If you were going to set off around the world.

[Bedspring]

Which base vehicle would you chose.

Its a damp and misty day here in Lancashire and I have been reading "The long and whining road" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17285231-the-long-and-whining-road,

My first thought is, what base vehicle would you chose. V Dubs are ubiquitous in Europe, but what about elsewhere, maybe a Toyota or a Ford.

Anyway if you had to be sat by the road, surrounded by a pool of oil, what vehicle would you want to have that could be fixed easy. And supplemental question, which vehicle would be least likely to leave you "sat by the road, surrounded by a pool of oil"

 

[Blue Knight]

Anyway if you had to be sat by the road, surrounded by a pool of oil, what vehicle would you want to have that could be fixed easy.

A Landy Defender with a 300Tdi engine.

Nothing else comes close.

 

[Blue Knight]

Here's the front of my Landy and as you can see from the picture it doesn't take much to do some roadside repairs.

 

[Nasher]

Toyota hilux - they're everywhere around the World ultra tough & reliable

 

[Tea Bag]

Hi.
Close above but no cigar... A Mk 3 SWB Diesel landy.Tools needed (If any) ? 2lb Lump hammer and a piece of wood...about 4"X2" They don't make them better than this
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[Landy Andy]

A Td5 Defender. Just like mine.

 

[Jim]

I've never not owned a Defender since I passed my test in one aged 17. No bigger fan in the world. Would I go around the world in one, not a chance.

 

[Steve N Tracy]

As the Australians say" if you want to go into the desert use a Landrover if you want to go and come back again use a Toyota! "

 

[Landy Andy]

Drove mine to the Sahara without an issue

 

[BreweryDave]

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[Jim]

As the Australians say if you want to go into the desert " use a Landrover if you want to go and come back again use a Toyota! "

Yes but they would say that. to a man they hate anything Pom

 

[Landy Andy]

I've never not owned a Defender since I passed my test in one aged 17. No bigger fan in the world. Would I go around the world in one, not a chance.

They’ve improved from the Series 1’s now

 

[Blue Knight]

As the Australians say" if you want to go into the desert use a Landrover if you want to go and come back again use a Toyota! "

Yep, a fair point indeed.

I say that because there are 100,000 Taliban fighters who use the Toyota Landcruiser and they can't all be wrong.

 

[Jim]

They’ve improved from the Series 1’s now

Ive owned more than one . My current 2.2 Puma I wouldn't trust to get around the world, or even around to Aldi

 

[Landy Andy]

I know what you are saying. I tried a Tdci for a while, then returned to the Td5.

Was more taking the wee about age

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[Jim]

A Landy Defender with a 300Tdi engine.

Nothing else comes close.

Been thinking about it and you're right. I agree, I would probably choose a 300tdi to go around the world in as well. Except I'd want it in a Discovery

 

[Zains Pops]

Seat 1A on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner would be on my list for serious consideration.

 

[Nirvanauk]

A Landy Defender with a 300Tdi engine.

Nothing else comes close.

It’ll break down before you get out of the drive.

 

[Nirvanauk]

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Wish I’d still got mine that I brought back from Bermuda 25 years ago.

 

[eddie]

I am collecting a brand new shiny Toyota Land Cruiser Invincible this afternoon, as we had a mishap with the last one

It will be our sixth Land Cruiser and I wouldn't want anything else. I did try the AMG V8 Merc, crap gearbox, appalling Company and after 18 months went running back to Toyota!

Five year warranty and sold in 197 Countries

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[roamingman]

We nave two friend's who did it twice, in a V8 Discovery, also did up and down America, plus Europe/Africa.

 

[GRUMPY OLD GIT]

Silly question?
Where do you fit the toilet/shower and the comfy bed in a land rover ?

 

[Jands]

Done it a few times in a Boeing 757, full of rich Americans.
Few problems but nothing stopped the trips.

 

[Popeye]

If price wasn't an issue then a German-Frers Swan like this.

If price was an issue then an Oyster like this.

 

[tacr2man]

As the Australians say" if you want to go into the desert use a Landrover if you want to go and come back again use a Toyota! "

I used to go into the bush in Australia to recover vehicles , what vehicle Defender 130 DC 300tdi Hi cap , only 4x4 vehicle legally capable of towing trailer with other 4x4 on top .(other than HGV) .
also with the load capacity for suitable fuel range without prearranged fuel drop point!

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[Steve N Tracy]

I used to go into the bush in Australia to recover vehicles , what vehicle Defender 130 DC 300tdi Hi cap , only 4x4 vehicle legally capable of towing trailer with other 4x4 on top .(other than HGV) .

Just out of curiosity what was the vehicle that you recovered most?

 

[tacr2man]

Just out of curiosity what was the vehicle that you recovered most?

Toyota Hilux !! mostly because they were usually overloaded , and abused, also there were a lot of them , the most for the few there were of them it was Jeep . Then there were the crashed hire cars driven by Japanese tourists when they went on dirt roads

 

[eddie]

If price wasn't an issue then a German-Frers Swan like this.

If price was an issue then an Oyster like this.

If we are talking boats Nordhaven all the way

https://www.nordhavn.com/

 

[Popeye]

If we are talking boats Nordhaven all the way

Bleddy clockwork crap, sorry Eddie, I forgot you were a clockwork sailor!

 

[gus-lopez]

Yep, a fair point indeed.

I say that because there are 100,000 Taliban fighters who use the Toyota Landcruiser and they can't all be wrong.

Yes I used to have a mitsubishis Delica starwagon. You know you have something reliable & robust when you see them on the news being used as mobile for machine guns & rocket launchers.

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