Anybody noticed something about the site...

[Adz]

and buys sensibly :augie





Time for a Jeep section :augie:augie

Another forum :augie for jeep owners :lol :lol :lol

(you new that had to come from somebody :doh)

 

[Muckypup]

and buys sensibly :augie





Time for a Jeep section :augie:augie

WHAT A GOOD IDEA!!!!! :thumbs

No I agree and are a little embarrassed about my first reply. It really is quite some thing for someone to spend there own cash for other folks enjoyment. Good man Bat21!

Should have got all the facts before commenting really

 

[extreme-4x4]

at least you spent the time to ask. nothing wrong with asking questions

 

[tezzer]

at the end of the day, (it gets dark, i know) this site belongs to bat and he can do as he pleases, i see nothing wrong with the advert, if it wasn't for adz i wouldn't have noticed it to be honest. just my pennies worth, :thumb2:doh

 

[extreme-4x4]

and buys sensibly :augie





Time for a Jeep section :augie:augie

so you would stay with jeep next time then daved ???
not found anything better yet. come on we know you like to try cars out. whats other cars do you like ???

 

[Deleted account DD]

so you would stay with jeep next time then daved ???
not found anything better yet. come on we know you like to try cars out. whats other cars do you like ???

I thought pathfinder would be next on the list if we keep the caravan we've got or a posh navarra if we went for a fifth wheeler. BUT I had the loan pathfinder for 3 weeks and was glad to see the back of it and get the jeep back. Personal views I know but when I use more fuel to go slower its a no brainer for me

I can actually get a brand new grand cherokee (had a go of one yee hahh big grin drive ) cheaper and better specified than a pathfinder .

Jeeps all the way.................. at the mo :thumbs


How about you Col?

 

[extreme-4x4]

after spending over 60k on newish cars in 10 years . 3 years ago.life changed im more your old used car purchaser now so a grand or two outlay is my way.

of the cars i have owned (around 150) i like the terrano. the seats are kin shite , freelander 04-06 had the best seats.
but everything else i like. the fuel dont really bother me because it more than makes up for it. in other ways:sly

 

[Deleted account DD]

A deep dark confession, I nearly got a freelander when we had the old caravan but held off becaue we started looking at bigger vans..............saved accidentally from the dark side

 

[extreme-4x4]

oh i had one freelander. (got it stuck in the garden)

3 disco's and a 90 years ago

all overrated none a nice drive. after all if you want a tractor, buy a tractor. if you want a big tow car, there are plenty of higher spec cars out there that drive nicer on the road and tow similar.

and reliability ???

what on earth would anyone want a landrover for

 

[tezzer]

tow cars, just bought a volvo v70, a lot of motor for the money, my mate has got a c80 t5 an absolute beast of a car and very quick:augie

 

[rustic]

freelander 04-06 had the best seats.

The engineers designed comfort into them because you would have to wait hours waiting for the AA or RAC to recover you on many occasions.:lol

 

[Deleted account DD]

and reliability ???

what on earth would anyone want a landrover for

my experiences of them are older but before we all swapped to diesel as a common battlefield fuel and all of that we had the petrol ones. particularly when it was very hot or very cold we used to have bets as to whether we could get them started up before the batteries ran out of juice

Mind you once you got them running everyone used to rush for the 1/4 ton lightweight

The arrival of the 90s and 110s with turbo diesels (was that around '85 ?? ) were a blessing you didnt have to sit in a cab that stank of petrol where youd had to fill it under the seats and they used to start on a morning


Wouldnt touch one as my main motor now.

So out of those youve listed Col, which was your fave?

 

[Deleted account DD]

The engineers designed comfort into them because you would have to wait hours waiting for the AA or RAC to recover you on many occasions.:lol

:jesterbg:jesterbg

 

[rustic]

Do land rovers still have the starting handle?
I remember hand starting my dads 2 1/4 litre Petrol one, circa 1966 version series II.
They must have known something then.
All cars had them until they designed the first mini then it was downhill all the way.

He could never do it, the knack was to get the compression at 9'oclock position, and lift just 90 degrees up, it started first time, but not if you tried to wind it up. ( ie crank it).
He fitted a second battery under the passenger seat after that.

 

[extreme-4x4]

my experiences of them are older but before we all swapped to diesel as a common battlefield fuel and all of that we had the petrol ones. particularly when it was very hot or very cold we used to have bets as to whether we could get them started up before the batteries ran out of juice

Mind you once you got them running everyone used to rush for the 1/4 ton lightweight

The arrival of the 90s and 110s with turbo diesels (was that around '85 ?? ) were a blessing you didnt have to sit in a cab that stank of petrol where youd had to fill it under the seats and they used to start on a morning


Wouldnt touch one as my main motor now.

So out of those youve listed Col, which was your fave?

its funny, when i was little we had a lwb landrover safari or something it was around 79 and it was old then.he sent ages in the garage tidying it up nice paint job new interior. we loved it i always thought we went everywhere in that old bus, the school run, shopping holidays . it was our family car for around 3 years. i was talking to dad 3-4 weeks ago about memories our childhood. he told me then we only covered 8,700 miles in it.

how the world has changed people move / travel about more to do the things we used to. nothing is just down the road anymore. where dad did maybe 6,000 miles a year . we think nothing of 30,000 miles in our cars a year.

in answer to what was my fave car. i suppose the best answer i can give is..... i never found it. i found whatever you have you always want more. (a bit like beckham, Rooney or john terry)

i liked my
volvo v70 for comfort
renault clio 1.9 d for running costs and leave ability " could park it anywhere"
freelander seats

i like the terrano it just feels like an extension of me i sort of know it...... and yes it sounds weird or odd.
a bit like a rally car driver knows his car.... you know ?

 

[Deleted account DD]

He fitted a second battery under the passenger seat after that.

A 1966 one was before my time but did they not have an internal top filling lift the cushion fuel tank under there too

 

[rustic]

A 1966 one was before my time but did they not have an internal top filling lift the cushion fuel tank under there too

Not on that one, there was a lift the seat job, but there was a recess for a battery.
The middle seat was something else, under the seat, you could get to the prop shaft and see the road.

 

[Deleted account DD]

Not on that one, there was a lift the seat job, but there was a recess for a battery.

:thumb2 i did wonder

The middle seat was something else, under the seat, you could get to the prop shaft and see the road.

I hated the middle seat, managed to avoid it most of the time :augie

I can remember the gaps too on some models. We used to green duck tape type stuff and sed to cover the gaps up when it got drafty

Happy days eh :lol:lol I must be honest I had no interest in them at that time other than as a tool of the trade.