Happyoldgit

Fortunately the moderators and admins here are rarely required to step in and pass any kind of judgement on content but this seems to be one of the rare occasions when a few polite words are required. I think as far as this thread goes the tone is now not what is generally considered acceptable on this forum. While we are happy to grant a bit of leeway to members who are perhaps unaware of the norms here due to the limited time spent on this platform, the current tit for tat needs to stop.

4x4 Pickups rule around here. Most new Defenders appear to be non manual working types but some of those I do see may be being used for business, just not in manual type trades. I used to see a green and white roof one on steels regularly but that appears to have done a bunk now.

This.

@need4speed I have messaged my fellow admin @Hybrid_From_Hellto make him aware that you wish to converse with him. Yours sincerely etc etc.. 🙂 😉

Message? Tag @Hybrid_From_Hell

@roamingyak Pop a wanted advert in the wanted forum here as perhaps not everyone reads this section.

Interesting read. Is there a page missing. 19/24 mpg 😳

I was pleasantly surprised, familiar yet different. I will expand on the experience when I get chance. Now calm down now, you know what happens when you get overexcited 🤣

Your excitement is palpable! I sat in one yesterday...

Beware the green eyed monster.... 🤣

What's wrong with comfortable pickups being used in such a manner? I can't see a problem myself unless you are really concerned about loss of income to the Exchequer?

You know full well what I mean.

I don't remember any of my new purchase Puma's rattling ...or leaking come to that. Some of my earlier Defender's were veritable sieves though. Depends what you are used to I guess.

Best stick to older stuff then.

My better half traded in the practical 3 year old Kuga S Line I bought new for her and got a totally impractical (for our location and circumstances) 5 door Cooper S as she had always fancied one. I'm hardly a giant but I struggle to get in the ruddy thing then struggle to get out of it both as passenger and driver. I have encountered more inconsiderate and downright bullying from other drivers than I have in any other vehicle. I wish she would get rid of the damned thing but no, she loves it. This is not a press review but an off topic brought to you free of charge courtesy of yours truly 😁

Your opinions matter and you are entitled to hold them, whether others agree with them or not is totally irrelevant. TBH it's good and healthy to get a cross section of views.

Still looks like a bit Santana like to me, it's a lot of money for a cover band effort.

Refreshing.

Congratulations. I hope you have many years of trouble free motoring ahead of you.

But the truck itself [yes I know what it is] is a thing of beauty.

The angle of the opening shot is not kind to the front end, that bumper is something only its mother could love. Don't tell me there will be upgrades to improve the looks and performance either, the thing is expensive enough out of the box.

There's an old saying that bad luck runs in threes but I tend to think it being more like a prolonged steady flow [no pun intended]. I hope your luck improves very soon!

Very old folks can feel vindicated in lamenting the scrapping of trolley buses and trams along with their infrastructure.

Confused. Is this an advert? Giving them away?

Steering wheel looks standard. If it were a standard XS wheel it would have a sort of mock airbag bulge in the middle. Easy enough to swap those wheel arches for shiny paintable ones [ones on the truck look like the standard matt textured type. Submit some more posts [20 I think] then you can legitimately advertise the engine for sale in the classifieds on here.