MJI

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While watching Doc Martin last night and seeing an article that Death in Paradise is changing its DI. It suddenly occured to me that both featured Land Rovers are TD5s!!
 
While watching Doc Martin
I love Doc Martin, but the actors can't do a Cornish accent. For some reason they do a Bristol accent, which is completely wrong. :confused:
There's some sort of Defender in it though. ;)
 
I love Doc Martin, but the actors can't do a Cornish accent. For some reason they do a Bristol accent, which is completely wrong. :confused:
There's some sort of Defender in it though. ;)

Poor accents.

I have relatives good at one though. I could possibly do one as my parents are both Cornish.

DM is V reg 90 TD5
 
While watching Doc Martin last night and seeing an article that Death in Paradise is changing its DI. It suddenly occured to me that both featured Land Rovers are TD5s!!
Correct, there is going to be a replacement DI half way through the present series. Doc Martin a LR 90 is used and Death in Paradise use a LR 110. If their engines are TD5s so what?
 
Correct, there is going to be a replacement DI half way through the present series. Doc Martin a LR 90 is used and Death in Paradise use a LR 110. If their engines are TD5s so what?

It is a cooincidence, Both used to have TDI300s in earlier series!
 
It is a cooincidence, Both used to have TDI300s in earlier series!
I must pay more attention :( but one Defender style of Land Rover looks all the same to me, other than one has a shorter wheel base that the other. :D
 
And of course, there's Vera of the Northumberland City Police CID with her TDI auto 90 CSW:
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Correct, there is going to be a replacement DI half way through the present series. Doc Martin a LR 90 is used and Death in Paradise use a LR 110. If their engines are TD5s so what?

I always thought the DIP one should have been a V8.
Such an idyllic setting shouldn't be contaminated by a smelly noisy diesel, especially if the vehicle might, occasionally, need to chase something. Perhaps they would rely on the M/C combo for pursuits :rolleyes:
As for Vera, if I was on a DCI's salary I wouldn't be driving an old Defender.
 
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I always thought the DIP one should have been a V8.
Such an idyllic setting shouldn't be contaminated by a smelly noisy diesel, especially if the vehicle might, occasionally, need to chase something. Perhaps they would rely on the M/C combo for pursuits :rolleyes:
As for Vera, if I was on a DCI's salary I wouldn't be driving an old Defender.
That's because you live in a Essex. ;)
Handy up here if we get a good winter. Plus, Vera is supposed to live in a remote cottage up here. Hard to get to in a standard road car.
 
That's because you live in a Essex. ;)
Handy up here if we get a good winter. Plus, Vera is supposed to live in a remote cottage up here. Hard to get to in a standard road car.

Essex has been known to have snow, in sufficient amounts to defeat 'normal' cars esp. when driven by morons :(
As for Vera, I would be looking at a quality AWD estate.
 
Essex has been known to have snow, in sufficient amounts to defeat 'normal' cars esp. when driven by morons :(
As for Vera, I would be looking at a quality AWD estate.

If you've seen the series or read the books you'll know that Vera isn't interested in such frivolities; she a middle aged spinster who ives in a remote run-down cottage on the moors, dresses like a bag lady, and comes across as dithery but less goofy female version of Columbo. The Landy was her late father's and she prefers it to the company car.
I only watched it initially because of the Landy but I've become to enjoy the plot lines, acting and scenery.
 
I'm deeply wounded :p
I'm not against 'real' LR's honestly, over the past decades I've owned several series vehicles inc. one diesel (ugh) but age favours comfort when it comes to travel.
I think Vera is supposed to be a tough old boot (well, Smartie anyway), but I know what you mean.
Maybe be you just need another cushion :p ;)
 
I think Vera is supposed to be a tough old boot (well, Smartie anyway), but I know what you mean.
Maybe be you just need another cushion :p ;)

It'd be a start :)
Then there's 'lecky windows, A/C, PAS, auto-box, decent heater, the ability to hold a conversation without shouting, both the lack of condensation dripping on my head & the delicate aroma of diesel fuel … the list goes on :rolleyes:
 
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didn't realise they had swapped the landy in death in paradise, thought it was the same one.

really annoying when Kris marshall and Josephine jobert called it a jeep though. Ben miller and sara martins (best combo of the series) called it a land rover
 

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