New Build - 'Standard' vs 'S' Pricing and features

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Originally Posted by scarry

Not taking sides, it just the facts.

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Ditto, I just pointed out that the Defender, like all LR products, doesn't come standard with gear (like an LSD) that other makes include as standard for the same or less money, but I appear to have touched a nerve. LR did say prior to the release of the Defender that this one would be different and would be better equipped but it's really not.

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Originally Posted by Vern

540hp does that.

But, in my time of being on the y62 pages and a y62 owner, only a handful of them have had cv issues.

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Did you / do you use the third row much? My kids are outgrowing the D4 and the greater leg room in the second row of the Y62 would be good, but we would need to use the third row most of the time and I'd heard it's not as good as the D4s third row.

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Originally Posted by Arapiles

Did you / do you use the third row much? My kids are outgrowing the D4 and the greater leg room in the second row of the Y62 would be good, but we would need to use the third row most of the time and I'd heard it's not as good as the D4s third row.

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Yes all the time, used it yesterday when we took some friends for drive.
As for the 2nd row, i am 6'5", and fit no dramas at all, knees don't even come close to the back of the front seats, it has as much leg room, if not roomier than my old LSE soft dash.

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Originally Posted by Arapiles

Ditto, I just pointed out that the Defender, like all LR products, doesn't come standard with gear (like an LSD) that other makes include as standard for the same or less money, but I appear to have touched a nerve. LR did say prior to the release of the Defender that this one would be different and would be better equipped but it's really not.

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And it did all this testing so it would be super reliable,i supposed time will tell.

What I should have also said, is the Y62 is pretty well appointed, and in my opinion much better value for money, than the New Defender.

We looked very closely at the new Defender,sure,its the latest and greatest,for those that want that, but when you start adding all the extras, to be in the same league as a Ti-l,or for that matter the other JAP offerings, its price blows out ridiculously.

Same with D5,we looked at that as well.

Just wondering, do all the Petrol Defender models have to run Premium?
Does the Y62?

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Originally Posted by scarry

Just wondering, do all the Petrol Defender models have to run Premium?
Does the Y62?

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Nope we run 91, 95, 98, e10 in ours, you can barely notice the difference between 91 and 98. Can't notice the difference between 95, 98, and e10.

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Originally Posted by scarry

Just wondering, do all the Petrol Defender models have to run Premium?
Does the Y62?

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Nissan says that the Y62 needs to run on RON95 or higher. You could probably run it on 91 because the ECU would deal with it you'd just get less power and economy. I used to put a tank of 95/98 into my CR-V every couple of fills and it did get better economy on the higher octane fuel, so its ECU could evidently adjust settings to deal with it.

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Originally Posted by Arapiles

Nissan says that the Y62 needs to run on RON95 or higher. You could probably run it on 91 because the ECU would deal with it you'd just get less power and economy. I used to put a tank of 95/98 into my CR-V every couple of fills and it did get better economy on the higher octane fuel, so its ECU could evidently adjust settings to deal with it.

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Nissan says, for best performance use 98. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1d15fecaf7.jpg
The book says you can use all of them

I thought this was a thread about working out whether to buy Standard Defender vs a S Defender - and here we are talking about crappy Datsun Y62s - WTF.

If you like Datsuns fo to a Datsun forum.

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

I thought this was a thread about working out whether to buy Standard Defender vs a S Defender - and here we are talking about crappy Datsun Y62s - WTF.

If you like Datsuns fo to a Datsun forum.

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Thats aulro, its how it works, nothing stays on track, if you don't like it, scroll on

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Originally Posted by Vern

Thats aulro, its how it works, nothing stays on track, if you don't like it, scroll on

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And? - what has your Y62 discussion to do with buying a Defender - Ok if it is relevant, but it is not.