overtaking in a series 3 land rover

[@henryratajczak3071]

I've actually passed several cars that had been parked at a rest stop in both my diesel series 1 and my diesel series 2A. The steering was spot on. Definitely a white knuckles experience. What a thrill. Greetings from Florida USA

[@andrewburke5390]

You should put a car sticker on your door every time you pass one, like a pilot in the war. After so many you become an Ace.

[@colinsavill3459]

Possibly a unique KZbin video.

[@mogs507]

Forget 200 miles per hr super car's driving a old series 3 is just as involving Every trip out in mine always brings a smile to my inner self

[@calsurflance5598]

I absolutely agree. I have had a few specialty cars through the years, but none have been as engaging as my Series2A. Most smiles per mile!👍

[@erasgous]

Have a series 3 1973. I overtook a mahindra and a Toyota conquest. I'm proud of both achievements

[@hikerwoody182]

A piece of series history being made right there, most excellent ✊

[@confusicated]

Hi Gill, I once overtook a car in my series 3 too! We should start a club...

[@gillonstewart1601]

It would be a small club haha.

[@kk.spirit]

@@gillonstewart1601 😂😂😂😂😂😂 really small indeed

[@henryratajczak3071]

I'd definitely join the club. Greetings from Florida and the USA

[@paulwest6262]

I've found the trick is to use the element of surprise and catch them out.

[@travellifewithjobo5740]

Pleased that YT,recommended you...Bosch wipers are superb on my Snatch.I managed to overtake a stationary cyclist the other day.A Snatch weighs 3.6 tons.As many say,every trip in a Landy is an adventure.Snatch has a car like comfortable ride even with 10 ply tyres,and its 32 layers of Kevlar body tub doesnt let water in anywhere.No door gaps and elbow room in cab,good job,as no windows or vents open,and of course no draughts .Sheer Landy heaven .

[@Y888MTB]

Wow, great manoeuvre 👍 Steer looks spot on too, have quite a bit of play in mine....

[@Y888MTB]

Steery

[@Y888MTB]

Steering

[@The_series_series]

I know what you are telling about puma931 😂🙈

[@limyrob1383]

I too once overtook in my diesel Series, I'm in no rush to to repeat the experience. I think I just wanted to see if it was possible. Ticked that box........

[@ShedTV]

My first Land Rover was a 1970 SIIA diesel. That would do about 45mph flat out. Down a mine shaft. With a tail wind.

[@Rugbyman269]

Thats fast 😜

[@MartopoSons]

Awesome video with Awesome angle..

[@aidanring7364]

Fair play to you it is a brave man that would chance passing out in a series 3

[@oj3888]

Mate had a series3 diesel with overdrive, we got it to an indicated 70mph one day... 4.5 miles of straight road, slightly downhill...I'm kind of surprised we and the Landy survived.

[@mikekay6124]

I used to pass push bikes regularly in my 2.25 petrol. Later on I had a V8 lightweight with o/d - now that was fairly nippy. Kept breaking half shafts though....

[@mkent1213]

Bloke in the rav4 musta been like 👀😂 out his window seeing a brick pass him on a backroad, great driving

[@steamwally]

Ha! Reminds me of a couple of things- getting overtaken by a 125 Lambretta on the M20 (before I had overdrive and a well sorted engine) and overtaking a Range Rover on the M25, who's driver rapidly accelerated to pass me up again... clearly peeved.

[@sheaphing4874]

Iconic car

[@marklloyd4087]

I was driving one of these in Cyprus when I was in the UN, great fun ,brings back memories.

[@jamesscullion3162]

I think i remember them from when i was wee ....white with a sand coloured island sillouette with laurel leaves around it on the doors ? 🤔

[@zingzing5077]

Rare breed! Real bravery!!! 😆😆😆

[@inlinefourtr]

Showing that young suv how its done. Good to see something British.

[@Kay_Emm_]

My Dad has a Series 2A. I absolutely love her. Should I get a series 3 as a first car?

