if not a truck , which 4x4 ?

[Martiniblack577]

just a pity they get so much negativity

Perfect balance though. NA straight 6 on full chat a joy to behold.

 

[Malxwal]

Who wants a motor they need to change the engine in to get it to work ?? Life is too short.

 

[willowbank]

Try doing 50k miles a year in it with the costs, company car tax (obviously not but the OP’s car will be) and the fact it will literally rattle you to death over those miles.

Ha but I didn’t claim to be driving it as a day car, I do under 6k a year but they are 85% off road in 4WD or green lane between woodlands .. secret I think is not to race the turbo and change the oil and filter regularly.

As for the “triggers broom sarcastic comment.... you’re just jealous lol.

WB

 

[tackb]

Ha but I didn’t claim to be driving it as a day car, I do under 6k a year but they are 85% off road in 4WD or green lane between woodlands .. secret I think is not to race the turbo and change the oil and filter regularly.

As for the “triggers broom sarcastic comment.... you’re just jealous lol.

WB

the only land rover i would even consider is a 90/110 sadly being 6'4'' and 20 stone i would genuinely rather walk since they are an instrument of torture if i even manage to get in the bloody thing !

thats before you factor in rolling about underneath it every weekend , and i am a mechanic by trade........

so no , not jealous x

 

[Jagare]

I had a LR Series 3 and even as a non mechanic was easy to keep running. My stalking ground was 20 minutes drive so it was a fun vehicle to own.
At work we hired a nearly new LR 90 Tdi for towing a large pump off road every day. Terrific vehicle for the job but when I got home in the evening after a couple of hours driving home each day I was glad to see the back of it.
Same goes for my Suzuki jimny. If I had longer distances to drive to the hunting ground then it would not be a fun vehicle any more.
I checked the boar feeders this morning -11 and luckily no wind chill.

 

[NFINO2]

lot of guys remove the 3 seats and put in cubby box and reposition drivers and passenger seats in a little so you have more room. A lot of defender complaints are normally based around room for your right hand when driving. This normally cures this issue…. At least in my cases. I love the defenders tbh…

 

[Malxwal]

Get in Hilux, drive, get there, get home, simples
Far too smug, you know what happens next...

 

[tackb]

lot of guys remove the 3 seats and put in cubby box and reposition drivers and passenger seats in a little so you have more room. A lot of defender complaints are normally based around room for your right hand when driving. This normally cures this issue…. At least in my cases. I love the defenders tbh…

it's leg room thats the issue as well due to the bulkhead plus who positions a handbrake so that it either sticks in your thigh or calf not to mention no elbow room to actually drive it and on top of all that they leak water/cold air

then of course you have to contend with a heavy clutch pedal which is fun in traffic but entirely unnecessary since we've had sensible clutch pressures for 4-5 decades at least

have i mentioned they are underpowered and under braked?

 

[NFINO2]

lol . All of the above is so true but you will never hear a die hard Landrover supporter admit any of it. I have to confess I love the discovery 4 and 5’s along with the old school defenders. Faults and all. I went bmw x5 and xc90 and just had to get back to landrovers tbh. Don’t like the 2.0 landys tbh….

 

[Essexsussex]

it's leg room thats the issue as well due to the bulkhead plus who positions a handbrake so that it either sticks in your thigh or calf not to mention no elbow room to actually drive it and on top of all that they leak water/cold air

then of course you have to contend with a heavy clutch pedal which is fun in traffic but entirely unnecessary since we've had sensible clutch pressures for 4-5 decades at least

have i mentioned they are underpowered and under braked?

And you can’t indicate left and use the clutch at the same time if you are over 6ft

 

[olliehopes]

Who would you get to do the transplant out of interest? I love my D4 & have had it so long that I think it’s going to get run until it dies now. A TdV8 would be a great second wind for it if the time ever came

Tbh I'd give it my best shot. I'm sure there's a kit you can buy to do it and makes it pretty much plug and play....

 

[olliehopes]

Are those Duratrac tyres?

I remember going up to Suffolk to assist a friend of a friend with a collaborative cull weekend & one of the older guys there, a St. Hubert Club member, had one of the new Discovery 4s that must have cost him a few quid going by the badge on it, leather seats, etc. it was fitted with a winch in the front & some decent off road tyres. When he came back from a morning session he had two fallow in the back… the seats were down & he had some old cheap plastic tarps & some old blood soaked carpet in there What a fcuking state it was in inside & so much for carcass handling & cross contamination!

Yes, they were. Got 35k miles out of them before they became useless off road with less than 5mm tread.

Now sitting on a set of steels with BFG KO2s

 

[Ronin]

A true northern road tester

If Navara is your bag

 

[Ranger22]

I’ve replaced our pickup with a Rav 4, it’s got reasonably grippy tyres on it. Haven’t not got to where I want to go. It’s surprised me how capable it is. Put the back seats down and there’s loads of room

 

[Chris Richardson]

ok the other thread which truck got me thinking and i didnt want to derail it ...

so ..if you were moving away from a UK pick up truck but still wanted a 4x4 for stalking, family & dog duties
which one would you get ?
whats still an a option in uk?

do you actually need 4x4 ?

 

[sauer]

do you actually need 4x4 ?

Yes

 

[Howzat]

Had one for 10 years AWD Manual , perfect with Grabbers go anywhere, 55 to the gallon.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Chasey who used to be on here before he left the UK used one too. I met him near Dover once.

 

[Brittany boy]

Have a look at the Skoda Karoq . You get the 4x4 2 l TDI great car on road and surprising where it will go off road. Does my trips to Oxford 3-4 times a year, dog duties , gets to the bee hives and family trips plus work commute. 40mpg + . Only draw back would be the ground clearance at 200 mm but unless really heavily rutted tracks it’s not an issue. Just push the off road button and let the computer do the rest, never been stuck yet , even pulling a trailer full of logs up a wet grassy slope.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Have a look at the Skoda Karoq . You get the 4x4 2 l TDI great car on road and surprising where it will go off road. Does my trips to Oxford 3-4 times a year, dog duties , gets to the bee hives and family trips plus work commute. 40mpg + . Only draw back would be the ground clearance at 200 mm but unless really heavily rutted tracks it’s not an issue. Just push the off road button and let the computer do the rest, never been stuck yet , even pulling a trailer full of logs up a wet grassy slope.

Do they do a lift kit?