Defender110 2008

Oh goody - you can drive it on a perfectly flat track/road - awsome! Ahem....

I can hear the floods of ex-Jap owners changing marques already..

Ok, so I'm being a tad cynical, but that's embarassing as a promo.

I'll get me coat.

Richard

P.S. Still loathe that dash!

yep exactly what I was thinking though if the dash doesn't rattle that will be an improvement btw Richard do you stock any of this kit

realise it 's more for V*t**a owners. ;-)

Derek With age comes wisdom and experience but usually I can't remember what the bloody question was!

kit

realise it 's more for V*t**a owners. ;-) Nice kit, and doubtless would give users that special edge over their rivals. Difficult to give a totally diplomatic answer though! Probably completely sellable to the portion of the market who haven't seen a well driven 2.25 diesel Series motor trance a tricked up V8 90 in a trial :-) Rather reminiscent of one or two LR sites..... pricing seems appropriate too.

All in all, I think I'll leave it to the L200 boys ;-)

Richard

P.S. I'd love to know how many orders they get!

Well, they sell Round Tuits, perhaps we can get a group order in and get a bulk discount?

I notice the passenger noise reducer on the same page has sold out!

But SNOW covered perfectly flat track/road.

LRO is a UK magazine is it not? I doubt that the reviewers have ever seen that much snow before let alone driven on it. Is there a gear graunch to wards the end and a little later a slight loss of control?

For God's sake don't tell my wife. I have been telling her there is no way to get a Round Tuit for at least a year.

Pete

But nothing any 4wd car couldn't cope with easily, and probably a lot faster - that's why it's embarassing.

They'd have to live very sheltered lives, we've have deeper snow routinely round here!

A definate little wibble there methinks!

Richard

really very sad I have had more fishtailing in snow in a 7 tonner and we get more snow .. in the freezer.! By comparison the article in LRW is like landing on the moon flooding it and going for a play they did the lot wading climbing etc etc shame no video what is brassing me off I have a paid up sub for LRO because (bless her) SWMBO bought it me for Crimble not realising I only had copies of LRO about for a Disco project ( better done in LRW IMO ). I did see several of the new 110's heading north on the M6 on a transporter so I should have put 2007( tho' I know its noraml practice to forward date for the US) and I got a run out in a Tranny with the TD4 fitted IMO its not a bad lump and a giant step forward from the Ford Di which I reckon sounded like a box of spanners being dropped down a fire escape. Revs well and seems decently quiet which doesnt explian why it sounded so rough on the clip Derek

On or around Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:58:48 GMT, "Derek" enlightened us thusly:

I like the shovel hanging on the gates of the test track.

On or around Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:58:48 GMT, "Derek" enlightened us thusly:

Be interesting to see what they make of it. I might even buy the mag.

Provided they've not imported any reliability problems with the engine, the figures look OK, and the new gearbox with the extra-low gear looks handy - on some models, TDi disco for example, 1st-high was too high for heavy towing, moving off on a slope required low range, and extra low first would solve that and if 2nd is now about where 1st used to be, once rolling it'll be OK; it was moving off from rest that I found to be a problem, too much clutch slip for my taste to get the revs up enough to avoid stalling it.

I prefer a "normal" full road test...

the off continued road ability as read.