So, I'm not sure exactly what broke the happy bubble but I think it started with coming out one morning to the landy sat on its rim. Ok then, just pull the spare off and swap it over and be done with it. It turned out I only had half a jack handle, no worries, then it turned out the locking...

So, been meaning to post something up and introduce myself for a while. Finally, a quite lunch at work so... A few weeks ago I bought my first landy (yet to be named). Having only driven defenders before, I went to view it rather skeptically. Thinking it would be a loud, bumpy, agricultural...

Where abouts are you?

I'm in Reading and can do it if you were whiling to drive down this far.

Location - Reading Diagnostic Equipment - Nothing Towing, Recovery, Trailer - Disco 2, Tow Rope, Persistence Tools - Fully equipped workshop, welders, press etc. Parts Availability - Knowledge of Local automotive parts shops etc. Radius - 20 miles

yea, just as long as I dont fall down a ditch into a tree or get myself into a situation when i need to use someone else's winch im fine :crazy_driver: I did once manage to get a 110 stuck on top of a concrete tank trap when I was 12, now that was interesting. (i lived on a farm in south africa...

also, it gets cheaper as you go up in value from £1000 to £4000 then at 5000 it starts going up in price again

i still cant get better than £5900. (finding it strange how fully comp is about half the price of third party only on every site ive used so far)

i still cant get third party only for anything under 7000 as a new driver

ok, thanks

iv just managed to get it upto 14,000 for saying its a van

@matchmetisse and banksy95 hey, im in the same position as you, looking at £10,000 for third party only! what engine size are you looking at?

I know this is a dusty old gal of a topic, but I needed some advice... Im thinking of doing this trip in a defender in maybe four years or so and I was interested to find out what some peoples total costs where and how long it took them to do it? thanks jordan