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Yep. I own a variety of cars and drive them side by side in the same conditions. You can see how different tires behave. I’ve driven modern studded and studless back to back. The difference is not enough to justify the bad dry traction and noise. On top of that they wear out faster than the...

Nope. Snow, snow and more snow. Heading into serious cold season.

Forty years of eight months a year of driving on winter roads and off road. Studs add a bit of traction on ice but it is nothing to write home about compared to quality modern studless tires.

Try again.

They don’t help much. And are noisy and make dry traction poor.

I think the moderators have given up. Constant personal attacks and it is not stopped.

Does he sell them? That is the worst web page I've attempted to read in a long time.

Sure. They will sell fine, I'm sure. But they had the chance to make the company grow a lot. The best this will do is recover some of their recent losses. I think what bugs people the most is they have lost the vision that started the company.

The point is not that the new Defender is "bad". It will be lovely on road and pretty good off road. The problem is that Land Rover had the opportunity to make a vehicle that was "great" off road, it could have set a new bar while being good on road. They could have also made it affordable...

Euro? That is at every hardware store.

Yes. 17” is probably the most common size these days.

The problem with newer vehicles is there will become a point when something is unrepairable or unreplaceble in the electronics. It is bad enough already with all mechanic vehicles and NLA parts but the newer vehicles will be much worse.

I find the Defender very comfortable for long distance driving. Very relaxing and comfortable seating position. Much nicer than most modern cars.

Apples and oranges. Comparing vehicles of vastly different prices makes no sense.

Wrong. Springs should be designed for infinite life. It is simple first year engineering school level stuff.

Springs only sag if designed or fabricated incorrectly. Proper one will last forever.

You prove my point perfectly. It is not 99.9. It is more in the area of 50%. Without suitable experience you just would not know this. In any case you will not agree ever because you really can’t believe that your experience is that limited.

People that come on and say they never have traction problems need to get out and try harder things. That is part of the fun, getting harder and harder until you can't get through. That is where you can compare different drivers and vehicles. If you have not taken your vehicle to that point...

They have never claimed it will be cheap.

You can look out the window to see how deep you are. A sensor is not telling you any more. If they had ultrasound telling you how deep it was in front of you, that would be useful.