l've been looking for an old Landy to use as a second vehicle. l've had TD5's and a 300tdi. Both can be used as daily drivers, which l did. (l've now got a 2022 Defender Commercial as my daily) Bloody hell the S3 was a wake up call. lt was terrible. No wonder all the old farmers are deaf, if...

The Manchester CAZ was cancelled. But before that, the local Land Rover specialist forecourt became full of Defenders! Hopefully nobody lost too much money selling their Land Rover unnecessarily

The Manchester one has been postponed and is "under review" due to a massive backlash from owners of non compliant vehicles. The proposed scheme wasn't just city centre, it went right out to the county borders, which was crazy

This has all gone quiet. Did you get the vehicle sorted?

Hopefully not any more with the new one! Only heard of one engine failure with the new 3.0 The old 3.0 V6 was a Ford unit and nearly broke Land Rover.

The 3.0 lngenium inline six cylinder (as fitted to new Defender) doesn't suffer from crankshaft failure like the Discovery 3.0 V6 did. However l would definitely recommend the oil and filter is changed before 21,000 miles. l had mine changed at 5,000 miles, then 10,000. After that l will get it...

lt looks like the Velar D300 has the 3.0 six cylinder lngenium, certainly from 2020. This engine shouldn't suffer from a clogged or blocked DPF, even on short journeys. l used my Defender D250 (same engine) all day every day driving between customers, for two years, sometimes less than a mile...

This kind of failure isn't confined to Land Rover. There's a lot of issues with DPF clogging and oil dilution with the VW 2.0 diesel, particularly when used for short journeys

Prices have fallen sadly, l was looking at a lovely 2011 Puma X S Station Wagon today for sale at £10,500 Mileage was 150,000 and l think that kills the value on the Puma

The new Defender makes more sense as a Commercial Vehicle. Let's say you buy one at £60,000 Claim the VAT back and it's £48,000 Then you'll get tax back on the purchase price, probably around £12,000 in total. So that makes the vehicle around £36,000 And over time it's likely to retain its...

AUGUST 2024 UPDATE The New Defender is still fault free and running perfectly. There's nothing really to report. l changed the tyres for some more off-road oriented ones. l've sprayed clear wax based rust prevention on everything underneath. lt will probably benefit someone in 15 years time...

Any update on this? Another week has gone by.

Don't worry too much about mileage, go on condition. 150,000 miles or more is fine if it's otherwise a good one. Obviously if you see one that's done less than 100,000 it's worth a look, but there's no guarantee that it will be any better than the 150,000 miler.

There's plenty for sale in that budget. Ebay doesn't look great though. Have a look on Auto Trader, currently a few nice looking TD5 County/XS Station Wagons around the £12-14k mark. Quite a few TDi's £12-14,000 but only a couple are genuine Station Wagons.

l hope someone rescues it. Remarkably it passed its last MOT in late 2023 with no advisories.

This one needs some love. The bulkhead has completely gone. But its certainly cheap, if you can change the bulkhead yourself. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186480804323?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=MlAT5FnqSom&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Cj4IjO6GTG6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I guess not then. I had a look on Ebay this evening and it's awash with adverts for engine reconditioning, companies been on Ebay for years with hundreds of 100% feedback but when you look at the feedback it's for random stuff or doesn't come up "no relevant feedback available" is one message l...

Definitely agree, yes. May sell to someone in (say) London who had to dispose of their Defender TDCi

Well it's still for sale, l think the market for Defenders at this price must have dried up somewhat. lt certainly has round here according to my local LR specialist. Although l can't imagine you'd find a better TDCi Defender than this one.

You're right. And don't even start on the discussion as to whether the Puma "Utility" five seat 110 is a "Commercial Vehicle" with HMRC.