Hands up the landy members!

Bwhahahahaha --- wonder how many people were thinking the same thing ?? i sure was :)

Frank

Na, they are all stuck out on the road trying to stop the oil leaks LMAO!

99% of all landys ever made are still on the road.
the other 1% made it home

I think he said hands up Landy owners, didn't he, well, which means that your childish comments are not really needed, if you haven't got anything better to do than have a go at someone about what vehicle they drive, then why comment at all, i mean would you say it to someone you don't knows face.

John i thought you were better than this, as for the other 2, well same old boring comments, yawn, yawn, get a life kok eds.

Baz, a proud Landy owner

Jeez!! Baz take it easy, Just a bit of the usual Yota v Nissan v Land rover v whatever fun. Nothing personal.

And yeah before the comment comes about you should not comment if you have not driven one etc, Well I have driven one and its so bloody small that a guy with my height found it the most uncomfortable vehicle I have ever driven, so personally I don't think to much of them.

Why do people get so defensive about other passing negative comments regarding the vehicle they may own, hang all you like on yota as I really don't care what others think, Its my money and I will do as I please with it.

Take care and have a good Xmas Baz.

Cheers

Oh by the way I think Mary is a she not a he. LOL.

Cheers

John, after a while it's not funny anymore, maybe the first 5000 times but after that NO NO NO.

Maybe i should take the bleep out of your car everytime you post, this way you might get to know what it's like !!!!!

After a while you would get sick of it.

I understand your point Baz, But life goes on as long as your happy with what you have thats all that matters. You remember the old sticks and stones.

Cheers

Would you like a Ponstan Baz? or a box of kleenex?

Yes please, got any spare in ya purse

Hi John, first off, I too think baz was a little over the top and I personally thought your post about having guts was funny but baz does have a very valid point. Mary asked for landy folks to respond.

Again, your post was, I imagine, intended as light humour but there are plenty of other posts that are intended to be nothing more than slagging sessions.

As for your comments about lack of room in a disco, couldn’t agree more with you but as I posted in a later thread, after having a very disappointing series 2 disco, shock horror, I went looking at other makes of 4bys to try and find something better than the disco.

One of the prime areas I was looking at was an improvement in driver space and I did not find one 4x4 with anything more than a marginal improvement and certainly not anywhere near a reason to switch from the dud disco.

Now, if you haven’t already done it John, go test drive a new D3. Not only is this most advanced 4x4 in a whole host of areas but one in particular will surprise even a devotes tojo driver like yourself, and thats the huge amount of driver area. This is the only other 4x4, besides the MkIII RR, that I find comfortable to drive.

Try a test drive John, you probably won’t swap vehicles but it will most definitely change your opinions about LRs.

And for anybody else who does not own a landy, also try test driving a new D3 and you too can then wish you had one.

Maybe a tad over the top, sorry John, but Tim ya just get sick and tired of it, i'd had enough of the bagging when i had the Explorer, so for it to continue with the Landy and most of it is for no apparent reason other than they can, well, it just $hits me to tears.

Baz.

Hi drivesafe
Have not driven the D3 as yet, I hear pretty good reports about it to date, I just hope they have cured the reputation for poor reliability that seems to have plagued the brand for many years.
And provided a bit more leg room, Jeez all those poms that buy them must be 2ft 10" tall, Blokes like me with 6ft 6" frames are in trouble.

Your point about poor space in general is very valid, My Troopy has always been marginal in its stock form, I just fitted Recaros and they custom built the base frame and moved the seat back 100 mm.
Problem was that far back and I almost can't reach the gear shift. LOL.

No worries Baz, take care catch up again one day.

Cheers

Hi Baz, I know exactly how you feel but in Johns case, I was neither condemning or supporting his comments but his was funny while other postings do show the limited intelligence of some of the no-brainers that continually slag off at LRs and I can also understand exactly how you feel. It happens time and time again, not only on this site but you know too, on other sites.

In most cases, I think it is nothing more that blind jealousy so don’t take it to heart Baz, remember us Landy owner KNOW we have a good machine.

Anyway Baz and John and everybody else, have a happy Christmas and I know if you don’t own a landy, it WILL be hard to enjoy the festive season was well as Landy owners do, BUT TRY ANYWAY.

