just getting into Landies

Hi Im just getting into defenders for on and off road and wondered if
anyone could advise me on which one to get? I've got a budget of about 3K
max. Should I get a defender or an older 90? Cheers Chris

On 2006-01-25, chris myatt <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Im just getting into defenders for on and off road and wondered if
> anyone could advise me on which one to get? I've got a budget of about 3K
> max. Should I get a defender or an older 90? Cheers Chris

You'll probably get a fairly ****ty defender for £3K, although a mate
just got one he reckons is good for £3.5K, and he knows a decent
amount about car mechanics. He needs to get the rear crossmember done
but for the money it's not bad. It's a 200TDi.

The difference between that and an older 90 is the older gearbox, not
so good engine, and the older 90's doors will most likely be better
than the defender's! There are other differences but they don't
spring to mind right now so they're probably mind-splittingly
important ;-)

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On or around Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:09:31 +0000, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On 2006-01-25, chris myatt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Im just getting into defenders for on and off road and wondered if
>> anyone could advise me on which one to get? I've got a budget of about 3K
>> max. Should I get a defender or an older 90? Cheers Chris
>

buy a really nice Series instead

3K max is rather the bottom end of defender territory - the older NAD and
turbos and petrol ones are possibilities though.

also worth considering the discoveries - you can get a lot of discovery for
3K... ditto rangie classics. Both are pretty capable off road and mucho
comfort to boot.

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"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

A good one


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Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

"chris myatt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi Im just getting into defenders for on and off road and wondered if
> anyone could advise me on which one to get? I've got a budget of about 3K
> max. Should I get a defender or an older 90? Cheers Chris
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