Thread: advantages of a 110 over a rover or disco

Originally Posted by JDNSW

While the 110 (or the 2a) are my regular drives, over the last six months I have driven a number of more 'modern' vehicles - particularly my son's I-30, the Disco 2, a current model Patrol, and a few others.

The one thing that is outstanding about the 110 compared to all the others, is the visibility from the driver's seat. All the others have 'A' pillars wider than the distance between my eyes, so there is a blind spot right where you look for traffic at intersections, and the bonnet is such that when I start into the creek crossing near my front gate the road disappears (except the Disco). And as for rearward vision - they all compare very badly, particularly the quartering vision.

Parking - at least in the 110 you can see the front corners, although the Disco is not too bad.

And, as I have mentioned elsewhere, with the near vertical glass, the 110 does not get nearly as hot when parked in the sun as the others do.

John

Best part of a Defender is at night - the ability to look out the front windscreen by using the rear view mirror

The Pilot & Captain can see the bow of the QEII as well... still doesnt make it easy to get into a parking spot..

And in the local Shopping centre, good luck getting in and out in a 110... Even the 90 struggles...

Thats lucky... Because they dont cool down anywhere are easily either...

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

I can buy a good disco for less than $7-8k. Couple grand on offroad gear. Still in front of your average 110.
Next question

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There's a reason why 110s cost more than Discos.

Yes, absurdly over inflated prices.
However if the team defender crowd is going to argue they're cheaper than a discovery, they can't just build one flawed argument on top of the corpse of the old one
They're both good. No doubt.
What happened Mick. You used to be cool

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Actually, the reason I was thinking of was there are a lot more Discos than Defenders around the place. Am I cool again?

You get to learn mechanics




A couple of years ago I started a thread on this as I have wanted a defender since I was 12 years old but found it hard to justify the price differnce from the disco (D1 vs 300tdi) which can be around 80% more (when I was looking anyways). I bought a defender and do love it but wanted to make sure I wasnt spending thousands of $$ I didnt have on just a romanticised preference..... as at that stage I needed to justify spending the extra $$ to my now ex partner. It really distilled down to that I wanted it to cart a large heavy load over broken terrain = Deefer
Also I sleep in the back every weekend that I can

Here is the old thread
Facts on Disco vs Defender

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Actually, the reason I was thinking of was there are a lot more Discos than Defenders around the place. Am I cool again?

Micks always cool

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Thanks.
I think there's a good chance that, after Defender production stops, they will become even more desirable and cooler.
I read a recent magazine story which recommended the Puma Defenders as good investments because they have relatively modern mechanicals for reliability and ability, but still look iconic.

Originally Posted by PAT303

Every one knows defender drivers are real men,compared to those Latte sipping disco drivers . Pat

Someone mention Latte??
Cafe Latte (Defender driver )