It's been a while since I sold my old 4.2S/C after a few sports cars I moved on to a SDV6 and loved it only to be superseded to a Cayenne V8, didn't like that! Now driving a lovely Defender 90 with many, many mods I love it and wouldn't part with it but SHMBO did get a little uncomfortable on our journey from Essex to Scotland (476 miles) the other day and asked 'why can't we get another RRS' Music to my ears especially as I'd just treated myself to a nice sports car 2+2, no way I was going to get all her bags in that to travel to Scotland so it had to be the Defender. So anyway my dilemma the 5.0L S/C which my heart is telling me to buy or a nice V8 3.6L which I've always wanted to own? Diesel would come cheaper to me running a diesel van through my business so that's where my head is!! I'm nervous re the reliability of the turbo's on the TDV8 are they as unreliable as they are made out to be? Cheers Laurence.

The tdv8 is. Good motor if looked after & oil changed regular,I’ve had 2 of them & enjoyed them both.The sc is in a different league & so are the running costs fuel wise,now I’m using my sc as a daily driver I’ve been considering a sdv8 to half my fuel cost.A LR dealership called me the other day asking if I wanted to upgrade to something newer & I mentioned I may be in the market for a sdv8 but they are wanting 10k plus mine for one which is a year newer,,I’m thinking I can get a lot of fuel for 10k.Also mine still has 11 months approved warranty left so I either keep it another year or try selling private which is hard when selling a 50k car & dealers know this that’s why they offer silly money when pxing.

Andy. Andy.
21 Ford Ranger
Gone but not forgotten
Focus RS Red Edition
2015 RRS AB Fuji.
2014 RRS SC Santorini
2016 VW Amarok
2014 RRS AB Fuji
2012 RRS Red Edition Fuji
2015 Nissan Navara
2012 RRS SE Santorini
2008 RRS White
2007 RRS Santorino

if this is going to be your holiday/weekend car and you're not going to be doing much mileage, get the SCV8, else get the SDV8.

I also have a 90, mostly I use the RRS for daily runs and the 90 for off-roading. --
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear
2015 Range Rover Sport Supercharged V8 HSE Dynamic



Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9
Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO
Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ

Buster007 wrote:

I'm nervous re the reliability of the turbo's on the TDV8 are they as unreliable as they are made out to be?