Thread: Defenders on "Car Sales."

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

Not so sure about that. When all the trendy city slickers who bought them at the last minute realise they aren't as comfortable as the BMW or Mercedes they gave hip to look rugged and cool with the flowing beard, we might find a lot of low Km, never seen the dirt cars with all the trimmings hit the market.

Yep. The 'buyer type' changed dramatically with the 2.2. They'll be back in their VWs in the next year or two.

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

Not so sure about that. When all the trendy city slickers who bought them at the last minute realise they aren't as comfortable as the BMW or Mercedes they gave hip to look rugged and cool with the flowing beard, we might find a lot of low Km, never seen the dirt cars with all the trimmings hit the market.

Lol!..Won't be ours,...we owned a Mercedes AMG C63 before Gracie,..FOUR times more powerful, over twice as fast, EVERYTHING that opens & shuts, but We ain't getting rid of Gracie anytime soon.
A few years ago, after owning a succession of powerful V8s, I would never have believed that I would say that I'm happy with a 90KW diesel,...but I am,......VERY.
Pickles.
NB:However, just gotta say though, the C63 6.2L AMG V8 under Gracie's bonnet, does make me wonder.....!!

Originally Posted by Pickles2

Lol!..Won't be ours,...we owned a Mercedes AMG C63 before Gracie,..FOUR times more powerful, over twice as fast, EVERYTHING that opens & shuts, but We ain't getting rid of Gracie anytime soon.
A few years ago, after owning a succession of powerful V8s, I would never have believed that I would say that I'm happy with a 90KW diesel,...but I am,......VERY.
Pickles.
NB:However, just gotta say though, the C63 6.2L AMG V8 under Gracie's bonnet, does make me wonder.....!!

That would be an AMG G-Wagon. I would love to drive one of those.

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

That would be an AMG G-Wagon. I would love to drive one of those.

Oh yes. Or a RRS SVR.

Seems to me that prices for 2007-2010 model 110's have come down to a more realistic $35-40k with some in that range dropping in price and still not selling despite appearing in good condition and only ~130-150k kms. Top end is still inflated though IMO.

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

Not so sure about that. When all the trendy city slickers who bought them at the last minute realise they aren't as comfortable as the BMW or Mercedes they gave hip to look rugged and cool with the flowing beard, we might find a lot of low Km, never seen the dirt cars with all.

I've seen this rather bitter commentary in a few threads now, but I'm yet to see any evidence to support it. Almost all of the dealer allocations in WA over the 12 months leading up to the end of production went to people who already owned Defenders. Some were buying their third or fourth, and one guy was even up to his sixth!

Keeping in mind that fewer than 60 cars were sold nation-wide in the final rush in January, I'm not sure how many of these mythical bearded hipsters could have possibly bought them, let alone be in a rush to sell.

There really isn't such a thing as a typical Defender owner anyway, they appeal to all sorts of different people. They're classless, which is what makes them so great.

There is some truth to the bearded hipster, maybe not all bearded but I have seen more Defenders in and around Alexandria than at a Land Rover dealer.

And you can see none of them go Offroad. They really are Hipster drivers.

This is no exaggeration on the amount of Defenders around this trendy hipster inner city suburb, I am always surprised to see so many Defenders around there.

And to top it off when I was in mine I never got a wave from any of them.

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Originally Posted by Pickles2

"6 speed auto"?,....well I might consider that, but I'd want something much "stronger" than a 90kw 2.2 Puma up front.
Pickles.

Mine is 11% 'stronger? at 100kw off the production line. They also upped the torque to 400nm.