[@gillonstewart1601]

I'd say go for it but I'm biased. They aren't like driving a modern car though. Are you mechanically minded? If you are then my suggestion would be to get a cheap banger that will be easy to drive and cheap to insure, then get yourself a project Landy. That way you'll be mobile and can take your time building yourself your perfect Land Rover and get to know every nut and bolt in it while you're at it. Henry, the Landy in the video was my first and I'll never part with him, but I've had others too. It's an addiction!

[@Kay_Emm_]

gillon stewart I know what you mean by ‘addiction’. Thanks for the advice; I’ll keep it in mind 😆

[@A-Lovely-Bit-of-Kit]

Made me want one!

[@eckiefleckie4938]

I didn’t think it was possible...

[@forestdad]

You’ve got balls, I’ll give you that

[@Rooster-Booster]

Brilliant video! Does anyone know what app was used for the speedometer? I could do with that on mine

[@gillonstewart1601]

@@Rooster-Booster it's called digiHUD. I've no idea if you can still get it or not, I've had it for years. Still use it though.

[@Rooster-Booster]

@@gillonstewart1601 Thank you 👍

[@Rugbyman269]

My series 2a had a bmc taxi lump in it 45 mph was hard on my ears

[@somebloke5565]

1:41 Nope. the man's a charlatan. I call fake. This is that CGi wizardry.

[@caravaggiosaccomplice7841]

Is that a 6? I prefer quiet drives through country villages, but yes they can go like a panzer across the steppe when necessary.

[@gillonstewart1601]

Just a tired 2 1/4 diesel

[@caravaggiosaccomplice7841]

@@gillonstewart1601 incredible! Proves they don't make them like they used to.

[@onetonlandrover]

Great stuff, it's a good feeling isn't it? Done it a couple of times in my IIA 1-Ton, and they are very slow. I used to have a 2.25 diesel 88" series III so the sound in yours was quite familiar.

[@jamesclarkson3009]

My neighbour has one of these - 2.25 diesel like yours. He let me drive it and it was great fun but my god it felt flat out at 35. Does it just take forever to go up in speed? Maybe you have to give it loads in 3rd before going to 4th to keep it going?

[@BarryRowlingsonBaz]

What's the engine rpm at 50mph with no overdrive? 40mph in 4th seems like top speed in mine, but maybe I'm being cautious. Overdrive in and 55mph is a comfortable motorway cruising speed, but I've overtaken slow trucks on the motorway and managed a pinch over 70 downhill with a tail wind. GPS speedometer because the dashboard one doesn't work...

[@gillonstewart1601]

I really don't know to be honest, although I'm intrigued myself now so I will calculate it and get back to you. What tyres etc do you have on yours? Mine is a completely standard 2.25d 88" but fitted with 235/85 r16 tyres (metric equivalent to 109" 7.50 tyres). I have had 70 (downhill) on that same road but downhill. 60mph is possible on the level quite easily but 50-55mph is more comfortable. The camera doesn't even begin to convey the noise at those speeds!

[@gillonstewart1601]

I've calculated the engine speed at 2834 rpm at 50 mph and 3401 rpm at 60mph.

[@ScotiaDiesel]

Do you not worry taking the engine up to governor speed?? I have my 88 up to about 50 but it was screaming its tits in lol. I daren't go any faster!!

[@dombooth86]

Guessing running a 200tdi 🤔

[@gillonstewart1601]

No, standard 2.25 diesel. It's more the flat road and extremely slow geriatric

[@blackbirdmark495]

Didn’t realise that old landrovers had it in them to overtake 😂

[@buschtaxi75driver55]

ha-ha...well done :p Mind you, with my Buschtaxi, I do overtake everything which does slow me down but you need some skills and planning to do so. In the end, it is more fun 'though....my last car was a Lotus.... :)

[@hamish2202]

fuck this is gutless on a new level this is like drive it flat foot everywhere gutless

[@mikeharrison5087]

Hi Where did you get the speedo/clocks from?

[@gillonstewart1601]

I was confused for a minute, was thinking the Landy was built with them but then I realised what you meant. That's just my phone with a speedo app and screen mount. digihud I think the app is called.

