Thread: Replace a Defender with what?

Originally Posted by Lemo

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2018 Mercedes-Benz G-Class Professional Wagon on sale in Australia

2 metres of open space? I can't see the dimensions on that link. Great car though, easily tough enough.

Originally Posted by johntins

2 metres of open space? I can't see the dimensions on that link. Great car though, easily tough enough.

It'd be the closest to a defender on the market today, not cheap are they!!! But nice tax write off!!

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

The "invincible" defender is not very invincible at all.

It can be very easily replaced by a dozen vehicles on the market.

I know someone here is going to ask me which......do your own homework.

Den, I used a new 3.2 BT50 for work for two years and there are many things a Deefer does quite a bit better, and a lot of things the more modern vehicle easily shows it up on.
Off road and load carrying there is no comparison, the old soldier thoroughly shows up the young buck.

My local repairer will not touch the late model Ranger/BT50 (the five cylinder model). He says there is a design fault in the oil pump and in many vehicles when you drain the oil the oil pump empties itself and will not re-prime. There is also a well documented failure with plenty of internet references of the single undersized battery going flat every few days if not used. A friend has the older four cylinder model and it had a battery the size of an aircraft carrier and a proper second battery position as standard.

JD, has he considered an Iveco?

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

My local repairer will not touch the late model Ranger/BT50 (the five cylinder model). He says there is a design fault in the oil pump and in many vehicles when you drain the oil the oil pump empties itself and will not re-prime. There is also a well documented failure with plenty of internet references of the single undersized battery going flat every few days if not used. A friend has the older four cylinder model and it had a battery the size of an aircraft carrier and a proper second battery position as standard.

JD, has he considered an Iveco?

Never had issues with servicing the work BT’s, drain oil - refill oil......

Re: battery, I have one in my fleet and it can sit for a week or two every other week and starts straight away. Do you have links for the documented failures as it’s important our BT are reliable with starting.

Your local repairer must have enough work on to pick and choose.

Oka?

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Oka?

ANCAP......might be an issue

Originally Posted by weeds

Never had issues with servicing the work BT’s, drain oil - refill oil......

Re: battery, I have one in my fleet and it can sit for a week or two every other week and starts straight away. Do you have links for the documented failures as it’s important our BT are reliable with starting.

Your local repairer must have enough work on to pick and choose.

He does not work on Land Rover, Citroen, Peugeot, Renault and a few other mostly Euro like certain Volvo and M-Benz models. He is certainly not short of work. Not the only one I know who picks and chooses makes. A shop in Capalaba has a framed A4 sign on the counter in the reception area listing makes/models they do not book in. Why? Because the proprietor says they are a "******* nightmare". I asked him about all electronic Discos and RR's which most repairers do not want to know about. He says they are fine but you may want to see your bank manager first.

You should be able to Google search for the Ranger BT50 problems.