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See? Even Gandalf gets it.
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He once rolled a chicken down a hill. His two cents... is worth about five bales of hay. His border collie... has no borders. He is... Gandalf the Farmer. "I don't always drive, but when I do, I drive Defender."
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I have a friend who's spent about 20 years running adventure tourism businesses in the backblocks of Africa and Asia. He once explained his theory of 4WD purchase to me:
There are only 2 choices. Landrover or Landcruiser. Everything else is for posers and townies.
If you will die if your truck dies, get a Landcruiser. They don't break
If you will die if you get stuck and you can't winch out, get a Landrover. They don't get stuck.
If your business will go bust if the truck's off the road too much, get a Landrover. Landcruisers don't break but if they do, you're off the road for months waiting for parts. Whereas practically everything which goes wrong with a Landrover can be fixed using using 2 spanners, a screwdriver, and a tin can, and for what's left, every third-world shadetree mechanic has a stash of parts. So you'll be off the road every couple of weeks but only for a few hours
If none of the above applies, harden up and get a more interesting job.
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The one thing southern Africa has, is a shit tonne of Land Rover spare parts.
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He turns mountains into moll hills.