Tell me about it! remember my post on corrosion?
As for electrics... remember my fuel pump/ecu adventure in Italy a couple of years ago?
I was talking to a stealer a few days ago (now dont all go jumping down my throat at this , i am just repeating what i was told from his experiance!)
Most new purchaces ( spelling going haywire here) are by people who will change thier "car" every 3 years or so. SOME ( but not many) will keep it longer but we still get the " do you want to buy this new Range Rover/Freelander" letters through the post.( well i do)
Us ( and i use the word us only because i cant think of another at the mo) "offroaders" tend to buy secondhand, and although they do sell secondhand... MOST of their sales are new.and to the people who couldnt afford the new Disco/Range Rover/Freelander lifestyle look.
Now i am NOT saying that these new Defenders will NOT be offroaded by the likes of " us", what i am saying is that it will be when they are no longer fashionable and have been resold a few times and are therefore cheap enough to buy/modify/pull to bits/GET DIRTY!( and you can find the bits in a scrappy or Old Sod CHEAP)
Like so many here have said LR must make money some where and if the money comes from "the new car" brigade and they want the comfort of a "car" then what are they to do?
having said that i am betting my series will outlive myRaider !!!!
KISS i think is the saying?