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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025  
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30th Dec 2015 6:04pm |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5808  
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When you say it's basic inside, that's the actual spec, non? Monsieur Le Grenadier
I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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30th Dec 2015 6:30pm |
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| YOLO110 Member Since: 14 Feb 2015 Location: Perth Oz and Stansted UK Posts: 1642 
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Was it for sale mate? If so, how much! YOLO... You Only Live Once... |
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30th Dec 2015 8:26pm |
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| m33ufo Member Since: 19 Jan 2008 Location: Cardiff Posts: 1150 
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I really like that hard top. Very frustrating given it's the car I ordered and which my dealer messed up on
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30th Dec 2015 9:26pm |
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| dozerman Member Since: 09 Nov 2014 Location: Cheshire Posts: 101 
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[quote="RRUK"]Saw this today. Looks nice but it's very basic inside, not sure I'd pay all that money.
I wish I had - it would have been the easiest £10k (minimum) I'd ever have made!!! |
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30th Dec 2015 9:29pm |
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| YOLO110 Member Since: 14 Feb 2015 Location: Perth Oz and Stansted UK Posts: 1642
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I wonder why Adventures and Autobiographies are not making that and more then??
 YOLO... You Only Live Once... |
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30th Dec 2015 9:35pm |
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| Nobodycares Member Since: 23 Jun 2015 Location: Northants Posts: 68
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Melton Mowbray?
I'd quite like that! Would it be sacrilege to convert it to a soft top?....... |
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30th Dec 2015 10:00pm |
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| Nobodycares Member Since: 23 Jun 2015 Location: Northants Posts: 68
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Oh, but how much is it?
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30th Dec 2015 10:04pm |
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| dozerman Member Since: 09 Nov 2014 Location: Cheshire Posts: 101
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To my mind the Heritage was the only one that is somehow true to the original vehicle, and it is the story of how the vehicle has evolved and people's memories of the Land Rover brand that hooks a lot of owners in. If another manufacturer (think Great Wall for example) came up with a Defender today I'm fairly sure most people would laugh at it - they certainly wouldn't pay way more than an equivalent spec'd Japanese generic truck. The Defender is pretty rubbish if we are honest (and it is our rose-tinted glasses that keep us in love with them to a certain extent!). (I sound as though I don't like Land Rovers and I can assure you that I do by the way - I've had them for the last 20 odd years and still own a few).
The Adventure and Autobiography editions are both very very nice Land Rovers, but in reality are more along the lines of what many owners do to their vehicles to personalise them anyway. That personalisation has possibly been diluted by these production runs, losing the very individuality that owners seek to achieve themselves (they are production models after all). It should be remembered that they are also nothing more than super expensive utility vehicles to begin with - however nice an interior you bolt into a Defender (and there are a few aftermarket companies out there offering the equivalent and a whole lot more for less money than LR are retailing these for) it is still a 1940s design with a Transit engine thrown into the front. I believe the Adventure and (to a greater extent) the Autobiography have been sold at or above their real market value in the first place - the demand for such high priced Land Rovers is satisfied extremely well by a number of very good aftermarket companies who offer a more bespoke solution in a better overall package. The Heritage is a different story - this is as basic as it comes, in reality very realistically priced (if there is/was such a thing in the Defender range!...) You wouldn't get anything as 'special' from an aftermarket supplier for anywhere near the original Heritage retail price, and I would imagine that the majority of owners will keep their own bolt on modifications to a minimum to preserve the originality of what was the most basic of run-out offerings. |
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30th Dec 2015 10:21pm |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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Yes, exactly, bare metal in the entire rear section, no rear headlining etc. Surely no one can live with this poverty spec day in day out? Plus the added Noise levels. The only reason I'd buy one is to preserve it and never use it for a few decades. 2016 D4 HSE 1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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31st Dec 2015 10:09am |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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I don't know if it was for sale but the black Autobiography I posted a while back is still there and I got to sit in it this time. The leather smells lovely
 2016 D4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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31st Dec 2015 10:17am |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1579 
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I'd have brought one if they had built a 110 usw. I would have used it as well like the tomb raider I used to have. Only sold it because I wanted air con and electric Windows, what an idiot. I've used the air con about three times this year.
They are all pretty spartan. Easy to clean. It's a nightmare getting woodchip out of carpet. |
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31st Dec 2015 10:21am |
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| steve E Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Tenby Posts: 2073
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There are four for sale on ebay now all at at least 10k over list
I like mine alot but would not pay over 40k for it |
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31st Dec 2015 10:22am |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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I use air con all year, to dry the air, no matter what temperature, it keeps the windows from misting up, plus, if you don't use it, you lose it! Seals dry up and then the system leaks and fails. I used to tell the Ex wife this, she wouldn't believe me till it got to summer and her brand new BMW air con was foooked. How I laughed! 2016 D4 HSE 1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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31st Dec 2015 11:27am |
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