landy_man

xXx …few golden rules for you to learn. Just like Ripper said Credit where credit is due. Don’t be so Pessimistic. Have some hope. That little hope will keep you going Don’t just stand back with your hands in your pocket. If we cant go up there and fight the enemies , at least get your arse up, show some respect and give some courage to our guys. If you cant then please keep quiet. You know what …your derogatory post made almost all the members sick.

Its gonna be a one heck of a time for you buddy! whats the engine you have there at the moment. ?

come on mate...dont be ridiculous... we can play around with our cars because these guys have sacrifised their lives to protect our country. they are doing their job. we have to accept that and allow them to do their job. give some respect man..... i know there are culprit cops. but dont put everyone on the same scale. i perasonally love drags...but still i think its a risky game in terms of public securty.

Devinda, whats your land rover. is it a 110. ? county? what engine machan

thanks mini,...

Machan Devinda, I am not in sri lanka those days. i will give you the chasis no as soon as land in. the vehicle is 1995 brand newly imported by SL Army. I registered it and got a 57 - number coz there had been a period where they issued a civil numbers apart from the yuha number. so after the life time in army they can run with the civil number. Lakshank ..sorry to hear your story man...but i think we learn by the hard way...sad thing is that the hard way is so much hard to afford.

''Osanda'' I see him like a piece of shit. He has only a big mouth and wordscbut NO work.. sadly we have to accept that. I wish if he can reform some day. Hope it will happen this life...

because u guys insist me i will reveal my story. i bought a exmod 110 from a army auction at anuradhapura couple of years ago. those days i didnt know what type of a man osanda is. i gave him the chasis and some body panels (of no use) which i got from the auction and he took over the restoration business. agreed price was 12 lakhs. at the start he showed me some nice parts and said he is going to put those bits on my jeep. he said he can give it to me in 5 months time. he wanted 8 lakhs beforehand. i gave that too. i went almost everyday to see my vehicle and he was telling me rubish and all the 12 lakhs was taken before even the body parts were fixed. he said he is putting a turbo 19j engine but i was given a 12j non turbo engine and that was drinnking oil. i didnt want to argue coz i was told by my friends that he is not a guy to mess around even itss their fault. they dragged it for 16 months and i brought the car home with no real happiness. the paint started bubbling off literally 3 months after. engine was drinking oil. i had a rear disk brake axel. he had changed it to a old drum brake without my knowledge. those days i didnt know about these things. but now i do. he had a good deal and ripped me off. i bought this because i loved to own a land rover. i spent every cent to make my dream a reality. but still after spending 12 lakhs for the restoration i drive some crap vehicle. i really regret for the mistake. i know some of my friends who got their jobs done from indika - rajagiriya. those vehicles are superb..body wise and mechanical wise. but i feel upset to face him because i went to see him before i handed the job to osanda. osandas words fooled me and i gave the job to him. now i feel ashame to take it back to indika. looking at indikas work i really understand the mistake i have done..but its too late now. folks..we spend our hard earned money for a vehicle because we love them..not for some crook to play around and fool us.

miniace, i would rather wait until i hear from others...otherwise people will write biased to what i have written. will keep this post a non biased one.

mine is a 110. ex-mod machan.

Hi, Firstly Mr.defender I would like to emphasis No mud slinging business here. I have my real life experience which i would like to share with others.... Defender , havent you had any deal with Osanda..I guess you have not. coz if you had, you wouldnt say like that. i am a real victim of Osandas crap. I do not intend to annoy enyone. Members..please explain your experience had from those land rover guys. then we can decide..

There was a VW varient in Athurugiriya few years ago. It was in a non running state. Those days we were schooling and had few thousand rupees with us. we were hunting for a car( no matter what spec) and found this variant in a back yard of a house in athurugiriya. The owner quoted Rs.25000 (twenty five thousand) and we came back..we had only 5000 rs...ha ha..no joke..we found a ford prefect for that money..(but did not buy that coz our father said he will burn it if we bring it home... ). Anyway coming back to the VW , The body was ok but there was a leak in the petrol tank..also one of the spark plug couldnt be tightned. the thread was naked. we even didnt know the value of it and owner was not aware of the value too. I dont know whether its still there or not. but no harm by trying.. there is a high chance for the car to be there coz it wanst for sale. we bumped in and asked for it.if you go from malabe side in malabe - athurugiriya road turn right from walagama junction. go until it hits the homagama road, turn right again and the house was onto the left hand side. ask from some one for a red VW. sorry but cant remeber the house number. good luck VW lovers

guys..there are mainly 2 land rover guys in sri lanka. Indika , a man who knows his job very well and Osanda (will talk about him in here) ...i dont want to give my opinion until i see it from all of you. Please feel free to give your feedback.