TeriAnn
Explorer
As to which LR is best for expedition travel: A LOT depends upon what you mean by expedition travel, your fabrication abilities and how deep your pockets are.
What might suit best partially depends upon how long you plan to be on the trail at one time. If your focus is on weekends with an occasional one week trip, one vehicle model might fit you better. If you intend to be out camping for a month or more an entirely different vehicle could be best.
And a lot depends upon where you tend to go. The BLM has turned many trails into regular dirt roads easily transversed by a Subaru. On the way home from my last trip I overnighted at the campground in Dinosaur National monument. I had a nice chat with a guy that was touring all the National parks and monuments. He was driving a 40+ mpg compact car that was towing a motorcycle trailer loaded with his tent and other camping gear. He didn't need anything more to travel long distances and stay at developed campgrounds.
Series and Defenders are the tinker toys of the automotive world. They are simple boxes with removable everything that can be easily converted into most any configuration that you can conceive. All the other Land Rover products have a single piece body that constrains what you can do and how much space you have to do it in. However if you decide to make major modifications in either you will need lots of fabrication skills, money and time. Or even more money to have someone else do the modifications.
TATA is following the 10 year parts support rule. Basically car manufacturers are required to provide parts support for a vehicle for 10 years after they discontinue the model. They have been discontinuing parts for the earlier RRs the D1s and the D2s. LR no longer has the tooling for the aluminum V8s used in those vehicles. Any LR vehicles except for the Series /Defender line can be considered a throw away vehicle with an average life span of 12-15 years. The Series & Defenders enjoy a large aftermarket parts following. The Series aftermarket parts following is fading because everyone except North America can upgrade to an older Defender on the cheap. Fortunately a large number of Defender parts will bolt onto a SII or newer truck.
People who have had both a Disco and LR3/4 all seem to think the LR3 & 4 are much better vehicles. And they still have full factory parts support.
Which vehicle is best depends upon what you need the truck to do and for how long. The key to finding the best truck for you is to first realistically define your needs. Then look for the truck that best meets your needs. For one guy it was a high MPG econo-box and a motorcycle trailer.
What might suit best partially depends upon how long you plan to be on the trail at one time. If your focus is on weekends with an occasional one week trip, one vehicle model might fit you better. If you intend to be out camping for a month or more an entirely different vehicle could be best.
And a lot depends upon where you tend to go. The BLM has turned many trails into regular dirt roads easily transversed by a Subaru. On the way home from my last trip I overnighted at the campground in Dinosaur National monument. I had a nice chat with a guy that was touring all the National parks and monuments. He was driving a 40+ mpg compact car that was towing a motorcycle trailer loaded with his tent and other camping gear. He didn't need anything more to travel long distances and stay at developed campgrounds.
Series and Defenders are the tinker toys of the automotive world. They are simple boxes with removable everything that can be easily converted into most any configuration that you can conceive. All the other Land Rover products have a single piece body that constrains what you can do and how much space you have to do it in. However if you decide to make major modifications in either you will need lots of fabrication skills, money and time. Or even more money to have someone else do the modifications.
TATA is following the 10 year parts support rule. Basically car manufacturers are required to provide parts support for a vehicle for 10 years after they discontinue the model. They have been discontinuing parts for the earlier RRs the D1s and the D2s. LR no longer has the tooling for the aluminum V8s used in those vehicles. Any LR vehicles except for the Series /Defender line can be considered a throw away vehicle with an average life span of 12-15 years. The Series & Defenders enjoy a large aftermarket parts following. The Series aftermarket parts following is fading because everyone except North America can upgrade to an older Defender on the cheap. Fortunately a large number of Defender parts will bolt onto a SII or newer truck.
People who have had both a Disco and LR3/4 all seem to think the LR3 & 4 are much better vehicles. And they still have full factory parts support.
Which vehicle is best depends upon what you need the truck to do and for how long. The key to finding the best truck for you is to first realistically define your needs. Then look for the truck that best meets your needs. For one guy it was a high MPG econo-box and a motorcycle trailer.
