Sighting: LR Series II on Dirty Jobs

[chris snell]

I was flying back to Utah from NYC and watching live TV from my seat (JetBlue rules). Dirty Jobs was on and Mike Rowe was visiting a monkey sanctuary in South Africa. In the episode, Mike gets to do some repair work on the family's trusty Series II. The truck got a lot of "face time" in the episode. They even showed the bumper sticker: "I'd rather push my Landy than drive a Cruiser".

Hopefully, the episode will show up here (http://www2.digitaldistractions.org:8080/torrents.php?showid=dj) soon...

[tkavan01]

I was flying back to Utah from NYC and watching live TV from my seat (JetBlue rules). Dirty Jobs was on and Mike Rowe was visiting a monkey sanctuary in South Africa. In the episode, Mike gets to do some repair work on the family's trusty Series II. The truck got a lot of "face time" in the episode. They even showed the bumper sticker: "I'd rather push my Landy than drive a Cruiser".

Hopefully, the episode will show up here (http://www2.digitaldistractions.org:8080/torrents.php?showid=dj) soon...I saw that episode the other night as well, man would i like to own a defender truck, although i'd be more a fan of the 110...

fj40 aren't bad landcruisers though, i guess i'm an oddity bc i'm not a normal defender owner...

[rover4x4]

whats a "normal defender owner" ?

[Trigger]

I've got that on my Tivo from when it aired a couple months ago. I'll pull it and edit it down to just the bit with them working on and crawling under the Rover.

[tkavan01]

whats a "normal defender owner" ?close minded snob about how great their vehicle is :)

[snuffer]

close minded snob about how great their vehicle is :)


Seems odd that of all of the Defender owners that I have been around over the last five years, very few of them fit your description of "normal".

Guess I've just been lucky ;)

[tkavan01]

Seems odd that of all of the Defender owners that I have been around over the last five years, very few of them fit your description of "normal".

Guess I've just been lucky ;)wish i knew a few of them :( unfortunetly i know more d90 owners in the real world then i do on this board...

[snuffer]

wish i knew a few of them :( unfortunetly i know more d90 owners in the real world then i do on this board...


I meant real world, I swap info and opinions with the guys here but I only know a few of them. Oh yeah, the ones from here that I actually know don't fit your description of normal.

Not saying you are wrong, it's just not been my experience.

[tkavan01]

I meant real world, I swap info and opinions with the guys here but I only know a few of them. Oh yeah, the ones from here that I actually know don't fit your description of normal.

Not saying you are wrong, it's just not been my experience.
agreed, here on this board people are pretty good, alot of people here have been through alot, done tons of upgrades etc... unfortunetly in the real world i haven't been to any get togethers but i have met alot of owners with garage queens... both before i bought my d90 and after... those are the ones that are mostly stuck up...

[snuffer]

agreed, here on this board people are pretty good, alot of people here have been through alot, done tons of upgrades etc... unfortunetly in the real world i haven't been to any get togethers but i have met alot of owners with garage queens... both before i bought my d90 and after... those are the ones that are mostly stuck up...


I see where your commin' from. I think the guys who wheel 'em are the real enthusiasts.