Land rover VS; Jeep, who is best?

XJNUTTIER · 11-13-2009, 09:29 AM

Hey guys, I know this might be a lil off topic, but I am in the middle of a pissing match with some guys on facebook, of what vehicle is better Jeep or Rovers, and Keep in mind all the aspects to this, initial cost, cost of ownership, insuance, and so on, I owuld like to hear some of your input, so I could link them to this site. Thanks guys...

jcaplins · 11-13-2009, 09:32 AM

which Rover vs. which Jeep?

SkinnyMe97 · 11-13-2009, 09:37 AM

Are we talking stock form or modded out ?

XJNUTTIER · 11-13-2009, 09:39 AM

LOL, whatever you guys want stock or modded, cherokee, wrangler, old or new, any input you feel is relative to why Jeeps rock so much, and Rover are cool, but Why would spend that much coin?

**xjfever** · 11-13-2009, 09:40 AM

I am afraid you may get some biased answers since you asked this on a jeep technical forum.

XJNUTTIER · 11-13-2009, 09:42 AM

LOL lets just be as open minded as possible, I like defender 90's i think they are cool, but way overpriced..

SkinnyMe97 · 11-13-2009, 09:43 AM

Cool , in that case Jeep wins . You can build'em any way you want for half the price and most of your friends will help you work on them for a few beers .

XJNUTTIER · 11-13-2009, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by SkinnyMe97

Cool , in that case Jeep wins . You can build'em any way you want for half the price and most of your friends will help you work on them for a few beers .

Good start, the part of them that drives me nuts, is the arrogance of the owners,a nd the fact you jsut can't run to the local auto store to get the part you may need.. My buddy has a 98 disco, and it wont shift out of park.. it could be as simple as a brake light out, yes you heard me right a brake light out.. or some crazy electronic actuator under the console, that is bolted down like fort knox, or a relay, and so on and so forth..

SkinnyMe97 · 11-13-2009, 10:24 AM

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Good start, the part of them that drives me nuts, is the arrogance of the owners

Yeah I hate that too . I mean come on it's a 4x4 , mud on the rockers and tree branch scratches in the paint should come standard !

**MGrobe** · 11-13-2009, 10:29 AM

Moving to Non-Tech

SkinnyMe97 · 11-13-2009, 10:34 AM

In all seriousess Jeep makes a much more versital vehicle . You can run the gambit from a mallcrawler on dub's to 12"s of lift on 38's . How much can you really personalize a Rover ?

XJohnnyC · 11-13-2009, 10:45 AM

Yes, the attitude of some Rover owners is not the best. Earlier this year, I was leading a group of five Jeeps through John Bull up in Big Bear. We came across a group of three Rovers who were blocking the trail because one of them was broken down.

When we asked if we could get by, they refused to move their vehicles even though there was plenty of room. So we asked what we could do to help. The broken down Discovery had tried to winch over a not-so-big rock and had gotten stuck. Couldn't winch forward anymore. And he couldn't roll back since his winch cable was so taut that they couldn't release the winch clutch.

I went down, got my winch line on him and pulled him forward enough so that they could remove his winch line. Then I had to jump-start him three times until the engine would keep running. End of story, or so we thought.

He decides to turn around and go back into town. But his two buddies wanted to keep going forward. So they tell their friend to go back into town with us. They didn't ask us or anything, but being nice guys, we said that we could make sure he got back into town since it was only a few miles.

About a half mile down, the Disco stops dead. The guy's rear diff was fubared because the tires weren't spinning at all. So we get a strap on him and continue to pull him down the trail. We drop him off next to the main highway and he calls AAA.

WHO would leave their stranded "friend" behind so they could continue having fun? If it was any of our group, I know that we would ALL turn around to get a broken down Jeep back into town. We wouldn't leave a friend with a bunch of strangers. Or expect the strangers to be so helpful.

That was actually my second Rover recovery. A few months before, I had to winch a Range Rover backwards to get him to a clear spot because he was also blocking traffic in both directions. He had an electrical issue, imagine that. Again, the attitude of these guys was not the best.

But to be fair to Rovers, we've also gotten the attitude from Yotas and Wranglers. The attitude of "I'm better than you" is very childish. We are all supposed to be grown adults out having fun. Who cares what someone else is driving?

XJSport · 11-13-2009, 10:57 AM

I'll give my non-biased opinion here. Basically, the Rover stock vs. stock will be more capable than a Jeep. That is, if it's running at all. Poor engineering, very expensive and hard to find parts, etc. You can take an old stock XJ for cheap, put a few grand into it and turn it into a fantastic trail rig, and that's still like 1/10 the price of a brand new stock Landy. A used Landy? Dear lord, don't even bother unless you have a big bank account. Plus, a lot of Landy's, like the new Defender, are absolute garbage on road, while fantastic off road. The Jeep is great on road and off, doesn't cost you $100 to change its windshield wipers, and it's American made.

Jeep wins!

**Apostle** · 11-13-2009, 11:12 AM

was never a fan of landrover. didnt like the look. but the other day i saw a freelander that was decked out pretty nice (mall crawler). i wouldnt mind owning one

**leftlanetruckin** · 11-13-2009, 11:16 AM

Same stuff, different day.
I guess I better not comment too much though, being stuck up and all.
As far as the reliability goes, I have over 190K on mine with every single thing working as it should. Can't say the same for Jeeps I have owned unfortunately.
Parts prices? 99% of service items come from Advance Auto Parts.
Other parts are just as reasonable as Jeep parts.
As with anything else, ignorance will cost you dearly. Anyone taken their Jeep to a dealership lately? Thought not....
A little reading and home work will fix 99% of Land Rover issues at very little cost.
And I hate to be the one to break it to you, stock vs stock, the Land Rover will win every time assuming drivers with same skill level and comparable models.
Grand Cherokee vs Range Rover.
JK vs Defender.
And so on....
Mind if the OP had bothered searching for "land rover vs jeep" he would have seen this same lame discussion comes up often enough.
Sorry for being so "stuck up" I guess I will have to watch who I offer jeep advice to in the future huh?

Martin