[ROVERNET - UK] People who buy Rovers

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Wed Apr 9 09:49:13 BST 2008


It loses performance if you tow anything substantial.
Stick to 2 wheel tows.

PVS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hank and Sally Manwell" <hdmanwell at alumni.bates.edu>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] People who buy Rovers


> 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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