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my favourite car i ever had was this - 1976 Range Rover, 3.5l petrol v8
![]() Sounded better than the SV! I never understood why people wanted big cars- but after having this i completely understand. I used to travel about 200km off road every day though. But having a battered huge car was great - it was like carrying your garage around with you. ![]() ![]() |
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I think raising Road Tax in general is a better and ostensibly fairer way of taxation than the one put forward by various London boroughs and individuals to tax any vehicle with a 4-wheel driveline. As correctly pointed out; this would mean cars like the Fiat Panda 4x4 (50 mpg, and as tall and heavy as a biscuit) would be in the same classification as a Range Rover Supercharged (8mpg, with all the mass of Jupiter's moons). Madness, and the work of short-sighted council workers and not long term strategists. |
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range rover sport - an oxymoron surely. As much as i like 4x4s, i'm of the school of thought that 4x4a are for offroading. i'd take a kitted up defender any day of the week over a new rangerover.
Bluesteel - fantastic engine! although that mod had a habit of stripping gearboxes with the extra torque! i know a guy who went through 3 range rover gear boxes with that engine! (it was in the older model though). In the end he paid a fortune for a modern discovery manual which seemed to do the trick. We used to do about 90mph offroad all day- no problems. I think its so funny in the uk how delicate people are with their 4x4s offroad. They're designed for that! These new wide tyres are crap offroad though! I could get through anything with the difflock on and thin nobbly tyres. £40000 new landcruisers would just spin the wheels when we went storming past. ![]() |
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We'll get told off for not talking about the thread soon...
But... It completely shredded the original gearbox during one full bore take off racing a friends BMW 740 up his quite long driveway. The noise was horrific. I put in a similar gearbox to the one Bentley used in their V8's up until recently- it doesn't have a low ratio, but doesn't really need one. My Mother now uses it as a tow car in Scotland. The horses are not so keen on the stainless steel exhaust, but then kickdown doesn't get much used until I go and visit. ![]() Last edited by Bluesteel; 19-03-07 at 04:29 PM. |
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