With mixed feelings, I've began the search to replace my 1999 D2. Ownership has been unlike any other vehicle I've ever owned. The closest thing I can think of in comparison is being with a beautiful, wild, crazy girl. She may be irritating, to the point you want to gouge out your own eyes, but there are those moments where she can make you feel more alive, more real, and inspire you to be a better man than you really are.
Funny how perspective changes....I purchased for utility, but I now see that the Land Rover really should be considered a high-performance sports car. Don't laugh; consider that it requires careful attention to maintenance, exhibits extraordinary prowness in its element (slogging through knee-deep mud or pulling Jeeps out of snowbanks) and, frankly isn't a vehicle for everyone.
Very few vehicles have "character" anymore. Some (including me) want their cars to have an edge, a certain roughness. I purchased one of the first 1997 Vettes that came off the line and traded it a year later because it was about as much fun as driving a fast Toyota Corolla...no spirit, no fun. My commute is long and life is too short to waste it in a boring car.
So, any ideas on a replacement?
Funny how perspective changes....I purchased for utility, but I now see that the Land Rover really should be considered a high-performance sports car. Don't laugh; consider that it requires careful attention to maintenance, exhibits extraordinary prowness in its element (slogging through knee-deep mud or pulling Jeeps out of snowbanks) and, frankly isn't a vehicle for everyone.
Very few vehicles have "character" anymore. Some (including me) want their cars to have an edge, a certain roughness. I purchased one of the first 1997 Vettes that came off the line and traded it a year later because it was about as much fun as driving a fast Toyota Corolla...no spirit, no fun. My commute is long and life is too short to waste it in a boring car.
So, any ideas on a replacement?
should make a very nice daily driver. But I am still keeping my Rover... can't imagine driving in snow without it, or mud for that matter.
