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| OsloBlue Member Since: 14 Jul 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 823   
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Current: TD5 '110 "Lucinda" Thread here: https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic62562.html  |
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10th Sep 2019 8:34am |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665 
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Hmmm... not a replacement for my Defender (for me), but my trusty XC70 may feel vulnerable to change
Great spot - thanks for posting Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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10th Sep 2019 8:51am |
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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3150 
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Slagging off the old model and ripping the p!ss out of the owners of old ones.. all by a guy who doesn't seem to understand landrover has a "d" in it.
Great way to attract buyers..  2011 110 USW
1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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21st Sep 2019 7:12am |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5111  
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Love the addition of a canvas roof so just like the original after a few months from purchase it will have lots of water dripping on your head from the sunroof For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at..
http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1 |
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21st Sep 2019 10:12am |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3685 
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Couldn’t watch it to the end! What a load of journalistic guff!! “Narrowing its eye’s”??! What does that even mean?!
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21st Sep 2019 10:17am |
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| Peregrine_White Member Since: 05 Feb 2019 Location: North West Posts: 68 
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What a load of nonsense, the bloke could barely open the rear door and didn't seem to know what rivets were. Then went on to refer to the 90 as a 5 door.
Don't get me wrong I like the new model and may be interested in one in a few years when reliability is determined etc although my current 2.4 90 is staying with me forever. |
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21st Sep 2019 11:15am |
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| v8bobber Member Since: 26 Aug 2012 Location: pembrokeshire Posts: 448 
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I thought exactly the same thing. I’ve watched most of the reviews on YouTube and the Top Gear guy really annoyed me.
A couple of days later I was walking past a news stand saw the Top Gear magazine with the new Defender on the cover and had a flick through, then remembered the YouTube review and instantly put it back and bought something else instead! |
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21st Sep 2019 11:21am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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Those two cars must be stuck down because every UK motoring magazine has the same photos/videos of the same two cars, same mud on the wheel arches even and not one of them drove either car - JLR’s publicity office must be laughing their heads off watching the videos and looking at the photos. Makes me wonder if there really is a new defender that has any form of engine in it..... all we have seen so far are two cars stuck in the mud yet sparkling clean or corporate produced videos. Maybe they are virtual reality cars. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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21st Sep 2019 11:27am |
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| 90 Dreamer Member Since: 13 Jul 2019 Location: Oop North Posts: 2174 
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how many 'proper' Defenders has he actually sat in??
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21st Sep 2019 12:16pm |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3685
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That was really winding me up too!!  |
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21st Sep 2019 5:50pm |
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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3150
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Yeah. What exactly is a "Lanrover" I wonder?
I found the whole thing sarcastic and rather crass. In a nutshell, very 2019. 2011 110 USW 1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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21st Sep 2019 6:00pm |
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| ak615 Member Since: 22 Aug 2018 Location: essex Posts: 181 |
Just watched the new Lanrover review by the Top Gear ickhead , the new one may well turn out to be "better" than the old but I fancy he ain't driven either and that in 20 years time there will still be more of the old crappy ones on the road in the world than the new.
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21st Sep 2019 6:40pm |
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| zilch Member Since: 11 Sep 2019 Location: Whitsundays & Sydney Posts: 820 
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Ecco, i would put that down to the driver not knowing how to use their vehicles to be honest. I have a 2010 Sport, and that goes just about everywhere, even before i fitted the AT tyres, and ran it on the stock continentals. Dunes, forest trails, creek crossings etc.. Do not under estimate the capability of the LR terrain response system, it makes the vehicles about go anywhere, however it does need whoever is behind the wheel to have some nonce on how to get the best out of it 
Cheers Jim |
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22nd Sep 2019 4:01am |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816  
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You don’t even need an incline for a Land Rover Experience instructor to get in trouble in spite of all the top notch electronics on board of his modern top notch FFRR. Luckily a Classic Defender comes to the rescue.
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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22nd Sep 2019 5:40am |
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