Saturday, Jun 05, 2004 at 00:21
Man have you got a great view of the world,
Firstly you question a man who undertook two active
tours of vietnam(a little bit bushy,,,and bullets just to spice it up), A man who, when in
Australia, has probably spent more time in the actual bush than most of us could ever dream about... living in a house or on a station, located in a more remote part of the country doesnt even compare to where Les has his time. He spent large amounts of time living in tents in the tropics, or with Aboriginals out in the sticks, He developed many of the
survival techniques for the ARMY today and gained the respect and admiration of many of your so called bushies doing it(who would probably be embarressed by your comments) . And hold on to your hat he done it all in Landrovers,,,fancy that. Have you ever wondered why many counties, including some units of the Japenese Army use Landrovers when it really counts and the Jap fleet 4WD's for general duties (shopping etc etc)
And as for your understanding of LR reliabilty????? Well while I respect the opinions of your friends, of a friends brothers, friend..... Sadly if you take a look on the internet and research the ratings in most countries for vehicle reliability, you will find that The LR of the last 10YRS have proved as reliable as most the others... and shock horrer,,, more reliable than the holy grail Landcruiser in most European counties.
And before you waffle on about not built for Australian conditions,, Smell the roses,,,, That is the same claim made by most countries when defending there own vehicles, and I bet you dont even think of the Toyota 4WDs as imports. .
Australia does not have the monopoly on harsh conditions when you are speaking about 4WD's. Infact for where most of our 4WD's spend most of there time, we would have more bitumen than most countries. I own a LR and drive Jap 4WDS at work(Cape york/military) I actually like all of the vehicles in there own way, just choice to own a LR.
So yes while footballs, meat pies, kangaroos, and holden cars(and Toyota bloody Landcruisers) are Aussie icons,, please dont make big statements about REAL men making adverts about REAL 4WD's.
the irony is, you have probably formed your opinions about the fabled reliability of some Jap 4WD's because of the massive amounts of money spent over the years by the Japs on advertising,,,,and you cant comprehend that LR have finally figured out that there a huge portions of the population that will believe anything if you tell them often enough,, hence their more obvious advertising in
Australia in recent years.
CHEERS
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