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Land Rover part two
Kudos to Steve who cleverly disguised the Black Belt Barrister below as a Levan Gudadze report at 1029:
6 replies on “Land Rover part two”
Must have Land Rover’s on the brain since I wrote about my military experience with them a few days ago. Think I know what happened. Though negotiations are moving apace here’s yesterday’s Levan anyway:
I can attest to that. For reasons obscure I’m driving a brand new Peugeot 208 at the moment and it feels like I’m a passenger, not the driver. I’ve got out the car, keyless key in hand and the engine’s still running. The car beeps on approach and departure; doors lock and unlock together with the door mirrors, which fold and unfold, constantly. The radio is a nightmare as it’s all on the screen – and you have to look at it directly to understand what’s going on. Humans are analogue and a car should reflect that and not try to anticipate your every action. And the handbrake? It’s an on/off switch.
Lexus are no bloody use: not enough headroom unless you are a shrimp. (Same, in my experience, with Mercs.) Range Rovers are no use – no legroom. Beemers are cramped too, in my experience.
Our current Land Rover gets no problems with its diesel particulate filter because we took pains to buy one built in 2005 – no PDF!
Had a good friend who bought a very top of the range luxury used French car. He had been in the motoring trade for many years so knew what he was looking for. It had all the bells and whistles including automatic windscreen wipers. Not long after he had it, he was driving from Yorkshire down to the south coast on the motorway. Suddenly, the heavens opened in a downpour. Instead of the wipers working, all the windows went down. Nothing he did would close the windows, so by the time he got home, the water was at door sill level. His top of the range car was written off because of all the water among the wiring..
Must have Land Rover’s on the brain since I wrote about my military experience with them a few days ago. Think I know what happened. Though negotiations are moving apace here’s yesterday’s Levan anyway:
Trump’s Peace Plan Is Doomed to Fail. Cracks in the Anti-Russia Coalition – US is abandoning Europe | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkmJJQwelio
Interesting – lots of comments saying that modern cars are too complex and too reliant on electronics.
I can attest to that. For reasons obscure I’m driving a brand new Peugeot 208 at the moment and it feels like I’m a passenger, not the driver. I’ve got out the car, keyless key in hand and the engine’s still running. The car beeps on approach and departure; doors lock and unlock together with the door mirrors, which fold and unfold, constantly. The radio is a nightmare as it’s all on the screen – and you have to look at it directly to understand what’s going on. Humans are analogue and a car should reflect that and not try to anticipate your every action. And the handbrake? It’s an on/off switch.
Lexus are no bloody use: not enough headroom unless you are a shrimp. (Same, in my experience, with Mercs.) Range Rovers are no use – no legroom. Beemers are cramped too, in my experience.
Our current Land Rover gets no problems with its diesel particulate filter because we took pains to buy one built in 2005 – no PDF!
Had a good friend who bought a very top of the range luxury used French car. He had been in the motoring trade for many years so knew what he was looking for. It had all the bells and whistles including automatic windscreen wipers. Not long after he had it, he was driving from Yorkshire down to the south coast on the motorway. Suddenly, the heavens opened in a downpour. Instead of the wipers working, all the windows went down. Nothing he did would close the windows, so by the time he got home, the water was at door sill level. His top of the range car was written off because of all the water among the wiring..
Steve, AKH, DM, Bob … ta. The modern car … glad I gave up driving.