Defender owners - What's your other car(s)/vehicle?

Interested in what else people drive. Defender (ours arrives next week) are obviously quite "raw" and possibly make say a long motorway journey a bit knackering! I remember driving to the IoW from Bristol, doing a day's Geotech Engineering work then coming back in a day in a lightly modded company 110 Td5- I was half deaf and I think my teeth nearly fell out. Of course when actually on site, it was brilliant.

Any of you run them as a sole vehicle?

Another geotech engineer eh? Theres getting a few on here.
Your post pretty much sums up why the disco came about.

Goon - it was a fair while back. Now run a little PR company!

Nothing gets the pulse racing like standing in a 1m wide 2m deep pit (dug by a JCB) under a 110 in the pi55ing rain doing a soil hardness test (I've forgotten the name of the test - it was that long ago - used kit mounted on a Landy front bumper) as the pit gradually starts to collapse around you....! Finished it just in time and got the Landy out of the way before it caved in.

Also spent hours doing a soakaway test in Poole (RM base) - almost finished when a Chinook landed and the vibrations collapsed my soakaway pit - and ruined the entire test!

2 cars in the household but the 110 will be getting used for work (50miles a day minimum) & laning when i get it finished

Got my 90 for most things and a Disco for when I need more seats and a bit more luxury.

Matteeboy said:

Interested in what else people drive. Defender (ours arrives next week) are obviously quite "raw" and possibly make say a long motorway journey a bit knackering! I remember driving to the IoW from Bristol, doing a day's Geotech Engineering work then coming back in a day in a lightly modded company 110 Td5- I was half deaf and I think my teeth nearly fell out. Of course when actually on site, it was brilliant.

Any of you run them as a sole vehicle?

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I have run both my present 90 and previous series landies as sole vehicles with no trouble.Its just a lot slower on long runs,I have driven a Perkins engined series to Scotland at 45 mph max,I had a small concrete block on the pedal for cruise control.Still go all over with the trailer but you have to go slow with that anyway.Also have a 1.5 Clio for long distance herd visits etc.TBH it rarely moves,not much contest when I have to go out.I imagine a recent def.has car type performance but may be much juicier at speed

0-60 in 14.7s for "ours" and 86mph max - not exactly "performance!"

Defender 90 td5 mine , Audi a3 3.2 quattro the wifes . The wifes car gets used for longer journeys when we go anywhere together. I do all the journeys i do on my own in defender.

Used to have an R32 Golf - similarish to a 3.2 A3! Great car but too much of a thief magnet.

Now in a car of mass contempt - 335d Touring.

My 110 is my every day car, seeing as I don't do much motorway driving. When I do need to a long motorway run, I take my mum's S-Type Jag, muuuch smoother Also quite interesting going from a 2-tonne lump with ~100 bhp to a much lighter vehicle with nearly three times the power

Saying that, I have done very very long (expedition) journeys in my 110, and after a while you get used to it. It's not so bad at 55 mph.

My series 3 109 truck cab is my everyday transport. If we go anywhere distant the wife's zafira is a bit more practical. A 110 with a modern engine, tdi or later, is more than adequate for long distance stuff and so is a disco of any vintage. I speak from experience on both counts.

182 bhp Clio Cup...Bugatti Blue with Anthracite Wheels

my other vehicle is another defender!

treworgey 90 said:

my other vehicle is another defender!

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dito

Blimey - I'm am a mere amateur then!

Got the bug for rapid cars a while back so struggle not to have a pokey number. 335d does the job on that front.

I have a tardis. I posted this tomorrow.

1996 audi s6 2.2turbo 5pot. 3inch cat back no silencers, 300bhp 317lb/ft 154mph and still pulling.


1987 Audi 90 quattro 2.2 10v 136bhp daily hack.

Nice! Had mine dyno'd at 302bhp/430lbs/ft which helps it move well.

Dad had three uR Quattro turbos in "the day" - the last one was a Treser version. Cool at the time, very very 80s now!

Everyday vehicle is my Defender 110.

For summer fun i use my Lancia Delta Integrale!

Matteeboy said:

Nice! Had mine dyno'd at 302bhp/430lbs/ft which helps it move well.

Dad had three uR Quattro turbos in "the day" - the last one was a Treser version. Cool at the time, very very 80s now!

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My baby

big power plans....get a 044 rally spec pump from work next week