Originally Posted By +8Rich

I'm an old git and still prefer the original 3 door Range Rover.



+1. It was a great car. In the mid 90s I had a really beautiful example, a 3,5 V8 on carbs. It's first owner (oop in North Yorkshire) had lavished nothing but love and attention on it; when I had it it was still like a new car, though it was 15 years old.

Some little scrotes stole it from outside my house and used it for a demolition derby. They smashed it into 17 other cars; the engine eventually seized as they had holed the radiator. When I went to see it in the car pound of the local gendarmerie to get out my personal effects I could have cried. The gendarme said I should see the other 17 cars, that it was a real testament to what a solid car the series 1 rangie was. The only silver lining was that the perpetrators (who were never caught) didn't hurt anyone. Not a happy day for my insurer either.


Giles. Mogless in Paris.