110 , 130 or Single Cab ...

[Just_Roving_09]

G'day All fellow Land Rover owners and lovers

Im new to this site , well ive read alot of info on Land Rovers thur this site but just recently signed up for some strange reason :D

Any tips or info i can gather would be greatly greatly appreciated :)

I currently own a D2 V8 - Love it and it sounds like a beast ...
(YouTube - The Mighty Land Rover ... V8)


anyways to the question at hand lol

Im looking to get a Defender ... now the biggest question on my mind is which to get?

Wagon or Ute ....

Ive been looking at the Single Cab 300TDi ones they are a good price and lower Km's then the Wagons

So i was wonder if any single cab Defender owners ( 300Tdi or Td5) have any info or tips on the Single Cab? and if you think they are as strong as the Wagons?

Cheers Members :)

[spudboy]

Have you had a sit in a single cab ute? There is not a lot of leg room if you are tall, and you can't shift the seats back that far. There are a few "extended" single cab 130s around with an extra 12" (?) added, like an xtra-cab type of thing. Bit more room. If you are not over 6' then it might not matter to you.

That might decide it for you :D

[Just_Roving_09]

Have you had a sit in a single cab ute? There is not a lot of leg room if you are tall, and you can't shift the seats back that far. There are a few "extended" single cab 130s around with an extra 12" (?) added, like an xtra-cab type of thing. Bit more room. If you are not over 6' then it might not matter to you.

That might decide it for you :D
im 180cms and 95kgs lol .. not a small bloke i think im gonna have to sit in them and see what suits me best

[vnx205]

You really have to try it for yourself to see if you are comfortable.

I am 180cm but only 62 kgs and I have heaps of room. My shoulder doesn't touch the door and my leg is nowhere near the handbrake. However some people not much bigger than me complain about both those things. My brother-in-law is a good 10cm taller and me and weighs about one and a half times as much. He didn't complain when he sat in the passenger's seat where some off the leg room is stolen by the AC.

Another thing to bear in mind is that some people's reaction when they first sit in a Defender is that it is too cramped, too upright and too uncomfortable, but at the end of a long day, they find they are in better shape than in some other supposedly more comfortable vehicles. One person's comment was that other vehicles are more comfortable to sit in while a Defender is more comfortable to drive.

I suppose the point I want to make is that you shouldn't dismiss the Defender on the basis of a few seconds in the seat.

[The ho har's]

ho har is 6'3" and he can not drive a single cab in comfort so we bought a

duel cab 130....much better leg room and is very comfortable on long trips



Mrs ho har:angel:

[tazd]

ive got a 110 ute and always thought it was a little cramped, but i just ripped out the middle seat and am going to put in a cubby. and i just build a roof console for the uhf and cd player and it now seem like there is more room. and it is so much more functional now. im 177 cm and 80kg and i like the feeling of the door being right there when off road and not banging into it as the going gets rough. but i would love an extra cab just for that little extra storage and slightly more leg room on long drives

[rovercare]

im 180cms and 95kgs lol .. not a small bloke i think im gonna have to sit in them and see what suits me best

Hope you like driving with the window down:D

[PAT303]

I'm 6'1'' and 95kg and I don't have any trouble with my 110 wagon,my tojo work vehicles have more shoulder room but I hate reaching for first and the lay back position they have.I find my ar%e gets sore in them too after an hour or so. Pat

[rovercare]

I'm 6'1'' and 95kg and I don't have any trouble with my 110 wagon,my tojo work vehicles have more shoulder room but I hate reaching for first and the lay back position they have.I find my ar%e gets sore in them too after an hour or so. Pat


Yea, but your biased:p

Try a single cab, I'm 6'3" and about 90kg, it ain;t comfy by any measure:(

But I do drive with the window down all seasons:D

[lardy]

you would do great in a 130 twin cab like i have as i am a fat knacker and am 6'3 but if that isn't you thing a 110 would be ok with the rails i have under the seats from mud.co.uk great leg room now.
But i had Richard over doing some work on my 130 last couple of days he is 6'2-6'3 and drives a single cab with no worries, i sat in it for a comparison, seemed a little upright maybe but i could live with it no drama's.
But as previously suggested a bit of a test drive will tell all i reckon.

[Just_Roving_09]

Gday sorry to bring up a older post again ...

just a quick question ... are the single cab ute versions as good off road as the wagon? i know both are all around coils but the wagon has that little bit extra weight on the back to get it down ...

cheers in advance : )

[JDNSW]

Gday sorry to bring up a older post again ...

just a quick question ... are the single cab ute versions as good off road as the wagon? i know both are all around coils but the wagon has that little bit extra weight on the back to get it down ...

cheers in advance : )

Obviously it depends on what you have in the back - and if you have not enough weight on the back wheels, you can always put a couple of sandbags in the back. But I suspect in most cases the lower all up weight would be more of a plus than the minor down of less equal weight distribution.

John

[spudboy]

With the back off of my 130 it is really easy to get cross-axled on quite minor "dips" and you really notice if you don't have the centre diff lock in. The springs are set to work properly with some weight on.

If you wanted to do a lot of off roading without much weight in the back you'd probably be better off going for much lighter springs in the rear.

[George130]

Don't know about the lighter weight. With my 167 litres of fuel and all the gear I have never had that issue.

The only issue with mine is the sway bar makes it lift a rear leg easily.