ikw777 said...
Just about anything that came out of the British Car industry.
Well I worked with a car buff in a govt dept for 25 yrs. He was in charge of ordering in vehicles. We tried them all - well the 4wds at least. The worst was a Landrover Defender 110 with the V8. It was the only one that ever left us stranded in the bush. Right from day one. brand new it barely worked. We took it back for service and had the mechanic explain how he'd blocked this hose with a ball bearing, tweaked a bend in a few other things , " Take it away and try it, see how it goes" ! This was just as emission regulations were coming in I suppose, but you'd reckon they have had it more sorted than that. Then out of the blue going down hill at 110 kph it'd get these death wobbles in the front end. You could barely hang on to the steering wheel. Frightening.
By British contrast, prior to that, we had an early model 2 door Rangie, it was very 2nd hand from the entomology department. They'd hang butterfly nets out the window and go wherever to catch them. They needed the best off road suspension, so they said. What other govt dept ever justified a Rangie? But it was the most endearing vehicle we ever had, a favourite of all.
No amount of surfing gear on top made it look better...
