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mick · 24 January 2013, 20:22

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Originally Posted by whisper

Can i ask a Defender 90 question?

Do they come with rear forward facing seats?

No been testing a 90 out this week with the 2.2 engine and it had side facers
It's a bit quieter than the 2.4 as well pulls from 20 mph in 5 gear no problem.

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Chris Caton · 24 January 2013, 20:23

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Originally Posted by whisper

Can i ask a Defender 90 question?

Do they come with rear forward facing seats?

Yes, standard on some specs, optional on more basic specs, or there are always after market options

mick · 24 January 2013, 20:27

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Originally Posted by Chris Caton

Yes, standard on some specs, optional on more basic specs, or there are always after market options

Don't know then must be different sorts whoops
This had some that folded down from the sides.

Chris Caton · 24 January 2013, 20:28

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Originally Posted by mick

No been testing a 90 out this week with the 2.2 engine and it had side facers
It's a bit quieter than the 2.4 as well pulls from 20 mph in 5 gear no problem.

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could well be me wrong, but I didn't think side facing seats met the current standards

mick · 24 January 2013, 20:32

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Originally Posted by Chris Caton

could well be me wrong, but I didn't think side facing seats met the current standards

Not sure Chris I didn't bother with them they may have folded out forwards

paulbrown22 · 24 January 2013, 21:23

Yep, as far as I'm aware, some useless bit of EU legislation doesn't let us have sideways facing rear seats anymore.

So with the 2007 (Puma engined) model year Defender and onward, both 90 and 110 can only have forward facing rear seats, although they do fold up to the side of the vehicle. Because of the way they are designed, you can only 1 folding seat either side, so a max of 2 rear seats per vehicle.

Slightly annoying, as it means you lose 2 seats in the back of either 90 or 110, compared to the previous TD5 model. That's one of the reasons I have kept my 110 TD5...

mick · 24 January 2013, 21:37

So if we pull out of the EU can we keep the Defender seem as its there regulations that are making it from being continued.

whisper · 24 January 2013, 21:54

Thanks guys, so is the defender coming to its end?

tony t · 24 January 2013, 21:59

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Originally Posted by whisper

Thanks guys, so is the defender coming to its end?

Never ever never its a British icon that will never end

falcon0310 · 24 January 2013, 22:01

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Originally Posted by Tim M

Here's a few more from the archives.

1: My first Landy. 300tdi Disco which I bought from a Vicar when I was at uni. Memorable because I found several condoms hidden in random places. Wonder what'd he'd been up to! Pictured here with the RIB International Arctic Blue during the round Britain powerboat race. That event just about finished that car off (along with Ian C2 RIBs trailer!).

2: Same Disco with my 7m Solent on the back. Can't work out which was more unreliable, the Disco or the RIB.

3: Replaced the black Disco with an even more unreliable one (RIB 9463). Photo taken at the RNLI in Poole, picking up an Atlantic 75 the day after I bought the car. Broke down on the M1 a few hours later and had to be recovered all the way home.

4: A new engine later and she was running again. Photo taken in Portsmouth with the work Solent 9m on the back. Amazing boat.

5: My current rig. TD5 Disco and 6m Searider now fitted with a pair of Yamaha 50 4-strokes. She's only broken down once in the last 12 months so I think I'm doing well!

all can say is that when my last van broke down, i phone dealer up and bought new one,
rember my 2 1/2 year old td5 went into limp moded and off it went on autotrader

Tim M · 24 January 2013, 22:05

If I could afford a new Discovery every few years I would probably do the same!

mick · 24 January 2013, 22:15

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Originally Posted by whisper

Thanks guys, so is the defender coming to its end?

Yes as far as I know 2014 so get a 110 utility ordered

Chris Caton · 25 January 2013, 07:59

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Originally Posted by mick

Yes as far as I know 2014 so get a 110 utility ordered

I think we will be ok for a while yet, landrover seem to be concentrating on the models that make them money, so defenders should be left alone, hopefully

Leapy · 25 January 2013, 10:10

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Originally Posted by mick

Yes as far as I know 2014 ...

Further out than that.

Chris Caton · 25 January 2013, 14:57

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Originally Posted by mick

Yes as far as I know 2014 so get a 110 utility ordered

2017

iceman · 29 January 2013, 23:20

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Just the little boat !

csjukes · 30 January 2013, 16:45

New defender 2014/15 but the current will be sold along side it until 2018. The new one will be amaxing but hope they keep to the defender heritage, not chelsea tractors

Daniel · 01 February 2013, 17:20

The first RIB (but the 2nd Range Rover) was on page 14.

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Wow here's an old one.

Here's the 2nd rib, with the 4th Range Rover.

E-reg 4 door which I converted to diesel. Bit gutless.
"Top Banana" probably the best RIB I've had. 6m Osprey / 150 Opti.

Photo from about 2002

Daniel · 01 February 2013, 17:26

I cant find a photo of the first or third rangie's towing a RIB

But here they are. The four door (1984 A reg, one of the first) I owned in about 1997.

My first range rover was the 1973 "ONM 146M" which we, er, modified slightly. Photo about 1996 as I think I'd passed my test the same year.

Daniel · 01 February 2013, 17:55

So then from about 2004 to 2010 I had a break from RIBs and land rovers.

Strangly enough aquired both again within a year of each other.

Even the landie cant tow this one though, too heavy :-( You need something like piccy No 3