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I don't think the average customer who has just paid over $70K for a new vehicle is going to try driving it down a "difficult trail" - there are places I don't take my well equipped D-90 because I got over the foolish idea that because I have 4WD I can go anywhere mind set. This is about as wild...

Mazda does not put up with that stuff, I just bought a 30th Anniversary Miata and paid MSRP less the $750 loyalty discount. For a special edition limited to 641 cars Nationwide that wasn't a bad deal.

Probably a Tahoe or Expedition, my neighbors have those and they are pretty nice. I have a lifelong adversion to Chrysler products so no Jeeps.

My wife complains that the D5 is hard for her to climb up in even when its lowered - she's 5'2" with a bum knee and her mother who is 5'0" has an even harder time. Do the Lucky 8 rock sliders provide a better step up for her to use to access the cabin for the vertically challenged? Since Land...

I was one of the first ones in our Land Rover club to buy a used 2007 LR3 - I got it in 2012 to replace a thoroughly reliable but boring CR-V Honda because I'd always liked the look and needed something with towing capacity (not a Honda attribute). I of course got a bunch of crap from all of...

Premium was recommended on my LR3 and I believe it is recommended on all current JLR models, I may be wrong on that. I have used my Discovery to tow stuff, my travel trailer, a friend's 3500 lb x 23 foot long boat, a 25' enclosed trailer with a vintage Porsche inside, a car trailer with my...

Diesel is cheaper than premium around here - and 30 mpg is way better than the gas engines will do. Plus it's quieter and has 450 ft-lbs of torque. Diesels don't require a whole lot of maintenance either in my experience and I've owned five of them.... 3 Land Rovers and two Mercedes. That...

She's 67, 5'2" and has a bad knee - she has a hard enough time getting in the Discovery but I have a folding stool that she can stand on to get in the Defender when we have to go somewhere in it. At least she doesn't keep me from getting the toys I want - including this latest addition to the...

Excuse me? Not the right person for a traditional Land Rover? There are four Land Rovers in my driveway right now - a 1967 Series IIA pickup that I'm doing a frame up restoration on - a 1966 109" diesel wagon - I'm the third owner of that one, I bought it in 1978 and it currently has over...

I think it did, if I'm going to spend as much money on a car as the new Defender it had better be something I can drive every day and that my wife will ride in. It needs to be comfortable, capable and a viable replacement for my Discovery 5. My wife doesn't like my Defender and the thought of...

This video I saw the link for on Lucky 8's web page is really good - and really long - over two hours - but it does a pretty good job explaining why the Defender had to change so radically. As an extra bonus there is a lot of footage of old Land Rovers running around in Snowdownia, at Goodwood...

Highway mileage on my diesel D5 at around 70 mph is averaging right around 28.5-30 mpg - best on one tank was 30.81 mpg back in May of this year - with a lot of mileage results around 29 mpg on our multiple trips to upstate New York or Florida. Towing a 2700 lb travel trailer back from Orlando...

I've really come to appreciate the 600 mile range of my Discovery 5 TDV6 (1-3/4 tanks of fuel Atlanta to upstate New York) so I'm waiting for a diesel Defender. Having a boatload of torque at 1500 rpm is addicting. I'd prefer the Ingenium 6 for the inherent smoothness of an online six but I...

Oh that's right, Oz does not have Defender 90's so they wouldn't know what they look like. The colonials win again.

That's not a RRC grille, that drawing looked a lot like the Defender that is sitting in my driveway right now....

And that's not a bad thing.... Whoever came up with that drawing deserves a cookie - its pretty nice.

I've owned almost every generation of Land Rover - from a Series 1 80", multiple Series II Land Rovers in 109" and 88" wheelbases, 5 Range Rover Classics, a Discovery 1, an LR3 and a Discovery 5. I've been driving them since I got my first one in 1972 and I've owned a lot of other cars from...

Low range is essential for backing up trailers - especially on a boat ramp or backing into a tight campsite. I use it frequently on my Discovery 5 because I have a steep driveway. I really don't believe that they won't offer a low range - especially since its offered on the D5, RRS, and Range...

My wife thought one of her plants was dying from the heat... nope