| Author | Message | ||
     Pete Stefano (Pete_s) New Member Username: Pete_s Post Number: 23 Registered: 02-2003 |
I just got the new Onelife mag and I am very disappointed with LR and all their bullshit. What the fuck is that, its all articles. I guess LR is trying to hide the fact that the NRR is a piece of shit and the new Disco is going to be an even bigger piece of shit. Oh well, better hold true and maintain my D2 cause that is probably the last LR I will ever buy. | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 641 Registered: 09-2002 |
Pete, the new RR is just as much a POS compared to the older rovers as (say) D2 to D1. You can continue the chain if you like. FWIW, I've seen new RRs on some rocks, and they worked pretty well. Sometime, 10 or so years from now, I'll buy myself a '03 RR. | ||
| Pete Stefano (Pete_s) New Member Username: Pete_s Post Number: 24 Registered: 02-2003 |
Peter, That hurt man, don't bother my D2 its easier to work on than IFS and IRS, and unibody "cars" like the new RR. LOL!! | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 645 Registered: 09-2002 |
naw... what really hurts is a freelander. | ||
| Pete Stefano (Pete_s) New Member Username: Pete_s Post Number: 25 Registered: 02-2003 |
I agree. | ||
| Paul Reyes (Paulr) New Member Username: Paulr Post Number: 23 Registered: 01-2003 |
watch the Freelander comments boys. I've seen my buddy's offroad and it's a very capable rig... Oh and as soon as I can pick up a lease return 03 RR I'm on it! | ||
| todd slater (Toddslater) Senior Member Username: Toddslater Post Number: 265 Registered: 08-2002 |
Pete, i know what you mean about the rag...the old ones weren't much but they at least had each buggies specs. All fluff.... | ||
| Jason Bard (Jbard) Member Username: Jbard Post Number: 100 Registered: 10-2002 |
Got mine too. It really didn't hold my attention long enough to make the connection....It's a Land Rover publication? I mean, I think I saw one on the cover but on the inside I thought I was looking at fucking Abecrombie & Fitch catalog. | ||
| Pete Stefano (Pete_s) New Member Username: Pete_s Post Number: 26 Registered: 02-2003 |
Yeah it only has one page that talks about the tests they do on the trucks but thats it. Oh and I agree that the Freelander is pretty good off-road and the same with the new RR but what I mean when I say they are POS is that they will have nowhere near the same type of durablity as the D2 and older Discos and older RRs. Also in terms of actually doing your own work on them, it seems like now the new LRs are going to have to be serviced only at the d**lership, or until us D-Webbers become tech savvy enough. LOL!! | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 655 Registered: 09-2002 |
"very capable rig" sure it is. so are Subaru Forester, Honda CR-V, you name it. Audi Quattro is near the top end of this spectrum, along with Cayenne and Touareg. a motorcycle is a capable rig, too. peter | ||
| Will Bobbitt (Rkores) Senior Member Username: Rkores Post Number: 251 Registered: 09-2002 |
Peter, I know everyone bashes the Freelanders, but for what market they are for, they do quite well. I have driven one threw some nasty stuff that a D2 barely made it through. I am very impressed with them. I will have to say though, I am not much on the D3 going to FIS. Will | ||
| Pete Stefano (Pete_s) New Member Username: Pete_s Post Number: 29 Registered: 02-2003 |
I am just a traditional truck kinda guy! Yeah not happy about the way Rover is going. I actually, to tell you the truth, was happy Ford bought Rover from BMW. Ford at least makes trucks and has been for a long long time. I was expecting them to make them better especially since the F series are such great trucks. But I guess noone really sees LRs as work/off-road trucks. So now we are seeing the design getting fucked up. Time will tell though, maybe they will put three diff locks and 33 inch tires as standard equipment. Dreaming.......... |
