(3 December 2013, 14:54)Lightspeed Wrote: Sorry, I didn't mean to divert the thread, rather to open up other ideas on how things might be done.
Hey it was a very valid and pertinant addition to the debate and most welcome.
Landies etc are gorgous and highly capable but two reasons ut me off them, (1) they attract attention, they are magnets to the curious and up here the light fingered as well (2) they are just a tad to big for some areas and unfortunately one of those areas is here. However thinking laterally one of the original and much much smaller series 2A 88 or 90 inch Landies would do the job quite well indeed.
and as appealing as the big 4x4s are they are anything but economical and many gurlies dont like em for the EDC drive. Mrs NR spends hours trying to get in and out of various hospital car parks all day so she likes small but rugged veh-hickles.
My bias is still towards van based cars and medium sized panel vans so far, especially ( neatly getting back on topic) when you consider what I expect my vehicle to do.