And it’s a doozy- a 2000 Land Rover Range Rover, jet black, navigation system, killer stereo.
Beautiful. Happy late Christmas to me!
The best thing- it’s considered a “company car!” My company makes the payments, pays for gas and insurance, and at the end, if we still have it, it’s ours!
We already have a 2002 Discovery II of our own, and we traded the 2000 Discovery with the heavy miles on it towards this new one.
I am going over there to pick it up right now! Wheeeee!
My sis has a Land Rover. I’m indifferent towards those things. Looks like a metal box on wheels, but rides like a dream. You can ride over speedbumps in those things and not even feel it.
Just kidding- we are very lucky with our work situation. We both work for my mother-in-law, so the emphasis is on paying ourselves more, rather than making money for “the company”, you know? Also, because I drive her grandsons around, they must be in the safest vehicle we can get our hands on. This is it.
Drove it around last night and today- wow. Big, heavy, solid- I love this thing.
It was a lease return of a special edition (can’t remember the cool special name, but they only brought 250 into the US), so it’s a bummer that there are scratches that aren’t mine. But I’ll get over it!
I thin it’s called the Vitesse, 4.6L V8, AWD, and it does everything but make my coffee.
Coldie, I know you are partial to Defenders, but we had to think of the children! Although a yellow 1997 Defender 90 automatic is my husband’s dream car. He’ll have to wait, unfortunately!
Thing is, I think a Defender should be as spartan as possible. Vinyl seats, manual gear, diesel engine, short wheel base, no aircon, possibly a radio. The ultimate dirt machine. You want comfort? Get a Discovery or a Range Rover, they’re great for that. Since you own both, I’d say you’re doing OK for yourself.
Actually Coldie, there is a pretty spartan Defender at my dealership right now, just waiting for a good home. It’s a 1953 Defender Series I, with 500 miles on a rebuilt engine (true mileage unknown), new wiring harness. Also, there are no floormats (hell, there’s almost no floorboards), no aircon or radio, no interior at all except paint (dark green, of course) and no top. Oh wait, there’s a Union Jack on it somewhere!
All this can be yours for only $11,500 US! It is so cool. I would just park it in front of my house and watch the men all pause…
Oh, and in CA with our traffic woes, if you are going to spend any time at all on our freeways, a manual tranny gets pretty tiresome, hence the wish for the automatic. Also, it’s easier to simultaneously eat our Big Macs, drink our Pepsis, smoke our cigarettes, talk on our cellphones and apply our makeup in the car if we don’t have to shift!