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Hi Jason, Firstly, I hope things are improving and good on you for having the courage to post this. As someone who has met you I'd like to echo what has been said and if you fancy a chat or a beer remember I'm only just down the road so just email or PM me. Cheers, John

It sounds like you have missed one of the connections to the battery, or that they are not tight. Even if the battery was iffy you'd expect to get some indication of life.

Whenever I've had something other than a Defender I've always got bored and gone back to a Defender. I've had six, 2 90s, a 110 Double Cab and 3 110 CSWs. I find the 110 to be the best for an all round vehicle for me. Totally practical and maes you smile.

Heated seats and screen are fine with me, I wouldn't want to be without my heated seats lately

That advert says it's a G4 - it's not though is it? You may find you get a bit at the last minute but you have set a fairly high start price for a 90 of that age.

Hope these help;

The wide track tub is wider but this would mean that the roof would need less cut out of it. I'll post a photo or two.

My narrow track has a hinged lid made from a cut down Series roof - woorks well and keeps the weather out.

They're ok - sounds like a reasonable buy.

Very nice.

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I was there all weekend, marshalled the record attempt on Sat and chatted to Si on Sunday who talked me out of buying a radiator cap lol.

My icon hasn't changed even though I have a S O and I haven't seen my t-shirt yet ...

This is the same scare mongering that the TD5s suffered from, build quality is no worse than earlier models (no better either lol) and as with most forums people don't tend to post that their Defender has been fine, only complain about problems.

I'm currently on my second Puma, a 2011 2.4 and prefer it to the earlier models. The six speed gearbox is great and the clutch is not a problem at all. I like the dash layout, it's different at first but the layout of controls is much better. I have driven a 2012 2.2 demonstrator for 24 hours and it was very similar, not any better than the 2011 though. My 2.4 110 CSW does about 27 mpg average. Cheers John

TD5s make excellent everyday cars, I've had a 110 and a 90 and had no complaints. I had a GKN overdrive on the 110 and had the Ashcroft txfr box ratio change on the 90. I preferred the ratio change to the overdrive and it is cheaper as well.

It still strikes me with dread over on ORRP whenever rust proofing is mentioned - the same as it do when I saw this thread start ...

I think he was apologising for his humour ...

It is - the taxation class is N1 (commercial) post 2011, but they are viewed as multi purpose vehicles (the windows thing sounds logical too)

Actually all Defenders from the 2011 model year are classed as N1 / Commercial but they are still viewed as passenger carrying so are not restricted to the lower speed limit (so I was told by a traffic cop mate).

Any news on when the next lot are going out to those of us not on your first list?

The cheapest option would prob be a Halford's stereo with aux / iPod input. Or you can find the original Puma Defender stereos with the aux input on ebay for around £50.

Whatever happened to the Series that Rogue Trooper (Richard) was building? Did he ever get that finished?

£515? is that a typo or a very cheap motor?

It depends on what you call them out for I guess - the usual breakdown cover which some have used to get a new vehicle home would assume that you have broken down in a road legal vehicle (ie with MOT, insurance and RFL). If the AA guy turns up and sees no tax on something that looks like it hasn't been on the road a while or looks un-roadworthy then I guess they would question it. Your normal breakdown cover doesn't include transporting non-roadworthy vehicles which is why they would charge you for it.