It would have to be damn good to beat a G Wagen, although they, realistically are way over priced for what you get, novelty cars for those with more money than sense, make excellent second hand purchases though with Diesel engines, if it's a 5.5 petrol, it'll kill your wallet dead.

The Brixmis G Wagen was awsome!


 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

German pronunciation: "gay-vargen"  Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

To each their own  10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Brixmis also used Range Rovers, but they got smashed up a lot and I'm guessing it was easier to source spares for the Geländewagen in Berlin.
There's a small but impressive Brixmis exhibition in the former DDR comms bunker in Künersdorf near Berlin. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Gotta love the days of brixmis and soxmis cat and mouse chases lol

Except of course for the couple of people who died during them. While the big boys generally played ball, the DDR soldiers could be very nasty. In one case watching an American bleed to death while holding his mates at gunpoint to stop them helping him. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Past master wrote:

Brixmis also used Range Rovers, but they got smashed up a lot and I'm guessing it was easier to source spares for the Geländewagen in Berlin.
There's a small but impressive Brixmis exhibition in the former DDR comms bunker in Künersdorf near Berlin.

One of the pictures on the website shows the G-Wagen bogged down to the wheel hubs. Wouldn't have happened with a Landie... Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Sadly they binned the RRs as they were too unreliable & prone to damage. 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Past master wrote:

One of the pictures on the website shows the G-Wagen bogged down to the wheel hubs. Wouldn't have happened with a Landie...

Very true, the Landie would have broken down well before that point

a good read here

Interesting read Taz, but seems to completely ignore the elephant in the room - wherever you go in the third world, it's not a Merc you see, it's a Toyota (or, as I've found in some places, a VERY old Series Land Rover) Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Past master wrote:

Except of course for the couple of people who died during them. While the big boys generally played ball, the DDR soldiers could be very nasty. In one case watching an American bleed to death while holding his mates at gunpoint to stop them helping him.

Here's the details. Not quite as I was told it however. The online info states Nicholson was shot by a Soviet soldier. The version I had (from a Brixmis veteran) was that he was shot by a female East German guard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_D._Nicholson

There was at least one other death. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Not sure how all this macho stuff relates to the topic of Discovery Sports range??! Life is not a dress rehearsal!