[ SECRET POST #2148 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2148 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't get it.

[(Anonymous)]

OP seems to be of the belief that the only use for a Land Rover is to onto unclassified roads/byways/greenlanes/farm tracks or off-road. I, presonally, disagree. A Land Rover is a car, just like any other, and cars are meant to be used. That this particular make is capable, in hands of a driver who knows what he's doing and provided the routes taken are all legal roads marked as such on a map, of going to places other ones can't is irrelevant.

To the OP; are you one of the increasingly vocal group that tars all Land Rover owners with the brush of the irresponsible lot that wreck the unmetalled lanes and drive off-road illegally and who wouldn't be allowed into a legitimate Land Rover Club if they paid a million pounds?

[(Anonymous)]

Where I live It's pretty normal to see land-rovers or any kind of 4x4 used just for getting around. I think that's the same in most rural areas of the UK. They're not considered cool at all, pretty much the opposite.

[(Anonymous)]

The back streets I live on don't get gritted at all. When it gets icy it's dangerous to even be a pedestrian when there's a car slip-sliding its way along. The handful of 4x4s back here don't have that problem at all.

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt

There are much smaller vehicles available than the one in the picture that have four-wheel drive, traction control, etc. I live in Wisconsin and lots of people have small cross-over SUVs or all-wheel drive cars and get by just fine in the snow and ice. My car is actually only front-wheel drive and while it takes some extra care, I still manage without sliding or getting stuck.

I was going to agree with this secret because my initial thought when I saw this episode was "Are they going on safari?" but after reading the comments, I guess there's a cultural divide here and it looks normal if you're British.

[writerserenyty]

Actually, in the UK Land Rovers are typically considered to be markers of wealth; the well-off drive them. It's mainly because it implies that you have enough land to justify driving one, and land has been historically a marker of the wealthy.

Source: my British culture professor.

[thedivinegoat]

Most people I know with Land Rovers are very far from well off, but then they're generally driving old beat-up ones that have had a couple of sheep living in the back.

[(Anonymous)]

Well in fact it's also considered pretty wankerish. Especially in London where I live. The roads are all from pre car days, so are really small. These big cars are way too big for the roads. They are considered to be sending a fuck off message to everyone, and that you really don't care about the environment, or other road users of these small crowded streets.

[(Anonymous)]

Not OP, but I think the point is that it's a large and very petrol-hungry car that isn't strictly necessary unless you're towing something or travelling on poorly maintained roads.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm in the U.S., but the reason I would roll my eyes at people cruising around good-condition roads in a Land Rover or equivalent is that it's a gas guzzler, and taking it is pretty wasteful if you don't have to.

Actually, I don't really roll my eyes at people doing it in real life, because I drive my mom's minivan to my medical appointments and don't have a whole lot of room to talk. I roll my eyes at pickup trucks and SUVs which have weirdly huge wheels and are far taller than they should be. But it is kind of a truism that many vehicles of this type are marketed with ads showing them driving through the wilderness, and then people buy them and use them to drive to Starbucks.