[ROVERNET - UK] People who buy Rovers

Tue Apr 8 12:39:20 BST 2008

I'll have to pay more attention to the Honda Pilots, Slats.  Is the primary 
drive front or rear wheel?  I guess there is no Diesel version in the states 
yet?  My '91 740 Volvo wagon, turbo charged with stick shift, gets 25 in the 
city, 28 on the highway, and probably half that when towing 3500 + pounds. 
Our Volvo automatic wagons, '90 240 and '97 960, get 23 at most and far less 
in the city, and not as fun to drive as the '91.

I wonder if any of the Pilots are straight and simple stick shifts.

But I look forward to getting the '71 Rover TC out of storage for the 
summer.  It stays glued to the roughest winding roads of New England.  I've 
got an official Rover hitch to bolt on, but don't know how much I dare tow. 
My sense is that the differential is pretty fragile and may be the limiting 
factor.  Maybe install a 3500 unit?

Hank

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <slatskars at comcast.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] People who buy Rovers

> Hank,
>
> My Honda Pilot(2003) will carry eight folks, tow 4,500 lbs and gets 22 mpg 
> on the highway. All of this is better except the tow rating than the 1993 
> Range Rover LWB that it replaced.  It is quite luxurious, comfortable, 
> handles well, reliable and if it holds up as well as the other vehicles 
> that I have will exceed 200,000 miles with little difficulty. The 4-wheel 
> drive is a selectable system,not full time, used only in 1st and 2nd gear 
> at low speeds to get out of a jam. After five years, I still remark to 
> myself, what a car on occassion. Very happy with it. It can also be towed 
> as by a motor home if desired. Not all automaticc trasmissions can be 
> towed without modifications.
>
> Slats
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Hank and Sally Manwell" <hdmanwell at alumni.bates.edu>
>> Is there a Honda that holds as much as a brick wagon, gets mid 20s or 
>> better
>> fuel mileage, and tows 3500# or more and handles well while doing it? 
>> And
>> doesn't have the complex four wheel drivetrain to maintain on up close to
>> 300k miles that we like to keep cars?  Even with my "love-hate" 
>> relationship
>> with Volvo, I'd stick with "the devil I know" if I could.  The Volvo 
>> Cross
>> Country is a great car to drive, but I don't want to maintain all that
>> complex drivetrain and bells and whistles.  I think some Volvos in Europe
>> may not be loaded up with all those bells and whistles.
>>
>> Too bad Range Rovers and Land Rovers get such abysmal fuel mileage - and 
>> no
>> diesel version here in the states.
>>
>> Hank
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <slatskars at comcast.net>
>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 4:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] People who buy Rovers
>>
>>
>> > Honda's!
>> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> > From: "Hank and Sally Manwell" <hdmanwell at alumni.bates.edu>
>> >> My father began driving Rovers in 1954 and that's all he drove for the
>> >> last
>> >> 35 years of his life.  He was a university zoology professor.  And 
>> >> there
>> >> was
>> >> always a second one for my mother to drive one and a third one for his
>> >> son
>> >> to be servicing while waiting for one of the others to need attention.
>> >> And
>> >> just for fun, we imported our P2 Tourer from England in the early 70s.
>> >>
>> >> My family needed a more competent hauler, so have been driving Volvo
>> >> brick
>> >> wagons for the last 30 years.  But for fun and economy I drive the 
>> >> Series
>> >> II
>> >> P6 in the summer when space isn't needed and, considering the size of
>> >> car,
>> >> the trunk is large enough - much better than the P4s.
>> >>
>> >> Volvo doesn't make "bricks" anymore.  So what's next?
>> >>
>> >> Hank
>> >>
>> >
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