Unimog Club UK

Hello,
Thanks for all the replies.

I think I need to dig deeper on the reliability end of things, as speed and mpg to a certain degree don't matter to much to us. Has anyone got both a land rover and a unimog and can compare the two, re reliability. This is not meant to cause some sort of flame war thingie, just would like to hear reports from owners
I have a land rover, I know how in reliable they can be in the newer models. Mine is not to bad as there are no electronics on it at all(after 26 years its now got a GPS/HUD in the form of a nexus 7 and I could almost hear the ghosts of the past screaming "WTF IS THAT THING" LOL)

thanks again
Steve

Hello,
My real name is steve and i have not got a unimog as i am at the beginning end of unimogs...

Me and the wife are going to do several stints to various (mostly)European countries, Portugal,Spain,Norway,Iceland but begin here in good old blighty. I have a poor understanding of mechanics, but i am learning well enough on my 26 year old landrover(no abuse thanks lol). It dawned on me that i dont really want to be doing "field mechanics" on the side of any road, let alone on far away parts when i should be on holiday. So i have many questions, put to people who actually own and use and repair and i hope you guys can guide me....

As most(70 per cent) of my driving will be on roads would an early model(simpler to fix) still be over kill, as the camping load will be minimalist. My angle here is not mpg, but for "are unimogs really that reliable". Would spares prices drive me bankrupt ?

I have a very old FFR 110 with an 2.5 n/a engine(again, no abuse lol) that is slow and very noisy...i know it will drive the missus nuts after a while because of the noise and will make her ears bleed. Would it prudent to look at a turbo model, if they were fitted to early unimogs ?

Thanks again for your help, and i hope to talk more on the forums..

Steve.