BTW John, that extra 100mm would make a big difference but next time buy an auto and then you will be able to really enjoy the extra leg space

( notice I didn’t say buy a Landy, it’s nearly Christmas so I’ve got to be nice )

Cheers Baz and John.

Funny you should say that Reiner. After having a toyota for many years and being very happy with it, I then bought a new 97 disco and have to say it was the most reliable vehicle I have ever owned and even though the toy was good the 97 disco left it in the dust when it came to reliability.

Then came the new 02 disco and this would have to be the worst vehicle I have ever owned and to make matters worst, the dealership I bought it from, Austral in Brisbane, were the biggest pack of crooks I have ever come across.

Within 3 months of buying it, I was out looking at other 4x4s, toys including lexus, nissans, jeeps, mbs and so on. I found lots of sort of similar 4x4s but nothing that could better the bomb I already had.

I had no intentions of getting another LR and then the new Range Rover arrived. While on one of my many warranty trips to the new dealer I had changed to, I was conned into taking a MkIII RR for a test drive.

I was in it for no more than 10 minutes and I couldn’t get back to the dealers quick enough to put a deposit on one.

That was over 3 years ago and I’m still rapped with it and comments like yours are always made by people who have not so much as sat in one, so carry on with your ignorance and driving what can only be at best second best, while I continue to know that if it’s not a Landy then it’s not THE best.

Cheers and a happy Christmas to all.

I was just THINKING If you never driven anything better you could like a Landy.....

No you weren't, and yes not nice

why did you comment, did it make you feel all warm and fuzzie.

I like the old ones with the holden 6 conversion and overdrive. One of my first shooting expaditions as a kid was in one of those and 2 grand will get you a 1/2 decent one

Yes the old classic landy, gotta luv them. There's usually a few for sale in the trading post

Yep agree 100%, must boost their pathetic egos.

I wanna know what gives them the right to abuse someone for no apparent reason??

There are those that need to be putting someone else down in order to feel good about themselves. An insecure person with self worth issues and possibly a low self esteem, often presents as ten foot tall and bullet proof. Agreeing with a line of thought or a point of view doesent get you any attention. But if you have a loud critique, you might be able to kid yourself that you are more worthy than you secretly fear.

Beautifully put Ozimagemobile. Why is it that the same people are always the LOUDEST around campfires.

Mate they don't get it, simple, as you guys say, "it's a Jeep thing"

An American Jeep is probably better than the Indian produced Mahindra Jeep!!! I think they sold about 30 in Australia in 1999 and the last bloke to kep his going went and bought up the other 29!!!! Cant imagine why!!! LOL. Michael

Hi Blackie,
I'll have to srart waving to every aged rangie I see!
Cheers ,Mary

Hey Ozdyssey,
Love the pic. The boys at Rover should see that, might be a good Stock'er.

PS: learn to spell

Kettle say hello to pot

Yes, I must admit there are masses of spelling errors in those 3 words I typed.

Hi AdrianLR, the reason I have LRs is not just for business but to investigate all thing related to railways, so can you tell me where the tunnel pics was taken.

Cheers.

It's the Cheviot tunnel near Yea Vic. Full details were in 4X4 mag as a Nissan trek:

Cheviot tunnel

It's a very pleasant day trip from Melbourne

Adrian

Hi Adrian, thanks very much that great info.

I’ll go for a trip up that way next time I visit the relos in Melbourne.

Cheers, thanks again and have a merry Christmas.

Thats a good point marcus, I can’t remember being in any other make of 4x4 that gives as much clear and close road views as the LRs do.

Cheers.

I hope your wife dosen't read your posts greydemon.

Cheers.

Mary, wonder if you are the lady who loves gold panning and has a teenage daughter? (another forum) If so, good on you for having a Landy also. If not, still good upon you for having such a vehicle.
You now know that this is not much of a place for Landy owners, but with a foot in both camps, so to speak, I can say I have a s111 diesel trayback, a 300tdi Disco and a 97 Tojo trayback. They all have their purpose, and the properly maintained Landy is no less reliable than any other. In fact the old '76 s111 would set off and make an around the block tour no problem at all.
Glad you posted on here, and pleased you got such an interesting response! (heh heh) Stick with the Landy, look after her, and she will look after you.
the kesh

Now Boc, why should we let it die, because you don’t drive a landy.

