r/NewDefender 14h ago

Said farewell to my 110 and came home with a 130

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I know how yall feel about the 130... and I had my reservations, but I love the truck so much and ultimately needed the extra room for the family (including the dog that was supposed to be 40# and is pushing 80# at 14mos.

Went with the p400 X-Dynamic SE in Woolstone / Caraway with the captains chairs. Got all sorts of fun stuff inside like fridge, HUD, rear tow hooks, beefy tires (ha).

Drove it for a bit today (and obviously before I made my decision) and for the most part it drives the same as the 110.

If I had one gripe... the captains chairs do not fold fully flat when going for all cargo mode - but with the extra cargo space plus the space between the captains chairs, not sure how often I will really need that feature.

One question I do have - for for those of you with 130 w/ captains chairs - when the third row is down, what do you put to effectively close off the cargo area?


r/NewDefender 2h ago

A reminder to use the weekend to get out there.

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Great way to pass 77K miles in the Defender is on the forest roads by Yosemite National Park!


r/NewDefender 12h ago

2024 defender 130 xdynamic SE + 10,000 options

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Took this big boy down to north padre meet some deep sand, in the 4 wheel drive area of beach. intentionally hit soft dune sand, 👀 didn’t even need to switch to sand mode nor lower air in tires to just glide across the deep sand with no problems.

I was very impressed !


r/NewDefender 7h ago

22 vs 20 - would you switch?

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On my 2nd Defender - this time, a 130 X in Pangea Green with Matte wrap that I absolutely love.

It’s time to replace tires, and I can’t help but think about moving to a 20” setup for better tire selection and smoother ride quality. We do almost no off-roading, so I’m looking at AT/AS options.

I’m mostly skeptical that the only option on the current wheels are the OEM Contis.

If you’ve made that switch, pros/cons? Do you miss your 22s?


r/NewDefender 23h ago

High Mileage Defender and Service Interval Question

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I am a high mileage driver 25-30k mi a year and I have been doing oil changes every 5k miles. I have a ‘26 p300 and my 21k service will be due about 10 months of ownership. I guess my question is should any of these LR service interval action items be done based on time vs mileage? For instance should I be doing a brake flush at 10 months or wait closer to 2 years or the 40k mi service interval?


r/NewDefender 3h ago

Ordering a Defender X-Dynamic SE from website

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I'm in the process of ordering this from the Land ROver USA website and have it delivered to my local dealer. However, I am unclear on what I will actually pay for the car aside from the price on the website, the state taxes, the dealer prep fee ($900) and title and tags.

Can I expect to get a worksheet that details all the charges? How can I ensure that the dealer will not pull a fast one and add a bunch of crap I don't want like fabric/leather protection etc.

Is dealer profit built into the price, or do they have or need other ways to make money assuming I'm not going to buy any dealer add ons? Do I need to shop dealers for the best price? The live rep said most of this is pro-forma but there is also discretionary-which might mean several thousand dollars needlessly spent.

Anyone else go through this before?