After reading the thread "your first car" I noticed that I'm not alone in age.
So how old is everyone and what made you buy a rover?

 

I myself bought a Rover 2 weeks after attending SAE (Southern Appalachian exploration). This is the first pic I took of her.

 

24

Test drove my Discovery for a day, took it back to the dealership. Looked online all night at Rover forums and clubs such as Texas Rovers. Learned about their SCARR event, wanted to be a part of the community but accepted the fact that I wouldn't be. Then three days later went back and looked at the Discovery again, bought it, pulled a bunch of stickers off of it, took it to SCARR. :P

Went from this family. (Still, kinda sorta, a part of this. Every friend I have still has at least one GTP... and I still have this one. :P )




To this one, my first year at SCARR right after purchase.


To this currently, same Disco.

 

im 29.

after i rode in my brother-in-laws Wolf i was sold.

 

i'm 45. after i traveled from Jo'burg to the Zambezi and back in a Classic I never looked back. I lived in London a few years as well so was exposed to lots.

 

i'm 30. i've always loved the look of them. had a junk 1997, sold it, now i'm in a much nicer 2003, love it.
jon

 

I'm 37.

3 or so years ago I was test driving a customer's D1. It was the first Landy I had ever driven, and I thought to myself, "Why would anyone EVER buy one of these?! It's slow, you sit 3 feet in the air, all of the buttons and handles are in the wrong place...complete rubbish!"

I drove it again a few days later and liked the seating position for the view, realised it is slow, but 4WD and can get you anywhere, and actually liked the odd buttons and handles for the British quirkiness.

I started looking for one, and found this D2 about 100 miles away for cheap because the engine was shot. Had it towed home, replaced the engine with a used one, and now wouldn't trade it for almost anything.

 

27 and 11/12

I've loved the look of the Discovery for as long as I can remember liking cars, and was fortunate enough to be able to buy my first one during my 2nd year of college. A willow green '96 DI. Overheated it on I-65N on the way to a wedding during a blistering TN summer, and had to sell it soon after that. Still regret giving it up.

Had a (miserable) 2.5 year Rover-less period before buying my '02 DII in '09.

Day after purchase...


And now...

 

Over the hill and the devil made me do it.

 

Old enough to be a grand father, fell in love while watching Mutual of Omaha and watching the box with the spare tire on the hood drive anywhere it wanted.
Almost bought a brand new Discovery 5speed in '95, all I had to do was sign the papers and drive her home.
But gas was expensive so I passed and bought a brand new Oldsmobile instead.
In '98 I was going to buy a off lease '96.
In 2001 I almost bought a 2000.
In 2004 I was going to trade my Infiniti for a 2001 even up, traded for a Mazda MPV instead.
Then in '96 I was looking hard at a '99 Range Rover.
Found my '97 in '07 and have not regretted it.