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Smaller trucks? speaking of Land Rover...
"Tim" wrote in message ... On Jan 16, 2:03 pm, "YukonBound" wrote: "bpuharic" wrote in message ... On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:28:59 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Jan 6, 8:46 pm, Tim wrote: On Jan 6, 12:39 pm, "MMC" wrote: TheLandRover110 used to be the hot ticket but the Toyotas are a lot more dependable and handle a lot better. The old one liner: "Did you hear about the guy that bought a new Land Rover and it didn't leak any oil so he kept taking it back and hounding the dealer till they got it right?" http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10698544 A double whammy! was looking at used land rovers to replace my honda CRV which died at 210k miles the reviews on used land rovers are TERRIBLE. freelanders with cracked engine blocks (LOTS of this), transmission problems, etc.... so went with a honda element... Believe I read that the Element is no more...... most Honda buyers in that category felt the CRV was a better buy. My wife has a love/hate relationship with her CRV. After her beloved Chrysler town'n country van with 250+ thousand on it, she decided she was scared of it's dependability and decided to get something diffrent. So she looked at CRV's. She's disappointed in all the manual stuff. especially the seat adjustment, and the center console and the ride. Other wise she likes the car's 30 mpg, manuverability and adequate space for no more car than what is actually there. Yeah, trade-off's but she's actually satisfied with her purchase. plus she gave half for it as what a Chrysler TC or compatable van would cost. The 'compact' SUVs are great as a city vehicle. The top three, for the last 5 or so years are the Subaru Forester, Toyota RAV4 and the Honda CRV. Some of the others may be slowly creeping up but I'd stay with those three for the immediate future. Unless of course you're one of the over 6 footers in here. Many (my 6'2" son included) complain that the seating isn't comfortable in the RAV4. |
Smaller trucks? speaking of Land Rover...
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:03:53 -0400, "YukonBound"
wrote: "bpuharic" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:28:59 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10698544 A double whammy! was looking at used land rovers to replace my honda CRV which died at 210k miles the reviews on used land rovers are TERRIBLE. freelanders with cracked engine blocks (LOTS of this), transmission problems, etc.... so went with a honda element... Believe I read that the Element is no more...... most Honda buyers in that category felt the CRV was a better buy. CRV is still made and the element isnt...but the element has lots more room and is more versatile for hauling 2 large mutts, and the wife, to the shore...hard to clean dog barf off a CRV seat! |
Smaller trucks? speaking of Land Rover...
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:46:23 -0400, "YukonBound"
wrote: . The 'compact' SUVs are great as a city vehicle. The top three, for the last 5 or so years are the Subaru Forester, Toyota RAV4 and the Honda CRV. Some of the others may be slowly creeping up but I'd stay with those three for the immediate future. Unless of course you're one of the over 6 footers in here. Many (my 6'2" son included) complain that the seating isn't comfortable in the RAV4. the reviews of ellement reliabiliity just like CRV are pretty good and the element doesn't have a timing belt like the CRV does...hoping i get the 200K miles out of the element i got from the CRV |
Smaller trucks? speaking of Land Rover...
"bpuharic" wrote in message ... On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:28:59 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Jan 6, 8:46 pm, Tim wrote: On Jan 6, 12:39 pm, "MMC" wrote: TheLandRover110 used to be the hot ticket but the Toyotas are a lot more dependable and handle a lot better. The old one liner: "Did you hear about the guy that bought a new Land Rover and it didn't leak any oil so he kept taking it back and hounding the dealer till they got it right?" http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10698544 A double whammy! was looking at used land rovers to replace my honda CRV which died at 210k miles the reviews on used land rovers are TERRIBLE. freelanders with cracked engine blocks (LOTS of this), transmission problems, etc.... so went with a honda element... ======= How've you been Bob? |
Smaller trucks? speaking of Land Rover...
On Jan 16, 8:28*am, Harryk wrote:
On 1/16/11 9:04 AM, Tim wrote: On Jan 16, 7:43 am, *wrote: On 1/16/11 8:41 AM, Gene wrote: On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:28:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Jan 6, 8:46 pm, * *wrote: On Jan 6, 12:39 pm, * *wrote: TheLandRover110 used to be the hot ticket but the Toyotas are a lot more dependable and handle a lot better. The old one liner: "Did you hear about the guy that bought a new Land Rover and it didn't leak any oil so he kept taking it back and hounding the dealer till they got it right?" http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10698544 A double whammy! I don't know if they still use Lucas electrics... but no surprise, anyway.... The "electrics" on some of the lesser-known Italian cars in the late 1950's and early 1960's were as bad as the Lucas stuff. Magneti Marelli.... *And lucas. now the ironic part. In a round about way, Lucas and Marelli merged about 15+ years ago. *Do they make a better product? NO! There's business wedding was about like two drunks tying themselves together to see if they could stagger straight. There was a guy in Independence, Missouri, a TR-4 racer, who for a living in the 1960s ran a Brit car speed shop. I remember he had a "special" in which he would rip out all the wiring and whatever else electrical he could on your British sports car and replace it with GM stuff. I don't remember the details, but there was always a car in his shop undergoing electrical transmogrification. Yes, there were companies back int he early 70's that made brackets to convert over from a lucas alternator to the Delco's. Megatron, and Ameri-tec were a couple of those conversion companies. you could either buy the full kit, or just the bracket and do your own. My dad was one to always try to do something himself, and started making the brackets then realized it actually cost him more in time than buying them .. In the late 70's we changed over several MGB's and Triumphs. |
Smaller trucks? speaking of Land Rover...
