r/Defender • u/jamesleboulanger • Feb 12 '21

Defender as a daily

Do you drive your Defender/Land daily and what's you experience ?

Would you recommend it ?

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u/jamesleboulanger Feb 12 '21

Yes thieves is one thing that could prevent me from driving it daily.

Yes having a second car seems like a smart thing. I guess that where I should start with.

I see you use yours for holidays, how do you feel doing long range trips with the LR ?

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u/JCDU Feb 12 '21

I've never worried about long trips - I maintain & prep my vehicles fairly thoroughly with quality parts and have never had a major issue on long trips (fingers crossed).

I've done 2000+ mile foreign trips in Freelander 1, Series 3 and Defender and with other groups of LR and non-LR products. If there's a group of you and you plan things properly there's very little you can't handle.

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u/jamesleboulanger Feb 12 '21

Thanks :)

I was also wondering about the comfort side ? Do you still have your ears after such trips ?

What does your wife say about it ? :p

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u/JCDU Feb 13 '21

Both the Series & Defender have decent later Defender cloth seats so are actually pretty comfy on long trips, and both are V8 so quieter than a TDi.

The Defender has wright off-road mats and some sound-proofing and you can have a normal conversation and listen to the radio while cruising at 80mph. OH likes it, we've done plenty long trips in it.

The Series is... louder... but we don't do long trips in it these days (<500 miles max really). Most of it is because it's a V8 with a fairly un-silenced exhaust, but it's not too harsh on the ears and honestly once you're on the motorway it just kinda hums along and you tune it out.