Thread: disco 2 vs defender

Nice comparison Slunnie, thanks.

As the owner of both a 110 and D2a with ACE air bags etc I have some experience to fall back on. Comfort can be measured in many ways and it depends on what is important to you. The seating position in the defender is liked by some hated by others, it comes down to how big you are etc. The noise in the defender is enough to make most people deaf. If you are deaf then the noise may not matter but I can say that after a couple of hours on the highway you would get out of the defender with ringing in your years, the D2 and I suspect the D1 is heaps better in the noise department.

Off road give me the defender, for all the reasons already stated, taller tyres, clearance and the phsycological factors. Although when brand new it is not nice to put dents and scratches into anything but you get over it a lot faster with the defender.

The other great thing the defender has going for it is the cavernous load space. For two I would challenge even Emalda Marcos like women to run out of space to take all their accessories.

Go a D1, same suspension as Defender, more comfort.

Originally Posted by Rosco

Surprisingly the longer wheel base irons out a lot of humps and bumps.
Not long after changing from a D1 to a 110, I was traversing a paddock along a track at moderate speed and went over a small contour bank which crossed the track. I reckon the 110 had much less pitch and wallop than would have been the case in the D1. So ride comfort is IMHO better ... not going to go there as regards bling and creature comforts ...

This is a topic close to my heart at the moment. Looking at replacing the D1 with a D2 or a Def 110 .The misses wants a 110 as she likes them alot more than the D2 and thinks it will keep the 90 company in the garage . She loves driving the 90 but is just too small as a family car.

But as most of my defender driving has been in a 90 and not a 110 (owned 6, 90's and 1, 110 but the 110 was only for a couple of months and was a 200Tdi). I have to think away from the fact that the 110 drives totally differant from the 90 .As the 90 can be like riding a Kangeroo on dirt tracks or bumpy roads, although the camper trailer does clam it down a bit . This is manly due to the short wheel base. And also you can't move the front seats back too far because of the rear bulkhead, but not a mayor thing as my wife is a short ar*e anyway.
So the 110 is total differant from the 90 in many ways to drive and live with
Looking more and more like i am gong to get a 110 but the wife wants a red (rocco red) or dark Blue (Oslo Blue) coloured one and definatley not a white one

If a Defender came in an auto, it will be pretty good in some offroad situations where auto is better than a manual....

Originally Posted by tempestv8

If a Defender came in an auto, it will be pretty good in some offroad situations where auto is better than a manual....

mmm they come in Auto in the past

And in my opion manual is alot better alround for off roading

Originally Posted by Reads90

mmm they come in Auto in the past

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??? Unless I am mistaken the Defender has never been sold in Australia with an auto. US versions and UK special editions, yes, but never here. There are however a few conversions about.

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

??? Unless I am mistaken the Defender has never been sold in Australia with an auto. US versions and UK special editions, yes, but never here. There are however a few conversions about.

John

Sorry forgot where i was and was talking in general