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Digger2000

Member Since: 19 Sep 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 590

Thanks

8th Jan 2021 2:13pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
Posts: 3753

Still hardly any snow here 20 miles north of Glasgow but last night the temperature dropped to -11C again so a bit chilly.
The car hasn’t been used for 3 days and hasn’t been washed in over a month now so it looks like it’s had the dirty satin wrap!

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Click image to enlarge 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!

8th Jan 2021 2:34pm

DSL

Member Since: 20 Aug 2007
Location: Wandering the wasteland.
Posts: 837

Bit of snow a bit further up & right on the map. Only -6c this morning but with clear skies it’s going to be a bit nippy tonight.

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Skippy with a bit of a snow mullet going on.

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8th Jan 2021 3:18pm

stew 46

Member Since: 26 Jan 2012
Location: Wadebridge ,cornwall .
Posts: 561

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Bonatti Grey

Very festive

8th Jan 2021 3:40pm

J77

Member Since: 04 Nov 2019
Location: Fife
Posts: 3395

Finally got some snow here yesterday

, though it’s all gone today 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue

8th Jan 2021 4:01pm

AndrewM

Member Since: 15 Jan 2021
Location: St. Moritz
Posts: 10

Not mine yet, though thought this group wouldn't complain about another photo.

We tested-drove a new Defender today to see whether it fitted the family. We had about 50cm of fresh snow overnight and the temperature was -8c. Given last week was -25c the snow was standing on compressed snow and ice. The local snowploughs had been out in force so there wasn't any deep snow. Though there were piles where the wind had blown it.

The car was on winter tyres and the dealer suggested running it in the snow program. On the road, with compressed snow it ran as expected. On hairpins there wasn't much slip but I was conscious of the weight into downhill corners. Most of the time we were at or near the Swiss speed limits.

We then tried to take it on the steepest local road which I knew wouldn't have had so much attention. Again stopping on the steepest part and then starting again was no issue. The car offered a launch program but in truth it did perfectly well without it. Going down hill descent did its thing.

Finally we took it into an area with soft prepared snow - a bit like a gently prepared ski piste. Here it was obvious the car was trying to manage traction but it got out with little sliding and without much effort from me. I suspect most 'normal' cars, even AWD ones, would have bogged down. The tracks were about 20cm deep.

All the family preferred it to the other cars we've been looking at (previous favourite was a RR Autobiography). I suspect we'll order a p400e HSE.

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15th Jan 2021 5:13pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
Posts: 3753

Yesterday morning

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My 110 Classic BBQ is doing well as a bird feeder too - starlings especially seem to like finding morsels inside it

15th Jan 2021 6:31pm

Digger2000

Member Since: 19 Sep 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 590

AndrewM wrote:
Not mine yet, though thought this group wouldn't complain about another photo.

We tested-drove a new Defender today to see whether it fitted the family. We had about 50cm of fresh snow overnight and the temperature was -8c. Given last week was -25c the snow was standing on compressed snow and ice. The local snowploughs had been out in force so there wasn't any deep snow. Though there were piles where the wind had blown it.

The car was on winter tyres and the dealer suggested running it in the snow program. On the road, with compressed snow it ran as expected. On hairpins there wasn't much slip but I was conscious of the weight into downhill corners. Most of the time we were at or near the Swiss speed limits.

We then tried to take it on the steepest local road which I knew wouldn't have had so much attention. Again stopping on the steepest part and then starting again was no issue. The car offered a launch program but in truth it did perfectly well without it. Going down hill descent did its thing.

Finally we took it into an area with soft prepared snow - a bit like a gently prepared ski piste. Here it was obvious the car was trying to manage traction but it got out with little sliding and without much effort from me. I suspect most 'normal' cars, even AWD ones, would have bogged down. The tracks were about 20cm deep.

All the family preferred it to the other cars we've been looking at (previous favourite was a RR Autobiography). I suspect we'll order a p400e HSE.

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Nice review. What winter tyres were they?

