Defender 90, 300 Tdi or TD5?

Help! I've been searching for a good second hand 90 for a while and now I
have the choice of two, a 98 Defender 300 Tdi or a 99 TD5. Both are in good
condition, have covered approximately 50,000 miles and will be used for
general transport with some light off road work. The Td5 is a bit more
expensive, but not excessively. The problem is, which one do I choose?
Having never owned a Land Rover before I don't know which is the best buy.
So, where better to find out than this forum, which one would you buy and
why?

Brom.

So Brom was, like

> Help! I've been searching for a good second hand 90 for a while and
> now I have the choice of two, a 98 Defender 300 Tdi or a 99 TD5. Both
> are in good condition, have covered approximately 50,000 miles and
> will be used for general transport with some light off road work. The
> Td5 is a bit more expensive, but not excessively. The problem is,
> which one do I choose? Having never owned a Land Rover before I don't
> know which is the best buy. So, where better to find out than this
> forum, which one would you buy and why?
>
> Brom.

Depends what you are after and how much you like/trust electronics. The Td5
is more powerful, cleaner emissions, better for high speed road work, but
it's a main dealer job if it goes wrong. The Tdi is more economical,
noisier, torquier, and is (depending on your level of mechanical knowledge)
largely fixable by yourself. Some say the 200/300 Tdi is the ultimate
off-road motor, and better than all that came before or after it.

I'd go for a Tdi every time, but that's just me.


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Rich

Nullum Gratuitum Prandium

I own a TD5 now for 3 years and 100.000 km and never had any problems with
the electronics.
And electronics will last on almost for ever if you don't use the car as a
'submarine'...
The TD5 motor itself keeps going without problems, its just great. By the
way I've been 7 times in Africa with the car...
Fred

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> So Brom was, like
>
> > Help! I've been searching for a good second hand 90 for a while and
> > now I have the choice of two, a 98 Defender 300 Tdi or a 99 TD5. Both
> > are in good condition, have covered approximately 50,000 miles and
> > will be used for general transport with some light off road work. The
> > Td5 is a bit more expensive, but not excessively. The problem is,
> > which one do I choose? Having never owned a Land Rover before I don't
> > know which is the best buy. So, where better to find out than this
> > forum, which one would you buy and why?
> >
> > Brom.
>
> Depends what you are after and how much you like/trust electronics. The
Td5
> is more powerful, cleaner emissions, better for high speed road work, but
> it's a main dealer job if it goes wrong. The Tdi is more economical,
> noisier, torquier, and is (depending on your level of mechanical
knowledge)
> largely fixable by yourself. Some say the 200/300 Tdi is the ultimate
> off-road motor, and better than all that came before or after it.
>
> I'd go for a Tdi every time, but that's just me.
>
>
> --
>
> Rich
>
> Nullum Gratuitum Prandium
>
>


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Richard & Landy Fred,
thanks for that, your replies are very much appreciated.
Regards,
Brom.