2013 defender, 2.2 , or 2.4.?

**JayBoRover** · 8th May 2013, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by ATH

You ought to be careful what you say JayBoRover as 100kph is tops when towing for ALL Nope - for trucks it's 100kph, although very few seem to know that judging by the B-Doubles that go past me on the Freeway

vehicles Australia wide ... even the NT I believe.
And doing 130 overtaking or not will probably get you a lost licence20kph over the limit is a lost license?

I thought it was 40. knowing the paranoi surrounding speed limits over here even if gettting past quicker is safer, they won't accept it.
Hapy motoring.
AlanH.

Careful how I drive is more important than what I say about how I drive

. You have "read" that I did 110kph with the trailer, but I didn't actually say that - only referred to the roof tent which is quite legal at 110kph. You also "assume" the 130kph was on a road that the Police care about, whereas it could easily refer to a closed road, track or private property.
I haven't had a ticket, or even a warning, in over 20 years of doing a lot of driving and riding - including some high performance cars and very high performance motorcycles

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Mr Brooks · 19th June 2013, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by JayBoRover

Have you actually driven one?

I've done 20,000kms in my 2.2 "putrid transit motor" MY12 D90, with over a quarter of that towing a lightly loaded fully enclosed trailer on open highways in outback WA, and am still surprised by how well it goes

. It has a very useful bottom and midrange power package coupled with a 6 speed manual gearbox that makes ringing it out a little futile. The top end is a little flat, but you don't need to go there as it does 110kph with the load easily, including a roof tent on the rack, and will go past 130kph easily for an overtaking manoeuvre. I came from a Nissan Patrol ute with a 6 cylinder 4.2lt Turbo Diesel, so was expecting to be missing some power, but nope - the little 2.2 goes blinking well

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Thanks JayBoRover,
Hi have just bitten the bullet finally and bought a MY13 2.2TDCi 110 Wagon over here in WA, but had a few reservations as to the power capability after having the 3.0 litre Nissan TD Navara. So I found this blog usefull. I guess I can latter chip it but would prefer not to have to for longevity.
Cheers
Mr Brooks

**UncleHo** · 20th June 2013, 07:43 AM

In early June we did a long weekend trip from Brisbane to Bundaberg and return in the aforementioned black 110 towing a 1.02t caravan,towed well at 100kph with no lack of power or drop in road speed on hills,OK so it was a middle aged Millard 13ft 6in unit and not the more modern overweight palace on wheels that is available now,but for a weekend away we didn't notice the lack of the plasma TV or the Captain's chairs,the stove worked well,the beds were comfortable,it had ample cupboard space for both food and clothes,so what else is required,and at only 1.02t it didn't suck fuel with the tow vehicle it dropped from 10ltrs per 100klms to 12ltrs per 100klms so all in all considering the heavy traffic we did OK.

cheers

**UncleHo** · 20th June 2013, 07:44 AM

In early June we did a long weekend trip from Brisbane to Bundaberg and return in the aforementioned black 110 towing a 1.02t caravan,towed well at 100kph with no lack of power or drop in road speed on hills(ticked along in 6th happily),OK so it was a middle aged Millard 13ft 6in unit and not the more modern overweight palace on wheels that is available now,but for a weekend away we didn't notice the lack of the plasma TV or the Captain's chairs or full size fridge,the stove worked well,the beds were comfortable,it had ample cupboard space for both food and clothes,so what else is required,and at only 1.02t it didn't suck fuel with the tow vehicle it dropped from 10ltrs per 100klms to 12ltrs per 100klms so all in all considering the heavy traffic we did OK.

cheers

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