The best laid plans of nice & men...

You would have to be nuts to even consider a LR in this market place.
You have just seen a prime example of the service and attitude offered by LR.
Imagine what would happen when you require the inevitable warranty repairs that go with that particular brand, "Sorry sir not today we are all booked up with everyone else's warranty work for the next two weeks".

Hi LoneWolfe try ringing up your local parts supplier and ask for price and availability for things like air filters/idler pulleys/rad hoses/belts etc for the landy
then try the same thing for Landcruiser then remember any genuine parts for the landy have to come from England, takes ages.

Not too much of a difference between OME for either LR, Yotas or Nissans - they all charge too bloody much. For example - a rebuild of a Yota 4.2td fuel pump (100 series) is approx $5000.....a new one is slightly more than $10000, yep that's 10 thousand dollars.

Don't want to push my own car here (so I won't tell you what I have so this is unbiased opinion).
I spent 11 years in the Army bush bashing the Land Rovers. I must say that I was glad I was not paying for the things to get fixed. Just take it to the mech's and get it back a week later!
Sorry, but wouldn't go near one when it is my own wallet. Sure the body concept is great and maybe Toyota and Nissan can learn something there about no rust later on in it's life and using the bonnet for storage and the back being quite square it makes it easy for packing etc etc, but the cost of parts is not good and the life span of parts is not good. We had a drive train snap in half (no joke!) doing the tracks in Lancelin just north of Perth. Had to get the truck and crane in to take back to Perth. Obviously major faults like that were rare but there was always and clang or a bang which we had to report.
Sorry but considering the cost of ownership I personally believe there is better value for money out there.

The price alone on the 90 would kill you.

I mean , they aren't too bad , and by a few reports very capable out of the box , but still , By a Wrangler for half the price , kit it out , and the LR , wouldn't know which way it went. All for less then the 90 in standard trim.

No wonder they aren't selling many.

(I have only seen one).

Hey Wolfenstein,

take the 110 for a run, that should be enough to put you off anyway, and make you see the sense in buying the 79. ;)

The poms shouldn't build 4bys we should stick to what we do best which is erm, erm, erm. What am I trying to say here.

We must still be good at something.

Hey Wolfie , Get a Troopy

what sort of savings are land rover offering on the d90?
when i was considering one they were around 43-45k?
around the same money as a 110

Lets get this strate, I own a Nissan and I love it.

Now about Landrover, I like so many above have heard some pretty horrific stories about the old LR, all second hand. I know a couple of guys who would not buy anything else. One of these guys was a missionary in India in the 60's & 70's. The vehicle he was given to get around in when he first arrived was a landrover 1948 model. It was the actual vehicle displayed at the London Motor Show in 1948. Towards the end of his stay there he was given a Series 2. His job involved cyclone relief work and I have seen photos of some seriously overloaded Landrovers clawwing there way through some pretty ordinary country.

This guy currently owns a Disco 'bout a 96 model I think. He followed me all the way to Cape York without a problem and he has done a lot of touring since then.

For the 50th aniversary of Landrover in 1998 they produced a mag about the history of Landrover. One of the statistics included was the fact that world wide over 60% of all Landrovers ever built are still road registered. Add to that the number of series 1 & 2's still running around on farms etc. and they stack up as a pretty reliable thing. I wonder how Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi and the like stand up next to that.

Like I said earlier I own a Nissan and feel no need to change. The Landrover is not teh vehicle for me but you won't hear me bagging it.

Just my 2c
Duncs

I think there still a few of the cruisers from the snowy river scheme around to? But theres no doubt that between the LR and the willies jeep, they are THE originals?