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Tommo:
common or popular?
Part of the reason why i drive a land rover is because it makes a statement about me. It says that i value function over comfort. And land rovers are often driven by people who need a vehicle to do a job. If a farmer needs a motor to pull his livestock trailer through muddy fields then he doesent think "ah if i buy this japanese 4x4 and rip all the interior out so it doesent get clogged with mud, lift the suspension and fit some scaffold pipe to stop the plastic bits getting ripped off then it will do it a treat!"
And lets face it, a defender is one of the few vehicles left that can hack it off road straight out of the box. why modify somthing else to do the same job?
muddymesser:
--- Quote from: "Tommo" ---common or popular?
Part of the reason why i drive a land rover is because it makes a statement about me. It says that i value function over comfort. And land rovers are often driven by people who need a vehicle to do a job. If a farmer needs a motor to pull his livestock trailer through muddy fields then he doesent think "ah if i buy this japanese 4x4 and rip all the interior out so it doesent get clogged with mud, lift the suspension and fit some scaffold pipe to stop the plastic bits getting ripped off then it will do it a treat!"
And lets face it, a defender is one of the few vehicles left that can hack it off road straight out of the box. why modify somthing else to do the same job?
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honestly i can see your poin with the defenders
but as for discos freelanders and the non classic range rover (i kinda like th classic) i cant see the point in the new range rovers (never yet seen 1 with th tinyest bit of mud/dirt on it) i've seen fat boy vits go places standard freelands cant and i know people with disco1s 2s n 3s and the disco 3 is the g4 version and he constantly has electrical problems with it the disco 2 td5 has been in the garrage in a weekly basis near enough
Tommo:
yeah. the new range rovers are very much a country manor type thing, as the range rover has always been. and a fair few round here get used where a 2wd car would struggle. so you could say they could make do with a subaru justy, or panda 4x4. but if your loaded, then its gotta be the range rover.
In my mind the freelanders and disco's are farmers wives cars. will still get her back to the farm in the snow, will do for the farm work when the defender is broken. but its got all the luxurys that SWMBO enjoys.
muddymesser:
havent discos got permant 4wd going through a diff in the center which means lifting 1 wheel from the ground ant it will be stuck ??? unless its 1 of the newer 1s with tration control ?
Disco Matt:
--- Quote from: "muddymesser" ---havent discos got permant 4wd going through a diff in the center which means lifting 1 wheel from the ground ant it will be stuck ??? unless its 1 of the newer 1s with tration control ?
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Yes, unless you lock the centre diff (just push the transfer box lever to the left on a Disco 1). It's more or less the same drivetrain as a Defender but with slightly different gearing.
A stock Disco on the right tyres will go anywhere a 110 can and most places a 90 can.
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