j77 wrote:

It's not just the back door they get nicked from, D3/4 owners get them nicked often. It won't keep me up at night though.

I wonder if the British Army has ordered any new Defenders yet? If they are on the ball JLR should be in discussion with Coastguard, RNLI, Police, Highways Agency etc to get some visibility 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Highways Agency have just taken a fleet of Disco 5s 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

I think it is is very unlikely that the military will buy the new Defender in large numbers as the old Defender ended up being too small for most operational areas as the amount of kit that is carried/needed is now beyond what a Defender can comfortably hold. It might find a home on an airfield or 2nd line use but combat use will be limited to recce or similar use I think. Squaddies now (rightly so) need to have seating with proper restraints and some protection from small arms fire and IED`s which was something that the old Defender did not do very well. Even the modified Snatch was intended for a much different role when it was built. As for visibility I expect to see Harry and Megan in one of the 1st ones to hit the road!

dorsetfreelander wrote:

I wonder if the British Army has ordered any new Defenders yet? If they are on the ball JLR should be in discussion with Coastguard, RNLI, Police, Highways Agency etc to get some visibility

The Wolf fleet as I understand was leased from Lex Leasing and most were serviced /repaired by civilian contractors as part of the lease deal due to a value for money requirement that had to ensure that warranty claims were presented for failed parts something the MOD was previously very poor at doing. The vehicles also had a paint guarantee which was why in the first few years they all still had their original Nato Green paint and hadn`t been brush painted every year as previously used to happen to the green fleet.

Goodwood Festival of Speed

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Looking at some of the specs previously posted it looks like a good few of the new Defenders will be able to outrun a lot of so called hot hatches! Slow they certainly ain`t!

dondiddy wrote:

The Wolf fleet as I understand was leased from Lex Leasing and most were serviced /repaired by civilian contractors as part of the lease deal due to a value for money requirement that had to ensure that warranty claims were presented for failed parts something the MOD was previously very poor at doing. The vehicles also had a paint guarantee which was why in the first few years they all still had their original Nato Green paint and hadn`t been brush painted every year as previously used to happen to the green fleet.

its been a while but IIRC your bang on the money there... they were introduced about 1997 (I left in 2000) and I was one of the first to take them outside the UK, we had an old N/A defender with all the sitcom kit and brand new Wolf GS to work out the back of and to use for people transport. They were an awesome bit of kit compared to what we were used to, 90MPH on the autobahn
A lot were wrecked in the first few months due to people not being used to the higher centre of gravity,the extra power and the power steering. Many were rolled.

Still think the forces should have a fleet of the new defender though and release all the Wolf to us civvies

j77 wrote:

Goodwood Festival of Speed

That 90 looks

Here’s the 110, which looks

 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

OK it's been to Africa and it's done a million miles of testing etc BUT, have they tried lending one to Prince Phillip? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Boxbrownie wrote:

Used to love going over the channel on the Sealink hover.......best time was just before that have to stop because of bad weather, it was like a fairground ride......

Main thing I remember from the journeys was all the screws and trim in the cabin rattling and buzzing all the way.......

Just watched a program on Nat Geo about the last 2 SRN 4 Hovercraft that did the channel crossing until withdrawn from service in 2000. They were the Princess Anne and the Princess Margaret. The Anne was to be restored as a Museum display and the Margaret was being broken up with some bits being used to help restore the Anne and the rest of it being sold for scrap. The program showed how the technology worked and how they were designed and built and I thought it was very interesting. However it was a bit sad to see the Margaret hovercraft being ripped apart with an excavator with a claw bucket!

What a sad ending to yet another great British invention......  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

Wonder if JLR be as keen to “Leak” this picture of the Defender.......🤔

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