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schuee



Member Since: 16 Jul 2012
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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Orkney Grey
Went on the PM tour today, and I must admit I thought it was excellent, our guide Dave made us all feel at ease and was very informative, a top bloke. The tour went like clockwork, until we got stuck in a traffic jam in the 147, waiting whilst LR staff had to push a brand new RR to the side of road Laughing , may be it had not been fuelled up. It made me really appreciate the man power that went into the production of each Defender Shocked Well I'm glad I booked and would encourage others to do so, before it's too late.



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Cheers

Keith


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Post #437527 13th Jul 2015 7:52pm
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cozz



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good to hear, IM off there in the morning
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cozz



Member Since: 15 May 2013
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went on the tour today


can't believe how hand made they are about 6 robots on the defender line, as oppossed to 300 ? on other lines

I'd say that 75% of builds today were heritage (pale greens) and orange adventures (nice 90 orange adventure), most seemed LHD


saw 3 or so keswick 90 station wagons - don't think mine (90 hard top keswick) has been made yet


it seemed to be station wagons, cant remember seeing any 90 hardtops

a handful of autobiographys
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YOLO110



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... "I'd say that 75% of builds today were heritage (pale greens) and orange adventures (nice 90 orange adventure), most seemed LHD"...

That's interesting... with a number of peeps on here being told the delivery of their Heritage will be in December... what do they do with them for the next 5 months? Rolling Eyes YOLO... You Only Live Once...
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nidge n



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I'm there Thursday, hope that they are building a few heritage then, although mine is still planned for 18 December Big Cry
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shaggydog



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what do they do with them for the next 5 months?


Let the rust get going! Big Cry Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197

Self confessed mileage hunter Very Happy
Post #438119 15th Jul 2015 10:01pm
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nidge n



Member Since: 04 Feb 2012
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As mentioned earlier, my daughter and I attended the celebration tour. She a Land Rover nut and subsequently wrote the following blog posting photographs in the process.

https://olivianaden.wordpress.com/2015/07/...he-values/

I hope that the link works. Like the defender, I'm non too technical
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stanley



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Nidge
What a lovely and sensible blog, I enjoyed reading that , all credit to your daughter
Post #439942 23rd Jul 2015 5:26pm
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steve E



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Thank you Olivia
I really enjoyed that.
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Post #439967 23rd Jul 2015 7:12pm
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treps



Member Since: 07 Jul 2015
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Excellent write up. Thank you
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R1200GS



Member Since: 12 Jul 2015
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Cheers Olivia,

Good read Thumbs Up
Post #439981 23rd Jul 2015 7:54pm
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couplands



Member Since: 31 Aug 2011
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Great blog post, I hope someone at Land Rover reads it..😎

Cheers

Simon
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Avion8



Member Since: 26 Jan 2015
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Thanks Olivia, a great blog. Also thanks of the photos, the 2nd even shows a 110 Heritage & maybe my 90 Heritage in the line up.
Post #440023 23rd Jul 2015 11:58pm
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TJ101



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A most excellent write up,, would put a few newspaper/magazine articles to shame !!!

Well done Olivia Thumbs Up California F1, 75th 110 "Kermit", 50th Ann V8, 90 V8 Hybrid, 55 Series 1

Main Brian James Trailer Dealer for South West UK
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josefk



Member Since: 09 Jun 2014
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Nice write up Olivia. Thumbs Up

Interesting observation on the BMW mini and current Fiat 500. I’ve driven a couple of BMW mini’s as courtesy cars and tend to feel they are a pretty nice experience – I am a complete neutral as I don’t have any “feeling” for the original mini. My son drives a “real” mini and just snorts and shakes his head whenever the BMW one is mentioned - in his view (rightly) the BMW is just a vaguely mini shaped car using the same name.

It will be interesting to see how much, if any, series/defender DNA is in the replacement vehicle from LR and if LR could pull off the trick of carrying everyone’s attachment/loyalty to the defender over into its replacement. It will take a whole lot more than a thin “celebration continuation” "mini adventure" type marketing wash…

Joe
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