| Author | Message | ||||||
     michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 262 Registered: 03-2002 |
jeep...? WTF? such is the fickle heart... | ||||||
| Brian Friend (Brianfriend) Senior Member Username: Brianfriend Post Number: 997 Registered: 09-2002 |
need to do a bit more explaining I think. | ||||||
| One_Bad_Metro (Koby) Senior Member Username: Koby Post Number: 396 Registered: 02-2002 |
Lara Croft drives a Jeep Rubicon in the latest Tomb Raider movie. http://www.jeep.com/jeep_life/tombraider/index.html | ||||||
| John Moore (Jmoore) Senior Member Username: Jmoore Post Number: 708 Registered: 10-2002 |
I've seen new Jeep comercials with Lara Croft driving her new Rubicon. Funny, just the other day at Target, I picked up a 1:64 scale Tomb Raider Defender made by Racing Champions. It's now hanging out with my Matchbox Disco and Hotwheels Range Rover Classic. | ||||||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 105 Registered: 03-2003 |
who would give up that defender for a jeep?!?! not me | ||||||
| John Moore (Jmoore) Senior Member Username: Jmoore Post Number: 709 Registered: 10-2002 |
Obviously Paramount would for big marketing bucks! | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 609 Registered: 11-2002 |
../9/21892.html"#444444"> | michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 263 Registered: 03-2002 |
opps... well, at least it is not a 03 headlights post... mike | ||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 611 Registered: 11-2002 |
hah, it was in the defender section so you weren't bound to see it...  | ||||||
| michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 264 Registered: 03-2002 |
one day, when i grow up, i want a defender! | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 613 Registered: 11-2002 |
Just 9 more months for me... | ||||||
| michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 267 Registered: 03-2002 |
'till you are in a defender? sweet! congrats! | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 614 Registered: 11-2002 |
yup, a yellow or black 97...wahoo! | ||||||
| Phillip Perkinson (Rover4x4) Senior Member Username: Rover4x4 Post Number: 277 Registered: 02-2003 |
d-90s arent all they are made out to be. Discos are just as much fun | ||||||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 157 Registered: 03-2003 |
amen | ||||||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 158 Registered: 03-2003 |
spoken like two guys who have never owned d-90's... | ||||||
| Chris Whybrew (Dcwhybrew) New Member Username: Dcwhybrew Post Number: 27 Registered: 05-2003 |
Hey Michael...will the 03 Rubicon's headlights fit in the disco? he he he : ) | ||||||
| michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 272 Registered: 03-2002 |
actually i think they are an exact replacement for the D-90 lights...;) you are right zach...i have never owned a 90, but i have never owned a porsche either and that does not keep me from wanting one. and i am sure a porsche is not a effortless job of ownership either. just because i have not owned one does not mean either chris or myself are lacking for wanting one. if you had one and it did not work out for you, so be it, but don't judge me or my desires for one. there are some people that want pontiac aztecs and i don't understand that, but good luck to 'em. for some people, discos are not all they are cracked up to be...but you have one, right? | ||||||
| michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 273 Registered: 03-2002 |
oh...by the way, chris (dcwhybrew), i was in laughlin for the 29 palms earthquake a couple of years ago...shakin' good time to be had, huh? | ||||||
| David Seger (Croakus) New Member Username: Croakus Post Number: 19 Registered: 06-2003 |
I think I'm going to puke. | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 632 Registered: 11-2002 |
Mike I have driven quite a few Porsches in my days (which are now) and they are loud and fast, which I like, but I HATE the clutch with a passion! And I have always liked the D-90. I remeber back in 94 when my dad was looking at buying a discovery I told him he should get the convertable one. So I knew nothing I just liked it. I have always liked it better then the disco. | ||||||
| michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 276 Registered: 03-2002 |
hey chris... i have a buddy selling bmws and coopers, so we take lunch from time to time and amp around. pretty fun, but i want to get behind one of ferd's machines one of these days...;) i have a buddy that has a stable of machines he has modified and raced to various degrees. maybe i will buy one of his retired machines one day. but right now i have a 70 chevelle ss 396 and rover in the garage, so i really don't need too many more cars. but then again i don't need 5 mountain bikes and two road bikes either...! | ||||||
