Very informative all around. My interest in a series was the the simplicity. I am new to anything mechanical, struggled with my first oil change after buying the rangie, and as I am slowly learning, was thinking that a series might be easier to learn on, thus more affordable. While I love my rangie, and it is in great condition, I am a little spooked about doing long road trips for gigs which my job sometimes entails. I am a stand-up comic which involves a fair amount of road-trips, and if I break down on the way to a gig, and can't figure out what's wrong (which unfortunately will be most of the time), I am out a mortgage payment,and so is whoever is riding with me. On that note, I use the rangie mostly for short commutes from Brooklyn to NYC, or to the beach or whatever. At some point, built up to offroad, but again, the idea of going out there and breaking more shit that as of now I cannot fix, is just not practical on my budget, much as I would love to get down in some mud. I would love to "use the rover for what it is designed for" but right now, one of the designs seems to be to empty my wallet and make my wife yell.
So, when it broke down on me the other day, I thought, I am basically using this for short distances (although it is so comfortable for long trips it is a shame), maybe I'll explore a series and just do short distances, then maybe offroad, and use wife's car for long treks. Oh, and yes, series do look cool in front of a house, but then so do classics. They are all beautiful, capable machines.
I knew the earlier classics had less electronic gismos, but didn't realize that they were that much simpler overall, which certainly makes them an option. It also seems like they are pretty hard to find, I rarely see them up for sale. Now, It's probably blasphemous to say this, but when I have long hauls, I am forced to rely on my wife's Jeep wrangler which is 2003. It's newer, low miles, (so of course it will be more reliable) and I have never had a problem with it or jeeps in general, I just love rovers, just considering options as that could be simpler across the board. At any rate, I am grateful for the feedback, this is an awesome forum with some pretty colorful contributers.
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