[rescue] My new toy in Laurel MD!

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Tim H. wrote:

> > > You mean like a Land Rover Discovery, or whatever they call that
> > > yuppy thing that doesn't even have a 2 speed transfer case?
> >
> > IIRC it does.
> >
> > People do drive them properly.... Police, Army, Mountain rescue in the
> > UK all use them. So there must be something good about them.
>
> Maybe I'm talking about a different model, or maybe the US one is
> different, but there is a Land Rover (oh, excuse me, Range Rover) in the
> US that does not have a low range.  It really is targeted at the yuppy
> market and not set up for functionality off road.  A true Suburban
> Assault Vehicle.  It could very well be different in the UK, frequently
> vehicles with good qualities have them all removed for the US market.

I believe the Land Rover to which you refer is the "Freelander".

Peace...  Sridhar