bastard land rovers! - Page 5

rtz62 · 06-04-11, 07:43 PM

Missus B had a TD4 Free Loader, total sack of cak. Wouldn't go anywhere in the snow better than my trusty old Borat TDI.
I had a Shogun 2.8 TD and it was magnificent, never ever let me down or met conditions it couldn't cope with.
Discovery 3? Shocking shite. Had a brand new one delivered to work, went out in it and upon turning left at the 1st junction the shit heap acted like one of those yank cars with hydraulic lifts; turns out sone twat at the factory hadn't filled up the ACE reservoir (Active Cornering Enhancement). And then it started it's Deux Ex Machina phase; windows going up and down on their own, various warning lights flashing on and off for no reason....
Tip em all off Beachy Head is my suggestion 

Gouldy · 06-04-11, 07:47 PM

i had a pajero 2.8 TD, it done 19 MPG and cracked the head on it in 3 months lol,

most reliable motor i have had to date is a Vauxhall Monterey 3.1TD (isuzu Trooper)

B2AUDI80 · 06-04-11, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gouldy

i had a pajero 2.8 TD, it done 19 MPG and cracked the head on it in 3 months lol,

most reliable motor i have had to date is a Vauxhall Monterey 3.1TD (isuzu Trooper)

the pajero is a real headcracking piece of tripe, and a hideously expensive wagon to have to buy parts for!!!

rtz62 · 06-04-11, 08:11 PM

Strange that wifeys garage has had Land Rovers and Shoguns through in a ratio of over 10:1 !
I repeat, rather have a Shogun than a Landy.
And how many to the gallon in your Shogun? Guess you couldn't find the selector lever that puts it in 2wd High ratio???? Sounds like you were in 4wd low to me 

Gouldy · 06-04-11, 08:18 PM

no mate, all normal gearing, no heavy stuff in boot, and it was a SWB (so only weight 1000000 tonnes lol)

although it did go very well (before head probs)

Audisimon · 06-04-11, 08:44 PM

I once had a classic range rover brooklands with a tvr engine and it was great, do anything,go anywhere, pull anything and my god towing a trailer what a sound. It sadly got written off so i thought id upgrade to a p38 4.6 HSE range rover........... what junk cost u fortune in spares and really horrible in the lanes. It skipped about all over the place. Change everything on it, airbags, all bushes, new tyres you name it it was changed. Managed to sell it

and went out and got an audi agian

Would have a Series land rover any day..... they are real.

Gouldy · 06-04-11, 08:45 PM

yeah but as stated earlier, i cant do 40k in a defender every year, it would drive me insane lol,

Nierca_Quattro · 06-04-11, 08:58 PM

Unreliable things.. What's the point of keeping it then?.. :/

rtz62 · 06-04-11, 09:00 PM

P38's are council-estate fodder, the liners fail, suspension is u/s, and the 4.6 was the worst culprit. Had a mate who used to buy knackered ones (that's most of them then) and make one good one out if two. Or three or four.....

Gouldy · 06-04-11, 09:00 PM

because ive put too muh money into it to sell it already, it will be paid for by the end of this year by work so i will get rid then, might treat myself to something nice next

06-04-11, 07:43 PM	#41
rtz62 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,527	Missus B had a TD4 Free Loader, total sack of cak. Wouldn't go anywhere in the snow better than my trusty old Borat TDI. I had a Shogun 2.8 TD and it was magnificent, never ever let me down or met conditions it couldn't cope with. Discovery 3? Shocking shite. Had a brand new one delivered to work, went out in it and upon turning left at the 1st junction the shit heap acted like one of those yank cars with hydraulic lifts; turns out sone twat at the factory hadn't filled up the ACE reservoir (Active Cornering Enhancement). And then it started it's Deux Ex Machina phase; windows going up and down on their own, various warning lights flashing on and off for no reason.... Tip em all off Beachy Head is my suggestion 

06-04-11, 07:47 PM	#42
Gouldy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: W.Somerset Posts: 1,083	i had a pajero 2.8 TD, it done 19 MPG and cracked the head on it in 3 months lol, most reliable motor i have had to date is a Vauxhall Monterey 3.1TD (isuzu Trooper)

06-04-11, 08:11 PM	#44
rtz62 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,527	Strange that wifeys garage has had Land Rovers and Shoguns through in a ratio of over 10:1 ! I repeat, rather have a Shogun than a Landy. And how many to the gallon in your Shogun? Guess you couldn't find the selector lever that puts it in 2wd High ratio???? Sounds like you were in 4wd low to me 

06-04-11, 08:18 PM	#45
Gouldy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: W.Somerset Posts: 1,083	no mate, all normal gearing, no heavy stuff in boot, and it was a SWB (so only weight 1000000 tonnes lol) although it did go very well (before head probs)

06-04-11, 08:44 PM	#46
Audisimon Grown up member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Taunton, Summerset Posts: 183	I once had a classic range rover brooklands with a tvr engine and it was great, do anything,go anywhere, pull anything and my god towing a trailer what a sound. It sadly got written off so i thought id upgrade to a p38 4.6 HSE range rover........... what junk cost u fortune in spares and really horrible in the lanes. It skipped about all over the place. Change everything on it, airbags, all bushes, new tyres you name it it was changed. Managed to sell it and went out and got an audi agian Would have a Series land rover any day..... they are real.

06-04-11, 08:45 PM	#47
Gouldy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: W.Somerset Posts: 1,083	yeah but as stated earlier, i cant do 40k in a defender every year, it would drive me insane lol,

06-04-11, 08:58 PM	#48
Nierca_Quattro Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 862	Unreliable things.. What's the point of keeping it then?.. :/

06-04-11, 09:00 PM	#49
rtz62 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,527	P38's are council-estate fodder, the liners fail, suspension is u/s, and the 4.6 was the worst culprit. Had a mate who used to buy knackered ones (that's most of them then) and make one good one out if two. Or three or four.....