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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: clover on March 07, 2009, 18:19:14

Title: British made
Post by: clover on March 07, 2009, 18:19:14: Seems according a certain magazine that Land Rovers is in vogue at the moment because we are seen as flying the flag. Made in Britain and supporting British workforce etc... Being one of only a few car manufactures that this is true of. I always one for getting on the bandwagon... So how about it then? Isn't it about time we could buy stickers that say as much. Is there such a thing on the market already? So what do you think muddyweb?
Title: Re: British made
Post by: MudPlugger on March 07, 2009, 19:57:58: I'm one for getting on band wagons too.

1st car: Rover 416
2nd car: Rover 218 SLD
3rd car: Land Rover Discovery 200TDi.

Nuff said, always buy british :D
Title: Re: British made
Post by: hairyasswelder on March 08, 2009, 11:56:43: Quote from: MudPlugger on March 07, 2009, 19:57:58
I'm one for getting on band wagons too.

1st car: Rover 416
2nd car: Rover 218 SLD
3rd car: Land Rover Discovery 200TDi.

Nuff said, always buy british :D

Current vehicles:-

Transit
Rover 420sd
Range Rover

Previous cars were mainly Vauxhalls (corsa, cav, etc)

Steve
Title: Re: British made
Post by: mikiep1986 on March 08, 2009, 21:21:27: well mine have been sorta british . .

1st Ford fiesta mk2 1.1
2nd Ford escort mk5 1.4
3rd Ford Focus 1.8
4th land rover discovery 2.5tdi
Title: Re: British made
Post by: MudPlugger on March 08, 2009, 21:33:58: Ford's are American!!!

They do make a damn good car though, the crossflow engine was their best IMO
Title: Re: British made
Post by: carracarra13 on March 08, 2009, 22:36:26: how many have discos with ford engins ?
Title: Re: British made
Post by: MudPlugger on March 08, 2009, 23:19:27: Mine has a British Made engine :)
Title: Re: British made
Post by: hairyasswelder on March 09, 2009, 19:00:37: Quote from: MudPlugger on March 08, 2009, 21:33:58
Ford's are American!!!

American owned but built in Dagenham so........ 50/50 ?? ;)

Rover now owned by Chinese?
Land Rover now part of Tata group??

Anybody got a london taxi :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: British made
Post by: discodunk on March 09, 2009, 22:37:48: :dance: :dance: 2 discoverys and a mgzr(rover) british all the way :D :D :D
Title: Re: British made
Post by: Boddle on March 10, 2009, 08:30:28: Quote from: mikiep1986 on March 08, 2009, 21:21:27
well mine have been sorta british . .

1st Ford fiesta mk2 1.1
2nd Ford escort mk5 1.4
3rd Ford Focus 1.8

All of which will have been made either in Cologne Germany or Genk in Belgium

Defender Tomb-Raider 110 initiated by BMW but sold under Ford banner but at least it was build here Britain (even the Engine)
5.3L V12 XJS HE sports (TWR) 1988 Jaguar Cars Ltd a true British car (fast, stylish, corrodes like as fast as it goes and spent a lot of time being repaired)
Title: Re: British made
Post by: clbarclay on March 10, 2009, 14:17:55: The rover 200, 400 600 and 800 series cars a not 100% british, much of the design was a colaberation with honda. Goodnes knows when rover last designed a completetly new car, some of the desig of the bubble shape rovers and MGs was carried on from eailer cars.

My normal run about is a rover 216, but like the RRC I don't have it to be patriotic. IMHO I don't think that mass production is a forte of the british.
Title: Re: British made
Post by: Hissy on March 10, 2009, 16:17:13: I'm doing my bit :grin: check my avatar ........... :dance:
Work day wheels Ford Transit
Title: Re: British made
Post by: Hissy on March 10, 2009, 16:37:47: Quote from: hairyasswelder on March 09, 2009, 19:00:37

Anybody got a london taxi :lol: :lol: :lol:

Eek !!!!! New TX4 fitted with 2.5 VM MOTORI Engine

http://www.lti.co.uk/tx4/engine/

Hope it's a better effort than the old Range Rover version :roll:
Title: Re: British made
Post by: mikiep1986 on March 10, 2009, 20:04:11: Quote from: MudPlugger on March 08, 2009, 21:33:58
Ford's are American!!!

