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  1. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    I don't know - my LR dealer offered a 2-hour one-on-one session with my Discovery 5 to go through everything - the pressers aren't getting that benefit, they are probably getting a 15-minute orientation, if that. The Land Rover iGuide is the manual now - there's no "book" - and it's available...
  2. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    Sure you can, you just have to have the Lightning-to-Cassette Player adapter plugged into it... ? I personally would love to have an old air-cooled 911 to play with on the weekends myself. And an extra $750,000 to turn it into a Singer....
  3. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    I'm always dubious of people who claim they love something *because* it sucks so badly. The old Defender was a terrible daily because that's just how they built such things in the 1960s-80s. It definitely wasn't a comfortable off-roader, and it broke a lot. Don't see people advocating for a...
  4. DieselRanger

    Where can I shoot?

    I strongly recommend joining USCCA, as with membership you also can get legal representation from a set of firms who are supposed "experts" in castle doctrine/self defense and concealed carry laws in a given state, and liability insurance should you use a firearm in a self defense situation...
  5. DieselRanger

    Where can I shoot?

    The police officer should have couched his advice from the perspective of how he would approach that situation in isolation. Police have leeway in enforcing laws. My guess is his opinion would change of he rolled up on an RV reeking of cat piss with persons of certain backgrounds occupying it...
  6. DieselRanger

    Where can I shoot?

    Unfortunately, a police officer is not a reliable source of interpretation regarding laws passed by a legislature - even though they're the ones who enforce them. That's why we have courts. So while seemingly reasonable and that may guide his and some of his colleagues' decisions related to...
  7. DieselRanger

    Winter Wanderings in AZ - Gila Canyon, Colorado River Valley, Kofa, Swansea, and Beyond

    RE: your question on the cairns - often they mark the boundaries of mining claims. While the land may be BLM on top, the claim may be mineral rights only and subterranean. How one would make use of that claim I don't know - likely through a permit granted on the surface by BLM or the state.
  8. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    "Inflated Kia Soul" -- sick burn, bro. :rolleyes: :LOL:
  9. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    So in six months, the New Defender in the US outsold the original across its ENTIRE three-year presence in the US. During a global pandemic, with disruptions in its production because of it. It's not for you, don't buy it. It's clearly for many others. If they bring the D300 to the US, it...
  10. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    Yep, I don't have the HUD, so they could be even higher. Good point.
  11. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    I don't think you want them to. Energy is being dissipated around the occupant through the crumple zones and the monococque/unibody.
  12. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    More sales than the entire production run of the Old Defender in the US.
  13. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    In the US most insurance companies will cover filling chips and stars for free, but you have to catch them before they spread. Most non-laminated/filtered/non-heated windshields are less than most deductibles so they don't result in claims to insurance companies. Discovery 5 windshield was...
  14. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    If you have any driver aids there's labor on top to recalibrate AEB cameras.
  15. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    Mine is a Td6. No auxiliary heater. If the window is iced up, I use one of these: Heated windshields are great if you're driving in those rare situations where it's sleeting, but the windchill is so low that the sleet freezes over your windshield as you're driving. Unfortunately, when they...
  16. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    I have this thing called "defrost" that blows hot, dry air over the inside of my windshield, heating it passively, which melts the ice on the outside. Works great.
  17. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    Here in Colorado the plows drop pea gravel mixed with a little bit of sand, so you're constantly getting rock chips and stars. I average a new windshield about every two years. After a few months your window looks like it's got glitter all over it from the little stuff that's constantly...
  18. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    And then if you're building a crawler, buy a cheap broken Jeep, not an old Defender. Unless you just want to look cool. The green one in the video he parked his next to was a $100,000 vehicle. You're not going to take a perfectly good, classic lifestyle vehicle and ruin it to become a...
  19. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    Aw this guy's a total jerk! ? Nailed it on the "Lifestyle vehicle" bit. The fuel mileage bit was interesting - in my 2017 Discovery HSE Td6, I average about 24.5mpg at 78 mph, when I'm at 72mph I'll regularly touch 30mpg. The P400 is nice to drive, but I really, really want the D300 to come...
  20. DieselRanger

    New Defender News

    Review is also a fail without showing how many dead sheep you can fit in the back vs. a "classic" 110. :sneaky:
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