| Chris Whybrew (Dcwhybrew) New Member Username: Dcwhybrew Post Number: 29 Registered: 05-2003 |
Hey Michael, I missed that one. I bet it was a shakin' good time...HA! We moved out here about 11 months ago from AL. Still suffering from culture shock, but really enjoying the expanded opportunities to go wheelin' | ||||||
| michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 277 Registered: 03-2002 |
i was there overnight on my way for some grand canyon hiking...i actully thought someone had come into the room and was shaking the bed to wake me up. and wake me up it did. ;) i looked out the 15 floor window of the riverside hotel we were in to see water sloshing out of the pool...looked UPSTREAM to the dam on the colorado river...after the third aftershock i was ready to go sleep in the car! upstream. i bet there is a buttload of stuff to do around there...but i also see how it could be really different. we may make that trip again this fall, if we do, i'll drop you a line. | ||||||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 178 Registered: 03-2003 |
Michael, I was talking about you and ME, buddy. I've never owned a D-90, and don't want to. I wouldn't trade my Disco for anything. Chill out...everybody on this site these days is just looking for somebody to jump on... | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 643 Registered: 11-2002 |
hey now you are doing it too zach..... | ||||||
| Art Vigil (Colorover) Member Username: Colorover Post Number: 191 Registered: 02-2003 |
Phillip, if you dislike your D90 you should sell it and buy a Disco (if that is what you want) instead of constantly whining about it. Between this list and the D90 BBS, it gets old man, really. I am willing to bet you can find someone who will even trade you straight across or better yet, you might even make some accessory money out of the deal. For the record, I fucking love owning my D90, and admire it every day. When that feeling goes away, I'll sell it. So far it been nearly 8 years and counting... ~Art Vigil | ||||||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 291 Registered: 01-2003 |
Art, I have a shiny red d1, want to trade? | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 649 Registered: 11-2002 |
I WILL TRADE YOU PHILLIP RIGHT NOW!!!! I am serious! | ||||||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 292 Registered: 01-2003 |
Hey, I posted that idea first! Besides my "envy" is bigger than yours ... | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 653 Registered: 11-2002 |
Damn you!!! Maybe in a few years I can surpass your envy. | ||||||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 192 Registered: 03-2003 |
Chris, you're right...but Brian is different. He is ME without my SSN! | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 654 Registered: 11-2002 |
Andy I bet my Red is shinner then your red!!! | ||||||
| Art Vigil (Colorover) Member Username: Colorover Post Number: 192 Registered: 02-2003 |
Actually, I'd consider a trade for a '95 RR Classic and a '95 Soft top D90 Color unimportant... ~Art Vigil | ||||||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 293 Registered: 01-2003 |
Damn!  back to driving my disco ... hey I wonder if I could trade my disco straight up for that tomb raider rubicon? Now I have lara croft envy, well at least for her ass ... | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 657 Registered: 11-2002 |
hehe, Art I have what you want, you willing to trade? | ||||||
| Art Vigil (Colorover) Member Username: Colorover Post Number: 193 Registered: 02-2003 |
I'm willing to talk about it, shoot me an email with the details. ~Art Vigil | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 658 Registered: 11-2002 |
well Art will you take miniture ones... | ||||||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 294 Registered: 01-2003 |
http://catalog.roversnorth.com/catalog/large.taf?id=rcm0090 Well no more defender envy for me, just have to go buy one. | ||||||
| John Moore (Jmoore) Senior Member Username: Jmoore Post Number: 713 Registered: 10-2002 |
Andy, I've seen that at RN. Pretty cool! | ||||||
| chuck yarbrough (Cptyarderho) New Member Username: Cptyarderho Post Number: 3 Registered: 06-2003 |
gee, factory lockers, 4to1 low, wonder why she would drive it.... hmmm..... | ||||||
| Art Vigil (Colorover) Member Username: Colorover Post Number: 194 Registered: 02-2003 |
So.., do you have a point Chuck? | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 700 Registered: 11-2002 |