They do make a damn good car though, the crossflow engine was their best IMO

yea have got to agree the crossflow is a good engine easy to work on and tune . . can rememeber working on my brothers with him .. . that is the only downfall with a ford is that there american sorta . . .
Title: Re: British made
Post by: combatjohnny on March 13, 2009, 19:52:00: I have 300tdi disco and a td5 disco also a 1967 mgb gt british through and through oh just got rid of a mg zt+190.
Did try a toy boater surf import but lasted 8 months cracked the head twice £1200 each time. Sticking to british at least if it breaks its cheap to fix and part are everywhere.
Title: Re: British made
Post by: boss on March 13, 2009, 20:23:41: just orderd a set of BIG stickers saying "made in england" for the disco. along with "team slacker" and "yes it is road leglal" pm me if you want any ;)
Title: Re: British made
Post by: lee celtic on March 13, 2009, 20:54:41: Won't be putting made in england on mine [-X

Where I live it would get torched :lol: :lol:

The locals don't like the george cross much ....
Title: Re: British made
Post by: hairyasswelder on March 14, 2009, 09:26:14: Quote from: boss on March 13, 2009, 20:23:41
just orderd a set of BIG stickers saying "made in england" for the disco. along with "team slacker" and "yes it is road leglal" pm me if you want any ;)

Hope you spell it right on the stickers :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: British made
Post by: boss on March 14, 2009, 09:53:55: yes :lol:
Title: Re: British made
Post by: Jambo on March 15, 2009, 09:15:27: Quote from: hairyasswelder on March 09, 2009, 19:00:37
Quote from: MudPlugger on March 08, 2009, 21:33:58
Ford's are American!!!

Anybody got a london taxi :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yes Ive got 38 London Taxis
Title: Re: British made
Post by: carracarra13 on March 21, 2009, 22:14:41: Quote from: lee celtic on March 13, 2009, 20:54:41
Won't be putting made in england on mine [-X

Where I live it would get torched :lol: :lol:

The locals don't like the george cross much ....
I wonder why? lee lol ;)why not put gt britton
Title: Re: British made
Post by: Range Rover Blues on March 22, 2009, 17:46:31: Quote from: hairyasswelder on March 08, 2009, 11:56:43
Quote from: MudPlugger on March 07, 2009, 19:57:58
I'm one for getting on band wagons too.

1st car: Rover 416
2nd car: Rover 218 SLD
3rd car: Land Rover Discovery 200TDi.

Nuff said, always buy british :D

Current vehicles:-

Transit
Rover 420sd
Range Rover

Previous cars were mainly Vauxhalls (corsa, cav, etc)

Steve

Escort (Halewood)
Cavalier (Luton)
Fiesta (Dagenham)
Range Rover
Range Rover
RangeRover

But my RS was made in Sarlouis
Range Rover
Title: Re: British made
Post by: carracarra13 on March 22, 2009, 20:19:14: we now ave a 1995 3.9 v8 disco and Im smiling excpt when I pull in the petrol station however gas conversion on the cards so I gues ours is british as have the last two we had rrc v8 3.9 vouge, and a discovery tdi200 ( sadly in my m8s garden not viable to do up rotten)
Title: Re: British made
Post by: Boddle on March 23, 2009, 08:36:39: V8 Rover was originally V8 Buick so thats American
TD5 British design and assembled German owned company.
Title: Re: British made
Post by: carracarra13 on March 23, 2009, 16:15:18: Iwas waiting for somone to say that lol :lol:
Title: Re: British made
Post by: muddyjames on March 23, 2009, 17:39:34: I have a rover 620 and owned it for coming up 10 years now. :D Going to lpg it hopefully.
then I got a series landy as a toy then sold it and got another series landy, sold that to buy the rangie, soldthat to buy the disco.

I drive a dennis lorry at work which I think is English? Sometimes a merc with made in scotland on the body. :-) :lol: