custom90
Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20506
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We used to have a Navara D40 and that used to be squiffy on the rear with 2wd as well.
Factory tyres are entirely road based, and I seem to remember low range was only 4wd with cdl engaged at the same time.
So it was either that or 2wd, so basically 4wd was not really usable on road anyway or something like that.
Pull out of a gateway onto a main road with a bit of mud on the rear tyres and you could easily be going sideways.
The Defender is mechanically far superior, even down to disc brakes from and rear on the Defender, Nav D40 had drum rears, leaf springs rear where Defender is coils.
Other than things like portal axles, a winch, diff lockers there isn’t that much lacking on a Defender in my opinion and permanent 4wd is top rung, and you don’t want CDL engaged on road really except for momentary occasions where there is possible loss of traction from ice abd snow etc perhaps as you don’t want the transmission to bind.
Defender has a lot more ground clearance too, which is important and articulation. No Guts, No Glory.
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