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| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3495   
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Good to see another one joining the fold. Enjoy! 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI |
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15th May 2025 5:41am |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 3175 
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"I tow as well heavy and fully loaded with my defender d250 mapped to d300 ( cause it was underpowered at towing."
Off topic for this thread but can l ask who did the remap on your D250, and how much difference did it make? l tow a caravan with our D250 and don't find it underpowered at all, but more performance is always welcome. |
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15th May 2025 7:55am |
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| Crazymind Member Since: 11 Jun 2024 Location: Glasgow Posts: 268
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Best upgrade of all. D300 unlock the full potential of the gearbox with torque up to 700nm.
Pulling away is a breeze, reversing a joy and fuel consumption remains the same. As standard I felt the d250 was working hard through the gears and revs ( although not as much as the grenadier does) to keep up with traffic and towing uphill while the d300 uses more torque than power. In this regard the grenadier has a better gearbox software when towing, it really uses all the torque till it can, without changing gear unless you want. |
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15th May 2025 8:41am |
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| SteveG Member Since: 29 Nov 2011 Location: Norfolk Posts: 670 
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My son had his D200 remapped to the factory LR 300 map by https://www.venture-automotive.co.uk/
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15th May 2025 8:43am |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 3175
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Thank you for the recommendations.
My Defender certainly doesn't use high RPM when towing the caravan, but l imagine if you were towing 3,500kg of wood on a trailer it might do. The would be like towing three of our caravans at once! |
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15th May 2025 6:13pm |
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| Dave S Member Since: 26 Aug 2020 Location: Dungannon Posts: 78  
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I said it was more suitable - not better. Ladder chassis and coil springs in my experience stand up better to towing on a regular basis. My previous experience of using a TDV8 L322 Range Rover was not great. It was a fantastic engine and gearbox but the rest of the vehicle was not robust enough for constant, heavy towing - again this was my personal experience. I have no doubt our D250 110 would tow as well or better than the Grenadier but not on a regular basis in connection with my business - horses for courses.
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16th May 2025 12:55pm |
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| Tilly Member Since: 04 May 2016 Location: Grimsby Posts: 39 
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Yes, the second row seating is slightly tighter but I haven't found it an issue yet. Wouldn't be any good for 5 adults on a long journey all the time but for us as a family of 3 (2 adults + a child) it works fine. Most of my driving (75% at a guess) it to/ from work which is approx 40 miles each way and there are 3 of us who car share and when its my turn to drive I haven't had any complaints yet. |
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5th Jun 2025 8:52pm |
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| Tilly Member Since: 04 May 2016 Location: Grimsby Posts: 39
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Cannot fault it so far. Almost up to 5k miles now and it is everything that I liked about my 110 but newer, improved and with plenty of grunt. Longer distance driving on holidays with the caravan attached is made so easy with the auto box. You literally have no idea you are pulling anything when the caravan or horse box has been attached. |
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5th Jun 2025 8:57pm |
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| BrickBox Member Since: 05 Oct 2021 Location: Wales Posts: 979  
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More pictures of it at work, please!
Fantastic vehicle! 2008 2.4 110 Utility Station Wagon XS. |
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5th Jun 2025 9:45pm |
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| Jeremy Member Since: 26 Aug 2014 Location: Surrey Posts: 34
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Good to read positive reviews. Are these reviews biased towards petrol or diesel engines?
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11th Jun 2025 7:05pm |
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