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Low mileage and only minor bodywork issues. l've bid on it. The seller has been mentioned on here in the past, but the Defender does look good. What do you think...

l guess if you're using the vehicle off road it will be useful to have the advanced features. I do go off road but only around farms and in that respect the vehicle has been faultless. One thing l have noticed is, if you leave it in the default...

Mine doesn't have that either! I think the "base" model is the best one to get.

No they're just a funny shape. l don't have the locking differentials. However it does have an advanced traction control as standard and it seems to work very well.

Mine is the basic specification with the coil springs so is much simpler than that. But apparently it still "embraces the impossible" according to Land Rover I have the 3.0 six cylinder lngenium diesel with 250bhp. l just drove back from Wales...

Update! I replaced the MAF and it seems to be working fine. Cheers 🍻

Great news Glad it sorted the problem. You'll probably find fuel economy is improved as well.

Try a new MAF unit, when this fails you get exactly these symptoms. When you start the engine the ECU looks for a signal from the MAF unit and if it doesn't get one it switches to default settings. While this is happening the vehicle won't...

I seriously doubt that ULEZ will be scrapped sadly.

Do you have a link to that? There's a lot of Defenders on Auto Trader.

Yeah the Bronco looks great, reasonably priced as well. Wonder why Ford isn't marketing it in the U.K.

There's a gap in the market for someone to produce a working vehicle for around £30,000 lf Suzuki can do it for £20,000 then surely a larger version is possible at under £30,000 The Suzuki has a separate chassis with the same drivetrain as an...

You should be able to import TD5's now, as the first ones were made in 1998. As these are plentiful in the U.K. l would expect prices over in the USA to fall.

Huuuurfookingraaayyyyy! Changed out the leak off pipes and she sprang into life! Didn't even need the external primary pump, considering how cold it is this morning I think the glow plugs are working OK? Previous owner listed them as faulty...

Any complaints 🤬 from ulez whining wallflowers and I'll take the exhaust manifold off.

Well, let's see your ideas for a simple functional vehicle then, that Land Rover should have produced. lneos went for it with the Grenadier and largely succeeded, although it's out of reach for most at over £70,000. What you need is a back to...

Jimny interior All hard plastic. Better for a traditional working 4x4 but would today's Defender buyers accept it?

The thing is, how do you think Land Rover should have developed the new Defender? Traditional chassis with live axles, or the more modern independent setup? And the interior, should they have gone for a plastic interior trim (there are some...

lt probably wouldn't. After six barrel rolls this 110 doesn't look that much different

And now put some little round tail/indicator lamps on the rear corners. [ should have put them there in first place I recon]

I am not an offroad driver, though I do drive across a moor often but I am careful not to break through the grass into the peat. I do this in a 1993 90 and whilst it does this comfortably, I am sure a new Defender would be more than capable of...

Don't know why l didn't think of it before Fit the grille from the old one

lt's very unlikely the turbo has siezed and is then freeing off. Check the MAF unit. lf the MAF has failed you'll get exactly these symptoms. Also the wastegate could be seized, so check that as well. That can also give the symptoms you are...

Yes effectively a deep 10mm socket with a articulated joint on the end

Google or Ebay search "TD5 glow plug removal tool"

l have the same issue, being in business and use the vehicle all day everyday l was torn between sticking with my 155,000 mile TD5 which required constant maintenance or going with the new one which l can just get in and drive. Also it's got more...

I will admit to not being too familiar with the puma models, and also know I do not need to tell you, but mileage is just a number does 90k really matter? I am 450miles away from 400k on my tdi but out of the whole vehicle there is possibly only...

I agree with all of the above, which is why after putting many thousands of pounds into renovating my 200tdi , I have also have a new defender. Sometimes you need something that gets you where you want to go without rattling , that can integrate...

Oh it does have some character, much more than other SUV's l have driven, plus the "Defender" legacy. And the interior certainly on my base specification model feels like a Defender. l definitely love the vehicle although it took some time. But...

l post this stuff mainly because it may be useful in the future when/if the new Defender is more popular on here. At the moment l can't see a lot of people being interested in what MPG the vehicle is managing for instance. Most new Defenders...