Thread: Fenda for every day?

Yep I daily drive my new Puma, do 40-50k a year and am loving it so far, cruise control would be nice but apart from that it is awesome. I frequently drive Cockatoo-Werribee.

Rob

I found my dad's (2011 110) turning circle to be pretty woeful, and took some getting used to. Otherwise it was fast, frugal and comfortable on short and long drives during my loan. You are forever changing gears in stopstart traffic, but I would personally prefer that over an auto any day.

Sam

Honestly, I love my 110, and I loved the 110 I had before it as well.........

BUT: If its a "work vehicle" and all you are going to do with it is on tar, then I would choose a nice commodore.

However if the work vehicle is able to venture off road, then its a whole different story

Thanks for the feedback gents, you're doing a pretty good job at convincing me. Closer to purchase time I'll see if I can wrangle an extended test drive and give it a good run in the traffic. My only real concern is that I'm going to be knackered at the end of the day. I occasionally make the same trip in manual 2001 td5 Disco and it can be hard work.

Once again, thanks for sharing your own experiences.

- Dave

I drive my 110 TD5 into Sydney and back every day. Love it.

However if money was no object and common sense were applied an auto would be so much easier in traffic, particularly Sydney CBD. And I'm getting 10L/100. not bad for a "big unit" in traffic!

Parking I never go into any car park with under 2.1 clearance.

I think the D90 would be more "fun" in traffic but the 110 more practical for camping etc at least in my case.

Hardly drive the Subaru since I bought my 300Tdi Defender. Not great in traffic but I love it. Every time I hop in my Defender, even when driving to work, I feel like I am on holidays.
David

Hi Dave,
I've got a puma 110 and use it as a daily driver around syd during most week days. I do a fair amount of work k's and love it in the 110. The last work car i had was a subaru liberty wagon 07 and for me the defender is much better for me. The fuel economy is better in the 110 than the liberty, you sit straighter up in the defender and have stacks more visibility to see ahead and around you. I would be sore as after a day in the subaru but now i feel fresh as at the end of a day of driving. There is a bit of getting used to taking off calmly from first to second, but if it's in traffic it makes no difference. The occasional tight roundabout needs to be driven over instead of around but that's part of the fun.
Cheers,
Chris

Originally Posted by steveG

If its a company car (ie you dont pay for car or running costs) then I'd do it.
On the other hand, if its a novated lease or something where you are effectively paying for the maintenance and running costs you'd have to do the sums and weigh it up.

Steve

If you get a company car (Novated or not), LR will give you free scheduled servecing for 3 years on top of the 3 year warranty. So your maintenance costs should be minimal!

If you don't like it after the 3 years, you can always sell it for a good price, as the Defender keeps a pretty good value after 3 years compared to most other 4WDs.

Cheers,
the_prof