Yea I don't get what you are trying to say. A Jeep you see 30+ a day or a rover which you see something like it maybe every few months for me. Jeep payed a lot of $$$$. As they say money makes the world go round.... | ||||||
| One_Bad_Metro (Koby) Senior Member Username: Koby Post Number: 412 Registered: 02-2002 |
What cracks me up is that Chuck says "gee, factory lockers, 4to1 low, wonder why she would drive it.... hmmm....." as if the general public would understand a word he wrote. I just think it's wrong that they took a British character and put her in an American Jeep. | ||||||
| Art Vigil (Colorover) Member Username: Colorover Post Number: 195 Registered: 02-2003 |
It might be believable if she was in a tricked out H1, a bit insulting, but believable, but a J**p?! What a joke. Chuck, you're probably right. I'm sure the factory lockers and special gearing is what made the decision for Laura Croft - less she'd have to modify since she's on such a tight budget. ~Art Vigil | ||||||
| Tim (Snowman) Senior Member Username: Snowman Post Number: 465 Registered: 12-2002 |
I guess it's just me but I spent the entire Tomb Raider movie mesmerized by the front of her t-shirt. | ||||||
| Phillip Perkinson (Rover4x4) Senior Member Username: Rover4x4 Post Number: 318 Registered: 02-2003 |
Series D-90's Disco's RR's I will take em all providing the later of the 4 were made before 2000. | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 705 Registered: 11-2002 |
I wonder if they are going to put jeeps in her garage. Since they had RR in her garage to. So hey there might be a rover in there somewhere. | ||||||
| Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Senior Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 325 Registered: 10-2002 |
Phillip, so long as they were made before 1999, as in the last DI. I cant beleive she's driving a coil sprung jeep with dual electric lockers, solid front and rear axles and a good 4 liter six. What was she thinking! For just a few thousand more she could have gotten a nice Freelander. Maybe one of those gay 2 door convertible versions. That would have been way cool. | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 761 Registered: 11-2002 |
So I was at lollapalooza today and they had the Jeep on display. I went through and looked at it. The interor was pretty well done, I liked it. On thing bad was the lights on the skid plate they were all cracked. Other then the fact that they armor-alled the tread of the tire I thought it looked good for a jeep. She should still drive a rover, but i guess it is worthy. Except the Baja Claw tires! | ||||||
| D. Howell (Blackandtan) New Member Username: Blackandtan Post Number: 30 Registered: 04-2003 |
And then there's Terminator 3. What was that, a Bronco II?? | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 763 Registered: 11-2002 |
The only truck in there I believe was a Toyota Tundra. | ||||||
| Dan Armbruster (Dan_armbruster) Member Username: Dan_armbruster Post Number: 223 Registered: 04-2003 |
Yeah something about a british accent and a jeep don't mix. I saw my first series truck and a few defenders in downtown Chicago this weekend. | ||||||
| Carter Simcoe (Carter) Senior Member Username: Carter Post Number: 716 Registered: 04-2002 |
Yeah Chris and I think I heard they are making a special T3 edition Tundra. This might possibly be the only thing dumber than the Tomb Raider edition Jeep (and even if you like the Jeep in the movie the shots of the proposed production one I have seen look nothing like it) | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 768 Registered: 11-2002 |
why would they make some special tundra, it was just a getaway car. Then again there is a Jeep that the terminator crushes and a hummer. I think the funnest part of the jeep they had was that they had the speedo at about 47mph and the revs at 2500 rpm, but it was stoped. The swiches were fun to play with. And the diamond plated trunk was cool. | ||||||
| Carter Simcoe (Carter) Senior Member Username: Carter Post Number: 717 Registered: 04-2002 |
seems silly to me as well http://www.motortrend.com/features/news/news_030618_t3/ | ||||||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 769 Registered: 11-2002 |
It just got the shit beatin out of it, they should make it with that nice wood bed cover. | ||||||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) Senior Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 297 Registered: 03-2003 |
i know all you guys have picked up your posters of Lara Croft in her jeep that they are giving away at the movie theaters...i know i did just for shits and giggles |
