Classic Range Rover Vogue V8
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Beautiful cars and I have been scouring the classifieds. They seem to be holding their value well now, though.
I have a brand new RRS at the moment and live in Northern Germany. It was great at pulling away in the snow, but due to the fact that it struggled to stop riding in snow on summer tyres, it spent the winter in the garage and we used a Honda CRV for which I managed to find second hand winter tyres at a fraction of the cost of the 20inch behemouths the RRS needed.
I know that this is not the place for the winter tyre debate, but if you know how they work, it seems obvious that summer tyres will be vastly inferior in snow even on a four wheel drive vehicle.
I have a brand new RRS at the moment and live in Northern Germany. It was great at pulling away in the snow, but due to the fact that it struggled to stop riding in snow on summer tyres, it spent the winter in the garage and we used a Honda CRV for which I managed to find second hand winter tyres at a fraction of the cost of the 20inch behemouths the RRS needed.
I know that this is not the place for the winter tyre debate, but if you know how they work, it seems obvious that summer tyres will be vastly inferior in snow even on a four wheel drive vehicle.
Breadvan72 said:
I live on the western escarpment of the Chilterns, and my driveway is very steep and rather rough. It is currently covered in wet leaves. I needed to select four wheel drive and low ratio to get my old Landy up the drive the other day. I don't think that my old Lotus would have made it.
I once had the conspicuous pleasure of using a 650 quid Landy to tow a new Cayenne out of a muddy field.
Just to top that, my brother has a Mk 1 Panda 4x4 that he uses for stalking (of the deer, not the high-profile lady, variety) in Norfolk. Many's the time it has got him into the shot that some custard cord wearing yock-yock's SUV couldn't have got him within a mile of.I once had the conspicuous pleasure of using a 650 quid Landy to tow a new Cayenne out of a muddy field.
Your doing really bad things to me here.
I need a towcar, that will pull 1600kgs happily. Currently my Rover 75 does that, but is no longer needed as the eco machine, as I have a company car.
I love V8's, a Classic would look great next to my Series 3, and eeek, I need to find a V8 Classic for 1k
I need a towcar, that will pull 1600kgs happily. Currently my Rover 75 does that, but is no longer needed as the eco machine, as I have a company car.
I love V8's, a Classic would look great next to my Series 3, and eeek, I need to find a V8 Classic for 1k
LouD86 said:
Your doing really bad things to me here.
I need a towcar, that will pull 1600kgs happily. Currently my Rover 75 does that, but is no longer needed as the eco machine, as I have a company car.
I love V8's, a Classic would look great next to my Series 3, and eeek, I need to find a V8 Classic for 1k
At that price, you'll also need a broom and a couple of buckets to get it home.I need a towcar, that will pull 1600kgs happily. Currently my Rover 75 does that, but is no longer needed as the eco machine, as I have a company car.
I love V8's, a Classic would look great next to my Series 3, and eeek, I need to find a V8 Classic for 1k
ClaphamGT3 said:
At that price, you'll also need a broom and a couple of buckets to get it home.
Im seeing that as I look through. Disco with LPG can be had cheaper, which is scary. I just love the looks of a classic, I don't mind if its a bit rough, as long as I'm not welding everynight
More rescuing successfully completed today!
On the way home from work I came across a stranded Transit van with a knackered trailer.
The van was blocking one of the roundabouts on the A5 as its clutch had given up and the poor guys driving it were pretty stuck. There was traffic chaos every where as people tried to get round them.
Fortunately not being in a hurry I turned back and offered to hitch them up to tow them to a safer spot: It was at this point I realised that I don't have rear towing eye. So I turned round, hitched the Transit to the front and reversed the 800m up the road to a safer spot for them to break down.
The Range Rover was excellent and didn't even seem to be trying!
It is such a brilliant car. I'm still surprising myself with how much I am enjoying something that isn't fast and doesn't corner like its on rails. There is just 'something' really lovely about it...
On the way home from work I came across a stranded Transit van with a knackered trailer.
The van was blocking one of the roundabouts on the A5 as its clutch had given up and the poor guys driving it were pretty stuck. There was traffic chaos every where as people tried to get round them.
Fortunately not being in a hurry I turned back and offered to hitch them up to tow them to a safer spot: It was at this point I realised that I don't have rear towing eye. So I turned round, hitched the Transit to the front and reversed the 800m up the road to a safer spot for them to break down.
The Range Rover was excellent and didn't even seem to be trying!
It is such a brilliant car. I'm still surprising myself with how much I am enjoying something that isn't fast and doesn't corner like its on rails. There is just 'something' really lovely about it...
Nothing major to report - which is all good really!
She has had two services and an MOT in my ownership which have both been fairly painless. Small amount of welding needed but that's par for the course with these.
Turned out to be a fantastic vehicle for Glastonbury, especially with a site pass.
Here she is washing off the Glastonbury mud;
I love this car!
She has had two services and an MOT in my ownership which have both been fairly painless. Small amount of welding needed but that's par for the course with these.
Turned out to be a fantastic vehicle for Glastonbury, especially with a site pass.
Here she is washing off the Glastonbury mud;
I love this car!
I love the recurrent theme of the OP stopping to help stranded motorists. Top bloke, OP!
I can never understand why people honk and fume when someone is broken down and blocking the road (well, I can understand - it's because they're gits). If you get out and help push the car clear, you can be on your way quicker.
I can never understand why people honk and fume when someone is broken down and blocking the road (well, I can understand - it's because they're gits). If you get out and help push the car clear, you can be on your way quicker.
reminds me of a similar thing long ago.
Circa 1992 my dad had a brand new 3.9i vogue auto one - we were at an event which was accessed by a muddy track and a fully loaded vw camper had decided to go around a big puddle in the track by driving onto to the ground beside it.
The camper hadnt realised it was a flooded section of field and was now sat chassis deep in mud. We were driving out of the event and so we hitched a line around the tow ball on ours, threw him the tow line and selected low range.
Rolling forward at idle we took up the slack, and with a prod of the accelerator we moved forward and pulled the camper straight out of the mud - we couldn't believe how effortless it was.
Fantastic cars, if only I could afford a new one like my dad could back then
Circa 1992 my dad had a brand new 3.9i vogue auto one - we were at an event which was accessed by a muddy track and a fully loaded vw camper had decided to go around a big puddle in the track by driving onto to the ground beside it.
The camper hadnt realised it was a flooded section of field and was now sat chassis deep in mud. We were driving out of the event and so we hitched a line around the tow ball on ours, threw him the tow line and selected low range.
Rolling forward at idle we took up the slack, and with a prod of the accelerator we moved forward and pulled the camper straight out of the mud - we couldn't believe how effortless it was.
Fantastic cars, if only I could afford a new one like my dad could back then
|http://thumbsnap.com/0wRxuLbQ[/url]Usget said:
Looks like a brochure shot from 1994!
Cheers! 
That's along the lines of what I thought after I'd taken it..ClaphamGT3, looking lovely as ever! I'd assumed yours didn't get dirty as its so mint.
Rangeroverover said:
I don't suppose our dogs are related
mine travels in a 1991 3.9 Range Rover in westminster grey
My Collie is just over 6 months in the picture and growing fast!
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