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another little purchase
- Thread starter Nigel Jeffery Specialist Cars
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Carlo348
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:
geoffpfc
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Lee
I like the matching shirt, does it come as an extra for the Defender:grin: I saw this car on F-Chat and thought that it would make a nice accompaniment :laugh:
DarkShines
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I had to wear the Land Rover Barbour jumper, I just had to..... [emoji86]
markst
New member
it wasn't so much the drive - it was .....
the shocking build quality - leaked like a sieve
expensive to service
poor fuel consumption
rear seats worse than useless.
unable to get all our golf kit in for 3 people
but the final straw was one of our dogs could not get out and hurt her leg the other day - that was Thursday - and car sold by Saturday
looked great though - and some very silly pricing out there on bog standard ones.
Nigel will be alright with the special editions
on the other hand I will be putting a deposit down on the new Defender on Tuesday !
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Murph7355
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Once you get past those things you'd realise how **** they are to drive
Once you get past those things you'd realise how **** they are to drive
To be fair they're very good at what they're designed for. Sadly you lot down south seem to want to drive them on roads and that isn't it.
Murph7355
New member
I live out in the countryside...It seems to me that most of the people needing a utility vehicle out here seem to have these instead...To be fair they're very good at what they're designed for. Sadly you lot down south seem to want to drive them on roads and that isn't it.
Outside of the military I can think of very few people who actually needed a Defender for what they were originally designed for. Modern electronics, tyres and other advances eroded their superiority for most applications.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the way they looked, and loved the fact that a British design was loved enough that it stayed in production for so long. But you either had to be a midget (OK, sub 5'8") or a masochist to use one as regular transport.
That's fair but I'll see if I can give my comments perspective - there's countryside then there's .......
Literally just been for a walk near my house. Up through the woods:
Out across the fens a bit:
Up to this point here:
Blue sign you can see to the left of the gate?
Only in Lincolnshire would we describe that as a "highway"!
Out here they are great. The Yeti gets by but it's a compromise - wife, kids, something like a Defender isn't going to work for us. People try to make them work as normal daily transport but that was never what they were designed to do. I used to have a Wrangler which was far better off the beaten track than the Yeti but again it was too rough around the edges for family transport.
I remain to be convinced by the new Defender, I think it'll try to be too comfy and lose what a Defender was. A great car I'm sure just not a Defender. A little like building a big 'mini' it'll stop being what the original was supposed to be.
Literally just been for a walk near my house. Up through the woods:
Out across the fens a bit:
Up to this point here:
Blue sign you can see to the left of the gate?
Only in Lincolnshire would we describe that as a "highway"!
Out here they are great. The Yeti gets by but it's a compromise - wife, kids, something like a Defender isn't going to work for us. People try to make them work as normal daily transport but that was never what they were designed to do. I used to have a Wrangler which was far better off the beaten track than the Yeti but again it was too rough around the edges for family transport.
I remain to be convinced by the new Defender, I think it'll try to be too comfy and lose what a Defender was. A great car I'm sure just not a Defender. A little like building a big 'mini' it'll stop being what the original was supposed to be.
renmure
Active member
My 1979 bad weather "dog wagon" (not dogging wagon!!)
Hand painted in green and black hammerite.
I had to move the spare wheel onto the bonnet from the original fitment in the back because my Great Dane chewed lumps out of it.
Turning circle of a supertanker... and brakes to match
Good to hear it is going up in value. :grin:
Hand painted in green and black hammerite.
I had to move the spare wheel onto the bonnet from the original fitment in the back because my Great Dane chewed lumps out of it.
Turning circle of a supertanker... and brakes to match
Good to hear it is going up in value. :grin:
Depends what you're doing really. When the Wrangler got dirty inside you could just hose it down..... and I do mean literally - was upholstered in what they termed 'Trail Cloth'. Looked good but was basically indestructible. Engine would run totally submerged although none of the fords I went through fully tested that feature, got close though. A Range Rover is a totally different beast from a Wrangler or now old Defender.
Kind of why I don't see the point of the new Defender - you have (or had) the Range Rover, the Discovery and the Defender. If you don't want a totally rugged and basic off-roader go buy a Discovery, want more luxury buy a Range Rover. By scrapping the Defender and replacing it with a slightly smaller Discovery you lose something and I'm not sure you gain a lot. We'll see, not seen the new Defender up close.
Nice :thumbsup:
Imagine your Great Dane chewing lumps out of your Range Rover interior. But that's the point isn't it - Defenders can take anything........ even hammerite paint jobs :grin:
Murph7355
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Pah. Where I live that's regarded a well maintained main road! Our XC90 on decent tyres manages that sort of stuff for breakfast in all weathers
markst
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Our XC90 on decent tyres manages that sort of stuff for breakfast in all weathers
a Volvo........they go very nicely with a pipe and slippers
:grin:
Pah. Where I live that's regarded a well maintained main road! Our XC90 on decent tyres manages that sort of stuff for breakfast in all weathers
Yes, but that's the point - the Volvo or Yeti are for this side of the sign. The Defender is for when you go past it :thumbsup:
Careful or he'll quote you mosning about not getting enough golf kit in a Defender :grin: