Axle articulation.
3. Long travel accelerator pedal.
4. Lightweight Alloy engine and body.

It's just not possible to copy these things in any other truck.

By far the biggest failing is the Differential, but we won't talk about that.
Followed closely by the poxy hand brake Mechanism.

The best stand out thing for me is the seating position
and the sound of that little V8 on heat..........It has to be the best sounding V8 on the Planet I reckon...It's just the Bomb

the noise in low 1st 4000rpm with almost straight through exhaust
the ride from air suspension
the ribbing from toyota owners about being british then the envy when the standard suspension goes everywhere the lifted and locked toyotas go

Oooer . . . that's a hard one . . .

1) It's modern enough to use regularly but old enough that I can fix everything.
2) It has the utterly unique combination of being a comfy, refined, and classic car with that bogan-ish rumbly V8.
3) That power steering is amazingly light and there is simply no effort needed to drive the car.

It's very odd to me that no modern car has all of these attributes.

It would be nice if I could get it to run at a decent temperature though . . .

But at least I don't have to pay someone else to spend hours trying to fix it!