Umm - I don't think I was sniping? The design issues are well known - safety issues are also well documented. And other vehicles have the same or similar challenges especially older ones.

But the subject is Land Rover. And unfortunately many people equate the name with capability when that may not be the case. You've got to realise that there are lots of 2nd hand spares in the boonies. For a reason - lots of Land Rovers never left.

And the same is true for other marques.

But this thread is about Land Rovers ...

PS - note I've not made any comparisons to anything else and only noted my joy at swapping a LR for a Unimog in a conflict zone - which most people would be happy about because you can add armour to the 'mog fairly easily

I've just re read all the postings on this subject and to be honest, unless your being rather paranoid, I don't really see much sniping going on. The original article was extolling the virtues of a particular marque, and some have replied in support of that, some have disagreed, and the majority of those who have disagreed (many of whom have stated their considerable experience of landrovers) have stated their reasons why. Thats not sniping, that's reasoned debate. Just because someone doesn't agree with your choices doesn't mean they don't have a valid opinion!

Sniping would be something like 'you drive a xxxx WTF, you loser, only a complete idiot with an unfeasibly small penis would drive one of those, you need to drive a xxxx!'

Which I don't see here.

Most people who have made vehicle choices other than land rover have gone onto to explain that they don't particularly object to any marque, just that they made a different choice and why, and tbh, they seem rather more open minded to other peoples choices than some of the owners of the oval marque!!

I love my HJ60 but I'm sure if I posted something extolling it's virtues as an ideal overlander people may disagree, and probably with good reason, I'm not blindly deluded to it's shortcomings. That's fine, the marque is strong enough to take it, the vehicle is good enough to take it, and, I am happy enough with my choice to take it, and more importantly, it doesn't really matter. It suits me at this point in time and I love it. That's enough for me, I don't have to defend my choice any more than that.

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