New Defender

[GilesM]

I did say I'd get it muddy, unfortunately I've still not had a dead sheep in the back or opened a gate with it, but it is fun finding out what it really can do.

Looking a bit cleaner after a jet wash

 

[Jameshow]

Good luck off road

I'm booked in at the dentist at 2.30...!!

 

[fossyant]

I did say I'd get it muddy, unfortunately I've still not had a dead sheep in the back or opened a gate with it, but it is fun finding out what it really can do.


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Looking a bit cleaner after a jet wash
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Missed a bit !

 

[GilesM]

41,000 miles, and still going strong, it's not put a foot wrong.

A wee pic to show it has been used properly.
Going in:

Getting out:

 

[Cycleops]

But you haven't shown it in it's native environment, Sloane Square, Chelsea.

 

[keithmac]

41,000 miles, and still going strong, it's not put a foot wrong.

A wee pic to show it has been used properly.
Going in:
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Getting out:
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I bet less than 1% get used like that, nice to see it getting a proper outing!.

 

[Electric_Andy]

41,000 miles, and still going strong, it's not put a foot wrong.

A wee pic to show it has been used properly.
Going in:
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Getting out:
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pardon my ignorance, but where is the air intake? How does it not breathe in water? All other vehicles I've seen like that have very tall snorkels

 

[figbat]

pardon my ignorance, but where is the air intake? How does it not breathe in water? All other vehicles I've seen like that have very tall snorkels

The new Defender has a 900mm wading depth, which compares to 500mm for the old Defender.

 

[sheddy]

Yonks ago Autocar tested the most expensive Porsche Canyonaro alongside the Panda 4wd on a back to back off-road course.

The Panda had maybe 70% of the Pork capability, making up much of the deficit due to being lighter and more nimble.

 

[Cycleops]

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The new Defender has a 900mm wading depth, which compares to 500mm for the old Defender.

Invaluable information for the idiots that like to cross Rufford Ford.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I’ve seen a lot of them up here, in Cumbria, this past couple of days

None appear to be driven by farmers/‘traditional’ Defender owners/users

 

[Bonefish Blues]

A number on the M40 today too. A couple of observations:

There are no fewer than 3 separate red circular* taillights of varying size on each side, and that's without fog lights being illuminated.
The little roof ladders and pannier-type side boxes look a bit odd, and must create an awful lot of drag.

*In the way my Panda does circles - i.e. not a circle

 

[simongt]

Invaluable information for the idiots that like to cross Rufford Ford.

A great place to watch numpties in action - !

 

[Cycleops]

I do remember when Range Rovers first came out and the chinless wonders adopted them they would take a hack saw to the raised letters on the bonnet and boot . Removing the top of the R , removing the E and R completely thereby spelling 'HANG OVER'. They thought this was very amusing.

 

[Jody]

A great place to watch numpties in action - !

Was a great place

Well, apart from the brief window it opened last week when a farmer went through in a tractor and dragged the concrete blocks out with him.