I also used to have a D3 and now drive a Puma Defender. I would say that the D3 was the most comfortable car I have owned and the best all round by far. The Defender is noisy, not as comfortable, leaked (hopefully now fixed) and impractical but the most fun to drive around cornwall by a big margin. I will often go for a drive along the costal roads from Hayle to Bedruthan just for fun.
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Thoroughly enjoying my landrovers in the far west.

solmanic wrote:

I find that when ever I park it somewhere, if I see another Defender I always park next to it, or near by. That's because the only thing better than seeing one Defender in the car park, is seeing TWO! I also like to think that seeing both together may give the owner of the other one pleasure when they come back. There is also the possibility of bumping into them for a little on-the-spot Defender love-in.

solmanic wrote:

I haven't driven mine for two days now and am trying to make up a reason to go out. Even a trip to the servo to top up on fuel may be worthwhile. I can just gaze at the vehicle instead of the numbers on the pump to keep my mind off that world of pain...

Lionel wrote:

Mate, you need to get out more!!

(in your new Defender, of course )

one_iota wrote:

This weekend mine will be introduced to the wonderful dirt road country that lies just two hours drive west of Sydney....country that the Disco has done many times...country with stone-aged paintings sprayed on sandstone overhangs.

Photos to come

Some cracking comments and couldn't agree more.

You either 'get' Defenders or you don't. For me, there is no other 4x4 I would have and not many normal cars either. Went from a MKV Golf GTi to a TD5 Defender 110 and haven't looked back.

Having owned a wide variety of cars from an Impreza Turbo through hot hatches like Clio Williams and 205 GTi to an Audi TT and the Golf. I then bought a 10 year old Defender 300tdi as a toy and have been a convert ever since.

When Gordon Brown changed the road tax law to apply retrospectively (something I avoided by buying a used 2004 TD5) I decided to wage my one man protest against this by trading that in for a new one. If I was going to pay £400 quid every year it may as well be on a new car.

And isn't that £400 quid worth it! Better engine, gearbox (when my clutch is fixed) and feeling of refinement I regularly do 200 miles each way to my caravan in Scotland plus my boy can now travel safely in the back.

It's everything I hoped it would be.

Loaded up for the weekend:-





Cheers

Ken
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