I would never own a Range Rover. High maintenance and expensive to fix. Now I would love to own an old land rover. Low maintenance and cheap and easy to fix.
I have owned a 1987 Range Rover, a 1997 Discovery, and a 2008 Grand Cherokee.
I presently own a 2002 Excursion with a V10, a 1987 Mercedes Unimog U1300l, a 1966 Mercedes 404 Unimog, and a Belgian Army 1973 Land Rover Series III Lightweight.
The Range Rover required little maintenance.
The Disco was worse.
The Lightweight, normal.
The Grand Cherokee, horrible.
The 404 Unimog, a couple of engines, but easy change.
The U1300L, replaced one light bulb and a fan idler pulley bearing in 3 years. Drive it a lot, from northern New England to PA, and all over ME, NH, VT.
I would love to have a race prepared Kamaz though.
Bigger than the Unimog, over 1000 HP, and will do well over 100 MPH. Wins the Dakar Rally every year, lately in the truck division.
Made in Russia, of course.
>>Now I would love to own an old land rover. Low maintenance and cheap and easy to fix.
Yes, because we’re talking technology at the level of late 1950s agricultural equipment. A blacksmith can repair it.