highs n lows of buying a 109

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minikow

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The heart of scotland

• Jul 14, 2010

• #1

Damn im good,
"I could sell ice to eskimos and buy fire from hell"-minikow'10.
Sold the rangy, now were looking at a 109, its a 2.5 petrol 12 seater, on an L 1972-3, i have been advised not to buy cos its petrol, but we like it, though i would like to know what you guys think of such a brum brum, whats are the high and low points and whats to watch out for, any advice would be good,

 

hughesy

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• Jul 14, 2010

• #2

If you haven't owned a series landy before think long and hard. Get a drive in a few if you've got any mates with one. Buying and running a 40 year old landy could be great or it could be a nightmare. Most likely the latter. Choose carefully. Nothing wrong with 2.25 petrol engines apart from being slow and thirsty.

 

barmatt

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• Jul 14, 2010

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I'm with Hughesy on this mate, If you've never driven one defo get a test drive in a couple first.

Series landies are drafty, slow, have noisy engines, rattle a hell of a lot, are cold in the winter, hot in the summer, require constant maintenance and the petrol's will only get about 20 mpg if you're lucky. But on the other hand I love 'em and so do many other folks round here

 

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stratie

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• Jul 14, 2010

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I have an 09 Range Rover sport (soon to be replaced with a 2010) i also have a 1979 ex military 109, and i know whitch one i prefer to drive......yep, the 109....smiles per miles.