Why did you choose your 4x4 vehicle...?

[trevor]

why did members choose the 4x4 they have

[trevor]

my range is afford ability plus I use them as they should get used so would not spend a fortune as they can get damaged plus when my range is fin it will stand me less than 300 that's with purchase price

[Deleted]

Ive got a landie because jap 4x4's are shit :-)

[Martin]

We bought the pick up (Isuzu) for the following reasons -

*Bomb proof reputation.
*Tow caravan (since long gone).
*Plenty room for dogs in back.
*Missus can fit plenty shopping in (especially after trips to ikea )
*Good on fuel given vehicle type.
*Was sick not being able to get about in snow - no longer issue.
*Best spec pickup on market at time for our budget.

Admittedly not best laning vehicle but I enjoy doing the lanes I'm able to & suppose there has to be a compromise when you can only afford to run one motor.

[Martin]

Sept 1, 2013 9:43:32 GMT @davyboy said:

Ive got a landie because jap 4x4's are shit :-)

But breakdown less often! ;-)

[roo]

I weighed up the pros and cons of several different motors and ended up with a Paj because they're reliable, cheap with good build quality. Every thing that you don't get from a Land Rover, unreliable, expensive with poor build quality.  

 

[gordonm]

when i started looking for a 4x4 i was looking at navaras and other pick ups the more i tried to research the more info about land rovers i found. i soon realised that landrovers have a MASSIVE following in the UK and the amount of info mods and availability of spares was 100 times better than the jap alternatives. i then started researching land rovers and the many many forums dedicated to them. and made my choice a 2004 disco td5. it has had repairs over the last 2 year most expensive being a £220 hub but it has never once broken down!

[jordi]

Everyone seems to be saying the same things.

My experience is no different. I bought the Samurai for its excellent off road ability, reliability and it was cheap.

In the years i have had it i have spent a fortune on it now but its quirky, stands out in a crowd and now has even better off road ability.

The parts to modify them are readily available and cheap, they are extremely easy to work on and maintain.

Every mile in it makes me smile.

[spannermonkeys]

The first one I needed a big tow car and always wanted a discovery, the others since still like my discovery. Got 4 at the moment.

Why I've kept them - my D2 has cost me under £200 in repair parts over the last 5+ years. Parts are cheaper for Land Rovers than most other 4x4s

[highrunner]

I started looking for my latest 4x4 after suffering a mini stroke on August bank holiday Sunday five years ago, bored with four weeks off work I stated looking on e bay, found Laura and after a test drive (son driving) a bid was lodged, sadly below the reserve but I was the highest bidder, after negotiations a price was agreed and so the Land Rover came further North, at the time she was on a Q plate and the year of manufacture was given as 1980 on the V 5 with its colour being blue, it was green and after some research in South Africa the year of manufacture was actually 1971 the records were amended and new age related plates issued.
Now the fun really began with the gearbox being stripped and all moving parts replaced and I mean all (I have the receipts)to stop her jumping out of third gear on the overrun, since then the rear cross member has been replaced, the front dumb irons and the firewall repaired, the front bench seat recovered, the canvas replaced with a lined hard top with side windows, new seat belts as those fitted were starting to show their age, she's never been without an MOT or tax (it's free) or insurance and has been used on and off road as required great fun in the snow. Laura will never be our main car but she's reliable alternative transport

[Gaz]

Quite simply my jimny was cheap and solid unlike my previous disco which had more holes in it than a sponge,and ive never looked back !

[ackster]

Plain and simple I chose mine because they are the daddy of offroading and no one can ready disagree

[onetenzen]

Defender 110 puma, only ever driven land rovers. Never had a single problem with them. Unstoppable in my eyes.

[grizz]

sorry but I think there is a lot of rose tinted glasses being worn. I have owned discoverys a series 2A which snapped the chassie and freelander.
I have been a technician for 24 years working in dealerships from the first minis years ago through bmw, Volvo, vw right to aston.
so no about the technical side of things so to say that land rovers are reliable is tosh if everybody who owns them stopped tinkering with them when I say tinkering this can go through changing a bulb to replacing a head it all comes under tinkering when owning a landy they would waist away to nothing.
I bought the terrano because the price I paid for it would have bought me a set of wheels for a defender or a discovery that would have resembled swiss cheese, got rid of freelander because the three times I laned in it I had to repair it last time out on my return it needed rear control arm bushes and a ird.
served my apprenticeship on Mitsubishi would have looked for one of them but needed to replace freelander quick.
don't get me wrong I like landrovers but don't have the money to throw at one .

[roo]

Sept 1, 2013 18:13:47 GMT grizz said:

sorry but I think there is a lot of rose tinted glasses being worn. I have owned discoverys a series 2A which snapped the chassie and freelander.
I have been a technician for 24 years working in dealerships from the first minis years ago through bmw, Volvo, vw right to aston.
so no about the technical side of things so to say that land rovers are reliable is tosh if everybody who owns them stopped tinkering with them when I say tinkering this can go through changing a bulb to replacing a head it all comes under tinkering when owning a landy they would waist away to nothing.
I bought the terrano because the price I paid for it would have bought me a set of wheels for a defender or a discovery that would have resembled swiss cheese, got rid of freelander because the three times I laned in it I had to repair it last time out on my return it needed rear control arm bushes and a ird.
served my apprenticeship on Mitsubishi would have looked for one of them but needed to replace freelander quick.
don't get me wrong I like landrovers but don't have the money to throw at one .