smith
10th Apr 2006, 09:24
and swaps 911 for Zambezi silver 90 xs
my thoughts after putting 1500 miles on the landie in the last 2 weeks :
Where the porsche beats the landrover
. Cornering
. Acceleration
Where the porsche and the landrover tie
. Top speed ( both can achieve the national max speed limit )
Where the landrover beats the porsche
. Seating position ( up above everyone else with a clear view of the road ahead, not down in the muck and spray )
. Capacity ( took five passangers to the airport last night )
. Behaviour of other road users ( everyone gives landies a wide berth, you never get cut up and people even let you out of junctions )
. Go anywhere ability ( tried my hand at greenlaning in wales and drove over some sand dunes onto a beach too )
. Economy & Costs ( around town the landie uses half as much fuel as the porsche and costs £1200 less to insure. Tyres on the porsche last 1 year and are £1000 a set vs 3 years and £450 a set for the landie)
. Fun ( I never felt like taking the porsche out just for the hell of it )
. Toys ( both have leather seats, air-con, electric windows, central locking, alarm and immobiliser, alloy wheels, metallic paint, sat-nav and hands free phone. Landie also has heated seats and heated windows and fresh air vents on the front and you can tow stuff with it)
. Design ( the landrover is timeless, the porsche has a shelf life )
Hello all. It's good to be here.
my thoughts after putting 1500 miles on the landie in the last 2 weeks :
Where the porsche beats the landrover
. Cornering
. Acceleration
Where the porsche and the landrover tie
. Top speed ( both can achieve the national max speed limit )
Where the landrover beats the porsche
. Seating position ( up above everyone else with a clear view of the road ahead, not down in the muck and spray )
. Capacity ( took five passangers to the airport last night )
. Behaviour of other road users ( everyone gives landies a wide berth, you never get cut up and people even let you out of junctions )
. Go anywhere ability ( tried my hand at greenlaning in wales and drove over some sand dunes onto a beach too )
. Economy & Costs ( around town the landie uses half as much fuel as the porsche and costs £1200 less to insure. Tyres on the porsche last 1 year and are £1000 a set vs 3 years and £450 a set for the landie)
. Fun ( I never felt like taking the porsche out just for the hell of it )
. Toys ( both have leather seats, air-con, electric windows, central locking, alarm and immobiliser, alloy wheels, metallic paint, sat-nav and hands free phone. Landie also has heated seats and heated windows and fresh air vents on the front and you can tow stuff with it)
. Design ( the landrover is timeless, the porsche has a shelf life )
Hello all. It's good to be here.