Any Aus specs on the Diesels?
Any Aus specs on the Diesels?
Paul
D2,D2,D2a,D4,'09 Defender 110(sons), all moved on.
'56 S1,been in the family since...'56
Comes out of hibernation every few months for a run
Can’t see any info on the MY21 Defenders on the LRA website. There is something ethically questionable when dealers sign people up for a MY21 vehicle when they don’t even have the details themselves on what they will have.
(I've no advice for Delewis that hasn't been mentioned already)
Apart from: check the status of deposit refund-ability if you can't be supplied with the vehicle you sought.
That said, the off-road-ability showroom-fresh is a huge selling point for something that's reportedly comfy on the tar.
It also looks like there's some functioning/owner-responsibility for ad-blue and ensuring that you do the odd longer run to activate the DPF high-temperature burn-off run exactly as they should.
My Freelander2 diesel - prior to "active" DPF (I believe there's some 'out there' with their own heating element) - it makes me wince driving short distances with it but I'm out of choices. Even so, apparently a 15 minute freeway run is sufficient to 'clear it out'.
I've been daydreaming over an electric- or electric-boosted replacement for the 2011 TD4 - (which has been a great vehicle, suiting my geriatric needs to perfection). (And has done some intimidating off-road, only ever let me down with clearance).
Jaguar i-pace is fast, some surprising off-road cred, but 'tow-bar' was left out (deliberately). And bloody pricey.
The big advantage of pure-electric is that while the 5-year WOL equation is woeful, a 10-year WOL costs actually beats ICE. 15-20 years - gets better and better.
The Disco-Sport (never say Freelander3!) PHEV is going to get my very close scrutiny. 62km pure-electric, 6.6 secs to 100kph, a theoretical (giggle, giggle) 175mpg? But... the complexity...
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If possible, I recommend 17” wheel rims because you get a far wider choice of off road tyres from decent AT (city & off road) to hard core off road. I have a Freelander 2 with 18” wheels and can really only get General Grabber AT tyres (which I am very happy with).
I would have got a P400 but I couldn't wait and ended up with a Disco 5 SD6. If buying now I would go for the new 6 cylinder D250 or D300 mild hybrid in either D5 or Defender, depending on final choice. The AdBlue in the D5 is terrible. I use around 1l/100km when towing so I have to fill up every 1500km. Much longer between refills when not towing though but my car is almost exclusively used for towing.
Given my bad experience with my Discovery Sport and it's DPF, I would definitely suggest P400. I always gets anxious when I don't travel long distances for 2 weeks that it might block the DPF again. Already had 3 DPFs replaced. This is only regret when I bought my Disco Sport.
I ordered a P400 HSE last month and exicited to get it on December 2020
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