Thinking of trading in the Discovery 3 for a new Defender

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Originally Posted by gghaggis

I unfortunately don't have much time to just go out and play, so I figured combining a recce that I have to do anyway, with a bit of playtime would be doable. And it's only as tame as you want it to be. Fine, use muddies. I don't have to remove the rods - they're adjustable, so just leave them at std. Not that it makes any difference at slow speed, as the car raises anyway, if you know how to activate it. Morning session is at the beach, afternoon at the Powerlines. Lunch on me, after-play drinkies on the loser(s). Note that I won't drive any panel-bending tracks for a while though - just got all the panels straightened from last year, and I have a photoshoot in May.

Cheers,
Gordon

Cheers,

Gordon

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Sounds fun. We can wait till after your photo shoot. I will be travelling a fair bit for the next few months.

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Originally Posted by AndrewGJones

terry and distinguished disco-stu fans;

defenders have three pedals, not because autos are no good, it's just that we have the extra 'foot' to operate it. ;)

i'll see your combine harvester 'independent from reality' suspension out on the spinifex flats for some cross county 60kmh flower picking.

He who doesn't set his car alight wins. [FishSlap]

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No problems ...one important question though before we set off ...how many good Cafe's are there out there where the spinifex grows as one needs to get a good Caffe Latte and French toast first thing in the morning before going off roading in ones Discovery. ...:)

By the way combine harvesters are for Yanks, here we call them Headers just like the Aussie bloke who invented it originally called it.

cheers,
Terry

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Originally Posted by rick130

Airbags aren't fitted as the car wasn't designed for them and apparently it would be a major re-design and not cost effective, pure and simple.

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Which goes a long way towards explaining why the current Defender is being pensioned off in 2015, to be replaced by a T5 platform based utility vehicle.

I bet a more than a few Defender owners are choking on the idea that the Defender replacement will be built on the same platform as a D3/D4/RRS.

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Originally Posted by OffTrack

Which goes a long way towards explaining why the current Defender is being pensioned off in 2015, to be replaced by a T5 platform based utility vehicle.

I bet a more than a few Defender owners are choking on the idea that the Defender replacement will be built on the same platform as a D3/D4/RRS.

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Probably, but it's the strongest platform that Land Rover have ever built, so one would think they'd be chuffed!

Cheers,

Gordon

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Originally Posted by TerryO

here we call them Headers just like the Aussie bloke who invented it originally called it.

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which was closely followed by his mate rolling his eyes uncomfortably and saying "yeah Barry, um, just about naming this thing a 'Header'...do you wreckon Shazza will be Ok with that? I mean, you know, nevermind, hows the head on your beer? top up? Sigh..."

Is that confirmed Offtrack that the new Defender will be built on a D3/4 platform?

I had hoped that they would build a new chassis and a body that doesn't need to be removed every time something needs changing like a Turbo for example.

cheers,
Terry

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Originally Posted by isuzurover

Sounds fun. We can wait till after your photo shoot. I will be travelling a fair bit for the next few months.

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Will have to be September then, unless you can squeeze in a day some weekend in April? Or come with us to Yeagerup over Easter? Mainly sand there, but I'm happy to give you a 20m run-up advantage :D

Cheers,

Gordon

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Originally Posted by gghaggis

Probably, but it's the strongest platform that Land Rover have ever built, so one would think they'd be chuffed!

Cheers,

Gordon

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I guess when that happens we will need to combine the new Defender and Disco areas together. ...:angel:

Now I know why all the Defender owners are hanging round here. They just want to find out how good D3/4's are so they will know what the new Defender will be like. ...:p

cheers,
Terry

"2015 the end of the Defender -predicted by the Mayan calender"

that will leave the factory tooling for all the real 4wd's up for grabs, hopefully someone with half a clue buys it. I had high hopes for the Indians - very good engineers I had thought -oh well. It has survived everyone else, it will survive this.

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Originally Posted by TerryO

Is that confirmed Offtrack that the new Defender will be built on a D3/4 platform?

I had hoped that they would build a new chassis and a body that doesn't need to be removed every time something needs changing like a Turbo for example.

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I haven't seen anything in the way of confirmation from LR in the press, but apparently the lead time and investment to develop a new platform is "very substantial" as it requires a new production lines etc so speculation is that a modified version of the T5 will be used.

I read recently that Gerry McGovern ( in late december 2012) said that the platform has been finalised for the Defender Replacement so no doubt we'll hear details of exactly what has been decided in the not too distant future. Rumour suggests there is the possibility that a prototype might be shown for the 65th anniversary in April?


cheers
Paul