Indefensible

[Ewan]

The commercial I can understand , claim the vat back and run it as a van but the rest are just pointless , there are better ways to spend 70k

Agreed. At £70k, it’s a no from me. But you can pay less than £50k, buy it through the business, claim the VAT back, etc. And all of a sudden it makes more sense.

 

[Vince2]

Not even built in this country! No loyalty to Britain, reap what you sow JLR.

 

[Wack61]

Nail on the head there Dicky....As long as you don't drive it on the road. I drive an old one once I never will again. Horrid vehicle unless you are a farmer on the fields.

I bought one from a farmer 10 years ago , a 300tdi 110 high cap pickup

Driving it back from Cambridge I managed one junction on the M6 before hitting the A roads , it was terrifying , candles for headlights, ½ a turn of the steering wheel before anything happened at the wheels , pulling away from a junction was a challenge as it was about 2 seconds after all the slack in the drive-train was taken up before you moved

it was at that point I realised low mileage when it's up to its chassis in cow **** pulling tree stumps out isn't a good thing.

 

[Strad]

I had a 2006 90 TD5 XS, I loved it but long journeys were tiresome and we had two other 4x4’s so it had to go. It had gone up in value and so was free motoring and I remember it fondly.
The new one has me puzzled. At £70k you won’t go near scratchy hedges, take a punt on whether you’ll get across the river and certainly won’t be hosing down the interior after a muddy day. On that basis, I would think many would play safe and buy a Discovery....... if it has to be a LR that is and they want to get on first name terms with every mechanic and service advisor in the LR dealership.
I’ll be keeping the LandCruiser.

 

[BennyD]

Nail on the head there Dicky....As long as you don't drive it on the road. I drive an old one once I never will again. Horrid vehicle unless you are a farmer on the fields.

My old man loved the old, original LandRovers and bought an ex demo Series 3 in 1972. We trawled across Europe several times in that f*cking thing and it regularly went t!ts up. Once in france, and again in Turkey, with a knackered fuel pump and once in Yugoslavia with a busted gear lever. Yes I know it’s a bit left field, but he was one step ahead and had a spare one. Owning a LandRover used to mean, think of the worst thing that is likely to happen and then take spares for everything worse that you can think might happen. Since I left home in 1978, I‘ve never been in another Landie and I hope that doesn’t change in the future. Hateful sack of sh!t.

 

[zagatoes30]

The old Defender was a utilitarian workhorse the new one is just another Chelsea tractor. I like the old one but only for what is was designed for, plugging about in the mud not for roadies other than getting to and from the mud

 

[Manc5]

Between lockdowns I drove a low miles 2014 stock 110 defender with the same oil burner in it as the transit van.. yup had all the road manners of a JCB but was towing a loaded car trailer for 120 miles and it did the job rather well. Would i use one as a daily driver, no way as not an ounce of driving pleasure, but as a works machine.. yep.

 

[bigbob]

Agreed. At £70k, it’s a no from me. But you can pay less than £50k, buy it through the business, claim the VAT back, etc. And all of a sudden it makes more sense.

Agree with that. As a low spec model they work either through a business or privately. Ditto for the Discovery but people speccing both up to lightly used FFRR prices are just nuts.

 

[Nayf]

If I did need a 4x4 for my sadly still hypothetical ‘management of the estate and grounds’, I would choose this. None of the AMG bobbins, nicely unpretentious. https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1278651

 

[allandwf]

If I did need a 4x4 for my sadly still hypothetical ‘management of the estate and grounds’, I would choose this. None of the AMG bobbins, nicely unpretentious. https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1278651

Seats are nearly as bad as an early Merak, so a Maserati connection

 

[Nayf]

Seats are nearly as bad as an early Merak, so a Maserati connection

Keeping it Italian I’d of course have to go for a Busso-engined Rayton Fissore...

 

[Lozzer]

Would rather spend £7,000 to £10,000 on a mint as new top spec P38 imported from Japan.
Couldn't think of a nicer place to be for a wet, muddy snowy and icy winter anywhere in Europe.

That would be great.,but we aren't in Europe...

 

[philw696]

That would be great.,but we aren't in Europe...

I'm a British European living in France with a French lady.