Drive: Defender Review

[one_iota]

How very very dare he treat a Defender that way: ;)

Video - Land Rover Defender comes of age - Drive (http://media.drive.com.au/?rid=39838&category=Car%20Reviews)

[Xavie]

What sort of review was that? And Cheap parts, What???

Xav

[TimNZ]

What a git!! Too busy trying to be Jemery Clarkson.

Tim

[101 Ron]

Total crap!
He implied the engine was a old design.
Did he ever looked under the bonnet.
The ride and brakes and steering are good for that class of vehicle......its not a racing car.
This shows me again not to believe what you read in magazines etc.
I still remember off road Aust mag in volume 1 no6 implying the range rover locked the axles when they operated the central diff lock.
I think another one was overlander mag when testing a early cruiser against a early patrol implied the toyota rode better because it had fully floating axles and the nissan had semi floating axles.
I bet if the vehicle was lefthand drive for another market that ****** would still have issuses with the igition switch.
How many American cars are sold in Aust with slightly differnt positions of controls.........it just takes time to learn the vehicles controls to be a good driver and I find the same old Jap layout boring in every Jap vehicle

[Xavie]

I'm suprised he didn't fall through the vehicle when he went standing on it :p . I'm serious though it doesn't feel/seem all the strong.

[hiline]

who was the baldy bloke with the ute :angel::p

[Black Dog]

I'm suprised he didn't fall through the vehicle when he went standing on it :p . I'm serious though it doesn't feel/seem all the strong.

G'day Xavie,
Last weekend I picked up some slabs of cedar I milled 3 years ago up in Barrington Tops.
Had 2 guys climbing all over it to get that timber up there...
Could you really not do that in a 07?
Cheers
Mark

[barney]

who was the baldy bloke with the ute :angel::p


some knob that can't act :wasntme:

[Xavie]

some knob that can't act :wasntme:

lol.

And Black Dog maybe you could but I wouldn't of been game to unless it had those after market panels on it. It just never felt very strong.

[Phoenix]

I just got to that and though, "I know that rego plate!!!!!"

[one_iota]

lol.

And Black Dog maybe you could but I wouldn't of been game to unless it had those after market panels on it. It just never felt very strong.

On second viewing I noticed that it has the guard top protectors.

[Milton477]

Someone shoot him please!

[one_iota]

In fairness (if this is a concept that can be applied to Journos) he did wrap it up with a positive view of the vehicle.

If you're going to go anywhere remotely remote then maybe this is the choice.

As for the ergonomics...he's right

I lean forward and bump my head on the steering wheel every time I use the hand brake..

Same applies to the ignition key insertion..which is why the medical term "key hole surgery" was coined

I had a vertically challenged passenger recently...instinctively he reached for the hand hold normally above the door only to grab air. He should have been a rear seat passenger they are catered for. The humiliation of it (his not mine).

So what is wrong with having to fit the car...if it doesn't fit don't drive it or modify it.

I think there was a positive message.

And after all what other vehicle you can buy these days with an analogue timepiece in the dashboard...a Maserati maybe

[rangieman]

who was the baldy bloke with the ute :angel::p
Yeah i was thinking he better not give up his day job:Rolling::Rolling::whistling::tease::wasntme:

[wally]

Actually that was much better than I was expecting. It still has all the predictable, tired old criticisms though. Ergonomics (I still don't know what they mean), things not where you expect them, blah, blah. And... "My elbow hits the window when I turn." Well open it, d'head!