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Roverdog
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Just wondering what you guy's love about them?Why the RR over a disco or other rugged suv's?Also,how dependable have yours been?Thanks
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Well, for me I have both. I've found the RR more comfortable than my D1, and the same aftermarket parts are available for both. I've had no trouble with either of them.
Besides, you can't beat the 25 year timeless classic design of the RR IMHO. There's probably a lot of nice suvs out there, but are they as cool?
Besides, you can't beat the 25 year timeless classic design of the RR IMHO. There's probably a lot of nice suvs out there, but are they as cool?
I like to show up a local club event and there are 17 Discos all just about cookie cutter and 2 Classics...I have a D1, D2 and a LWB and love my classic...I let a woman customer borrow my LWB for a day this week while we fixed her D2 and even she loved it(other than trying to get into it with short skirt on..its tall..33's etc. etc.). If you can find a 1995 Classic they are the most modern of the bunch IMHO.
I also have both. Originally started with a 95D1 and it was a good ride but after driving the 87RRC it is not as fun to drive the D1.
When you sit in the RRC you can see everything and it feels like you sit higher.
In the D1 it seems more compact and more like a van when you sit in the drivers seat.
My RRC has been very reliable and easy to modify. If you take care of things they will take care of you.
Can't beat looks, heritage, toughness or the luxuries in either, so if you don't have both go get both then you will understand.
When you sit in the RRC you can see everything and it feels like you sit higher.
In the D1 it seems more compact and more like a van when you sit in the drivers seat.
My RRC has been very reliable and easy to modify. If you take care of things they will take care of you.
Can't beat looks, heritage, toughness or the luxuries in either, so if you don't have both go get both then you will understand.
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Roverdog
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Thanks so far,i'm trying to get the guy down on an "88 RR.I drive an "83 Fj 60 every day that i LOVE!One more veh. can't hurt 
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Roverdog said:
Other SUV's ADVERTISE that they are rugged, Land Rover's ARE rugged. And they look cooler than anything out there, especially the RRC's and Series vehicles. I love the way my P38 looks also....As far as reliability, you have to be on top of everything before it turns into a problem, and be obsessive about maintenance. I've had no major problems with any of my vehicles.....even the P38
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Roverdog
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I only have a cam phone,i'll try to get a cpl and send them to you.It's not a bad looking rig.Green with tan int.
Why an RRC?
It's a Land Rover, so all the durability, capability and heritage things apply just like a Disco, Defender, Series, Free-(never mind). But why get an RRC in particular over other similar Rovers of the vintage?
Because when they say "classic," they mean it. You can't make the same exact design 25 years unless it can last. Comparing it even to the P38s and L322s, it looks better than any of them, even 14 years on. And both of those had/will have a design lifespan of about 8 years.
Because you feel like the king of the road when driving one. With the wheel mounted down low, the seats mounted up high, the dash out of sight and acres of glass all around, you feel more in control than in any other car. I am the king of the downtown intersection.
Because it's the same thing underneath as a D1, but even better inside. The Disco is still cool with the dot-matrix theme and the chunky utility thing. But nothing can beat the extensive wood trim, prominent Connolly leather, and nice plastics of a Classic. I get into my RRC, and I feel like I'm pulling away from my 1600s-era country manor to go fox hunting, not my regular house to go to school.
Because it's quirky, but in a fun way. The horn is on the end of the turn signal stalk. The climate control panel has two levers to do apparently the same thing (control which vents to use). The radio is vertical. There is no glovebox, just a surprisingly large compartment on top of the dash. The rear wiper comes down from the top instead of up from the bottom. And I have this weird dig-it thing for the steering wheel, in all its two-spokes-on-the-bottom goodness.
Because even in my school, full of upper-middle-class kids driving brand-new Audis and BMWs and all the rest, more people tell me that my 14-year old $3200 Range Rover is cool than they do my friends with their brand new $45,000 A4 Cabrios. And just the words "I drive a Range Rover" evoke an incredible cachet, no matter the age.
And finally, because at any moment, you can turn the wheel a new way and take all this anywhere, from Tierra del Fuego to the Sahara to the wilds of Canada. And a Range Rover will take you there, and it will take you there in more style and comfort than anything else around.
It's a Land Rover, so all the durability, capability and heritage things apply just like a Disco, Defender, Series, Free-(never mind). But why get an RRC in particular over other similar Rovers of the vintage?
Because when they say "classic," they mean it. You can't make the same exact design 25 years unless it can last. Comparing it even to the P38s and L322s, it looks better than any of them, even 14 years on. And both of those had/will have a design lifespan of about 8 years.
Because you feel like the king of the road when driving one. With the wheel mounted down low, the seats mounted up high, the dash out of sight and acres of glass all around, you feel more in control than in any other car. I am the king of the downtown intersection.
