Keith, of Arkansas, writes;
>My SO and I have been looking at jeeps. Living in Arkansas with all those
>national forest roads and having our love for camping creates such insane
>notions. Our only camping vehicle is a VW Baja which will go asnywhere a
>Jeep will at a 10th the price and 10 times the reliability, but just isn'
>t as cool as a real adventure vehicle. While attending a rendevous at
>a local park the other day we saw the most beautiful land rover that a
>park ranger had restored...much better than a jeep! /what a way to go
>wandering about in the woods! And, it may be loud, uncomfortable, slow, etc.
>But can it be any worse than a Baja Bug with a zero to 70 time of 50 seconds?
About right; the acceleration of a Land-Rover 88, four-cylinder, has been
compared semi-favorably with that of a loaded gravel truck. But you're
right: It is a wonderful way to wander the woods. I have done a lot of
wandering the woods in stock VWs, a "Baja" VW (1953), many different kinds
of 4x4s, and in Land-Rovers beyond count. The only thing I'd take over an
old Land-Rover is--maybe, only maybe--a new Land-Rover (U.S.-spec Defender
90, that is), although I wouldn't mind trying it, just once, in a Mercedes
Unimog or in a Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pinzgauer...
Sounds to me as if you have been smitten...
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