Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here! Here! Let us throw back a pint or two. Long Live the Land Rover. Cheers Wilber Kent Jon Peters wrote: > Bud Cook wrote: > > > > I'm still waiting for Rover to replace that old Buick V8 with something that > > I can trust. Why doesn't BMW install one of their modern V8's? > > > > Bud > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 12:24 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: If Porsche Can Do It, Why Not Leica? > > > > > Everybody! What you all need to do is buy the New Land Rover Discovery > > > Series 2. Its an off road truck that drives like a sports Car. More roomy > > > than a Range Rover- Doesn't cost as much and in many ways is every bit as > > > nice. Drove the very first ones in the states over Black Bear Pass in > > > Colorado last September and its the best SUV out there. > > > Cheers Wilber > > > > > > "David L. Duff" wrote: > > > > > > > ..."Harrison McClary wrote: I wanna see some of these guys haul hay in a > > > > BMW, Mercedes, or Porsche...."... > > > > > > > > Harrison, I had a Music teacher (Vern Swain) in high school in 1972 & 73 > > > > who would carry a couple bales on the rack on the back of his 356 > > > > Speedster Convertible. Of course the wind would fill the "cockpit" area > > > > with hay too. > > > > > > > > David Duff, BS, CFA, xCRA, LHSA, MOUSE. > > > > > > > -- > I have nearly 200K on my '89 rover and have only replaced the water > pump. On third set of spark plugs and original distributer! I have > owned a Grand Cherokee, a Wagoneer, a Suburban, a Ford Econoline van and > this rover is the most dependable motor (albeit not the best puller-- > ie. 460cc in the Ford Econoline "tanker valdez") of the bunch. The > carberation system of the earlier Jeeps was pathetic and my cherokee was > the worst of the bunch. Absolute crap. And another thing: the frame of > the land rover is the best of all. Sturdy box/ladder style that is much > more rugged than any unibody style. Kent