Just bought my 1st Defender....

hi

you may recall my posts a couple of weeks ago asking all sorts of advice - well i listened, read, looked, read some more, took test drives and looked some more.

the important words were chassis, engine, chassis, transmission, chassis and just in case i forgot chassis.

well i have put a deposit on a '95 300tdi 90 estate with 2 owners and 65k on the clock. it is in really good condition, 4 folding seats in the back, sunroof, radio, good tyres and a roof lining!.........oh the chassis etc is rock solid and waxoiled. was owned by a leasing company and pretty well fully serviced$ as far as i can see.

can you tell me how i can tell the difference between a Defender estate and a County station wagon?

wish me luck - i'm collecting it next saturday

BM52

I thought they were the same thing. Congrats on your new vehikle by the way and welcome to the Loony Zone.

Excellent, give us PICCIES - we loves piccies!!! Sounds like you got yerself a good one!

The CSW is just a different trim level but defenders by their nature change throughout their lives so the only sure thing is what you see is what you get! If in doubt check the VIN number which will give you some (un-definitive) idea about what the car started life as.(there's a fred in the common questions and problems bit about this i think) - remember it's easy enough to change anything into what is effectively a CSW as they are easy cars to work on!

Good luck, hope all goes well and PICS PICS PICS!!! The 300 is a cracking engine

OD

Yeah, County is a nicer trim version.

All "estates" are more properly called Station Wagons.

CSW will have fabric seats rather than vinyl, for example.

Cheers

Blippie

Hello Mr bm52. If you want to really fly in a 90, try the bmW M52 engined 2.8i. Revvy engine so uses a 1.6:1 transfer box. Great fun to drive

wtf are you on attrill????

petrol?

aye, i reckon yer have bin sniffin too much of it