Disco 4 vs new Defender comparison

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Originally Posted by scarry

I have just spent the last 3 weeks,on and off stripping one inside completely,and its about 1/2 back together.

Reminds me of the old Mecano set we had when we were kids[biggrin]

The paint on the actual body appears to be pretty good quality,but they forgot to treat a lot of the alloy pieces properly before painting.

The paint on the seat rails,brackets,etc, is just peeling off,very poorly done.Matts that go around seats and in front footwells,over transmission tunnel, are absolute rubbish quality.As is the gearstick,window rubbers,etc.

And haven't started on the mechanical stuff yet,except fluid changes.

Luckily we know a panel guy who works for himself,and knows Defenders inside out,has a steady stream of them in for repairs.
Thanks to the guys at MR auto,again.

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Totally agree about the mats and gear knob - they are crap.

Has anyone had a recent update from an Australian dealer about when the new Defender will start to arrive in show rooms here?

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Originally Posted by rar110

Has anyone had a recent update from an Australian dealer about when the new Defender will start to arrive in show rooms here?

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Can’t help with that question,but if it can’t be delivered before 31/12/20 it’s no good to us,so we will move on to something else.[bighmmm]

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Originally Posted by scarry

Can’t help with that question,but if it can’t be delivered before 31/12/20 it’s no good to us,so we will move on to something else.[bighmmm]

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Thanks Scarry. Are you talking to your local, city or Gold Coast dealer? I’m interested to hear how the new one compares.

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Originally Posted by rar110

Thanks Scarry. Are you talking to your local, city or Gold Coast dealer? I’m interested to hear how the new one compares.

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Haven’t spoken to them recently as it was lots of maybes and could be,and might be,a while ago,so I gave up.

They could know more now though.

Also being quite a bit smaller particularly behind the second row seats,than the D4 has put us off as well.
Sure the 130 might be OK,but seems it’s years away,and no doubt it will be quite a bit more $ than 110,particularly with the larger diesel.

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Originally Posted by rar110

Has anyone had a recent update from an Australian dealer about when the new Defender will start to arrive in show rooms here?

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I've been told First Editions will be arriving in August.

My order placed early June is due for delivery by end of October. Note that there is a shortage on all diesels and new orders won't be available until next year.

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Originally Posted by scarry

Haven’t spoken to them recently as it was lots of maybes and could be,and might be,a while ago,so I gave up.

They could know more now though.

Also being quite a bit smaller particularly behind the second row seats,than the D4 has put us off as well.
Sure the 130 might be OK,but seems it’s years away,and no doubt it will be quite a bit more $ than 110,particularly with the larger diesel.

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Thanks Scarry. Sorry I wasn’t clear, do you know how the new Springwood dealer seems compared to the other established dealers.

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Originally Posted by rar110

Thanks Scarry. Sorry I wasn’t clear, do you know how the new Springwood dealer seems compared to the other established dealers.

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they are exactly the same as all the other dealers, ring them up, form your own opinion , mine isn't very good.

do you know what waffle is?

ring them, you will find out.

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

they are exactly the same as all the other dealers, ring them up, form your own opinion , mine isn't very good.

do you know what waffle is?

ring them, you will find out.

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I spoke to a salesman at Springwood about the D5 when they had a sale. He didn’t know a lot about the D5 and waffled through his limited knowledge of the L663.

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Originally Posted by rar110

I spoke to a salesman at Springwood about the D5 when they had a sale. He didn’t know a lot about the D5 and waffled through his limited knowledge of the L663.

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Yes that’s all I got as well,sorry I didn’t read your post correctly[bighmmm]

A lot of waffle and no real info,although he did say they have difficulty selling D5 to D4 owners.Cant work out why that would be....

And as I said,no real info or time lines on new Defender.

I honestly don’t know how they sell anything,but they must I suppose.