Re: LR3 was SER1 where have we gone in 60 years?

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Hi Diana,

I think its an age thing (am now 40) but I am closely looking at everything
that's going on in life
around me, society, engineering, environment, family, media, government and
the more
I see the more I begin to reject allot of the nonsense....so how does that
match up to liking
series 1LR? well are they are endearing to me because of simplicity and
basics, the way life
should be....

LESS is MORE.....(I'm not shouting)

My next dilemma is I'm planning some extended touring here in oz, 3 kids
plus partner, off road trailer,
what to buy? The Disco is great and is one option but I'm thinking about
buying a Defender!...
I like them allot for what should be now obvious reasons....my daily driver
is a Porsche and
on Friday night it let me down "again" with not wanting to start after
stopping at the local shops....
it has some obscure wiring problem which stops it from cranking....so here I
was pushing the
thing in front of the Friday night shopping crowd in my local small
town......embarrassing to say the least.....

This probably sounds crazy to some...swapping a Porsche for a
Defender!.......

What to buy the 200 TDI or the 300?.....TD5?....

I think I now need a Bex and a good lie down :o)

Bruce




> Hi Bruce
>
> So your a Series 1 lover - Land Rover Series 1 and Discovery Series 1. -
> Isn't it always the same, the vehicles only become Series 1 when a series
2
> comes along.  But why did my Phase II Range Rover become a "Classic" when
> the second body shape came out?  I guess we could also ask why was the
1959
> model LR called the series 2 when there were 2 distinct "series" before
it -
> the 80" and the 86/88 - 107/109".
>
> About 6 years ago I toyed around with replacing the Rangie, it was 15
years
> old and I thought the time was right for a new one.  I couldn't see the
> value in $AU 140,000.00 for the replacement equivalent RR and when I
> investigated the Disco it was the virtually the same running gear etc as
my
> Rangie.  So I treated her to a 4.6 litre motor instead.
>
> Just on the Disco.  Why can't LR designers get things right, the front
> passengers footwell is a disaster.  There is no where to put your toes
> because of the heater demister unit and it is the same on the Series II
> Disco.  The Japanese are masters of getting lots of things into small
boxes
> but the English LR designers just seem to add things on and place them in
> any available space, damn the passengers.  It is the driver who will buy
the
> car, by the time there is a passenger the deal is done and the passengers
> suffer forever.
>
> Cheers
> Diana
>
>
>
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