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Ruphus -> RE: suggestions for a new car? (Jul. 4 2011 13:39:17)
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ORIGINAL: odinz
In Norway the cars that have best all around reputation are suzuki and subaru, theres also land rovers but that is something different.
The Landrover Defender is being built over here under license, and I got me a double cabine pickup.
I guess the manufacturing template used being the one from 30 years ago, with the rickety cabine just keeping you trusting that none of local nuts shall ever crash into you sideways; and the engine used being some Korean thingy, hence no comparison to the contemporary original I suppose. Not to mention the flat interiour and the camping seats that it´s stuffed with.
And you need a healthy spine to appreciate its rough suspension anyway.
But in sight of the roads here, in comparison letting appear the moon like a smooth surface, and the additonal bumps on occasional lane trips, I guess any other make would had been a piece of scrap metal by now. There even have been idiots running into me laterally whose 2-ton car then was dragged around, yet all of marks that they left have been some little scratches on the running board.
With all the torture that it has seen the Landy is still well and alive, and it even has an appealing face among the vehicles of tasteless design.
I would had preferred something more environmentally friendly, but for rural ambience and desasterous roads a Landrover might be ideal. And with the little wear that it shows, the little of replacement parts and service that it needs, its environmental equatation in the outback might eventually not really be that bad.
Besides, once used to the high sitting position and overview, the norm like in limousines just won´t feel right anymore.
Ruphus
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