Verdant Vehicle

Of course, the greenest car choice is to buy one used.

My husband just received the new Orvis catalogue, (I have tried to take us off all direct mail lists, but some still gets through), which, for once, I think rivals the Neimans Christmas Book as it features this ”capital” (said with closed mouth and emphasis on the “C” as a “K”) restored Rover.

This 1962 Martin Walter built Series 11A 109 Land Rover  is more travelled than the Jolie-Pitts.  It’s dominated the crags and moors of it’s native England, it’s traipsed through the Continent on it’s Grand Tour and followed that civilised visit with colourful adventures through exotic Asia and unforgiving Africa.  All 22 countries traversed by this ripping Rover made it ever cooler.

If you bought this peripatetic Rover, your child would be coming home in the most brilliant piece of metal on the block.  Neighborhood. Entire village.

I mean, how green can you get? A car older than you in the most appropriate colour! And it’s just bloody fantastic….

Get it before J. Peterman does.

Or that greedy Jeremy Clarkson.

Tally’ho! Wot, wot.