need defender 90

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andrewdunn

Original Poster:

50 posts

235 months

Wednesday 10th December 2008
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hello all,
i am looking for a defender 90,something like a 1996 onwards.have a tight budget just getting into the hole thing, i have roughly 3grand to spend or someone willing to p/x a 2003 clio dynamique in black. please help

Edited by andrewdunn on Wednesday 10th December 20:57

bobfather

11,185 posts

261 months

Wednesday 10th December 2008
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3000grand, you could probably buy the company for that much

getmecoat

heightswitch

6,319 posts

256 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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Trust me.
save yourself all the aggro, grief, breakdowns, frosty fingers on a cold morning, earache due to the constant drumming at 70mph, The boynggg the roof makes at motorway speeds in windy conditions etc etc etc.

Buy yourself a short wheelbase Isuzu Trooper Instead. Cheaper to buy, reliable, cheap bits from Milner offroad, just as good offroad, warm, faster, more powerful, just as good to tow with


I will guarantee the following with your Defender purchase.

1. You will need a cylinder head in your ownership
2. You will blow at least 2 head gaskets if you do anything like a 12-15k annual mileage
3. You will need to get your gearbox fettled because it rattles itself to bits.

A land rover is only any good if you are a farmer driving 30 miles a day across fields carrying sheep feed and hay.

N.

TOENHEEL

4,501 posts

233 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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I've had 3 Landies, 2 110s and a 90 all bought rough as hell and restored. Helps that my dads an ex service manager but ours werent unreliable at all to be honest.

ViperIce

29 posts

217 months

Tuesday 20th January 2009
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Ive been driving them for work for 12 years now, 200/300 tdi/td5 in all shapes and sizes, we do 20-25k miles/year. Yeah they have their problems but as do ford transits, our vehicles get some of the hardest use i could imagine daily and stand up to it well. From 05 our transport company put us from wide wheels and tyres onto G90 7.50x16 which makes them look weedy and causes loads of damage in the fields.

When our vehicles get to the end of the lease they go to auction and go for your sort of money, mainly 110's but occasionally 90's

so you could look down that route.

Cant go wrong with a 90, big wheels, decent seats and good history

Good luck