On 1/17/11 8:38 AM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 16, 8:28 am, wrote: On 1/16/11 9:04 AM, Tim wrote: On Jan 16, 7:43 am, wrote: On 1/16/11 8:41 AM, Gene wrote: On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:28:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Jan 6, 8:46 pm, wrote: On Jan 6, 12:39 pm, wrote: TheLandRover110 used to be the hot ticket but the Toyotas are a lot more dependable and handle a lot better. The old one liner: "Did you hear about the guy that bought a new Land Rover and it didn't leak any oil so he kept taking it back and hounding the dealer till they got it right?" http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10698544 A double whammy! I don't know if they still use Lucas electrics... but no surprise, anyway.... The "electrics" on some of the lesser-known Italian cars in the late 1950's and early 1960's were as bad as the Lucas stuff. Magneti Marelli.... And lucas. now the ironic part. In a round about way, Lucas and Marelli merged about 15+ years ago. Do they make a better product? NO! There's business wedding was about like two drunks tying themselves together to see if they could stagger straight. There was a guy in Independence, Missouri, a TR-4 racer, who for a living in the 1960s ran a Brit car speed shop. I remember he had a "special" in which he would rip out all the wiring and whatever else electrical he could on your British sports car and replace it with GM stuff. I don't remember the details, but there was always a car in his shop undergoing electrical transmogrification. Yes, there were companies back int he early 70's that made brackets to convert over from a lucas alternator to the Delco's. Megatron, and Ameri-tec were a couple of those conversion companies. you could either buy the full kit, or just the bracket and do your own. My dad was one to always try to do something himself, and started making the brackets then realized it actually cost him more in time than buying them .. In the late 70's we changed over several MGB's and Triumphs. Ahh. I had an MG-A I bought very used, got a year out of it before it caught fire and I had to leave it smoldering by the side of the road. But...I later bought a new TR-4A IRS and a used Mini-Cooper S and never had electrical problems with either. The TR-4 in fact was a very reliable car. |
Smaller trucks? speaking of Land Rover...
On Jan 17, 7:43*am, Harryk wrote:
On 1/17/11 8:38 AM, Tim wrote: On Jan 16, 8:28 am, *wrote: On 1/16/11 9:04 AM, Tim wrote: On Jan 16, 7:43 am, * *wrote: On 1/16/11 8:41 AM, Gene wrote: On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:28:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Jan 6, 8:46 pm, * * *wrote: On Jan 6, 12:39 pm, * * *wrote: TheLandRover110 used to be the hot ticket but the Toyotas are a lot more dependable and handle a lot better. The old one liner: "Did you hear about the guy that bought a new Land Rover and it didn't leak any oil so he kept taking it back and hounding the dealer till they got it right?" http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10698544 A double whammy! I don't know if they still use Lucas electrics... but no surprise, anyway.... The "electrics" on some of the lesser-known Italian cars in the late 1950's and early 1960's were as bad as the Lucas stuff. Magneti Marelli.... *And lucas. now the ironic part. In a round about way, Lucas and Marelli merged about 15+ years ago. *Do they make a better product? NO! There's business wedding was about like two drunks tying themselves together to see if they could stagger straight. There was a guy in Independence, Missouri, a TR-4 racer, who for a living in the 1960s ran a Brit car speed shop. I remember he had a "special" in which he would rip out all the wiring and whatever else electrical he could on your British sports car and replace it with GM stuff. I don't remember the details, but there was always a car in his shop undergoing electrical transmogrification. Yes, there were companies back int he early 70's that made brackets to convert over from a lucas alternator to the Delco's. *Megatron, and Ameri-tec were a couple of those conversion companies. you could either buy the full kit, or just the bracket and do your own. *My dad was one to always try to do something himself, and started making the brackets then realized it actually cost him more in time than buying them .. In the late 70's we changed over several MGB's and Triumphs. Ahh. I had an MG-A I bought very used, got a year out of it before it caught fire and I had to leave it smoldering by the side of the road. But...I later bought a new TR-4A IRS and a used Mini-Cooper S and never had electrical problems with either. The TR-4 in fact was a very reliable car. I had a TR-6 for a while, and they must have had the mechanic in mind because the alternator was mounted on the top, left of the engine. Very easy to get to.... BTW, In the corner of my warehouse is my wifes 62' MG Midet... it needs carb work. That's another "one of these days" projects. |
Smaller trucks? speaking of Land Rover...