Because it's the same thing underneath as a D1, but even better inside. The Disco is still cool with the dot-matrix theme and the chunky utility thing. But nothing can beat the extensive wood trim, prominent Connolly leather, and nice plastics of a Classic. I get into my RRC, and I feel like I'm pulling away from my 1600s-era country manor to go fox hunting, not my regular house to go to school.
Because it's quirky, but in a fun way. The horn is on the end of the turn signal stalk. The climate control panel has two levers to do apparently the same thing (control which vents to use). The radio is vertical. There is no glovebox, just a surprisingly large compartment on top of the dash. The rear wiper comes down from the top instead of up from the bottom. And I have this weird dig-it thing for the steering wheel, in all its two-spokes-on-the-bottom goodness.
Because even in my school, full of upper-middle-class kids driving brand-new Audis and BMWs and all the rest, more people tell me that my 14-year old $3200 Range Rover is cool than they do my friends with their brand new $45,000 A4 Cabrios. And just the words "I drive a Range Rover" evoke an incredible cachet, no matter the age.
And finally, because at any moment, you can turn the wheel a new way and take all this anywhere, from Tierra del Fuego to the Sahara to the wilds of Canada. And a Range Rover will take you there, and it will take you there in more style and comfort than anything else around.
The RRC is a truly "Classic" and timeless design. Think of an original series Land Rover, Willy's MB/Ford GPW, an original Porsche 911, and '65-'66 Ford Mustang. Classic. Timeless.
The drivetrain is very close to the D1 and Defender (that 88 has the LT230). However both Disco and Defender are derivative with regards to the original Range Rover coil suspension.
Bolt-on fenders, roof. Simple, easy to work on and maintain. It also has some wierd electrical and ventilation quirks. It is not as bulletproof as that Toyota. However, mine has never let me down-I try to be religious about maintenance and repair/replace before I really need to.
However, it also has a certain uniqueness that you can't get in any other truck. Like of a crapload of royal warrants. Like a history of crossing the Darien Gap and Camel Trophy events. Like hauling wrecked big rigs off British highways. It has been used as an SAS transport vehicle. It has been driven all over the world by royalty, celebs, gentleman farmers, as high-powered business executive transportation, as military/police transport, as an expedition vehicle as well as competing in some of the world's toughest off-road events.
No Toyota has the history and classic design of a Range Rover.
The drivetrain is very close to the D1 and Defender (that 88 has the LT230). However both Disco and Defender are derivative with regards to the original Range Rover coil suspension.
Bolt-on fenders, roof. Simple, easy to work on and maintain. It also has some wierd electrical and ventilation quirks. It is not as bulletproof as that Toyota. However, mine has never let me down-I try to be religious about maintenance and repair/replace before I really need to.
However, it also has a certain uniqueness that you can't get in any other truck. Like of a crapload of royal warrants. Like a history of crossing the Darien Gap and Camel Trophy events. Like hauling wrecked big rigs off British highways. It has been used as an SAS transport vehicle. It has been driven all over the world by royalty, celebs, gentleman farmers, as high-powered business executive transportation, as military/police transport, as an expedition vehicle as well as competing in some of the world's toughest off-road events.
No Toyota has the history and classic design of a Range Rover.
GregH said:
X2.
Ive got two RRC's and one D1. While they are basically the same vehicle underneath, there is just something about the RRC that is rewarding and the vision from the RRC is unsurpassed. Gordo
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lrcb40
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bovw said:
And, what other SUV has been in the Louvre as an art icon?
I agree with all the above posts.
Andy
Thanks for the Louvre mention. I have to echo that, the only vehicle in history, REPEAT history that has been in the Louvre deemed a work of art. Arguably the most beautiful vehicle ever created. Land Rover created in the 60's what would eventually be the luxury SUV market. The shape is recognizable still, if you line up the very first pre-pro's the Velar's look just like the modern day supercharged beauties. I drive my 89 and I feel like someone special, I see the other drivers that have no clue what is following them, and I know that I have something special. When you look at the other classic owners you have this immediate bond that only we understand. In this new age of max suspension and articulation the classics were amazing. I was looking at one of the recent LRO backpages and there is a picture of a classic completely stuffing the rear wheel and its amazing to think this vehicle is 30 years old. You ask why a RRC is the best, I would challenge you to find anything that is half as good, half as beautiful, half as capable. You wont find anything.
Jeep Wagoneer was in production from 1962 to 1992. Land Rover had nothing in the 60s (Range Rover was designed in late 60s, but didn't show up until 1970).Landrovernick said:
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Well, I don't know that I would agree to that, I would argue the original Jag XK roadster is one of the most beautiful vehicles - I don't want my truck to be "beautiful" anyway - BUT its probably the best looking utility vehicle out there to this day - certainly "iconic" from the outside, much like the original series trucks and (gasp) the original Jeep, but with that certain......luxury, yet purposeful, interior "flair" that the others don't have.
Ok, its beautiful.....lol :drool:
