[ROVERNET - UK] People who buy Rovers

Tue Apr 8 18:24:19 BST 2008

Hank,

The Pilots are primarily front wheel drive. No stick shift available to my knowledge. They do have a two wheel drive version available now. They are essentially the same vehicle as the Accura MDX. Made in Canada! They really are great vehicles.

Slats
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From: "Hank and Sally Manwell" <hdmanwell at alumni.bates.edu>
> 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>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> 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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