defender build quality

**jimbo110** · 18th February 2007, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by incisor

been looking for a fender van for best part of five years.... wanted one when i got the disco but just couldnt find one i could afford, then i tried for 2 door discos, couldnt find a good one, so got the one i have now. tried to talk the missus into a rangie, but she hates the look of them, then this fender bobbed up... caught her on the rebound i think, lifes full of little wonders :P

cant wait... got some ideas i want to try out, but am under orders to sell disco and build a shed first.... so ideas have to wait a while... sclarke is doing similar to what i had in mind... hopefully learn from his experiences :P

Good on ya mate!

Welcome to the inner circle, you just need to learn the secret handshake.

**bluetongue** · 18th February 2007, 08:19 PM

... build quality is truely aweful
... mirrors shake like crazed jellies
... water leaks and wind blows in from everywhere

Who cares..... you live driving a defender

**rar110** · 18th February 2007, 08:46 PM

Have owned 2 or 3 110's. build quality is ****E in terms of door gaps, differences from left side to right side, etc. The official chassis measurments even specify a range of distances from one point to the next instead of exact distances. If your looking for high standard build quality and car like road manners, then a 110 is not your car.

However, you probably wont find a heavier chassis to take punishment or better on/off road performance overall as a result of constant 4wd and coil springs. The later was introduced by landrover in 1973 (range rover) and 1983 (110) wasn't done by other manufacturers until about 20 years later. Those three features make the product I think.

**UncleHo** · 18th February 2007, 08:48 PM

G'day Numpty's Missus

Did You and Numpty have a good trip back

and you met the "Master Dinty" great bloke isn't he, glad to see you post,
is Numpty happy with "Castrol"??

cheers

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 18th February 2007, 09:57 PM

We bought one new in 05. 4 weeks later it went north through the simpson off -track

I'll admit it's taken a while to fully get used to.. but we love it now and are looking forward to lots more family adventures in it.

They aren't difficult to steer at any time... in fact the handling amazes me. They ROCK

To quality.. it has been heaps better than some cars I have owned. It's hand built though so they are what they are.

**RobHay** · 18th February 2007, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by jbarracl

You left out the T

Oh! I thought he left out the x & the z

**spudboy** · 19th February 2007, 01:18 AM

These sorts of threads are always interesting!

We all know the problems that you can have with build quality, but everyone loves their Land Rovers. They have lots and lots of character and people seem to be prepared to put up with a few things not being 100% for the overall experience.

They stand out from the general bland cars that 95% of the world drives.

I regularly drive a whole range of vehicles for work, play, travel etc including a Rangie, Disco, Volvo, BMW, Honda, Porsche (occasionally!), Subaru WRX... and still the Defender makes me smile whenever I drive it. Probably my favourite vehicle of all time.

**101RRS** · 19th February 2007, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by spudboy

I regularly drive a whole range of vehicles for work, play, travel etc including a Rangie, Disco, Volvo, BMW, Honda, Porsche (occasionally!), Subaru WRX... and still the Defender makes me smile whenever I drive it. Probably my favourite vehicle of all time.

And when is you next appointment with your shrink.

**spudboy** · 19th February 2007, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by garrycol

And when is you next appointment with your shrink.

I know- my missus thinks I am insane.

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 19th February 2007, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by spudboy

These sorts of threads are always interesting!

We all know the problems that you can have with build quality, but everyone loves their Land Rovers. They have lots and lots of character and people seem to be prepared to put up with a few things not being 100% for the overall experience.

They stand out from the general bland cars that 95% of the world drives.

I regularly drive a whole range of vehicles for work, play, travel etc including a Rangie, Disco, Volvo, BMW, Honda, Porsche (occasionally!), Subaru WRX... and still the Defender makes me smile whenever I drive it. Probably my favourite vehicle of all time.

It doesn't have to be lonely sitting on the lunatic fringe of car ownership

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