pigeon
Member Since: 10 Sep 2011
Location: gloucester
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d3 v defender tdci ,i know they are different animals but which is best off road, not anything like competition just good green laning?.
your votes ?
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 30th Oct 2011 4:32 pm |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
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Depends how comfy you want to be...  ____
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| 30th Oct 2011 5:22 pm |
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Dave T
Member Since: 03 Jul 2009
Location: Glasgow
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..... Any how overgrown and narrow it is  Joined the BMWX5 45e group
1994 Defender 90
2015 RRS Corris Grey/Black roof
2016 D4 Graphite Santorini Black
2012 D4 XS Orkney Grey
2005 D3 S Maya Gold
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| 30th Oct 2011 5:26 pm |
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Stevie D
Member Since: 10 Sep 2009
Location: Bishops Stortford
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Defender all the way 
Of course the D3 can/will do it in air conditioned comfort - but no where near as much fun 
........ and Defenders don't break? and when/if they do cheap to fix 
Steve  Discovery 3 HSE - sold
Defender 90 TD5 Station Wagon - sold
Mini Cooper Clubman
Discovery 4 XS
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| 30th Oct 2011 5:32 pm |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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...but if you do it in a D3 a beard and woolly underpants are not compulsory 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 30th Oct 2011 5:43 pm |
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Stevie D
Member Since: 10 Sep 2009
Location: Bishops Stortford
Posts: 276
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Woolooooooly underpants - never travel without them 
Steve Discovery 3 HSE - sold
Defender 90 TD5 Station Wagon - sold
Mini Cooper Clubman
Discovery 4 XS
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| 30th Oct 2011 5:53 pm |
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CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posts: 6100
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Minefield of answers to the question but I would vote for a Defender as a pure off road toy or green-laner. Always depends on the situation but a Defender usually wins with better approach, departure angles, lighter and a narrower body. D3 is wide, heavy and has lots of easily damaged trim but the traction control systems will sometimes get you places that a Defender would struggle! 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
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| 30th Oct 2011 5:57 pm |
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leeds
Member Since: 30 Aug 2010
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 4316
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Price of a D3 against a Defender?
Brendan
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| 30th Oct 2011 6:50 pm |
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chalky
Member Since: 21 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
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Stevie D wrote:Defender all the way
........ and Defenders don't break? and when/if they do cheap to fix
Steve
Have you ever owned a defender ! Only dead fish go with the Flow !
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| 30th Oct 2011 7:21 pm |
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leeds
Member Since: 30 Aug 2010
Location: West Yorkshire
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Air con is also not always a good idea. When you get out of your 18-22C air con vehicle into desert heat of 40+C it can hit you like the proverbial hammer.
Yes I have driven our non air con vehicles in warm temperatures 
Brendan
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| 30th Oct 2011 7:57 pm |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
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When we were driving through +52oC heat in the Moroccan desert last year ..I can assure you Air con was the best idea ever invented 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 30th Oct 2011 8:03 pm |
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Stevie D
Member Since: 10 Sep 2009
Location: Bishops Stortford
Posts: 276
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Chalky,
Yes and I do 
Steve Discovery 3 HSE - sold
Defender 90 TD5 Station Wagon - sold
Mini Cooper Clubman
Discovery 4 XS
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| 30th Oct 2011 8:22 pm |
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Mark Y
Member Since: 14 Sep 2008
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 1249
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Disco , I've been in convoys with the disco and defenders, the disco does it in style and comfort and gets through terrain that bogs the defender down, unless you mod the defender big tyres diff locks etc, you've only got to throw in a tight turn to see all your momentum gone, if we had an Ark Royal it can turn better than a defender.
Oh and I've got both and have off roaded them both
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| 30th Oct 2011 9:32 pm |
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chalky
Member Since: 21 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 3145
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Steve
My last Defender cost £27,500 and it didnt work............ that was quite enough for me !
I,ve owned plenty and i know which one i trust to take me places. Only dead fish go with the Flow !
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| 30th Oct 2011 9:56 pm |
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pigeon
Member Since: 10 Sep 2011
Location: gloucester
Posts: 685
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just watch't some d3 on u tube, lads from here and the d3 looks like it will go most places and as you say in comfort .
would like to seee a defender with all the off road settings the d3 has, 8) now that would be a car
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| 31st Oct 2011 12:51 pm |
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