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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: BigSi on October 12, 2007, 15:55:41

Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: BigSi on October 12, 2007, 15:55:41: Although Iâ€™ve been driving Land Rovers for a short time, Iâ€™ve come to notice that there are NINE main groups of driver.

Group One â€“ The Image Castâ€¦people who buy Land Rovers without really knowing the social circuit or history that comes with the marques. They are not the type of people who buy the magazines, or use any forums, but purely like the vehicle as a 4x4, an image status as it were.

Group Two â€“ The Enthusiast Castâ€¦look around, how many piles of 4x4 magazines do you have!!!

Group Three â€“ The Worker Castâ€¦people who buy Land Rovers to fulfil a certain role. For example farmers, forestry workers, emergency services, quarryâ€™s & mines, voluntary Workers.

Group Four - Caravan and horse trailer towers who never go off road and donâ€™t care about history and marquee.

Group Five - None of the above. don't drive a Land Rover!

Group Six - Love Londys, know history of them, work with them, go to Landy shows, but drive a Suzuki, but lots of mags, Landy ones plus off road ones.

Group Seven - Complete Anorak who has never owned anything without a green oval.

Group Eight - I own a Landy and would like to use it more often to do Landy stuff, but can't due to it being full of horse crap, fodder and straw'

Group Nine - Got a Landy and love it, hell it's my second name. Never get to use it, but always have to work on it in the vain hope that it'll run properly some day.

Of course, you can belong to more than one group. You will probably notice that a lot of people are members of both group two and three.

This is purely my observation, and based on nothing more that what I see driving out and about. Please feel free to add and more groups if you wish.

I would personally classify myself as Group Two. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Which Group are You?
Post by: karlo on October 12, 2007, 16:04:28: Quote from: "jeep94"

Group one â€“ The Image Castâ€¦people who buy Land Rovers without really knowing the social circuit or history that comes with the marques. They are not the type of people who buy the magazines, or use any forums, but purely like the vehicle as a 4x4, an image status as it were.

Surely if you were that group you wouldn't be reading this? :shock:
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: Drift on October 12, 2007, 16:06:29: Ermmm none I havent got a Land Rover :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Which Group are You?
Post by: BigSi on October 12, 2007, 16:16:05: Quote from: "karlo"
Quote from: "jeep94"

Group one â€“ The Image Castâ€¦people who buy Land Rovers without really knowing the social circuit or history that comes with the marques. They are not the type of people who buy the magazines, or use any forums, but purely like the vehicle as a 4x4, an image status as it were.

Surely if you were that group you wouldn't be reading this? :shock:

I did think about that after posting!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: Steven on October 12, 2007, 16:17:38: Group 2
:)

... and soon to be 3 aswell.
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: muddyjames on October 12, 2007, 16:30:42: So which class am I then? I buy a magazine, love all land rovers, take my disco off road and tow trailers here there and everywhere. I dont use it for any running about except once a week to keep it all running!

I think there needs to be a class 4 which is for caravan and horse trailer tow'ers but never go off road and dont care about history and marque.
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: Boggert on October 12, 2007, 17:20:21: I don't own a landie either... but it would be 2/3 if you are talking about 4x4's
Title: Re: Which Group are You?
Post by: auf_wiedersehen_pet on October 12, 2007, 17:29:53: Quote from: "jeep94"
Although Iâ€™ve been driving Land Rovers for a short time, Iâ€™ve come to notice that there are three main groups of driver.

Group one â€“ The Image Castâ€¦

Group two â€“ The Enthusiast Castâ€¦

Group three â€“ The Worker Castâ€¦

Group Four[/color] - Caravan and horse trailer towers...

:oops: :oops: :oops:

I know what you mean though - I'm Group 2!!
Title: Re: Which Group are You?
Post by: hairyasswelder on October 12, 2007, 17:32:03: Quote from: "jeep94"
there are three main groups of driver.

