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on a serious note, this is why it's not a terrible idea to keep a ball of steel wool in your survival kit

i have a kitchen torch in my kitchen kit. if you can't light it on fire with a 9 inch blue hot flame, you have bigger problems to deal with first.

nice! I of course appreciate seeing more people with the smaller Landys. I love my Mini-Disco.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/2021-land-rover-defender-annihilates-old-defender-in-a-tug-of-war-151201.html

What a super weird set of options on that one. UK what are you doing hon?

even if that's not what caused their problem, in what universe did they think that was a good idea?

yeah that's what i was wondering. What kind of offroading involves long drives at low rpms?

so basically they did literally every single thing that their manual said, explicitly, not to do. got it.

yes, can confirm. You can see in the entertainment system when the center diff is engaged. In my experience so far, it's usually engaged unless you're cruising down the highway. Honestly, I didn't expect the DS to be AS capable as it is, but it's been great. It took everything I threw at it in...

Honestly, fans of “real” land rovers should be really happy when JLR announces things like this, or the Discovery Sport. Because of the way emissions regulations are set up in most countries, especially the EU and US, producing vehicles like these that get good millage and lower emissions allows...

All discovery sports are 4WD, and as an owner, I can attest that they’re fantastic

Land Rover Defender Sport? sure, why not.

I really like the toolbox idea. That’s the same interior volume as the short bins I’m using now, and looks like it takes up way less space. I also saw these Plano Automotive Trunks at walmart just today and they look interesting as well, the dimensions are ideal. Long, skinny, and modestly tall...

to be fair to LR, the most logical place for it IS in the Discovery, because of the range advantage. Maybe if the EcoDiesel Jeeps start selling like mad they'll put it in the Defender too.

Yep. Sounds about right. My DS gets 25+ on the highway unloaded. I got right around 20 averaged over 2,500 miles of mixed use, including a few hundred miles off-road, with a loaded roof rack and stuffed load space. At the time I was looking there were 2 diesel D5s under $40k in the entire US...

all that sounds about right, and if it came in a diesel the defender would be the hands down winner, but unfortunately I just can’t justify the mileage of the defender. I got my Disco Sport mostly because it gets over 20mpg, otherwise I would have gotten an LR4. At the time I was shopping all of...

Who doesn’t love a long gravel road disappearing over the horizon?

that's a shame. The diesel Discovery 5 is great, I'll be hunting for one in a year or 2, unless the new Defender comes out in a diesel.

if the software still needs ongoing support in 10, 15, or 20 years they have bigger problems. People act like this is a new issue. Cars have had onboard computers for well over 20 years now, and it hasn't been a significant issue yet for any of them afaik. There are plenty of Lexus folks still...

any news or rumors about if the Defender will be getting a diesel in the US?