overlander said:
Being miles away from the nearest paved road, enjoying a Shiraz with a well made game meat on a white cloth covered table illuminated by moonlight and campfire, and looking forward to a well earned Cameroon leaf Churchill pretty much says it all. Anything else is just is not keeping with the marque.
That sure sounds like what the BMW & Ford marketing folks have told us about the green oval lifestyle.
Your lifestyle description may represent the ultimate green oval lifestyle but it has been my observation that the black oval lifestyle tends to be a little more blue collar and runs the gamut from cheap beer and eating directly out of an unheated can of beans through gourmet dining.
Black oval owners tend to be individualists with different lifestyles, different preferences and different ways of living. Rugged individualists who tend to ignore social fads. Near as I can tell, about the only thing that most all black oval drivers have in common as a "lifestyle" is the love of the black oval, love and respect for nature and a strong tendency to tread lightly. Everything else is subject to individual tastes.
overlander said:
Land Rover Lifestyle tip: If you don't spend any time during trip prep thinking how to keep the wine bottles from breaking, you aren't planning a Land Rover trip.
I haven't worried about wine bottles breaking for decades. Go to most any wine tasting room and you will find wine offered for sale in wooden boxes that can be shipped via common carrier. Flat boxes of different sizes that can hold from 2 through 4 bottles side by side, each separated by a wood divider. Wine bottles stored in those wood boxes take up minimal space and protect the bottles from most anything. Stack them, stack stuff on them and the wine is protected.
An important aspect is knowing which wines to bring along. One should never bring an aged wine on an off road trip because they are too delicate to handle the shaking and deliver the full flavour you get from the aging process. I personally prefer to bring wines no older than 4 years. The younger wines just seem to stand up to the abuse better.
Personally I usually pack a bottle of a hearty zinfandel, a bottle of dry reisling and a second red, usually a Southern Rhone or Spanish. I also tend to bring along a few bottles of my favorite ales as well.
My Land Rover also has a built in tea cabinet that can hold up to 7 varieties of tea (room for 7 tea boxes).