Defender to Series 3
Discussion
Have a 2014 Defender XS Station Wagon that I have had since new and was thinking of replacing it with a Series 3.
The Defender is my daily and used to load the dogs in the back and trips into Edinburgh at the weekend. I realise that an Series 3 is going to be a slight compromise as a direct replacement (due to heated seats, windscreen, conversations above 40 etc in the Defender) so the thoughts are to replace the Defender with 2 vehicles (one as a daily runaround and the Series 3 as a weekend Land Rover).
Just wondering whether anyone has gone down the same route and their experience.
The heart says to go with a 88 Soft Top but suspect the head would say a Station Wagon again (however the side windows irk me a little bit aesthetically).So any recommendations on that front is valued
Don't want a project LR (not enough time for that) but what dealers would people recommend. Quick search of the web bring up:
- John Brown (Thirsk)
- William Classics
anywhere else I am missing looking for a S3.
George
The Defender is my daily and used to load the dogs in the back and trips into Edinburgh at the weekend. I realise that an Series 3 is going to be a slight compromise as a direct replacement (due to heated seats, windscreen, conversations above 40 etc in the Defender) so the thoughts are to replace the Defender with 2 vehicles (one as a daily runaround and the Series 3 as a weekend Land Rover).
Just wondering whether anyone has gone down the same route and their experience.
The heart says to go with a 88 Soft Top but suspect the head would say a Station Wagon again (however the side windows irk me a little bit aesthetically).So any recommendations on that front is valued
Don't want a project LR (not enough time for that) but what dealers would people recommend. Quick search of the web bring up:
- John Brown (Thirsk)
- William Classics
anywhere else I am missing looking for a S3.
George
Edited by douglasgdmw on Thursday 13th February 16:08
Under no illusion that a Series is going to be less refined than my current Puma version (had a 300tdi Defender 90 HardTop prior to the current Station Wagon so know how much more refined the current one is).
No way would I want to undertake some of the journeys in the Series that I do in the Defender, hence why the thoughts are of getting a sensible day to day runner and the Series becomes a weekend vehicle (or when the snow gets bad where I am), So the journeys would definitely be of short duration (or means I purchase of thermal layers and ear protection)
Will definitely be doing a test drive in one prior to making the change as would hate to lose my current Defender and have to try and search for another one.
Would love a V8 version, but getting an 88 in a V8 I suspect hey are like hens teeth and come up for sale very infrequently
Just wondering whether there are any other specialists that I have missed in my search?
George
No way would I want to undertake some of the journeys in the Series that I do in the Defender, hence why the thoughts are of getting a sensible day to day runner and the Series becomes a weekend vehicle (or when the snow gets bad where I am), So the journeys would definitely be of short duration (or means I purchase of thermal layers and ear protection)
Will definitely be doing a test drive in one prior to making the change as would hate to lose my current Defender and have to try and search for another one.
Would love a V8 version, but getting an 88 in a V8 I suspect hey are like hens teeth and come up for sale very infrequently
Just wondering whether there are any other specialists that I have missed in my search?
George
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