15th Jan 2021 11:56pm

Cooperracer05

Member Since: 07 Nov 2020
Location: Sussex
Posts: 98

MrEleven wrote:
Good bit of snow in Glasgow today. Seen a few cars sliding down a hill next to me before abandoning it. Stuck mine on snow setting and no problem right up the hill. Having some fun in the snow today since there’s nothing else to do

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God that looks good. I’ve been very much unconvinced with the new Defender, personally it just didn’t appeal to me. This pic is the first one where I’ve gone “ooohh I’d like one of those”. Looks immense in this spec

16th Jan 2021 5:59am

J77

Member Since: 04 Nov 2019
Location: Fife
Posts: 3395

Still nothing here, no new Defender or snow

24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue

16th Jan 2021 11:13am

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
Posts: 3753

It’s melting quickly here, I’ve just been to Stirling and the Forth flood plain is well flooded and big puddles to stamp in on the road! Surprised how many cyclists are out on the main road too, cannot be great trying to cycle through the flooded bits.

While I was at Sainsbury’s a new Defender in Carpthian Grey parked in the car park. On the private plate 21CS which was until quite recently on an LS3 Defender 110 Classic which was in at the same detailers for a wash and valet while my car was in for PPF wrapping

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Does it belong to anybody on here? Carpathian grey looks really good. 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!

16th Jan 2021 1:49pm

DSL

Member Since: 20 Aug 2007
Location: Wandering the wasteland.
Posts: 837

Looking good up here for middle of next week for the odd light dusting of the white stuff.

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16th Jan 2021 2:00pm

Ipe

Member Since: 29 Nov 2020
Location: MA
Posts: 21

Here are pictures from my first weekend with my new Defender. I was hoping to post some more impressive snow but Mother Nature hadn't cooperated.

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17th Jan 2021 3:22am

DSL

Member Since: 20 Aug 2007
Location: Wandering the wasteland.
Posts: 837

Now that looks very

in white with wheel arch “eyebrows”.

17th Jan 2021 9:19am

AndrewM

Member Since: 15 Jan 2021
Location: St. Moritz
Posts: 10

Digger2000 wrote:
AndrewM wrote:
Not mine yet, though thought this group wouldn't complain about another photo.

We tested-drove a new Defender today to see whether it fitted the family. We had about 50cm of fresh snow overnight and the temperature was -8c. Given last week was -25c the snow was standing on compressed snow and ice. The local snowploughs had been out in force so there wasn't any deep snow. Though there were piles where the wind had blown it.

The car was on winter tyres and the dealer suggested running it in the snow program. On the road, with compressed snow it ran as expected. On hairpins there wasn't much slip but I was conscious of the weight into downhill corners. Most of the time we were at or near the Swiss speed limits.

We then tried to take it on the steepest local road which I knew wouldn't have had so much attention. Again stopping on the steepest part and then starting again was no issue. The car offered a launch program but in truth it did perfectly well without it. Going down hill descent did its thing.

Finally we took it into an area with soft prepared snow - a bit like a gently prepared ski piste. Here it was obvious the car was trying to manage traction but it got out with little sliding and without much effort from me. I suspect most 'normal' cars, even AWD ones, would have bogged down. The tracks were about 20cm deep.

All the family preferred it to the other cars we've been looking at (previous favourite was a RR Autobiography). I suspect we'll order a p400e HSE.

Click image to enlarge

Nice review. What winter tyres were they?

Sorry for the delay in responding. The garage has been closed for sales since I took the car out because of the new Swiss Lockdown rules. Added to this we've had lots of snow so they put all the cars on the forecourt inside so they could run their snowplough around. Hence I haven't seen it out again.

I've just spoken to the dealer about ordering the car and the tyres Land-Rover Switzerland are selling are Continentals with a snowflake / mountain / M+S rating. We had a long conversation about these as here we really need tyres that handle snow and ice really well. I don't know for certain but I think they're probably Continental WinterContacts.

EDIT: Confirmed, they were Continental WinterContacts

29th Jan 2021 3:03pm

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