Chat & Social > The Bar - General Chat

i have had enough

<< < (2/5) > >>

LandRoger:

 :evil:Extend your patience! nothing else out there that fits your criteria except the afore mentioned D3, :grin:

lambert:
That's fine but in the space of a month it has had / will need well over a grand of repairs with absolutely no guarantee that it will be fixed for another month. Every time we have touched it there has been a knock on effect costing yet more money. Ok it may all be coincidence but since when has a service resulted in a new head gasket and a new turbo? It has got to the point of needing a rebuild and I don't know if I can handle the emotional investment that needs, never mind the financial cost.

LandRoger:
As you will know there is not a lot that will stand up to the rigors of farm work the Defender is the perfect truck for it one only has to look at the condition of Jap pickups after a couple of years,iwould reckon that a good 80% + of farms in the UK use a Defender in some shape or form as the workhorse , :cool:so why not get a betterone ?.

lambert:
Tbh dads jinmy does most of the day to day work, the defender is really just a road going tractor for the bigger trailers. Most of its time is spent sat about waiting which is why it is deeply infuriating when it objects to doing the little work it has to do. All the above being said there has been mention of putting a brand new international in it or an irb developments rebuild. Neither are cheap and both will doubtless test the nerve of the gearbox but where does one stop now one has started.

It all comes back to the dodgy health check; if they had spotted the head as well as the disks I would probably be in a puma by now but hey ho never mind.

lambert:
or i could consider a 2007 2.8crd cherry auto, similar mpg, only looses about 200kg on tow capacity to the land rover, more seats, more reliability though that may be a function of rarity in the uk, cheap parts even imported from USA, comfy, totally capable off road and being an auto less stressfull to drive long distance. ok i cant put sheep in the back but i have trailers for that and every other eventuality. best of all for the same money i have tied up in the defender i can get a car that is 9 whole years newer and the better part of 100000 less miles if i look hard for the right one.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page