How's that for reliability?

peasant · 26-01-2007 7:40pm #1

Landrover wa(e)nt from Dundalk to Wicklow and back again with out stopping.

WOW !!

See here: http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carid=584803

bazz26 · 26-01-2007 7:53pm

I'm impressed. The Japanese must be ****ing their pants.

drdre · 26-01-2007 8:09pm

who will pay 5,800 for that:eek:

maidhc · 26-01-2007 8:12pm

In june 2007 this Landrover want from Dundalk to Wicklow and back again with out stopping

Now THAT is impressive.

In fairness though, it looks stunning.

peasant · 26-01-2007 8:15pm

It does look very well kept, and some series III afficionado will probably pay the asking price ...

... but not because of "the sales talk"

MAYPOP · 26-01-2007 8:15pm

maidhc wrote:

Now THAT is impressive.

In fairness though, it looks stunning.

That would be the flux capacitor kicking in.

maidhc · 26-01-2007 8:21pm

peasant wrote:

... but not because of "the sales talk"

You would never know. It might impress a few freelander owners!

peasant · 26-01-2007 8:31pm

maidhc wrote:

You would never know. It might impress a few freelander owners!

Ouch !

crosstownk · 26-01-2007 9:12pm

The Defender is by far the most reliable LandRover - by LandRover standards, that is.

OfflerCrocGod · 26-01-2007 9:20pm

MAYPOP wrote:

That would be the flux capacitor kicking in.

Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads....

dingding · 26-01-2007 9:29pm

Would he throw in the padlock and chain and haynes manual.

Brakes probably need work.

Landrover wa(e)nt from Dundalk to Wicklow and back again with out stopping.

IrishRover · 26-01-2007 9:40pm

Haha, maybe he's talking about fuel economy and meant to say "without stopping for petrol"

What distance would that round trip be? 400 miles? 300?

Supercell · 26-01-2007 9:57pm

Lol, was there an elite team of mechanics on hand?

unkel · 26-01-2007 11:55pm

At the time I was in the Army, all Landrovers were being replaced by Merc G-class 4WDs. Much to the relief of high ranking officers who were driven around in them. Much to the relief of anybody really that ever drove one or was a passenger in one but not to the mechanics! First off they were pretty much out of a job and the fact that whatever went wrong (indeed things went wrong on an hourly basis) with the Landrover was quickly and easily fixed

And of course the G-class was no match for the Landrover on any seriously bad terrain

peasant · 27-01-2007 12:04am

And of course the G-class was no match for the Landrover on any seriously bad terrain

You must be yoking ?

Three separately lockable diffs ...unless you sink it to the windows in mud or perch it on a tree stump, the G-class will go anywhere the Landy will ....and then some.

Still ...for serious off-road stuff there's always the Unimog

unkel · 27-01-2007 12:22am

Not joking. The G-class got stuck several times, admittedly in extreme mud (several feet deep) where the Landrover pulled out without problems

I've always liked that Unimog BTW

Wishbone Ash · 27-01-2007 2:10pm

IrishRover wrote:

What distance would that round trip be? 400 miles? 300?

Dundalk to Wicklow (Town) = 90 miles - 180 miles round trip. Hardly impressive. :rolleyes:

It must have been awkward at junctions and traffic lights, considering that they didn't stop.

25 years old with only 91k miles but described as being used 24/7.

Nice find peasant!