landys job - Land Rovers Only

kai · 01-28-2005, 08:42 AM

Just wanted to know what you all use your landys for, eg everyday travel, weekend driving, purely off-road etc.

Bogatyr · 01-28-2005, 10:50 AM

kai,
My truck is usually only used in the off-winter season as it's a softtop with no heater.
Mostly I use the truck around town, offroad here and there where I can find a trail and occasionally to car shows. I also haul wood around the neighborhood for myself and my neighbors, but with the 3' bed, there's not much room...easier than a wheelbarrow though.

Bogatyr

jozg44 · 01-28-2005, 04:35 PM

The short answer is- EVERYTHING!

My 88 Station Wagon diesel is my only car- it gets used every day for the 30-mile round trip to college and back, it carries my mountain bikes and sailing dinghy about, it tows a horsebox, it's used for collecting logs and coal, carting people about the county, jump-starting flat batteries (hand throttle comes in handy there, especially if it's a big tractor battery), and last weekend it was even used for levering 40-year old tyres of their rims (drive the Landy over the end of the lever-bar, it work's a treat!).

It gets off-roaded an awful lot as well. Where I live (a steep hill surrounded by hills), there are loads of 'roads' that havn't been re-tarmaced since the 1920s and have become little more than bumpy, muddy tracks. The SIII is great for 'short cuts'. I also do proper green-laning whenever I get the chance and the occasional blast around a quarry or off-road site.

Great car.

Jack

DickFox · 01-29-2005, 12:25 AM

Hey kai,
I use mine mainly on holidays or when I have to, i mean, it is not my preferred vehicle for driving around the city and to uni, however, I do seem to get a lot of looks and waves from fellow landrover drivers. I use mine mainly as a holiday car, beach driving, camping etc. Mine is one of those old long wheel base camping pop top landies. It's roof pops up and has 2 bunks in the roof, the seats also fold down and sleeps another 2 at floor level, quite comfrtably too.
Dick

Kevin · 01-29-2005, 11:48 AM

Hi Kai,
Use mine whenever I can. Leave my everyday car which I use for driver training and use the Landy for shopping, visiting, church; basically everything else. My dogs love it. Soon as I pick up the keys they are there waiting for their ride which they normally get.

Moeras · 01-30-2005, 10:37 PM

I use mine to spend my excess cash on!

No just kidding if I had any it would have been in a much better state.

It is a hobby, relax and get away from the job stress. Mainly a weekender.

Also, I do some part time work as a PH (Professional Hunter). The Landy is then in its eliment!! Do all sorts of jobs wherever is needed.

DickFox · 01-31-2005, 03:00 PM

Hahaha, I like that comment about using it to spend excess cash on. how true! I tell my girl friend to think of it as an investment. Mine's a great hobby, its great cause you can do everything your self, especially when you have access to a forum like this!!

Esha · 02-01-2005, 11:52 PM

Exactly my sentiments! I too tell my boyfriend that it's an investment and a de-stresser. He of course, doesn't believe me. But now that he's got a Montero to drive, he's perfectly happy to let me drive my Landy.

I don't drive it in the winter yet. I just got it this fall and am not yet sure what kind of confidence I have in it, since it was sitting for many years prior. And don't forget that -40 deg F in Fairbanks is not a day I want to be sitting in an unheated vehicle!

01-28-2005, 08:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
kai Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: pietermaritzberg Posts: 22 Gallery: 0	landys job Just wanted to know what you all use your landys for, eg everyday travel, weekend driving, purely off-road etc.

01-28-2005, 10:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bogatyr Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: upstate NY Posts: 317 Gallery: 0	kai, My truck is usually only used in the off-winter season as it's a softtop with no heater. Mostly I use the truck around town, offroad here and there where I can find a trail and occasionally to car shows. I also haul wood around the neighborhood for myself and my neighbors, but with the 3' bed, there's not much room...easier than a wheelbarrow though. Bogatyr __________________ Current Rover Fleet: 1996 D1 120k (finally on the road) 1970 IIa 88" (the running one) 1970 IIa 88" (parts truck - need any parts?) 1966 IIa 109" (next project...)

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01-28-2005, 04:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
jozg44 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 222 Gallery: 0	The short answer is- EVERYTHING! My 88 Station Wagon diesel is my only car- it gets used every day for the 30-mile round trip to college and back, it carries my mountain bikes and sailing dinghy about, it tows a horsebox, it's used for collecting logs and coal, carting people about the county, jump-starting flat batteries (hand throttle comes in handy there, especially if it's a big tractor battery), and last weekend it was even used for levering 40-year old tyres of their rims (drive the Landy over the end of the lever-bar, it work's a treat!). It gets off-roaded an awful lot as well. Where I live (a steep hill surrounded by hills), there are loads of 'roads' that havn't been re-tarmaced since the 1920s and have become little more than bumpy, muddy tracks. The SIII is great for 'short cuts'. I also do proper green-laning whenever I get the chance and the occasional blast around a quarry or off-road site. Great car. Jack

01-29-2005, 12:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
DickFox Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 66 Gallery: 0	Hey kai, I use mine mainly on holidays or when I have to, i mean, it is not my preferred vehicle for driving around the city and to uni, however, I do seem to get a lot of looks and waves from fellow landrover drivers. I use mine mainly as a holiday car, beach driving, camping etc. Mine is one of those old long wheel base camping pop top landies. It's roof pops up and has 2 bunks in the roof, the seats also fold down and sleeps another 2 at floor level, quite comfrtably too. Dick

01-29-2005, 11:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
Kevin Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: ex Rhodie in South Africa Posts: 93 Gallery: 1	Hi Kai, Use mine whenever I can. Leave my everyday car which I use for driver training and use the Landy for shopping, visiting, church; basically everything else. My dogs love it. Soon as I pick up the keys they are there waiting for their ride which they normally get.

01-30-2005, 10:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
Moeras Profesional Hunter Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the banks of the Great Grey-Green Greasy Limpopo River (Rudyard Kipling 1902) Posts: 442 Gallery: 0	I use mine to spend my excess cash on! No just kidding if I had any it would have been in a much better state. It is a hobby, relax and get away from the job stress. Mainly a weekender. Also, I do some part time work as a PH (Professional Hunter). The Landy is then in its eliment!! Do all sorts of jobs wherever is needed.

01-31-2005, 03:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
DickFox Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 66 Gallery: 0	Hahaha, I like that comment about using it to spend excess cash on. how true! I tell my girl friend to think of it as an investment. Mine's a great hobby, its great cause you can do everything your self, especially when you have access to a forum like this!!

02-01-2005, 11:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
Esha Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska Posts: 16 Gallery: 0	Exactly my sentiments! I too tell my boyfriend that it's an investment and a de-stresser. He of course, doesn't believe me. But now that he's got a Montero to drive, he's perfectly happy to let me drive my Landy. I don't drive it in the winter yet. I just got it this fall and am not yet sure what kind of confidence I have in it, since it was sitting for many years prior. And don't forget that -40 deg F in Fairbanks is not a day I want to be sitting in an unheated vehicle!

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