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Originally Posted by solmanic
I've been meaning to ask - since you have had your new Defender for over a month now, has nothing gone wrong???
No busted diffs, gearbox, TC, ABS, instrument cluster ??? Surely something major has to be about to pack it in based on the threads I have read from the UK. Or maybe there are in fact only four or five dodgy new Defenders there and the amount of whinging is just out of proportion  . |
Well no - nothing has gone wrong - but there again, I've only had it for 2000km
I've done some offroad driving in it too - all great fun and no dramas whatsoever. I have had all the usual stuff that I see other 07 owners are getting - swarf etc. I just got the vac out and cleaned it up.
The engine is really "freeing up" and I'm getting 10l/100km.
The shakedown trip (in preparation for the big lap next May) is happening at Christmas which will be it's first big test - we're taking Grover down to Victoria via the Warrumbungles and Willandra National Parks - back home via the Snowy Mts and Barrington Tops.
If anything crops up I'll let you (all) know.