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jst

Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Taunton
Posts: 8338

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey

jst wrote:
lightning wrote:
johnlad wrote:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202506304008624
Don’t know if this is of any interest to you but it’s very low miles and the garage selling it has a good reputation.

It looks lovely, the 2.4's do seem cheaper and that's the £750 road tax one. After l claim the tax back on that Utility it comes out at £28,000

l would still consider it though, l could spend the rest of my life waiting for the "perfect" Defender and going over the figures again and again, or l could just buy one and start driving it.

I don't believe any of the usw were higher tax bracket.

Sorry didn't look at link its not a usw it's a sw so 09 sw will be m1. Cheers

James
110 2010 XS Utility
130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper
90 2010 Hardtop
90 M57 1988 Hardtop

22nd Jul 2025 10:16pm

BrickBox

Member Since: 05 Oct 2021
Location: Wales
Posts: 1009

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Zermatt Silver

jst wrote:
lightning wrote:
johnlad wrote:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202506304008624
Don’t know if this is of any interest to you but it’s very low miles and the garage selling it has a good reputation.

It looks lovely, the 2.4's do seem cheaper and that's the £750 road tax one. After l claim the tax back on that Utility it comes out at £28,000

l would still consider it though, l could spend the rest of my life waiting for the "perfect" Defender and going over the figures again and again, or l could just buy one and start driving it.

I don't believe any of the usw were higher tax bracket.

Yes - my 2.4 2008 USW is.

2008 2.4 110 Utility Station Wagon XS.

23rd Jul 2025 6:40am

camelman

Member Since: 27 Feb 2013
Location: Peak District
Posts: 3411

lightning wrote:
johnlad wrote:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202506304008624
Don’t know if this is of any interest to you but it’s very low miles and the garage selling it has a good reputation.

It looks lovely, the 2.4's do seem cheaper and that's the £750 road tax one. After l claim the tax back on that Utility it comes out at £28,000

l would still consider it though, l could spend the rest of my life waiting for the "perfect" Defender and going over the figures again and again, or l could just buy one and start driving it.

23rd Jul 2025 7:31am

jst

Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Taunton
Posts: 8338

BrickBox wrote:
jst wrote:
lightning wrote:
johnlad wrote:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202506304008624
Don’t know if this is of any interest to you but it’s very low miles and the garage selling it has a good reputation.

It looks lovely, the 2.4's do seem cheaper and that's the £750 road tax one. After l claim the tax back on that Utility it comes out at £28,000

l would still consider it though, l could spend the rest of my life waiting for the "perfect" Defender and going over the figures again and again, or l could just buy one and start driving it.

I don't believe any of the usw were higher tax bracket.

Yes - my 2.4 2008 USW is.

really? my 2008 USW wasn't Cheers

James
110 2010 XS Utility
130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper
90 2010 Hardtop
90 M57 1988 Hardtop

23rd Jul 2025 8:49am

lightning

Member Since: 23 Apr 2009
Location: High Peak, Derbyshire
Posts: 3259

This suggests you are running it as a company truck? The rules changed in April this year and I believe (but could be wrong) that it will now attract company car tax instead of Van benefit if purchased after the switch over date.[/quote]

Yes l would have hoped to put it through my business. The discussion about whether the Utility was ever a "van" with HMRC has gone to about five pages on another forum.

Some have put them through anyway, and the dealer selling that green Utility at £35,000 insists that you still can.

But some are listed as "Double Cab" on the V5 and that's no longer an option with HMRC

l could just charge the business for use of it like l did with my old TD5 SW. ln that case l may as well get a SW rather than a Utility as there's no benefit.

23rd Jul 2025 8:27pm

lightning

Member Since: 23 Apr 2009
Location: High Peak, Derbyshire
Posts: 3259

For a SW what about this one, it's on sale at a dealer close to me which is a benefit if l need any warranty work !
The dealer has a good reputation locally.
The Landy has done 88,000 miles which is a bit high. I'll have a look at it this weekend.

https://www.hallambros.co.uk/used-car/land...v95265705/

23rd Jul 2025 8:30pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17876

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

I don't understand why you think 86,000 miles is high for a 12-year-old vehicle.

23rd Jul 2025 10:17pm

lightning

Member Since: 23 Apr 2009
Location: High Peak, Derbyshire
Posts: 3259

l guess it isn't l was just comparing it to the 30,000 mile one in a previous post.

23rd Jul 2025 10:27pm

BrickBox

Member Since: 05 Oct 2021
Location: Wales
Posts: 1009

https://ebay.us/m/oQUxik 2008 2.4 110 Utility Station Wagon XS.

25th Jul 2025 1:25pm

lightning

Member Since: 23 Apr 2009
Location: High Peak, Derbyshire
Posts: 3259

Heavens that's done nothing

25th Jul 2025 4:59pm

MartinK

Member Since: 02 Mar 2011
Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border)
Posts: 2666

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Orkney Grey

If it's a late 2.4 USW, I am sadly thinking of selling mine, I'm just not using it.
See https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic8679.html?
Owned by me from new
garaged all it's life, not been used on salted roads, no corrosion at all (I am an ACF fanboy

)
full leather (LRI)
63000 miles IIRC (not driven for a while!)
now on SVX wheels
I'll be getting a valet soon, and a service, then putting an advert up here first (would rather the Defender went to someone who would cherish it like I have)
Not many 2.4's like this left now (one of the very last 2.4's ever built)
I am thinking of £28k (serviced and MOT'd) which appears to be a very competitive price
To understand more about how this vehicle has been cared for:
https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic8707.html
There's been a few other adds/upgrades since I last updated my thread, such as the Optimill steering lock and Startech leather steering wheel, Nakatenanga spare wheel carrier, Naka Cruise Control, rock and tree sliders from 4x4Overlander, and a host of spares including a VCV valve and some useful tools... I also have all original parts... Suspension fully sorted too: https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic16066.html and https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic49065...oilsprings

CHEAP ROAD TAX! Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's)

26th Jul 2025 2:57pm

lightning

Member Since: 23 Apr 2009
Location: High Peak, Derbyshire
Posts: 3259

l am interested in that, please PM me before you place the advertisement and l won't waste any of your time, l'll tell you straight away if l am in a position to buy.

lt depends on what my 2022 Defender is currently worth, if it's dropped too much l can't sell it.

26th Jul 2025 10:08pm

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