Thread: Defender 110 ordered - Feeling excited!

Markups on accessories in Australia are getting out of hand. Luckily Land Rovers don't actually need many! The wildly varying prices for a snorkel is a case in point. I've had quotes ranging between $360 and $580 for the same snorkel! It's definitely a case of buyer beware.

And the more inflation we accept, well the more inflation we'll get. Something is way out of kilter. I suggest it's aspirational inflation, given that manufacturing costs are so low off shore. I'd understand a higher price for a high quality accessory hand made here, but when it's a piece of plastic blowmold made by the millions or some leather conditioner, seriously?

We got it on the Mazda but not interested for the Defender. Both vehicles get washed regularly and polished and are kept under a carport. The Mazda came with bottles of shampoo and polish stuff which they say have to be used on it, as they say normal car wash can include salts which may damage the protection. I'm using them on both vehicles. The Mazda dealer refilled the bottles at the first service, which impressed me.
I agree about Lanolin and have used spray bottles of it and fish oil on the underneath of the Defender.

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Congrats Andrew
It will be worth the wait, plus you can now spend 3 months working out how you'll deck it out. I'll keep an eye out for it while I travel around Oz next year.
I picked up a new 110 about 4 weeks ago. Haven't stopped smiling.
Cheers
Onetenland

Originally Posted by Onetenland

I picked up a new 110 about 4 weeks ago. Haven't stopped smiling.

Congrats on the new member of the family! What colour is yours? I'll keep an eye out.

I had paint protection on my Territory. I won it playing a silly game that should have been on TV. Anyway, It turned out that caring for the paint protection was more work than looking after the paint it's self. I reckon all this 'protection' stuff is just cream on the Dealer's Tart. You should determine what you need as you use the vehicle.
Cheers Billy.

There's a guy asking $80k for his undelivered 110...

2015 Land Rover Defender Manual AWD MY16

There are another two used 110s for $70k+. Are these just dreamers or is my order actually appreciating before it's even been produced?

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

I had paint protection on my Territory. I won it playing a silly game that should have been on TV. Anyway, It turned out that caring for the paint protection was more work than looking after the paint it's self. I reckon all this 'protection' stuff is just cream on the Dealer's Tart. You should determine what you need as you use the vehicle.
Cheers Billy.

All we have to do to care for the paint protection on our Mazda is to use a special wash which Mazda supplied with the car. They even topped the bottle up at the 10,000 service.

Originally Posted by Andrew86

There's a guy asking $80k for his undelivered 110...

2015 Land Rover Defender Manual AWD MY16

There are another two used 110s for $70k+. Are these just dreamers or is my order actually appreciating before it's even been produced?

He's dreaming, but I hope he gets it to make mine more valuable.