Michael Slade
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Yorker said:We might like to think we are special and different because of what we drive but no one else really cares.
No one cares? Dang.
Yorker said:We might like to think we are special and different because of what we drive but no one else really cares.
Alaska Mike said:I think they all rock. Well, maybe not the Freelander...
They like the Liberty?Tanto said:Humm...same thing Jeep owners say about the Compass.
:jump: Nope they just laugh at us trying to argue how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. :xxrotflmaMichael Slade said:No one cares? Dang.
MuddyMudskipper said:They like the Liberty?
Very possibly. Or perhaps their need to "belong".Yorker said:Are we? Or are we simply exposing the American owner's need to feel unique and attempting to express it through the choice of vehicle?
I don't think even the most rabid fan of modern Land Rovers would describe them as simple. Land Rover has never been much more simple or capable than their contemporaries, and in some cases they've been less so. A remarkable brand mechanically? Not particularly, except that they carried old technology longer than most until they decided to try to lead the industry.Yorker said:It really isn't that unique an experience, other vehicles have crappy axles, leak oil and have travelled the world time and time again. There is a dichotomy amongst US LR owners- there are those who are into it for the image they think it portrays to others, and there are those who enjoy the vehicle for the simplicity and capability it gives them. Sure there are those who are into it for a blend of the two too.
Could be. I know exactly zero European Rover owners, but the characterization could be dead-on.Yorker said:Perhaps I have a unique situation but at least 1/2 of the LR enthusiasts I know are Europeans living here- and their approach and attitude to LR's is often a stark contrast to your average American enthusiast's. They are much more pragmatic and don't buy into this the way many here do. To them it is a vehicle- they don't love LRs any less than we do but their attitude about them is somehow different. They don't put LR up on an alter and ascribe to it some sort of mythical supremacy. I actually had one of them tell me that in his opinion "US LR people are exactly like Jeep enthusiasts are in Europe..."
Yorker said:We might like to think we are special and different because of what we drive but no one else really cares.
Michael Slade said:No one cares? Dang.