Here in Australia there are stacks of people who say publicly they hate Landrovers with a passion but privately love them, as their mates have Toyota Landcruiser, Nissan Patrol ,Isuzu most of which Ive have owned but Defender and series 3 for me ,I have so many people interested to check out the series 3 swb on our coastal drives its insane,as the "young and old" love the simplity of these beasts as apposed to the new highly complicated vehicles available today. Its great to see alot of young people ,males and females have found a new interest in these old Landys,Its fantastic and good on them!!!!
I bought my 1967 11a in 1977, my first car and it will be my last, my son in law has his name on it when I can no longer drive the old girl around, he’s got a wait on his hands.😂
It’s sad that Land Rover has gone and no more hard working Land Rovers are going to be made anymore. I’m so lucky to live in a country where new Land Cruiser 70 series are still available new and have one of my driveway.
@ Mate! All the new vehicles from JLR are not suitable for serious of while driving. Since the dropping of Land Rover brand the vehicles are turned into town vehicles and not for serious off-road work .
@@Jabber-ig3iw don’t see them running about the farms or the building sites down here in Devon though. But you do still see series three and Defenders doing that. Chelsea tractors for the Salcombe set these days, sorry.
@@Jabber-ig3iwpulling a horsebox or trailer isn't work. The new defender is just another modern SUV, an overgrown Skoda yeti. It's useless to a farmer, a builder, a gardner, a tree surgeon etc, how can you shove anything out of the way with a plastic bumper? How can you fix it with a set of spanners, when it won't start, when it displays 4x4 fault, when it's air compressor packs up (and you need air suspension not conventional springs because it has zero ground clearance) when it's 80 ECUs play up? It's a gimmick and not a tough off-road work vehicle 👍
Permanent four wheel drive with selectable high or low ratio via the red lever, with a PTO and a legendary deep box section chassis with lightweight body, tremendous low centre of gravity basically a four wheel drive chassis 👍
Sure but it is not a Landcruiser the Japanese combined the good things from jeeps and landrovers and made them better, this is why the only 4x4 in Australia is a Toyota, once you own one you never go back.
This comment is so typical of a Toyota owner. Everyone one of you seems to feel the need to display your Toyota superiority complex on Land Rover pages. Could it be that you really know you have a dull car and that by shaming Land Rovers it somehow makes you feel better?? Just curious. I'm sure you'll no doubt feel the need to reply with a set of Toyota statistics, reliability facts etc etc. I've owned 8 Land Rovers, and I'd never own a Toyota.
While I’ve yet to have owned a Land Rover, I have owned a Toyota Camry and a slew of British cars (Triumph Spitfire, Triumph Herald, Austin 1300 GT and briefly a Jaguar 3.8 S). The British cars weren’t perfect, but it was mostly due to poor maintenance from previous owners. I only had one electrical issue and it was quickly fixed (a loose fuse). Granted, the Toyota was reliable. But do I wish I still had it? Not at all. Do I wish that I still had one of my British cars (especially that Jag)? Absolutely, I kick myself everyday for letting them go. It’s not always about reliability, it is about the looks and the soul of the car. I never looked back after parking my Toyota. My Jag, I would sit in the garage and stare at it after a drive. The Toyota always went to the mechanic for routine maintenance, but the Brits taught me how to work on my own car and be more mechanically inclined. It’s all about perspective.
I drove a 1964 Series IIA as a daily for several years. Stay on top of the maintenance and they won't let you down. And if you do have a problem, nothing is buried beneath plastic trim or other nonsense-it's like working on a small tractor. I sold her when I moved 13 years ago and regretted it immediately. Now I have a 1988 110 with a 300 TDI installed and I couldn't be happier.
Here in Australia there are stacks of people who say publicly they hate Landrovers with a passion but privately love them, as their mates have Toyota Landcruiser, Nissan Patrol ,Isuzu most of which Ive have owned but Defender and series 3 for me ,I have so many people interested to check out the series 3 swb on our coastal drives its insane,as the "young and old" love the simplity of these beasts as apposed to the new highly complicated vehicles available today.
Its great to see alot of young people ,males and females have found a new interest in these old Landys,Its fantastic and good on them!!!!
70% of all Land Rovers are still on the road. The rest made it home!😂😂
@@priceyA320 😂😂
90% of landrover owners have heard that at least 23 times.
@@highdownmartin You know what they say; Many a true word spoken in jest.
23,000 times, yawn
So true dude, the 70% are still out working their socks off across the globe, the others are getting ready to go again.
