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jonny ramrod:
my opinion for what is worth.... :D

i used to drive lots of miles both on and off road for my work..

land rover 130...(or 127, or bloody big...whatever you want to call it..) was my main vehicle. performed well on road, very good off...would go almost anywhere i needed to get, even fully loaded. plenty of room in the crew cab for weeks away for 2 of us. Only broke down 3 or 4 times in a few years, mainly due to wear and tear.

land rover 90.....pick up with hard top. Horrible vehicle for traveling far and i would of used the 130 off road over it any time.

Hi-lux...lovely and comfy on road..just like a car. good performance. good load capabillity, sorry but it was poor in the rough stuff..but never broke, even with lots of abuse..

nissan navara..much the same as the hi-lux, but much better off road. Again, never broke.

terrano..nice an comfy..ok off road.. bloody thirsty was it's major downside...

So from a work vehicle point of view, lots of on and off road miles, daily abuse, driving up an down mountains, through muddy fields, over demolished  industrial sites , and just about every other terrain you can imagin, then straight back onto the road for a 100 mile journey to the next place that needed work, carring a lot of weight etc etc ....i would choose the land rover any day of the week.

from a family vehicle point of view,,,

Disco was nice, never broke down, lots of room, used off road and for green laning, carring the family on extened camping trips around the uk.. faultless...

modded 90....crap on road, ace off, broke down a lot, 15 years old, chassis was scrap. Would not waste my hard earned on another...

Range rover classic...again, i would never have another...

Now for the shock....

frontera..swb and an lwb. Does everything i want it to. comfy, reliable, with it's 3 inch lift and mud terrians is just as capable as a 90 / 110 (sorry guys, it's true). Not to thirsty. in fact the only downsides to ownership are that the swb has sod all bootspace for my dogs, and off the shelf acessories are pretty much nonexistant...

So, thats my opinion.... then again, the father in law has a year old toyota land cruiser and swears by it....!!! So what do i know... :D  :D

Mudlark:

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--- Quote from: "Bigbluemaverick" ---Oh and not every 4x4 is a brit built rot box! :twisted:
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Not everybody is a traitor to British engineering.  :wink:
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To be quite honest I think Land-Rover products are the biggest traitors to Brit engineering

Why?

Because they build not to Brit engineering spec but to a 'how much we can line our pockets' spec

If a Land-Rover was built to Brit engineering spec it would rarely break off-road and on top of which if the pocket lining stopped then L-R would thrash Jap products every time

Eeyore:

--- Quote from: "Thrasher" ---Indeed :)

Most people think short wheelbases are better at trialing - however I've worked out why finally.

The answer of course is that the courses are set out with short wheelbase vehicles ;-)

The look on someones face when a longer wheelbase completes without error is often worth it :)
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When on my travels I once witnessed a 110CSW defeat a v8 86" special in a club trial - that was worth watching! In fact, it beat everything that day!

That was worth watching.  8)

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Lucy1978:
My preference lies somewhere between 100" and 102"  :lol: though longer wheel bases do add stability especially on corrugated tracks at speed.

Range Rover Blues:

--- Quote from: "climbingchris" ---My preference lies somewhere between 100" and 102"  :lol:
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