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 [For Sale] 2023 Defender 90 HT - £41,500 no VAT to pay. |
Mr Fox
 17th Aug 2025 2:12pm
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Forum: For Sale & Wanted (L663) · Replies: 19 · Views: 1347 · Subject: [For Sale] 2023 Defender 90 HT - £41,500 no VAT to pay. |
I guess Motorway, like many of these online portals, is luck of the draw.
I’ve had three goes at Motorway, two with company cars I wanted to let go of and one my own personal vehicle. All were de ... |
| [For Sale] 2023 Defender 90 HT - £41,500 no VAT to pay. |
Mr Fox
14th Aug 2025 11:27pm
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Forum: For Sale & Wanted (L663) · Replies: 19 · Views: 1347 · Subject: [For Sale] 2023 Defender 90 HT - £41,500 no VAT to pay. |
| Try it out - in my experience Motorway is exactly as Jerry described it, with the added bonus of dodgy dealers bidding on your car and then not even following through with the purchase. |
| Best Donor Defender for auto / engine conversion? |
Mr Fox
27th Jul 2025 9:53pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 6 · Views: 517 · Subject: Best Donor Defender for auto / engine conversion? |
Hi James, didn’t like the particular 90, not the M57 swap.
I’d liked the engine and trans, it was the actual vehicle which was a mess. |
| [Wanted] Wanted - 90 with auto conversion |
Mr Fox
27th Jul 2025 8:03pm
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Forum: For Sale & Wanted · Replies: 7 · Views: 550 · Subject: [Wanted] Wanted - 90 with auto conversion |
Not sure Tommy, prices seem all over the place!
I'd pay a fair price for a good 90. |
| Best Donor Defender for auto / engine conversion? |
Mr Fox
27th Jul 2025 3:39pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 6 · Views: 517 · Subject: Best Donor Defender for auto / engine conversion? |
Other than reading the older threads on here, I'm wondering whether those who have done an auto conversion (with or without an engine change) have any advice for the ideal base 90 vehicle?
Quite a ... |
| [Wanted] Wanted - 90 with auto conversion |
Mr Fox
27th Jul 2025 12:18pm
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Forum: For Sale & Wanted · Replies: 7 · Views: 550 · Subject: [Wanted] Wanted - 90 with auto conversion |
Looking to purchase a 90 with an auto conversion. Happy to consider one with an engine swap as well.
I recently looked at a TD5 with an M57 and auto conversion but that particular 90 wasn't for me ... |
| Rear Door Pocket - storage bags? |
Mr Fox
7th Jan 2025 8:04pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 0 · Views: 460 · Subject: Rear Door Pocket - storage bags? |
I know the rear door pocket is quite slim and not deep but has anyone had any luck finding a pouch(es) or slim organiser bag that slots into the pocket.
I've measured it up and have started to narr ... |
| Thrown a curve ball |
Mr Fox
17th May 2024 11:31am
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 16 · Views: 3572 · Subject: Re: Thrown a curve ball |
Any thoughts from past owners on here, would you go back to the old version?
Ignoring finances and purely on drive, convenience, safety, warranty, reliability, I wouldn't go back to a Puma unless ... |
| Insurance and Green Laning - thing of the past? |
Mr Fox
10th May 2024 2:10pm
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Forum: Finance & Insurance · Replies: 36 · Views: 6406 · Subject: Insurance and Green Laning - thing of the past? |
There is, sadly, an increasingly fine distinction between a pessimist and a realist. 
I call it 'optimism with experience' |
| Insurance and Green Laning - thing of the past? |
Mr Fox
9th May 2024 3:28pm
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Forum: Finance & Insurance · Replies: 36 · Views: 6406 · Subject: Insurance and Green Laning - thing of the past? |
An organised green-lane tour could easily be considered to fall into the "organised event" exclusion that some policies have, despite being non-competitive.
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I am not aware of any p ... |
| Insurance and Green Laning - thing of the past? |
Mr Fox
9th May 2024 12:37pm
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Forum: Finance & Insurance · Replies: 36 · Views: 6406 · Subject: Insurance and Green Laning - thing of the past? |
It may have been mentioned but I did wonder whether an insurance company would approach a claim differently if:
scenario one: insured parties drives down a green lane as an individual and has an ac ... |
| Puma DCPU for Sale. Brave? |
Mr Fox
9th May 2024 7:09am
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Forum: eBay & Bargain Spots · Replies: 15 · Views: 3428 · Subject: Puma DCPU for Sale. Brave? |
The more you look at the photos, the worse it gets.
One 'highlight' (should that be low-light?) for me is the exhaust coming up through the bed and ending in some kind of homage to a USA 18-wheeler ... |
| Wireless OEM Charging Mat -heat/connection |
Mr Fox
6th May 2024 6:36pm
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Forum: In Car Electronics (L663) · Replies: 9 · Views: 2432 · Subject: Wireless OEM Charging Mat -heat/connection |
| If the phone is overheating, it could suggest the charge rate is too quick and, if connected to the JLR system, the processing demands of the Apple Car Play / Android Auto are pushing it over the edge ... |
| Does this define "hypocrisy"? |
Mr Fox
3rd May 2024 8:09am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 11 · Views: 2008 · Subject: Re: Does this define "hypocrisy"? |
I gave a lift in the Defender to a member of the GREEN PARTY who does not own a car (you can guess why). Funnily enough he had no issues in accepting a lift in a diesel Defender.
No doubt they'd ar ... |
| Defender Octa |
Mr Fox
29th Apr 2024 6:28pm
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Forum: V8 P525 Area (L663) · Replies: 121 · Views: 31919 · Subject: Defender Octa |
Mr Fox, it was a 21 AMG and every time I drove it I got “look at that prick” looks or felt like someone’s pimp and so much so I hated going out in it.
The storage/space was very poor and the ... |
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