[@leonshackleford9585]

After All My Range Rover 70’s / 80’s / 90’s Petrol Unleaded & Turbo Diesel Cars & Series 3 Land Rover 109 Diesel Car I Would get a Land Rover Series 3 Defender TDI 1995 M or N Reg Turbo Diesel L.R. Defender

[@archimedesbird3439]

"dangerously slow" doesn't apply here - it's raining and it's fuel-efficient and quieter to drive at this speed. But I suppose you don't care about these three variables if you're driving this vehicle.

[@gillonstewart1601]

30mph is very much dangerously slow on a national speed limit road. If anyone drives at 30mph to save fuel and have a quieter drive then they shouldn't have a license. Excessively slow speeds effectively creates a hazardous obstacle that other motorists must avoid. Drivers may not correctly assess a much slower vehicles speed in time resulting in abrupt braking or evasive overtaking. This can be particularly hazardous for large vehicles such as HGV’s that need a good deal of time to prepare in a change of speed or direction. You can be charged with driving without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other road users (penalty code CD30). The more serious penalty CD30 comes with penalty points on a motorists licence, anywhere from 3 to 9 along with a fine.

[@archimedesbird3439]

@@gillonstewart1601 The lack of a dedicated speed limit is not an invitation to go 60 mph.

[@gillonstewart1601]

@@archimedesbird3439 Yes you're quite right..... and what exactly is your point? I neither suggested it was, nor do I actually drive at 60mph in this video. To suggest, as you do, that 30mph is a reasonable speed to drive on a fast, busy main road because it is quieter and saves fuel is frankly ludicrous and dangerous however. it's people with this attitude that cause accidents because they frustrate the queues of vehicles stuck behind them that are forced to pass.

[@clooperman3745]

@@gillonstewart1601 Not all Series Land Rovers are slow, it just depends what is under the hood, a friend had a S3 109 with a 3 litre Essex V6, the speedo needle would go off the end but it did get hot inside from the heat generated by the transmission, was behind a Stage 1 on the motorway going to a 4x4 event at Trentham Gardens, l was doing 80mph and the Stage 1 was pulling away!!!!!!

[@wilko941]

How the fuck did he do that

[@EngineEngineer]

wtf

[@leonshackleford9585]

Good Land Rover Series 3 109 Diesel Over Taking other Car Drivers. I Wouldn’t Mind a Land Rover Series 3 109 TDI Diesel Car My Self As Well As All My Range Rover Suffix A / R.R Suffix B / C / D / Suffix E / F / Range Rover 70’s / 80’s / 90’s Range Rover Square Shape Cars

[@retro.restorations]

No! it's all fake! I've never seen a series land rover with such power or you've got the world's biggest pair of fruits and you're not afraid to use them🤣🤣

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they even want to slow down all the gas pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime. " Bundesabgasbespaßungsverbotsverordnung= BABVVO" in German. (&/(%&/(%/(%/(

[@davidgormley-obrien3457]

Just convert the Landy to an Electric Vehicle. Plenty of people are doing that. I plan to do that with my 1973 Series 3 SWB.

[@Brandalar]

Somehow I think this will never happening. It is ludicrous and suicidal. Although we are led by morons so they will probably do it anyway and collapse the entirety of it

[@Schlipperschlopper]

@@Brandalar It goes even further here! The greens and the EU will tear down most old houses that dont follow the new energy saving laws they gonna expropriate lots of private homes of older and poorer people that cant afford spending 100-200 Grand to renovate their houses meeting climate neutrality! You can easily google that! I am not talking bullshit. That law will start in 2030 and all houses will have to be renovated within two years or they will be torn down! In entire EU!

[@Brandalar]

@@Schlipperschlopper If the EU lasts until 2030 it would be a miracle. It is led by moron low intelligence doomsday cultists that have no basis in reality. Further pushing their dystopian ecofascist agendas will speed up its collapse

[@Schlipperschlopper]

@@Brandalar Eu sadly is rules by Chinese lobbyists