Flipped 'Range Rover'

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RBBailey

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Thus: 'Range Rover'

The news and other 'outsiders' always mess up on the names.

Hey man, that's a cool... Toyota Rover; Jeep; Range Rover Discovery; ...uh... who makes the Discovery? Who makes Land Rovers?

I actually had one guy come up and talk to me thinking he was going to get a cameo appearance on some reality show on the 'Discovery' channel -- I kid not -- he was quite disappointed when I realized what he was getting at and set him straight on the brand and model, etc...
 
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RBBailey said:
Thus: 'Range Rover'

The news and other 'outsiders' always mess up on the names.

Hey man, that's a cool... Toyota Rover; Jeep; Range Rover Discovery; ...uh... who makes the Discovery? Who makes Land Rovers?

I actually had one guy come up and talk to me thinking he was going to get a cameo appearance on some reality show on the 'Discovery' channel -- I kid not -- he was quite disappointed when I realized what he was getting at and set him straight on the brand and model, etc...
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When I went to get my 3rd gas cap (in 5 years), I followed along with exactly what the computer wanted.
"Year?"
1990
"make?"
land rover
"who makes that?"
:banghead: "it's number 99 on your list"
"oh..."
I didn't even confuse her with the whole LR/RR thing. There's only one model and one engine for a 1990 Land Rover in the computer.
and it was still the wrong part (which I told her before we started). Match the part that's in my hand. That's all I want.
 
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az_max said:
When I went to get my 3rd gas cap (in 5 years), I followed along with exactly what the computer wanted.
"Year?"
1990
"make?"
land rover
"who makes that?"
:banghead: "it's number 99 on your list"
"oh..."
I didn't even confuse her with the whole LR/RR thing. There's only one model and one engine for a 1990 Land Rover in the computer.
and it was still the wrong part (which I told her before we started). Match the part that's in my hand. That's all I want.
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Just like a guy that works in Autozone asking me if LR was made in Austrailia. Yeah sure, the Kangaroo II edition. Very rare and sought after.
 
pdxrovermech

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Recently at the Concours de Elegance out in Forest Grove, the club was invited just for fun. Well they handed out little participation trophies and on them was a Samurai instead of a rover.
 
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barefoot

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i like how in the second pic you can see how dark everything under the engine bay is from oil leaks. this is exactly what mine would look like upside down ;)
 
Tugela

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I bet they didn't hand out trophies of Pintos for the nice cars, now did they. Shame, shame, shame.
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You are close. You must be thinking of the Concours de Lemons.
 
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barefoot

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LR Max said:
Look at the underside of that disco. Its been leaking A LOT recently...on its way out.

So, no real issue there.
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on its way out? hell, thats normal....and it keeps everything lubed under there ;)
 
az_max

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LRflip said:
I think pre-1995, Land Rover North America was Range Rover North America. It may have been pre-1994. Something along those lines...

That's the explanation for that.
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I think it was 1990. My RRC's title say "land rover" for make and "Range Rover" for model. The '87s title said "Range Rover" and had no model listed.
 
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