Cold and Wet .

[jimr1]

I drove my 2.2 110 home last night . The Melbourne weather was awful , windy , cold heavy rain , and very dark ! I had the heater on No 1 , the radio playing , wipers flipping away . I thought how good is this vehicle , It just feels so good to drive even in the worst conditions . Of all the Land Rover I've owned , this one is the best !!.. Jim

[GG]

knowing melbourne it would be 30C half hour later haha

[rangieman]

knowing melbourne it would be 30C half hour later haha

Um nup not this time of year my friend:angel:

[GG]

ha, i lived in melb for 6 years, i know all about melbournes four seasons in one day lol.

[MrKeswick16]

I drove my 2.2 110 home last night . The Melbourne weather was awful , windy , cold heavy rain , and very dark ! I had the heater on No 1 , the radio playing , wipers flipping away . I thought how good is this vehicle , It just feels so good to drive even in the worst conditions . Of all the Land Rover I've owned , this one is the best !!.. Jim

Agreed!.....I know the feeling, they handle it very well! In fact I love driving mine in any sort of wet weather, absolutely love it! :)

[tonyci]

I drove my 2.2 110 home last night . The Melbourne weather was awful , windy , cold heavy rain , and very dark ! I had the heater on No 1 , the radio playing , wipers flipping away . I thought how good is this vehicle , It just feels so good to drive even in the worst conditions . Of all the Land Rover I've owned , this one is the best !!.. Jim

I reckon the Defender heater is the hottest, I have ever come across. Important for us Victorians.
You must have had the radio up loud, mine at least wipers make a fair bit of motor noise.
But overall agree, a good drive in any conditions.
Cheers
Tony

[D90 orkney]

It's a very wet winter this year compared to previous ones here

[rutmutt]

if only the air con worked as well as the heater. After a couple of hours it starts to blow warm. The heater on the other hand can sear your eyeballs.

[Glenpick]

I also had similar thoughts the other night - dark, cold, belting rain & my Deefer felt great & i've never felt safer. Best truck I've ever had by far.

[jimr1]

I reckon the Defender heater is the hottest, I have ever come across. Important for us Victorians.
You must have had the radio up loud, mine at least wipers make a fair bit of motor noise.
But overall agree, a good drive in any conditions.
Cheers
Tony
Hi Tony , I don't like the radio to loud , I'm more of a light and easy listener than a thump thump guy . I must compliment the quality of the radio , and sound system . Plus the heater gets bloody hot just on No 1 , I've never had to crank it up to high even in the snow !!.. Jim :)

[noyakfat]

I agree the heater is superb.

Winter mornings in Canberra, even after scraping thick ice off the windscreen, I still find myself reaching to turn down the heater before I make it to work on my short commute :)

Soooooo toasty

[ezyrama]

I only have a 15 min drive to work here on the Goldie and in that time the heater gets so hot I have to turn the fan off and just use the convection of air coming thru on outside air and the heat setting about 1/2 way round. Summer time it's a different story up here, the A/C struggles quite a bit with the heat and humidity. It does take a while to cool the interior down, especially with the heat radiating off the transmission tunnel. Before summer I am going to try a different refrigerant other than R134a, maybe one of the new hydrocarbons, you only need about 1/3rd of the original charge and the manufacturer claims 25-30% more efficient. ATM, I can only achieve about 9.5 degrees supply air temp compared to my wife and daughters cars of 3.5-4 degrees and they are only 1/2 the cabin size or smaller than my truck. When I get to it I will post some results.
Ian

[Tote]

I only have a 15 min drive to work here on the Goldie and in that time the heater gets so hot I have to turn the fan off and just use the convection of air coming thru on outside air and the heat setting about 1/2 way round. Summer time it's a different story up here, the A/C struggles quite a bit with the heat and humidity. It does take a while to cool the interior down, especially with the heat radiating off the transmission tunnel. Before summer I am going to try a different refrigerant other than R134a, maybe one of the new hydrocarbons, you only need about 1/3rd of the original charge and the manufacturer claims 25-30% more efficient. ATM, I can only achieve about 9.5 degrees supply air temp compared to my wife and daughters cars of 3.5-4 degrees and they are only 1/2 the cabin size or smaller than my truck. When I get to it I will post some results.
Ian

Some heat shielding on the bottom of the plate under the console and the rear of the foot well makes a significant difference as does wrapping the exhaust pipe. Cheaper than regassing too.

Regards,
Tote

[Chenz]

I reckon the Defender heater is the hottest, I have ever come across. Important for us Victorians.
You must have had the radio up loud, mine at least wipers make a fair bit of motor noise.
But overall agree, a good drive in any conditions.
Cheers
Tony

I seem to spend most of my time turning the heater up one click - cook ya bollocks. Down one click - freeze your bollocks:p