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If you have this ability, why are you on the internet asking random people what to do? Just go and build it.

I call it brand blindness.

Why would you change the engine? You can get a lot more power out of the Isuzu engine than any of those options. The stock Isuzu 3.9 in the Perentie can do a lot more power than option 1. You can easily get it up to 200 hp, 400 lb-ft. 2 and 3 will eat Land Rover gearbox and axles. You would need a real gearbox and axle upgrades.

The Swedish deaths per capita will be among the highest in the world. It all depends if money or lives is more important to you.

Yes. If they write a bad review, they are blacklisted and will never see a car again. I'm sure Land Rover was very careful in who to choose so as not to get in that situation.

You are not going to argue, while continuing to argue with me. And then making personal attacks by calling me annoying. How about we agree that we are not going to agree?

None of the journalists have any off road experience. Of course they are impressed. Every single person is impressed the first time they go off road. Without experience in other vehicles in driving off road, they can't provide any opinion whatsoever if these are good or bad. Secondly, I'm not being a cynic. They are paid by Land Rover. This trip is 100% funded by Land Rover. You are only chosen to come if you have said nice things in the past. If you ever want to drive one again, you will continue to say good things. Automotive journalism is always highly biased as they need to get the vehicle provided for free. In this case it is much worse as Land Rover also needed to pay for the entire trip.

With them all being paid by LR to write them, you would hope so.

Lots of men do not want to be at home with their families.... I saw a lot of guys push back against not being allowed to work at the office.

Imagine needing to import 100% of your parts like me...... https://www.waytekwire.com/item/43919/Littelfuse-75600-04-Universal-Single-Motor/ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cole-Hersee-75600-04-BX-12V-Electronic-Wire-Switch-Rot-W-W-Knob/264541150245?epid=1815162537&hash=item3d97e19c25:g:qXoAAOSwdkNd1u6d https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cole-Hersee-Boat-Windshield-Wiper-Switch-75600-01-Push-Button/193369183332?epid=1940311691&hash=item2d05b39464:g:BoYAAOSwwcJeYBal

It can cause viral pneumonia directly, but most people dying are not from that directly. See this article from Harvard. https://www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498(20)31473-X/fulltext The overall discussion is on Covid, but the sub discussion that you quoted me on was about whether or not it can be completely stopped or not.

With this disease, it does not appear that the virus is killing many people directly. Studies show that it is your immune system attacking healthy cells what is killing people. By the time most people are in serious distress the virus has been killed off and your immune system is continuing to attack healthy cells. I can link papers on this if you wish. In any case, that was NOT what was being discussed. We were discussing whether or not the virus could be eliminated within a local area completely. smallfry was suggesting that it could hang around much like TB. It can't. It must have live carriers and those carriers will not hold it for more than two weeks.

To be even more clear. TB is a bacteria. When you get it, most people's immune systems do not kill it. Most people show no symptoms and thus have and spread the bacteria for the rest of their lives. In addition, the bacteria can live for very long periods outside of a host. Sars-cov-2 is a virus. Everybody that gets the virus kills it off in two weeks. Past that point, there is no virus in that person. A virus is not alive and can't remain stable for more than a few days outside of a host.

Try and read what I wrote. The reason TB does not go away is because it stays in people that are infected. That is NOT what Covid does. They are completely and totally unrelated things that have no analogies in any way whatsoever.

It has no similarities to TB. TB is a bacterial infection that your body can't kill. Without antibiotics, it stays in your body forever, so you can pass it along. Covid is a virus. Everyone's body will kill the virus completely within two weeks and then it is gone.

Well...not really. Once there are no cases in an area, there is no virus. It can't live outside a host for long. Then it is just a case of managing travelers. I think you guys are not really thinking the whole thing through very well. You do not go from complete lockdown to normal business in one day. They are much more advanced..... After the restrictions were relaxed, there was still strict control and monitoring. Masks to go anywhere. Limited people in buildings with permission. Temperatures measured on every person entering every building. Strict and continuous testing of any symptomatic people and aggressive contact tracing.

Unfortunately no. A proper lockdown stops the spread and makes for less cases and a quicker end. They did not just slow it. They stopped it. In one night, they closed everything and controlled all movement. I have friends that have been there the whole time. They think we are all idiots for not taking this seriously.

China shut down for six weeks. Place like the UK will be much longer as they are not behaving as nicely. These are the daily case counts for the UK. Just starting to see the steep part of exponential growth.

Because they would be really hard to get in unless everything was really precisely machined. Having one, aligns the swivel and then the other six screw in with no problem. The system is well designed. Stop worrying about it. There should be no shear stress on the bolts in service when torqued properly. I only first mentioned it because clearly many people do not know. Most people work one side at a time, so can't have an issue. Some people do both at once and mix up the parts. This can cause an issue.

The problem with poor wheel travel even when you have lockers is stability. The body pitches all over the place and chances of rolling become higher. If you don't understand this, then you really need the experience. Arguing about it on the internet is useless. Get out there and see it. If you have not driven a modern Land Rover side by side at its limit next to a traditional one, then I can't see how you are really going to understand. I do and there are a few reasons why these modern ones are not as good. - Wheel travel is poor and they require more traction aids and are less stable in rough terrain. - The computerized control of the traction aids limits what they can do. There are a few conditions where the system can be beat. Allowing manual overrides of the lockers would help a lot. - Ground clearance is a lot worse as they have a flat bottom all at the same height. Traditional trucks are only low in a few spots. - The larger rim diameters require a shorter tyre sidewall. This means you can't lower pressures as far. Once terrain because difficult, traction is completely related to tyre pressure. These things will be okay for moderate terrain as long as you have the rear locker option. The larger tyres will make it nicer than a Disco 5. But take a traditional Defender and install a rear locker and it will beat it every time.

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Land Rover won't let anyone near one unless they agree to give glowing reviews.

But that was not challenging terrain. It was easy stuff. Anybody that has not been off road before thinks it is the most amazing thing ever, no matter what level of difficulty or what vehicle. They can't provide any comparison to other vehicles nor now what is easy and what is hard. A "real" review is with a seasoned off road driver and they drive the same obstacles back to back with a 2016 Defender. You can then provide a real review and comparison.

Andrew St.Pierre White? He is actually English. He has just spent a lot of time in SA. Lives in Australia now. Land Rover black listed him because he gave a bad review on the Disco 2..... Ford also black listed him. Eventually one guy at LR SA let him test the Disco 4, which went fine. I doubt they want him to do the Defender as he has not said many nice things about it.

LT77, LT85, LT95 and R380 tunnels are all different.