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Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
Location: Driving along in my automobile
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2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

70th Anniversary Defender anybody?

90 or 110 built on the bodies just stopped production, not the forthcoming one, V8 with 8 speed auto......... only one small problem - £150,000 a pop for a 90! I see also in today’s Autocar there is a write up about the 2018 facelifted G-Wagen, set to take that icon well into 2020’s

2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Wed Jan 17 2018 10:31am

Buckster

Member Since: 05 Mar 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 1656

2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Orkney Grey

Will it still keep the rust and leak iconic features Tim

I think i would rather buy a last of the line Adventure edition and an LS3 engine to go in it and still have plenty of change left over 2003 BMW M5 - 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black

2013 SDV6 HSE Black Edition- Orkney Grey with Ebony & Ivory. LR Facelift RAI, Genuine G4 Expedition Rack, 4x Warn SBD-160 Spotlights, Warn 9.5XPS Winch, Mantec Underbody Protection and Sump Guard, Full Easy Lift Suspension Module, LR Light Guards, Light Force HTX230 Hybrid spotlights, 18” Compomotive PD1881 on 265/65/18 BF Goodrich KO2, ARB fridge, TuffTrek awning 😎

Wed Jan 17 2018 10:36am

GodivaNige

Member Since: 14 May 2016
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 420

Bargain of their century... right there

Wed Jan 17 2018 11:15am

Disco_Mikey

Member Since: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 4395

2010 Range Rover Sport Supercharged HSE Santorini Black

Re: 70th Anniversary Defender anybody?

Tim in Scotland wrote:
90 or 110 built on the bodies just stopped production, not the forthcoming one, V8 with 8 speed auto......... only one small problem - £150,000 a pop for a 2nd hand 90! I see also in today’s Autocar there is a write up about the 2018 facelifted G-Wagen, set to take that icon well into 2020’s

Fixed that

Wed Jan 17 2018 12:00pm

jim4244

Member Since: 16 Feb 2012
Location: No
Posts: 1210

2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Santorini Black

£150,000..............🙀

Wed Jan 17 2018 12:51pm

sally

Member Since: 01 Sep 2014
Location: out and about
Posts: 376

I love a nice defender but not £150K

Mine only has 5k on the clock. do you think LR will want to buy it back for a hugely inflated price?!?! 2012 Evoque
2014 Sport Autobiography
2015 SVR for the fun stuff
2016 Evoque SI4 Dynamic Lux for the daily drive
2016 Defender 90
2018 SVR

Wed Jan 17 2018 2:37pm

warkman

Member Since: 28 Feb 2015
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 234

2006 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Zambezi Silver

However, you just know, even at £150k these will sell out. Just bought a RRS 06 MY HSE TDV6 136,000 miles, to be a second car to my bland, boring Mitsubishi Outlander 68 plate 2.0 petrol 4

Wed Jan 17 2018 8:56pm

GodivaNige

Member Since: 14 May 2016
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 420

Probably already have, with most destined for the streets of London to be seen only under the cover of darkness.

Wed Jan 17 2018 9:13pm

jim4244

Member Since: 16 Feb 2012
Location: No
Posts: 1210

And technically they are secondhand.....

Jim

Wed Jan 17 2018 9:42pm

warkman

Member Since: 28 Feb 2015
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 234

Oh I don’t know, easy to repair, not so much electronics to go wrong, easy to mid, whilst the RRS..... Just bought a RRS 06 MY HSE TDV6 136,000 miles, to be a second car to my bland, boring Mitsubishi Outlander 68 plate 2.0 petrol 4

Thu Jan 18 2018 5:50pm

RRSTDV8

Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 8974

2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Orkney Grey

The Defender is unpleasant to drive, uncomfortable to be in, outdated and outclassed, does have electronics that can/do go wrong. I'll stick with my RRS thanks... 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Thu Jan 18 2018 7:11pm

warkman

Member Since: 28 Feb 2015
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 234

You have been made soft with your all electric tank.
The Defender us a great car to drive in fun, it’s better off road and designed to do what it was for.
It’s easy to modify and will be around much longer than TR water pumps

The RRS is also designed for its use, mothers driving to school runs Just bought a RRS 06 MY HSE TDV6 136,000 miles, to be a second car to my bland, boring Mitsubishi Outlander 68 plate 2.0 petrol 4

Thu Jan 18 2018 7:14pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
Location: Driving along in my automobile
Posts: 17476

I hope that for your £150,000 LR has also seen sense to fit them with a chassis that will not turn to dust in 6-7 years like mine did........... With a Galvanised chassis for a 90 costing less than £2000 it shouldn’t be too hard for LR to turn a profit after fitting these specials with one. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Thu Jan 18 2018 7:28pm

fkarim

Member Since: 14 Apr 2012
Location: London
Posts: 2216

warkman wrote:
it’s better off road

Genuinely interested in learning what Defender can do that RRS can’t. Or what can it do better than RRS. All in off-road ability context. Current: Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Pro PHEV with some optionals on top
Gone: MY16 RRS2 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic, Carpathian Grey & Santorini Black Sliding Pano/Ebony & Ivory 2 Tone
Gone: MY13 RRS 3.0 SDV6 HSE Black Edition, Orkney Grey/Ivory
Gone: MY09 RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE, Santorini Black/Almond

Thu Jan 18 2018 9:08pm

RRSTDV8

Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 8974

warkman wrote:

The RRS is also designed for its use, mothers driving to school runs

I take it you've never driven an RRS off road then? Tyre for tyre, the RRS will go anywhere a Defender will (until it runs out of angles). The RRS will also climb and descend stuff that a Defender will scare you half to death doing. It'll do it in total comfort and be able to take you 500+miles in a day without crippling or deafening you.

The same applies to the Disco and the FFRR. Out of the box, the Defender is outclassed and outdated. Sure, you can chuck loads of upgrades at it but it's not really a Defender anymore then, is it? 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Thu Jan 18 2018 11:17pm

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