Wazzajnr · Mar 21, 2020

Just seen a new defender on the motorway, my god it's fugly!
It's even worse in the flesh than the pictures!
Yukkkkkkkk!

Datatek · Mar 21, 2020

Wazzajnr said:
Just seen a new defender on the motorway, my god it's fugly!
It's even worse in the flesh than the pictures!
Yukkkkkkkk!

And that's without looking at the 27 ECU's waiting to go wrong.

stuu · Mar 21, 2020

I haven't seen one in the flesh. From what I have seen I like the look of them. Quite very diffrent from my usual taste.

bankz5152 · Mar 21, 2020

I have. Really like it.

Datatek · Mar 21, 2020

Don't forget it tracks your every movement and reports to JLR.

oakey · Mar 21, 2020

Just like Sirie and Alexa?

Datatek · Mar 21, 2020

oakey said:
Just like Sirie and Alexa?

Except Sirie & Alexa cannot follow you out of the house and tell Plod where you were at the time of a murder.

oakey · Mar 21, 2020

But they can tell if you had an argument before it or were discussing it

Datatek · Mar 21, 2020

oakey said:
But they can tell if you had an argument before it or were discussing it

True.

tomcat59alan · Mar 21, 2020

Well the good news with this C Virus is that JLR have stopped the production lines so less fugly and pansy models .

pete12345 · Mar 21, 2020

No more from JLR after next week bye then they will run out of vehicles

Grrrrrr · Mar 21, 2020

Datatek said:
And that's without looking at the 27 ECU's waiting to go wrong.

Yeah, they've lost their way with that one.

Datatek · Mar 22, 2020

tomcat59alan said:
Well the good news with this C Virus is that JLR have stopped the production lines so less fugly and pansy models .

It's a blessing for JLR, they apparently have excess stock like the good old days standing in fields.

oakey · Mar 22, 2020

Havent seen this vehicle or heard anything about it at all
I do hope they have it right and it is a Landy that you can chuck a dead sheep in the back of and not some luxury vehicle that is full of electronics that will break down when a fuse blows

Datatek · Mar 22, 2020

oakey said:
Havent seen this vehicle or heard anything about it at all
I do hope they have it right and it is a Landy that you can chuck a dead sheep in the back of and not some luxury vehicle that is full of electronics that will break down when a fuse blows

At £40K plus not many dead sheep going to be found in the back, it is a luxury vehicle with, as I said at least 27 ECU's designed primarily to show off on the school run and it does report every aspect of what you do with it to JLR.
My farmer friends these days use the Ford 4 x 4 pick up.

oakey · Mar 22, 2020

Now that is a pity
The Ford is taking over from the Hilux

Datatek · Mar 22, 2020

oakey said:
Now that is a pity
The Ford is taking over from the Hilux

The Ford is cheaper to buy, cheaper to fix than the Toyota and the vehicles get knocked about on the farm.

JimS · Mar 22, 2020

Datatek said:
And that's without looking at the 27 ECU's waiting to go wrong.

Are the other 58 dead reliable then?

The electronics are the new 'rusty chassis' that will need total replacement after a while

Datatek · Mar 22, 2020

JimS said:
Are the other 58 dead reliable then?

The electronics are the new 'rusty chassis' that will need total replacement after a while

What chassis?

JimS · Mar 22, 2020

Datatek said:
What chassis?

That was the achilles heel of the old Defender
The new ones have over complex electronics. If they dumbed the systems down a bit it might inspire confidence that at some point in the next 10 years it isn't going to spend months at the dealership chasing a weird 'fault'

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