Jump to content
Chickens Dogs Cats Rabbits Guinea Pigs Hamsters and Gerbils Birds
tom123

Landrover experience

By tom123, in The Nesting Box

Recommended Posts

tom123 Chatty Chicken

tom123

Posted
Posted

Am off ill today :( so thought I would tell you all what me and my family did on Saturday :D

 

A couple of weeks back my dad was browsing the landrover website and at the top it said 'COMPETITION. Win a free place on a landrover experience day'

 

We clicked obviously and up came a bit about what a landrover experience is and that every month they gave away 100 free places. We signed up and last Monday got a call and we were told that we had won a place! all my dad had to do was to choose the car we would be doing it in (Brand new Discovery :wink: ) and that was it!

 

So off we go on Saturday up to Eastnor castle in the malverns (this is where they test drive the new models of landrover). We got there at 1.00pm after a walking the malverns :roll: and had a quick tour of the car then hopped in. My dad was driving, instructor next to him then me, my mum and brother were in the back. Well, it was fantastic! We went up massive cliffs, down muddy hills, over rocks, through rivers the list could go on!

 

My dad loved it as he loves landrovers and we have always owned 1. It was apparently really easy :roll: but it didn't look it.

 

This is the sort of things you do...

 

2584726853_b9ee1a6a36.jpg?v=0

dp_LR_e9ca.jpg

17QHUCWK.jpg

Disco1.jpg

Discovery3-01.jpg

 

 

Defiantly worth a look on the landrover website and the landrover experience website...

 

http://www.landrover.com/int/en/experience/overview.htm - WATCH THE VIDEO!

 

http://www.landrover.com/global/default.htm

 

 

 

Tom :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Old Speckled Hen Feathery Fanatic

Old Speckled Hen

Posted
Posted

They're great aren't they?

I had a brilliant time even though I was really scared before I started.

It's amazing what you can get a proper 4 x 4 to do and it's even more amazing how simple it actually is when you get taught properly.

I wonder how many 4 x 4 drivers actually understand the capabilities of their vehicle?

I always thought they should make urban 4 x 4s with three gears :wink: Park, shop and collect from school ..... no reverse

Link to comment
Share on other sites
tom123 Chatty Chicken

tom123

Posted
  • Author
Posted
sent OH on a landrover experience for his birthday - he loved it!

 

Wish I could say the same about our own landrover "experience" (Freelander costs us a fortune! :roll: )

 

The same with our discovery, we had to go buy the new massive disco 3! :roll: I like it though, it's better than the range rover sport we had! that was rubbish :roll:

 

Tom

Link to comment
Share on other sites
tom123 Chatty Chicken

tom123

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Me too! I already have my first car! I am only 15 but told my dad my first car HAS to be a defender, short wheel base, ifor williams back!

 

so he we are...ready and waiting for me to start driving...

 

703561.jpg

703563.jpg

 

His name is Randy (the landy :oops: )

 

Tom

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Omletina Kyckling Chicken Addict

Omletina Kyckling

Posted
Posted

Tom, you lucky, lucky chap!! I can't think of anything better to learn to drive in than a 90 pick up. They are fabulous for the driving position and all around visibility and of course they are super 8)

 

I see you also have the best colour and year for a pick up. Mine is called Baby Landy because we also have a 110 County Station wagon, which we've had since '95, who is called Landy so when mine arrived, being a little one, he had to be Baby Landy :wink:

 

Good luck with him! Bet you can't wait to be 17!! :wink:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Lesley Eggsistentialist

Lesley

Posted
Posted
.........to me there's only one Land Rover and that's the Defender (and previous Series models)

 

Touch wood, my Landy has never let me down. Here he is in all his glory....

 

20070608.jpg

 

You know Carl would have to agree with you Omletina! :D

 

We did the course at Eastnor as well, in Defenders. We did one at Rockingham for the Freelander - both great days out.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Chook n Boo Mum Eggcentric Egluowner

Chook n Boo Mum

Posted
Posted

I used to have an old G-reg long wheelbased Landy, which was older than me! Hell on wheels as far as my 2 Labs were concerned, but a brilliant workhorse.

 

We were rebuilding our house at the time & needed uncut flints for the extension. Having checked prices from builders merchants etc, we found "TreeFeller" (the name which had previously been stuck on the side!) and sourced flints from a farmer a few miles away who was constantly breaking implements on them in his field. Even buying TF & replacing a few bits & bobs, it was still so much cheaper then buying the flints. We spent many a happy weekend up on the hill picking flints & loading them into the Landy or my dad's trailer on the back, picnicing with friends who also came to help....and the dogs had never been so well exercised!!

 

Aaaah, happy days! Only disadvantage apart from having to shout at your passenger to be heard was the amount of petrol she drank :roll:

 

Maybe one day we'll have another :pray: but not a new one form what I understand, the oldies are the best!

 

Sha x

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Lesley Eggsistentialist

Lesley

Posted
Posted
but not a new one from what I understand, the oldies are the best!

 

Sha x

 

I would normally agree :wink: - but I have to say there is nothing wrong with the new ones. The only problem we've had is that when it went in to have the handbrake tightened they valeted it ! :shock::shock: It just felt so wrong to be driving a shiny, clean Defender :lol: It didn't take long to get it back to normal though :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...