Reply to: Buying vehicle - Which one

[Old Hack]

I don't like change!

I hope it doesn't change too much. I'd have one tomorrow...

[Sockpuppet]

I do, and I want one, and have registered my needs with LR. Seems to me, they're just refining the solution, so it doesn't look too girly for the farmers.

But, imo, it will be made.

I don't like change!

[Old Hack]

I know the defender is getting retired, I just think LR won't replace it especially with the DC100.

I do, and I want one, and have registered my needs with LR. Seems to me, they're just refining the solution, so it doesn't look too girly for the farmers.

But, imo, it will be made.

[Halo Jones]

Shirley you should be going for a Toyota Hilux. Unstoppable, unbreakable things.
Plus you can look like the chap from "The Fall Guy".

We use Hilux type vehicles on site all day long, the have the 2nd row of seats so you can carry people safely; they are solid & survive the thrashing the operations guys hand them.
Get my vote.

[Sockpuppet]

DC100 has been put on hold, and will replace the defender, as in 2015, the defender will no longer pass any of the stricter laws coming in.

I know the defender is getting retired, I just think LR won't replace it especially with the DC100.

[Old Hack]

What you really want though is something to tell people coming the other way down a narrow country lane to **** off out of the way, like this: Marauder: Multi-role, highly agile mine-protected armoured vehicle

or does that and goes really fast as well: Bowler | Racing and High Performance all terrain vehicles

I only ever had one of these:

I think the girls would complain quite a lot

[darmstadt]

What you really want though is something to tell people coming the other way down a narrow country lane to **** off out of the way, like this: Marauder: Multi-role, highly agile mine-protected armoured vehicle

or does that and goes really fast as well: Bowler | Racing and High Performance all terrain vehicles

I only ever had one of these:

[Old Hack]

22 weeks wait isn't great though. They start mining the ore for it one your deposit has cleared or something?

The ford was 12 months...

[shaunbhoy]

I am planning to upgrade soon and it won't be an agricultural vehicle

Good luck with that then!!

[northernladuk]

Bought the Kombi. Deal too good to turn down.

Just hope I like driving a van....

22 weeks wait isn't great though. They start mining the ore for it one your deposit has cleared or something?

[AtW]

You still thrashing the guts out of your Pug then cherryboy?

I am planning to upgrade soon and it won't be an agricultural vehicle

[shaunbhoy]

FTFY

You still thrashing the guts out of your Pug then cherryboy?

[Old Hack]

If its for farmland use then the only option is a Defender. You can buy some Jap/Asian bucket but the defender has as nearly as long a history as a 911 even 20 year old ones change hands for a few grand... Of course you could also look at a G-Waggon

It needs to double as a 'safe' family car too, and having owned a SIII 109 before, they aren't. I mean, put the kids in the back, tow a trailer and drive a 1000 miles to a gites kind of safe and comfy. Plus, they are ludicrously expensive, for what they are. A well specc'd 110 county is well over 30k.

Land Rover Defender, the plans for the DC100 have been put on hold so there is no replacement. They're VAT qualifying and if you join the NFU you can get another 5% off any price you negotiate with the dealer.

DC100 has been put on hold, and will replace the defender, as in 2015, the defender will no longer pass any of the stricter laws coming in.

I regularly drive the roads around the South Hams, as well as much of the rest of Devon and Cornwall. I used to have a Mitsubishi Warrior and replaced it with a Hilux 3 years ago. The Hilux is better than the Warrior overall, but both are fairly pants off-road really. If you are planning to spend much time off-road my advice would be to get a Landy, unless you want to get stuck of course.
You can probably get a bargain for the reasons you state, that they are planning to replace existing models.

HTH

Thanks SB. The land isn't going to be farmed, per se, more 'worked' by animals. I will have M+S tyres on it, and diff locks, so it should be fine, for what I want. I did toy with keeping the GL and buying an old Pajero or Shogun, something like that, but it doesn't make good sense.

Gone for the VW as we'll be tooing and fromming the beach, and boat yards, more that pitching it across fields. And with diff locks, and the right tyres, it should cope....

I hope, just put a deposit on it....

[bobspud]

I am leaning towards the Kombi 4Motion with Diff locks.

Are you going to turn it into a monster truck?
Let us know when you get stuck in your new field. There are plenty of greenlaners around here never seen them use one of those before

[Old Hack]

Bought the Kombi. Deal too good to turn down.

Just hope I like driving a van....