Thread: MY 15 Defender Use it or Investment

Originally Posted by EastFreo

I just want mine to hurry up. Looked at a link the dealer sent me and I discovered that earlier today it was on board the Faust and just off the coast of Senegal and scheduled to arrive on Aug 29.

At least yours is on a ship.
Mine isn't made yet. Long wait ahead I fear.
Cheers
Tony

Originally Posted by tonyci

At least yours is on a ship.

Mine isn't made yet. Long wait ahead I fear.

Cheers

Tony

We got the build date for the wife's D90 last week, it will be built on the 27/08/14 ( in 21 days time ) and will arrive in November.

And yes, those leather seats with Cold Climate Pack should feel wonderful on days like those recently!

New Zealand dealers have apparently closed their books on the Defender no more new cars can be ordered in so the end of an era here at least.

Originally Posted by sashadidi

New Zealand dealers have apparently closed their books on the Defender no more new cars can be ordered in so the end of an era here at least.

16 months before the end of production,.......I wonder why that is?
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Tombie

We got the build date for the wife's D90 last week, it will be built on the 27/08/14 ( in 21 days time ) and will arrive in November.

And yes, those leather seats with Cold Climate Pack should feel wonderful on days like those recently!

I'll be back in the UK then, want me to call past Solihull and take a photo of it ?

Guys if this thread is going to start talking about the end of the production as the main subject I'm just going to merge it with the thread in the sticky

I think the latest defenders will meet the same fate as the Series 3 models - new car comes along and is better and let's be honest, whilst we love them mainly for sentiment there are a lot of design defects that should have been fixed decades ago - how many cars are built for 60 years and still leak like a sieve in the slightest bit of rain??
The new defender is supposedly going to be all aluminium and stronger than the existing ones - even if it is a cross over between the current Def and Disco it should be better than both current models - I see little investment value myself. Collectable cars are a quirky business and you need to have broad appeal to see a car appreciate in value - just my 2 bobs worth

Yeah, we prob need a 1,2,3 finish at Bathurst, and that's not going to happen, unless we pray for 500 mm of snow,