If you don’t like a landy tread, don’t visit a landy thread.

Can’t get simpler than that.

As for all the landy owners who have posted, it always amuses me that a landy owner will tell how much he or she loves their particular landy and then they run though all the problems they have had ( if any ).

This honesty must be a reflection of the higher class of people who buy landies, because I can not remember too many times that the same thing occurs when other brands are being discussed.

Cheers

Opinions.................they are like Arm Pits.
Most everyone has a couple, and they usually always stink.

I think the only other topic to rage longer around a camp fire than a Landie V Rice Burner episode,......would be maybe Petrol V Diesel.

To each his own, that's why there are so many choices.

So what your saying Drivesafe is , If I don't drive a Nissan Patrol , I should not read that thread - if I don't have an ARB diff locker , I can not read that thread , If I don't have airbags , I can not read that thread , if I don't have a heat exchange/shower system on my vehicle - I should not read that thread either - not to mention that I don't have a duel battery system or Engle fridge or 6 inch lift kit or STT coopers - am I not allowed to read those threads either ?

MY point was that these landy owners OBVIOUSLY can not see the light side that the thread was mean to achieve , when the opposite is evident , they have been taken a step back and put on the defensive. This thread is turning into a fight rather than a little jest between rival factory vehicle owners - each trying to justify why they are upset or have posted there comments.

but thanks for your comments on threads I am no longer allowed to read- from now on I will only read TOYMOTA threads as you have revoked permission to view any others and removed my option to add comment on open forum

Boc

Boc, at now time did I say you could not read this tread, I simply suggested that if you, meaning you personally Boc, don’t like landy threads, you don’t have to waste your time and far FAR more importantly, you don’t have to waste our time by visiting landy threads.

I and from what I have read, no one else has suggested that you can’t read this thread but just in case your comprehension of the English language is not all that good you were not banned from this tread and where do you get off thinking you are so special that you have the right to ask to let the thread die.

Furthermore, this thread was not started as a humours thread, a legitimate question was asked and the only humour as you put it, has, for the most part, been by people trying to slag off landies AGAIN.

Now if you don’t want no-brainer comments levelled at you, as I have done above, try keeping your no-brainer comments to yourself.

To everybody else, I apologise and contrary to Boc’s thoughts on this thread, I’m finding it very interesting.

Drivesafe , PLEASE show me DIRECTLY - where I said I don't like LANDYS or I don't like LANDY THREADS , MY comments were in reference to the fact that others comments have began a flame war with local residence and no matter how much back peddling is done, the O.P still will not accept it as being the light humour that it was , MY suggestion was to just drop it as it is snow balling for no reason. PERHAPS this bit of 'PLAIN ENGLISH' was missed by yourself - a bit of a 'NO brainer' which you have replied to- so if the shoe fits ........

Boc

P.s No need for reply - I dont waste my time with dolts.

So what you are actually saying Boc, is that you have decided to take my suggestion to heart and your not going to waste EVERYBODY ELSE'S time.

Good one.

I think we need a few jokes about the Landie owner, the Tojo driver and the Patrol bloke all sitting around some camp fire out in the middle of nowhere trying to figure out who was supposed to be navigating.

You guys sure take this stuff seriously here, I can't wait to read some really interesting info amungst all the tit for tat stuff.

C'mon guys......

Wouldn't have been the Landie owner, he'd be too smart to have got lost in the first place..............my best guess is the Tojo guy!

It didn't, so don't be to fussed.
Just the normal stuff that happens on public forums, A good debate never hurt anyone.

Hi Mary, posting anything about Landies here or on a number of other sites always stirs the pot but who cares.

It’s a good question and interesting to see some of the landy owners answers.

I don’t mind good humours replies like john (vic) and I must admit, I should not stir the anti landy answers as it does belittle the other genuine posts, but like Redback, I get feed up with other people, who quite obviously, have limited intelligence and think they can make themselves look smarter by trying to take P1ss out of landy owners, so again I apologise but keep posting those landy replies.

Cheers.