Thread: Which Defender as long-term touring vehicle

I wish someone would release a TDV8 Defender 110 with a nine-speed auto.

If they did would you pay the $80,000 it'll cost the buy one?,a V8 is a **** for a tourer.Pat

Well, I took my 1st drive of a Defender TD5 the other day.... They are certainly unique... bought back memories of driving some of old 45's Toyotas, but I did enjoy it, but probably not as a daily driver, but as a tourer - yes....
This one had a very heavy clutch pedal, not sure if that is normal, but one thing I did notice was the 2nd row seating.... not a lot of leg room, especially if the driver has their seat all the way back...

What year did they start installing Tachos as std in the Defenders?

The TDCi has better rear room,I think they were the first with tacho's. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

The TDCi has better rear room,I think they were the first with tacho's. Pat

Hey Pat, if the Pumas have better leg room for the second row, does that mean the 2nd row seating was pushed further back into the cargo area to achieve this ??

The Clutch's are they light or heavy style of clutch ??

The rear seats are pushed back about 40mm or so and they are angled back,a mate of mine has a son thats 6' and about 110kg's and he likes the TDCi seats better than any others.My TDCi is my partners vehicle,if she can drive it anyone can,actually I'd go as far as saying she's improved her driving since having it. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

The rear seats are pushed back about 40mm or so and they are angled back,a mate of mine has a son thats 6' and about 110kg's and he likes the TDCi seats better than any others.My TDCi is my partners vehicle,if she can drive it anyone can,actually I'd go as far as saying she's improved her driving since having it. Pat

Not that this matters as I wouldn't be sitting in the back seat, but when I did hop in to try sitting in the 2nd row, I was very surprised. I could feel my head/hair rubbing on the roof lining. I thought there would have been more head room but I guess when u look at the mounting of the seat it is higher than the front seats but with the same roof height....
BTW: I'm only 6 foot myself in height.....

Originally Posted by Robmacca

Not that this matters as I wouldn't be sitting in the back seat, but when I did hop in to try sitting in the 2nd row, I was very surprised. I could feel my head/hair rubbing on the roof lining. I thought there would have been more head room but I guess when u look at the mounting of the seat it is higher than the front seats but with the same roof height....
BTW: I'm only 6 foot myself in height.....

When I sit in the back (I'm the same height as you) I can see only the roof trim, I have to duck to see out the windows or stretch to look out the alpine windows. They were great when the kids were small as they could see over the front seats and they hated travelling in other peoples cars where you sit really low. What I hate about sitting in the back is the lack of foot room.

Jeff