Group Four

Bit confused but will go with the group two :wink:

Steve
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: ian_s on October 12, 2007, 17:53:21: currently group2, but i used to be group3 as well,
i bought my landy to help shunt boats around at a yacht club, so it was bloody useful
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: NiceBlueWellies on October 12, 2007, 18:11:18: Our household is a 2 AND 4. :shock:

When we go away in the caravan it houses piles of off roading mags too. :roll:
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: TDi90 on October 12, 2007, 18:23:19: group 2.
nuff said.
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: bob86 on October 12, 2007, 19:36:06: Groups 2 and 3 for me.
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: Jake on October 12, 2007, 19:39:13: It can only be group 2 for me
8)
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: Niel on October 12, 2007, 20:43:37: 2+3
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: wrecker on October 12, 2007, 20:47:58: where do i stand,

love landys,know history of them,work with them,go to landy shows,

but drive a suzuki,but lots of mags,landy ones plus off road ones,

im confused :oops: :lol:
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: BigSi on October 12, 2007, 20:58:48: This list is getting longer by the hour!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: clbarclay on October 12, 2007, 22:28:57: Well I'm certainly a combination of 2, 3, 4 :oops: and 5. At a push there is also a bit of 1 :oops: and 6 in me as well.

Image - first got the diesel RRC on the road just co I wanted a it and knew diddly squat about 'off roading'
Magazines - check
4x4's for work - check
tow horsy trailers - check
Don't drive a LR - check (those moments when both RRC are off the road and just have the G)
Non LR off road mags - check (including classic tractor)

:? no I haven't a clue about myself either.
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: redhand on October 12, 2007, 23:05:19: Why do people feel the need to apply stereotypes and try to put people into groups?? and does it matter what you drive.
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: clbarclay on October 12, 2007, 23:15:50: So that other people can come along a demonstate how they don't fit in with any one of the groups.

The other answer is to do with marketing stratergies, spent most of last academic year proving one of business lecturers marketing assumptions wrong :D Though having said that some were fairly accurate.
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: Wireless on October 13, 2007, 05:42:20: Reading the Groups I don't seem to fit into any of them, unless you include Voluntary Work, then I'm in Group 3.

I'm working on Group 2 though.
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: Jesska on October 13, 2007, 07:18:10: I'm in the 'My fiancee has one and I'm dragged along to shows/pay n plays/green laining and pass the tools when it goes wrong' group :)
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: datalas on October 13, 2007, 09:43:46: Can I have a group added please ?

"Complete Anorak who has never owned anything without a green oval"
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: Llanigraham on October 13, 2007, 12:17:51: 2 + 3,
but some people would question that because I own a Freelander
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: barmiebrumie on October 13, 2007, 12:21:48: Group 2 & 4 :? , but I do own two Disco's :wink:
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: Lord Shagg-Pyle on October 13, 2007, 12:43:41: Where's the group for:
'I own a Landy and would like to use it more often to do Landy stuff, but can't due to it being full of horse crap, fodder and straw'
:roll: :roll: :roll:
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: cardiff_gareth on October 13, 2007, 13:27:26: i'm a group 2 - I think the t-shirt i wore to work yesterday summed it up - haynes manual picture of a series 2a

got some well strange looks from my colleagues :lol:

As for mags, I've got 5 magazine racks full of em. SWMBO says I just give them away or car boot them but that was met with a shock horror looks on my face - apparently the blood drained from it :lol: :lol:
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: simdeb on October 13, 2007, 13:47:19: for the past 18 years we've had some sort of landrover, simons had a freelander for work for about 6 years and I've had a runaround tow the caravan off roader for the past 6 years, which does get comments from the other teachers!!!!!!!

Debbie
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: jjsaul on October 13, 2007, 13:52:52: Group 2

always driven them (albeit only a few years) and had a normal car for a bit but hated it.
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: discoverytdi on October 13, 2007, 14:51:20: erm 2 and 4 Oh and it's a veggie burner
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: RCRockCrawler on October 13, 2007, 16:19:29: Need more groups.

'Got a Landy and love it, hell it's my second name. Never get to use it, but always have to work on it in the vain hope that it'll run properly some day...'
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: clbarclay on October 13, 2007, 21:15:54: Quote from: "discoverytdi"
Oh and it's a veggie burner

:twisted: evil thoughts of driving round burning heretical people at the stake that don't eat meat (http://www.imhaven.com/msn/emoticons/evil/flame.gif)
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: annabelle on October 13, 2007, 21:56:24: :? I suppose we belong to group 2, just looking around the sitting room and we have the piles of Landy mags, framed prints, models, the kids have toy Land Rovers - even my daughter's Sindy has a cool red 2 door Range Rover! We also have a Land Rover dinner service so we can admire the green oval while we eat, and a cushion with Land Rovers on. And if I think about it, life wouldn't be the same without one on the drive.
Title: Which Group are You?
Post by: Bishops Finger on October 13, 2007, 23:05:28: Just
Empty
Every
Pocket

and proud of the individuality :D