What do you know about Land Rovers? (Updated with a pic of new ride)

[venomballistics]

I know what you mean. The Brit's are our loyal allies. What puts a bug up my butt is seeing all these younger people driving Mitsubishi's. They have no idea Mitsubishi made the Japanese Zero's that attacked Pearl Harbor and killed over 2400 American's that December 7th. Good luck with the Land Rover. Good luck hunting too!

I used to drive a Mitsubishi truck.
kinda deceptive cause it said Dodge Ram 50 till you got into it.
I called it the zero there after till I offloaded the pile of miserable ****e
come to think of it, Ive not retained any truck for long.

 

[BobK]

From what I've heard,old (really old) American made cars and trucks are very popular in Mexico, Central, and South America......and Vermont and Maine. They run forever. I've never been there......but, I saw it on Nat'l Geo.!!!! (I have been to Vermont and Maine, however!!!) Must be true. Bob

 

[trex1310]

Crocodile Dundee had one.

 

[Friedrich]

I can't help it but I love my Landy!



They have a lot of character, and from time to time they need some attention, that's true. But our Volkswagen also has his troubles from time to time, and those are much more expensive to cure!

I use it on and offroad for hunting and helping out on our hunting concession. At first my hunting palls drove Toyota, Mercedes etc., now we have eight Land / Range Rovers in the group, and each year more of them appear

 

[CW Spook]

I notice that almost all of the negative comments come from those with absolutely no direct experience with LRs and the comments of owners or ex-owners are overwhelmingly positive. 'Guess that tells us something.

 

[m657]

I've always wanted the 'safari Land Rover' style....

never had one.....

The luck friends have had with British vehicles has served as an adequate warning for once.

Love their styling.

I've been looking for a Toyota "Safari" style truck. Never seen them locally.

Nearly bought a used Mercedes Land Gewagen. Researched them too. Great choice for *my* world. Missed out on the deal at $6k....next time I saw it for sale price had tripled.

 

[sar4937]

It seems like all the positive commentary involves how great they drive on the highway, and how comfortable they are. I guess they do not use them like trucks. My state has one Land Rover dealer, if you are dissatisfied with their service where are you going to go. But selling BMW's is where the money is for them, so they have a couple of technicians for the Land Rovers. So if you break down on a hunting trip in the Sandhills, your going to flatbed the truck across the state for repairs. And because they are technology laden, and ownership has changed hands so often, modules and the like will not be supported forever. Consider the numbers sold in the US each year.

 

[T. McIntyre]

Sig220,

Sorry to hear about the bride. Glad to hear she is doing better.

In regards to LRs, I have had a bit of experience here in the middle east with them and while they look cool as heck, the Toyotas have proven to be a more reliable rig.

In fact we primarily run Toyota Land Cruisers and Chevy Suburbans. The Toyotas seem to last forever, while the armored suburbans have an honest 6 month reliable service life on average. They are literally trashed after 12 months. Of course our terrain is different, but you get the point.

If I was looking for a serious SUV type offroad rig with an eye for reliability and minimal maintenance, with the intent of putting a lot of miles on it, I would look no further than a Toyota Land Cruiser.

The abuse they can take is unreal. A lot of unconventional outfits use them for good reason.

Cheers!

 

[sigp220.45]

Thanks, Ted. She's doing pretty well.

Somebody else bought the Land Rover, so we got this 06 Hummer H3. The main thing is my wife likes it. Getting T-boned shook her up, so she wanted something solid. Our old ride had On-Star, and when she got in the wreck she pushed the little red button and cops and firetrucks showed up, so she made that option a pretty high priority on a replacement. We got a good deal on it, she's happy, so I'm happy. Plus, it was made in the great state of Louisiana.

(Actually, I like it too.) Thanks for all the great input.

 

[Onomea]

Nice lookin' ride, Sig. Enjoy!

 

[WC145]

Good second choice, we almost bought one before getting the Disco. I'm sure it'll serve you well.

 

[Andy Griffith]

The Land Rover the popular family vehicle all the world over!

Barb,
I don't think that's a Rover. The grill, headlights, bumper and other body parts aren't "roverish." I don't think it's a Toyota either...likely one of those Czech or other European things that can't be imported into the U.S. because of D.O.T. safety regulations.

PS: Great choice on the H3!
PSS: If you're ever in Ft. Worth, go to the restaurant by the same name- it's great!

 

[anglaispierre]

I know what you mean. The Brit's are our loyal allies. What puts a bug up my butt is seeing all these younger people driving Mitsubishi's. They have no idea Mitsubishi made the Japanese Zero's that attacked Pearl Harbor and killed over 2400 American's that December 7th. Good luck with the Land Rover. Good luck hunting too!

Thanks for your support. Sadly, Land Rover and Jaguar now have Indian owners, but at least they are still made in England (I think).

 

[ServiceGun]

The Land Rover the popular family vehicle all the world over!

Not a Land Rover.
It's some version of a Nissan Patrol.
Different grill means it's probably a license made version, possibly from their Mexican plant.

 

[hittman77]

For 2 years in a row, several years ago, JD Powers & Assoc. listed the Land Rover as the WORST vehicle in America in initial quality.

You have to work really hard at producing a bad car/truck to achieve that rating.

Consumer's Reports list them as used vehicles to avoid, and the 2005 and 2006 are listed as 'much worse than average' in reliability.

Areas that were worse than average, or much worse than average, in 2005 and 2006 are: drive system, fuel system, climate system, suspension, brakes, engine cooling, paint/trim, body integrity, body hardware, power equipment, and audio system.

Wow: looks like they are real TROUBLE.

With so many SUV's on the market, you can do MUCH BETTER for the same amount of money.

ANYTHING made or engineered in Japan will be VASTLY superior in reliability.

This is what I was thinking too.