Dave wrote:

Charles Hurst Park Royal wrote:

It's £32495 today but slightly cheaper next Monday!

James

Thats a whopping 2 grand more than it was in April this year , but it is sexy though

Dave, the hard-top was the cheaper one!

Now £32,107.13 with 12 months tax as opposed to £32,800, due to the VAT decrease! (Slightly undersold it by £305 in my first post!

After buying and rejecting 2 x Puma engined 110's in the last 12 months due to shocking build quality and iffy transmissions I just cannot for the life of me see how LR can justify the prices of Defenders. Looks are amazing but where else is the cost born???

If you get the opportunity to go on a Home Of The Legend tour at Solihull you will see why the costs are where they are as they are quite labour intensive to build. It is a very interesting tour which shows you the whole process from pannel pressing to final checks.

It is a really poor show that you have had two that you have rejected two, and touch wood we've not had anyone come back with one so far. It's well doccumented that a huge proportion of Land Rover's are still on the road today with most of those being very close to the current Defender's DNA. Granted they are not as refined as the rest of the range, however they are as tough as old boots and built to last.

It's a real shame that we've (LR and the network) have clouded your opinion of what is a great British icon. I can see your point though after two opportunities to get it right.

James

I ran an old 200tdi 90 for years and it never let me down apart from an alternator at £35. That's what I find frustrating, the old ones are bulletproof yet the new ones just don't seem to be right. Both suffered from noisy diffs, rattling handbrake shoes, clutch problems, blown vacuum oil seals.

Having said that I have bought 3 x D3's in the last year too, so brand loyalty not really a problem

As promised!









James

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Very

Where's the droooool emoticon when you want it??

cotefarmboy wrote:

Very

Where's the droooool emoticon when you want it??

Will do?

You're welcome to pop in and drool any time you like........ just bring your cheque book!

No I dare not pop in, I have been known to have a penchant for new Land rovers

(Good job I am 200 miles away in Yorkshire!!)

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looks nice

Recaro style sports seats

Does it come with a roof? Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Need to lose the gay wheels though and fit some ZU rims with BFG Muds

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chicken george wrote:

Gay wheels the whole thing is gay

Few down your local 'market' then eh CG?

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