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From: bob@vaxwaller.UUCP (Bob Palin)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Rover reliabilty
Message-ID: <263@vaxwaller.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-May-85 13:00:42 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 13 13:00:42 1985
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> 
> 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.

Land Rovers are extremely durable and rugged which is not to say that things
don't break on them but they can usually be fixed easily.  We had a several
ancient Land Rovers at Rothamstead Expt. Station in England where I worked,
my first job - what memories.  These things were driven on freeways ( max
speed ~45 mph and NOISY ) all over fields and mountains collecting soil 
samples and frequently down to the local pub.  They just kept on taking abuse
while never stranding us anywhere.  One of the chaps I worked with also owned
a WWII jeep that seemed to be holding up pretty well.  I drove it home once
and it was quite an experience,  you had to brake real early as it was very
heavy and the brakes were not too good, steering was more like a wrestling
match but it was fun.  New Rover cars, Range Rovers, are used by the British
police as chase vehicles and perform very well though they do have special
police engines,  they are known as Jam Sandwiches due to the orange stripe
down the side.

Bob Palin, Varian Instruments, Walnut Creek, Ca. USA 
					( formerly of Luton, England )