Jump to content

Landy


Browning GTS
 Share

Recommended Posts

What is the furthest anyone drives in Landies?

 

I have an Audi A 3 on an 05 plate, and if I drive more than 50 miles it's ****e, hard suspension low to the ground blah blah, my Defender 90 is 16 years old and in good nick and I can drive it all day black top or field and still be fine,

 

Its a man thing, like yorkies and not for girls :thumbs: :wacko: :wacko:

oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii :<

 

wot on earth do you mean not for girls?:lol:???

 

brat.

 

ha ha, and anyway, yorkies? i bet girls are the biggest purchasers of chocolate.

 

what? -looks around in feigned surprise- at least im honest!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I see people like Rick Stein, Huw Fearnly Wittingstall and other bloke that did the tour of the UK in Landies, one minute in Scotland the next in Cornwall and I am convinced they get them trailored from one place to the next and them do the last bit 'to camera' :thumbs:

Hugh Farty Milkingstool must have driven his all the way, It is still in Scotland. Or what is left of it. He was raffleing the remains off for £10 a ticket on his website.

 

How many other vechiles that are 30 years old can be driven hard and still survive? Fantastic machines.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Great thread !!!!

 

Guess the reality all boils down to whether you want the vehicle as a hobby in its own right or merely to drag you and your kit to mucky snaggly places where you want to persue your other hobbies like shooting, fishing, ferreting etc.

 

I fall into the latter group so in the eyes of you "well ard" Landy masochists wil be seen as a right Willy Woofter :thumbs: :wacko: :wacko:

 

I'd rather be trolling around in my old Fourtrak and use the extra space saved by not needing to carry a spare gearbox and transmission to put in a bit more shooting gear. :lol::lol: Like to get home and put my feet up once the gears been sorted and the ferrets put away.

 

Don't like getting my nails broken undoing all those nasty rusty bits under the car either, the rough ends get caught up in the ferret nets.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Gave me lots of pride to pull a hi lux out the mud over xmas, and he still had his boat hitched!

One of my best ever thrills was to pull a Defender from 21/2 ft of Mud at Cirencester Park Off Trial in my V6 Vitara some years ago..... :wacko:

 

Do you know what I never even had to boot it ( well Not too much anyway )

 

The guy who owns it hasnt spoken to me since :thumbs:

 

FM.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I remember an old buddy of mine back home, he had a series 2 SWB landy, quite the motor when you look back, everytime he hit it (quite regularly ) we'd put it back together with aluminum plate and pop rivets , swear that thing was a couple of hundred lbs heavier when he sold it :lol: the other thing was when it changed gear (and this is for the older boys memorys ) it sounded like a triumph herald box clanging away on the plates.

 

 

ill go with comfort and eficency nowadays it aint hard to get :rolleyes:

 

 

Martin

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Browning,

 

I'll keep an eye out for you, broken down along the A41 somewhere..!!!

 

Most people I know that have bought Land Rover's end up wishing they hadn't.

 

I hope you'll be different..!!

 

It might pay you to get on first name terms with the local AA man.

 

Cat

 

:rolleyes::lol:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
 Share

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...