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Huh. That's interesting. How do you think they'd fare in Africa, as compared to, say, the Discovery 5? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T337A using Tapatalk

You can still get 65-series sidewall on those 19's (taller, I think, actually), and that's plenty good for overlanding including airing down. Given the GVWR, towing, and payload capacity, it takes big brakes to haul it down from speed safely. I'll take that if I means not being able to fit 13"...

https://www.jeep.com/bmo.html#/build/exterior/20146/CUJ202010JLJS74A/2TR/EXJ,DFV,DME,SDD,Z1M,TWG,WGR,AL,UAQ,AEK,AD6,AST,ADH,RC4,HT3,CMD,CBQ,GXD,CK5,CWA,CHD,XDB,TV,PSC,26R,APA About $63K with some options left unchecked. But hey, another $10-15K in lifts, tires, winch, sliders, shocks, full...

And again, you see so few compared to others because JLR are a small automaker who build in small volumes - the Slovakia plant is supposed to increase that capacity, but not by the orders of magnitude you see in Jeep and Toyota. They never have been and never will be at that level - they've...

18" Compomotives fit on *some* D5's. Depends on manufacture date and specification. Don't believe the 18" wheels will be available for the Defender P400 because the brakes are too large. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T337A using Tapatalk

On my D5 they show compression to indicate where in the travel each wheel is. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T337A using Tapatalk

330kg is about 730 lbs so likely was a conversion error / unit error. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T337A using Tapatalk

Don't mean to one-up you, but I drive a D5, and even though it's 800lbs lighter than a LR4, and has Terrain Response 2, even the LR4 guys look down on me. So I understand your pain, even if I done feel it - I have no brand loyalty to "ideals" but rather to proven capabilities. The D5 kills it...

But I don't need to. I can and have driven it without issue in my D5. And my response to Red90 specifically addressed his position that because you have a vehicle that *can* go off-road, you should drive it on routes that are ever increasing in difficulty until you get stuck, because that's...

Or maybe they are comfortable successfully navigating 99.9% of trails, paths, and obstacles out there in pursuit of other things, like getting to a completely empty spot to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse with just your family in silence, or finding the perfect spot to camp along a...

You didn't read the part about modern land Rovers with lockers. D5, RRS, FFRR, and Defender do or (for Defender) will offer them. Electronically locking center, manually locking rear available. The Defender offers configurable behavior for the center diff. My D5 crawls right up in low range...

But a modern Land Rover with lockers plus their traction control - they climb like goats. Even the Wrangler has traction control now. Has for over a decade. If you want the ultimate in off-road traction, more articulation than any live axle, superior ground clearance, turns and stops on a...

Yeah, I could put all sorts of things in it - work gloves, trauma kit, tow straps, extra TP ... but because it's advertised as "not intended to be removed once fitted," I'm sure to find something that I'd rather put there instead. A Rotopax or two comes immediately to mind....

In Colorado, windshields are consumable items so I'd definitely pass on the heated windshield - did pass on the D5. Heated seats and steering wheel are a must though. I didn't get ATPC in my D5 - frankly not sure when I'd use it. With the Diesel and the low range gearbox in manual mode, it...

Iridium Next keeps on orbit spares, actual total of 81 satellites. 75 launched in just under 2 years. Didn't realize IERCC was used for Globalstar too....

Definitely true - if you are stuck in a slot canyon with your arm pinned between a boulder and the rock wall, you're SOL with any kind of satcom or cell phone. Garmin's InReach use the Iridium satellite constellation. There are 88 satellites providing global coverage. In my experience, in...

I am a bit befuddled as to why Land Rover would do this just to promote the new Defender, but I suppose as a lifestyle brand trying to get on the Gen Z / Millennial bandwagon to create lifetime customers early it's ... one way to do that. If this is their target clientele, frankly they'd have...

I drive one right now. The Td6 has a DPF and SCR. It guzzles the AdBlue - I get maybe 5,000 miles out of a tank. But it's cheap and ubiquitous here, and it's easy to fill in the D5. Much easier to fill than it was in the Touareg, which also had a DPF and SCR system, though apparently it didn't...

I LOVE my turbodiesel. My Touareg was a beast, and the Disco with the Td6 is even better. I love the range, efficiency, and the effortless low end torque. I love the sound. I drive often above 10,000 feet MSL, and almost all of my off-roading is above 10,000 feet. It just goes up there, and it...

Small diversion for a bit: Unfortunately the Democratic People's Republic of California hates diesels. They even want to ban them from non-highway vehicles like farm tractors and construction vehicles. [emoji19] What's worse is that 17 or 18 other states (might be over 20 now? Too lazy to...