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I can't imagine trying to repair that thing in the middle of a warzone. There is a reason the military are still running old Defenders, some really old. You can use duct tape to get them going again.
How is it generic !?
What isn't generic about the looks? You could park it in a line of other SUVs and it wouldn't draw the eye. It's just....more tomato sauce in the tomato sauce section.
I don't do a school run or live in Chelsea so maybe it's just that I don't care.
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How's Falmouth treating you?
First time here, it’s lovely!! Just been walking along the front from Discovery Quey
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hardly. 4x4 on side hinge door. SUV has a tailgate.
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Get real, snatch land rovers are legacy of our ill prepared military operations overseas. Total death traps not suitable for anything of the sort. Hence the UK used the Mastiff now, enough squaddies died from roll over events let along the onslaught of IEDs for the MOD to finally pull their fingers out.
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The Japanese trucks have well and truly got that market covered, utilitarian and cheap and sit nicely in commercial tax brackets with the large pickup area. The other aspect of the Defender nostalgia is enthusiastically bought second hand vehicle is never really the market you want to target.
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It was sarcasm, unless you really think that the X5 has two spares?
ha sorry mate.
Indeed. It’s a polarising car, it can’t be generic. It’s getting a bit tiring listening the amateur Mash Report.
Let me know when you go to spec savers if you miss this one
it’s massive!![[TW]Fox](/data/man-of-honor/2009.png){kind=avatar}
Lol the mastiff is a combat vehicle. They still use old defenders as run arounds. Some have been replaced by modern Japanese 4x4s...
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Got a reference for that, i thought they all got culled years ago.
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Yeah and what about the Ocelot. Ordering cars now for military use is a joke - there is no market to target.
Well the base I work on... there are still old defenders in use, in fact they bought a load more right before they went out of production. We had some "modern" Land and Range rovers, but they were **** and can't take the abuse, so were scrapped because they were forever breaking.
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ha sorry mate.
It’s a polarising car, it can’t be generic. It’s getting a bit tiring listening the amateur Mash Report.
Let me know when you go to spec savers if you miss this one
It's Nasher. I don't think ocular enhancement technologies have come far enough to cancel out wrong opinions presented as fact
I like it. It's clearly not aimed at the squaddies anymore but rather those with enough cash to spend on weekends exploring. The wash-down interior is fantastic, whilst still maintaining most of the functionality we've come to expect from an SUV.
Of course this hasn't stopped Khan in London, or their sister brand "chelsea truck company" from buying a load in, looking forward to seeing them on 22" wheels with no sidewall parked in Waitrose supermarkets.
The point I was trying to make is that most SUVs don’t have a wheel on the back...
Enjoy it mate, lovely spot, mind the roads though, some proper stupid BMW drivers in the surrounding areas
