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From: bhs@siemens.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Rover reliabilty
Message-ID: <25300033@siemens.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-May-85 11:38:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  9 11:38:00 1985
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Nf-From: siemens!bhs    May  9 11:38:00 1985



Yesterday evening I went and saw the GODS MUST BE CRAZY.

Now, one of the heroes of the movie is a rather abused Land Rover. Being of an
inquisitive nature, I was curious about how reliable they really are.

To put my question into context: it is an English car, and is saddled with an
english electrical system as far as I know. Also, the carbs are bound to be
english as well. Talk to owners of english cars, and while they may love their
beasties, they arre typically the first to admit that the cars are unreliable.
This unreliability may be acceptable for a two seater, which typically is used
as a second car. But, if you are actually intending to cross the Kalahari, or
merely drive into Upper Volta (which now is called something else), I would
think that you would want something more reliable. Also, Land Rovers are quite
common in Africa, in part because much of it once was english, and in part
because they are so exceptionally simple that they are very rugged. 

Now, does anybody out in netland own a Rover? Or does anybody merely know the
answer?

thank you!

Bernard H. Schwab
Siemens RTL, Princeton, NJ