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  1. 8th July 2004, 12:10 PM #11
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    Well the body on frame construction that the disco 3 uses is apparently a mix of the 2, making it construction method :!:
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  2. 8th July 2004, 12:28 PM #12
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    Perhaps they changed their mind half-way through..... 8O
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


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    As long as it has solid axles, i will be happy!

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    Originally posted by DaveS3
    As long as it has solid axles, i will be happy!

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    I think you'll be sad then!
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    Yes, you will be sad [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]

    but if it performs as well or better than the current defender, does it matter ??
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    Originally posted by Phoenix
    but if it performs as well or better than the current defender, does it matter ??
    So who's going to volunteer to be the first forum member to buy one :?:
    (By which I mean: "Who's rich?)

    It would make one hell of a review for the newsletter..... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


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    I'll volunteer ................................... as soon as you provide me with the winning lottery numbers
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    New defender

    If they sold them with a capacity more than 4.0L (and diesel)i would buy one (and the nice friendly bank manager) [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] You can not beat cubic inches when you are pushing 2.5 tonnes around empty.
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  9. 9th July 2004, 07:06 PM #19
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    One question....."Is it really a Defender"? :?

    Sure its a nice looking "truck"? but it is just going to be another vehicle in a already congested market

    Where's the ute(for Vlad [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] ) where's the cab and chassis, that's right no chassis

    For me any new "Defender" needs to show a direct link to the series 1 where it all started :wink:
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  10. 9th July 2004, 07:25 PM #20
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    I like pedigree and lineage, evolution rather than revolution.

    I can slide under a Series, a 110, a Defender, a previous RR, a Disco 1 and know where I am...under a Land Rover. (its the oil :wink: )

    I am lost and disoriented under a Disco II and recent RR's. I suspect Freelanders too.

    Open the bonnet on the recent models and it is shrouded in plastic mystery. What are they trying to cover up? A Victorian (as in Queen) "I am not amused", "out of sight out of mind" attitude to the infernal [sic] combustion engine.

    They say that survival has to do with adaptability.

    I prefer the KISS principal. It is robust and long lived.

    I ask: "what has really changed that requires adaptation?"
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