> but surely, that's one of the great things about a Land Rover in that they
> can do all that rugged stuff and still take the kids to ballet classes?
> When I get the aggro from colleagues at work about driving that dirty,
> noisy smelly thing I always reply with 'how many of you lot can drive to
> work, the theatre, the shops, in your hobby?'
Sure. It's not a question of whether you *can* or can't successfully use a
Landy as a bus for the kids, etc. If you can only have one car, then sure, a
Defender is a pretty handy one to have. Strangely, they are remarkable city
cars too, what with all of the potholes, people driving like a**holes...
My point is that for someone like me, who drives over 30,000 miles a year, a
Defender is a bad choice as a daily driver. If I drove half that, it could
still be argued that keeping a Honda or something like it as a spare would
probably pay for itself.
Yes, Landies are truly remarkable in that they can do nearly anything, but
90% of that "anything" doesn't get used by someone like me, or most people
who don't own farms or hunting lodges, on a daily basis, so I feel like it's
a pretty responsible thing for me to have a daily driver. My LR still gets
plenty of drive time after 5pm, on weekends, the odd low milage weekday, and
(more recently) when we get snow. I love driving and look for any excuse. I
certainly would drive her if my Sunday involved picking up an appliance (or
lumber, dogs, etc). That's about 30% of the reason I own one.
Given the choice of only one car in the driveway? I would pick a Landy, but
I'm glad I have the driveway space for an economy runabout - a runabout that
has hauled Land Rover heads to the machinist to get reworked, mind you ;^)
Best Regards,
Alex Maiolo
Chapel Hill NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Elson" <frank.elson@ntlworld.com>
To: <lro@koan.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: [lro] Is a Series an SUV?
>
> Alex writes: >>> I
> > would not recommend even a basic 110, much less an 88, for grocery runs
or
> > taking the kids to ballet, unless they are really cool damn kids and
they
> > demand it. There are just better vehicles for that kind of thing.<<<
>
> but surely, that's one of the great things about a Land Rover in that they
> can do all that rugged stuff and still take the kids to ballet classes?
> When I get the aggro from colleagues at work about driving that dirty,
> noisy smelly thing I always reply with 'how many of you lot can drive to
> work, the theatre, the shops, in your hobby?'
> Gotta collect a new tumble dryer this afternoon - I could hire a van
(panel
> truck) but PKV will do the job.
> Going shopping (hooray) with SWMBO tomorrow in the big city, PKV will do
> the job; looking for a "window" to haul my trailer full of bits, PKV will
do
> that job; have to go 150 miles to see someone I'm doing a story on
sometime
> this week, PKV will do the job... etc etc...
> Best Cheers
>
> Reverend Frank
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