Had a series 2 swb 2.5 petrol for a year or so, I actually needed this vehicle and it would go anywhere. There endeth the plus points. The minus points were :noisy, vibratory, thirsty, uncomfortable, draughty and at times unreliable due to age.The carburetter used to ice up in the winter and the thing used to grind to a halt in the middle of nowhere, this was last thing I really needed on a cold, wet, windswept dark winters morning as I used to have to get out and chip the ice from the carb' bellmouth to get it going again!
This thing was ponderous, you could get scurvy on a long trip and when you did get there, you were suffering from shell shock and a depleted wallet due to the fuel consumption. You could get 'white finger' syndrome if you rested your hand on the gear lever at anything above 45mph.
When I got home from work, my dog, who loved anything with wheels, would bound across the garden and jump up on the spare wheel on the bonnet just so he could get free ride up the driveway!
I learned to hate and despise the thing and was glad to see the back of it but think on this, if everything in life was perfect, it would be a really dull existence with nothing to laugh about and reminisce over. This machine was a workhorse, very agricultural and was outstandingly good when used for the purpose for which it was designed. It served my purpose at the time and made me further appreciate my Rover SD1 which I absolutely loved.
As a footnote, I used to own a 4.2 series 3 Jaguar and on fuel, it was much cheaper to run compared to that Landrover!
