buchangun Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Learn to weld - find a pal with a welder - and you MOT costs will drop - landrover bit cost buttons. Being able to weld is a core skill of the landrover owner. Thats why 85% of all landrovers built are still in use hope you get your work done and landy fights to live anover day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIVERD Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Buchangun When u gona fix my welder then! I have two landys, a freelander and 110. Had most types of car from extreme performance to luxury, but always end up back with a landy. I guess i will always have one. Wife has an economic, efficient and dull japanese 4x4. In the past i have had these but they are just transport, like a bus. A landy is transport, a hobby in its own right, and a strange obsession. D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seisobs Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 landrover! Hang on till I have a laugh up my sleeve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_commoner Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Learn to weld - find a pal with a welder - and you MOT costs will drop - landrover bit cost buttons. Being able to weld is a core skill of the landrover owner. Thats why 85% of all landrovers built are still in use hope you get your work done and landy fights to live anover day! i have had the chassis waxoiled so its pretty tidy, one small bit of welding needed to one of the outriggers the work is a bit more mechanical so to speak, brake hoses, new discs and pads, prop shaft bearings, uj, new bushes to stop the thing wandering around the road like the driver has had 10 pints........................as for living another day it just means i need to sell something to pay for it !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manthing Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 on me second Discovery after killing the first have tried the other japs on the market, duna like. parts are cheap compared to jap/yank, my snorkel was £160ish virtually the same piece of kit for my mates Iszulu Trudger 3Lt is £300ish and he does nowt but worry about the engine packing in on him. MOT's 2years ago= rear body outrigger £50 last year= 2x brake lines £60 this year= clean pass mine is my work van, offroader/green laner, fishing/shooting bus, used to pull a big twin axle caravan with it and family car. and I'm of for a play in the woods on sunday with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markl813 Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 most landrovers go wrong because they are neglected my old serise 111 keeps ploding on just needs looking after leaf sprung ditch techneque as they say in solihull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbuild Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Nissan Patrol 4.2 straight six diesel with Old man Emu Shocks and Mud terrain tyres. Beats a landy every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Why, if the embarrassingly weedy and naff Jap 4x4s are allegedly so superior, do the people who work the land and defend the nation not use them exclusively? Most farmers (me included), the MoD, the Forestry Commission, the utility firms etc, all use Landies. Because they go further and pull more than any Jap 4x4. The only concessions I'd make are the Unimog, the G-Wagen and the Panda. We now have one of each on the farm, and the Panda is a great rabbiting vehicle over stubbles. We had our new off-roader delivered yesterday. One of these puppies: 570hp on tap Beat that, Nissuzumitsu-driving people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 My Toyota sales mate is supplying the FC across the south of england with new double cab Hiluxs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinker Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 fc have been using hiluxs as part of there fleet for years,british forces use land rover because they are obliged to buy british more and more farmers have gone jap because for everyday hacks thay are cheaper and more comftable/reliable to run .defender 90 is the best for extreme off roading but for every day there are better options out there you would have to be pretty blinkered not to realise that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Von Tirpitz Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Cant beat a new Jimny, as long as you dont have a big dog......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 and most of the farmers down my neck of the woods now use the L200 or Isuzu Rodeo as farm vehicles. They'll all tow 3 ton and go through mud gateways with decent tyres, and still do 70+ mph when needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 That's interesting news about the FC driving Toyotas. The FC local to us still use Defenders. However the significant majority of big arable farms around here use Defenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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