On 1/17/11 8:48 AM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 17, 7:43 am, wrote: On 1/17/11 8:38 AM, Tim wrote: On Jan 16, 8:28 am, wrote: On 1/16/11 9:04 AM, Tim wrote: On Jan 16, 7:43 am, wrote: On 1/16/11 8:41 AM, Gene wrote: On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:28:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Jan 6, 8:46 pm, wrote: On Jan 6, 12:39 pm, wrote: TheLandRover110 used to be the hot ticket but the Toyotas are a lot more dependable and handle a lot better. The old one liner: "Did you hear about the guy that bought a new Land Rover and it didn't leak any oil so he kept taking it back and hounding the dealer till they got it right?" http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10698544 A double whammy! I don't know if they still use Lucas electrics... but no surprise, anyway.... The "electrics" on some of the lesser-known Italian cars in the late 1950's and early 1960's were as bad as the Lucas stuff. Magneti Marelli.... And lucas. now the ironic part. In a round about way, Lucas and Marelli merged about 15+ years ago. Do they make a better product? NO! There's business wedding was about like two drunks tying themselves together to see if they could stagger straight. There was a guy in Independence, Missouri, a TR-4 racer, who for a living in the 1960s ran a Brit car speed shop. I remember he had a "special" in which he would rip out all the wiring and whatever else electrical he could on your British sports car and replace it with GM stuff. I don't remember the details, but there was always a car in his shop undergoing electrical transmogrification. Yes, there were companies back int he early 70's that made brackets to convert over from a lucas alternator to the Delco's. Megatron, and Ameri-tec were a couple of those conversion companies. you could either buy the full kit, or just the bracket and do your own. My dad was one to always try to do something himself, and started making the brackets then realized it actually cost him more in time than buying them .. In the late 70's we changed over several MGB's and Triumphs. Ahh. I had an MG-A I bought very used, got a year out of it before it caught fire and I had to leave it smoldering by the side of the road. But...I later bought a new TR-4A IRS and a used Mini-Cooper S and never had electrical problems with either. The TR-4 in fact was a very reliable car. I had a TR-6 for a while, and they must have had the mechanic in mind because the alternator was mounted on the top, left of the engine. Very easy to get to.... BTW, In the corner of my warehouse is my wifes 62' MG Midet... it needs carb work. That's another "one of these days" projects. Back in the day, we called the "midgets" and the tr spitfires...coffins, because guys were always getting killed in them. The midget, if memory serves, was all hood. |
Smaller trucks? speaking of Land Rover...
On Jan 17, 7:54*am, Harryk wrote:
On 1/17/11 8:48 AM, Tim wrote: On Jan 17, 7:43 am, *wrote: On 1/17/11 8:38 AM, Tim wrote: On Jan 16, 8:28 am, * *wrote: On 1/16/11 9:04 AM, Tim wrote: On Jan 16, 7:43 am, * * *wrote: On 1/16/11 8:41 AM, Gene wrote: On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:28:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Jan 6, 8:46 pm, * * * *wrote: On Jan 6, 12:39 pm, * * * *wrote: TheLandRover110 used to be the hot ticket but the Toyotas are a lot more dependable and handle a lot better. The old one liner: "Did you hear about the guy that bought a new Land Rover and it didn't leak any oil so he kept taking it back and hounding the dealer till they got it right?" http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10698544 A double whammy! I don't know if they still use Lucas electrics... but no surprise, anyway.... The "electrics" on some of the lesser-known Italian cars in the late 1950's and early 1960's were as bad as the Lucas stuff. Magneti Marelli.... *And lucas. now the ironic part. In a round about way, Lucas and Marelli merged about 15+ years ago. *Do they make a better product? NO! There's business wedding was about like two drunks tying themselves together to see if they could stagger straight. There was a guy in Independence, Missouri, a TR-4 racer, who for a living in the 1960s ran a Brit car speed shop. I remember he had a "special" in which he would rip out all the wiring and whatever else electrical he could on your British sports car and replace it with GM stuff. I don't remember the details, but there was always a car in his shop undergoing electrical transmogrification. Yes, there were companies back int he early 70's that made brackets to convert over from a lucas alternator to the Delco's. *Megatron, and Ameri-tec were a couple of those conversion companies. you could either buy the full kit, or just the bracket and do your own. *My dad was one to always try to do something himself, and started making the brackets then realized it actually cost him more in time than buying them .. In the late 70's we changed over several MGB's and Triumphs. Ahh. I had an MG-A I bought very used, got a year out of it before it caught fire and I had to leave it smoldering by the side of the road. But...I later bought a new TR-4A IRS and a used Mini-Cooper S and never had electrical problems with either. The TR-4 in fact was a very reliable car. I had a TR-6 for a while, and they must have had the mechanic in mind because the alternator was mounted on the top, left of the engine. Very easy to get to.... BTW, In the corner of my warehouse is my wife's 62' MG Midget... it needs carb work. That's another "one of these days" projects. Back in the day, we called the "midgets" and the tr spitfires...coffins, because guys were always getting killed in them. The midget, if memory serves, was all hood. It and the Austin Healey Sprite were more like all tin. About as much of a death trap as you can get. However they're not only a crowd pleaser, but also a real blast at an "auto-cross" |
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