Harry Metcalfe’s video review of his 1954 Land Rover Series 1 is perfection.
And be sure to stick around for the last 30 seconds or so and see the new Range Rover’s hill climbing abilities surprise him.
Someone in China has taken credit for my site! I feel truly legitimate now, it’s like those knock-off iPhones!
This is separate of Ovalnews, but I still think it’s amusing. This site is an off-shoot of my original site ROVERHAUL.com. On that site I documented my year long frame-off restoration of a 1971 Land Rover Series IIA. It’s still very popular, I get questions & comments constantly. I was going through the stats on the site; always checking out the largest and most interesting referring sites. Tonight I found a Chinese language webboard with a 26-page long thread in which the author “documented” the restoration of “his” 1971 Land Rover – funny thing was, all of his pictures were mine. He cropped all of our faces, used filters and watermarked each one. He really went to some trouble to make it like it was all his. On one hand I almost feel bad because it’s pretty pathetic and on the other hand I’m just mad.
But, it is what it is – still made me laugh out loud. Best post was the one where someone else pointed out that he was a fraud using this image he posted – this is dedication:
My original:
And another amusing post in which someone said he should use a better camera, he had a response but in actuality it was state of the art digital camera for 2003!
Go check it out and you can decide if he’s really the one who did the restore, haha. This thread has been viewed 109,000 times.
http://bbs.fblife.com/thread_2475609_1.html
Hey that’s me! (or is it????)
Land Rover celebrates 50 years of testing at Eastnor Castle #landrover
Land Rover Celebrates 50 Years at Eastnor Castle
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Land Rover is celebrating 50 years of using the Eastnor Castle estate in Herefordshire as its centre for off road testing and development. Tucked away in rural Herefordshire, this historic piece of English countryside is still an important tool in the research and development of new Land Rovers as well as offering a completely unique Land Rover driving experience to members of the public.
In 1961, Land Rover first chose the 5,000 acre Eastnor Castle estate located near Ledbury, Herefordshire to assess the off-road credentials of their vehicles. Half a century on, the tradition continues, with Eastnor playing a pivotal role in the research and development of Land Rover’s outstanding all-round capability and class-leading off road performance.
As well as the cars themselves, Eastnor has been instrumental in developing an impressive collection of Land Rover technologies; such as Anti-lock Brakes, Adjustable Air Suspension, Electronic Traction Control, Hill Descent Control and Terrain Response® – many of which were world firsts in the 4×4 sector.
The tradition of testing all Land Rover models at Eastnor continues to this day. The Range Rover Evoque was the most recent model to complete its off-road apprenticeship and a large part of the Evoque’s technology, including MagneRide™, was proven on the estate, where ride dampers were tested extensively.
Terrain Response® offers drivers optimal vehicle set-up (electronic and mechanical), and performance, under a variety of off-road conditions.
Whether driving in mud, ruts, rocks, sand, grass, gravel or snow, Terrain Response® has the appropriate setting, and will optimise ride height, engine torque Response®, Hill Descent Control, Electronic Traction Control and transmission settings, ensuring a safe and controlled passage across any terrain. The Eastnor estate provides the ultimate test for all these conditions and is instrumental in the continuing development of this technology.
Eastnor has been used as not only an ideal off-road engineering ground, but since 1989, as an off-road learning centre for the emergency services, explorers, humanitarian societies such as the British Red Cross and, more recently, the general public.
Customers and fans of the brand can now book drive experience days to hone their on and off-road driving skills with tuition from a team of highly qualified Land Rover Experience instructors. Eastnor is one of over 30 centres around the world, and hosts over five and a half thousand visitors every year participating in half or full days, beginner and intermediate training as well as exciting night drives. Over a third of these visitors have travelled from overseas, keen to experience Land Rover in its heartland.