I bought my 1967 11a in 1977, my first car and it will be my last, my son in law has his name on it when I can no longer drive the old girl around, he’s got a wait on his hands.😂
He ain’t wrong
I've got an everlasting Land rover I bought it 34 year's ago and it was 30 years old then
Then there's the new Land Rover Defender, a giant steaming pile of electronic and software failures on wheels.
@@TheNocturnalEvil not a proper Land rover
@@User-wollswoycegawage Yep, if anything the new Ineos Grenadier is more like a good old Land Rover Defender than the new Land Rover Defender.
@@TheNocturnalEvil can't unbolt and change the roof though
@@TheNocturnalEvil Yes I find my old Landy 90 Station Wagon refuses to salute any new Defender we meet on the road here in Ireland.
I love LR and RR, but actually it’s Jeep who invented it all
Is this the HD version
It’s sad that Land Rover has gone and no more hard working Land Rovers are going to be made anymore.
I’m so lucky to live in a country where new Land Cruiser 70 series are still available new and have one of my driveway.
Plenty of new land rovers get used for work, seen loads pulling trailers, horse boxes, car transporters etc. leave your dinosaur views at home.
@ Mate!
All the new vehicles from JLR are not suitable for serious of while driving.
Since the dropping of Land Rover brand the vehicles are turned into town vehicles and not for serious off-road work .
@@Jabber-ig3iw don’t see them running about the farms or the building sites down here in Devon though. But you do still see series three and Defenders doing that. Chelsea tractors for the Salcombe set these days, sorry.
@@Jabber-ig3iwpulling a horsebox or trailer isn't work. The new defender is just another modern SUV, an overgrown Skoda yeti. It's useless to a farmer, a builder, a gardner, a tree surgeon etc, how can you shove anything out of the way with a plastic bumper? How can you fix it with a set of spanners, when it won't start, when it displays 4x4 fault, when it's air compressor packs up (and you need air suspension not conventional springs because it has zero ground clearance) when it's 80 ECUs play up? It's a gimmick and not a tough off-road work vehicle 👍
Yay!
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Land Rover.. at the front of every queue
1:30 permanent 4 wheel drive ? Wrong hamster
Permanent four wheel drive with selectable high or low ratio via the red lever, with a PTO and a legendary deep box section chassis with lightweight body, tremendous low centre of gravity basically a four wheel drive chassis 👍
Sure but it is not a Landcruiser the Japanese combined the good things from jeeps and landrovers and made them better, this is why the only 4x4 in Australia is a Toyota, once you own one you never go back.
Land cruisers are exclusively owned by dull people you avoid at parties, if they ever get invited to them🤷♂️
This comment is so typical of a Toyota owner. Everyone one of you seems to feel the need to display your Toyota superiority complex on Land Rover pages. Could it be that you really know you have a dull car and that by shaming Land Rovers it somehow makes you feel better?? Just curious. I'm sure you'll no doubt feel the need to reply with a set of Toyota statistics, reliability facts etc etc. I've owned 8 Land Rovers, and I'd never own a Toyota.
While I’ve yet to have owned a Land Rover, I have owned a Toyota Camry and a slew of British cars (Triumph Spitfire, Triumph Herald, Austin 1300 GT and briefly a Jaguar 3.8 S). The British cars weren’t perfect, but it was mostly due to poor maintenance from previous owners. I only had one electrical issue and it was quickly fixed (a loose fuse). Granted, the Toyota was reliable. But do I wish I still had it? Not at all. Do I wish that I still had one of my British cars (especially that Jag)? Absolutely, I kick myself everyday for letting them go. It’s not always about reliability, it is about the looks and the soul of the car. I never looked back after parking my Toyota. My Jag, I would sit in the garage and stare at it after a drive. The Toyota always went to the mechanic for routine maintenance, but the Brits taught me how to work on my own car and be more mechanically inclined. It’s all about perspective.
A Toyota is loyal and efficient, but a Land Rover is for life 🙂
I've owned them and I went back to a Land Rover...It's hard to explain but Rovers have a soul, Toyotas are about as exciting as a toaster.
As much as I love my Toyota, I would buy (and drive ) an old series Landy but not as a daily driver.
I drove a 1964 Series IIA as a daily for several years. Stay on top of the maintenance and they won't let you down. And if you do have a problem, nothing is buried beneath plastic trim or other nonsense-it's like working on a small tractor. I sold her when I moved 13 years ago and regretted it immediately. Now I have a 1988 110 with a 300 TDI installed and I couldn't be happier.