Thursday, May 3, 2012

Land Rover Defender 3 TDV6


Now even though I am English and Land Rover is English I try to take a neutral view when it comes to cars, but when it comes to off-roading you cannot beat a Land Rover. Perfected over years and years the Land Rovers are used worldwide by civilians, military, scientists, mountain rescue, on safari’s and the list goes on and on because this car is just the boss when it comes to off-roading. My dad happened to own the TDV6 for a while when we talked and he lived in the country and this car could do some incredible things that I found out when we went on a 4X4 course and all the Land Rovers there just destroyed any track, climb, descent or general challenge put in front of it. I remember random people coming up to my dad offering to buy the Defender 3 off him then and there for almost any figure because he had one of the latest editions that were hard to come by. In the movie Tomb Raider Angelina Jolie drives the same edition and that helped make the model even more popular. The defender on has a 2.7 turbo charged diesel engine that produces a little 190hp but all the power comes in the lower ranges meaning this car can climb and pull anything. The short sharp cut offs at the front and back of the car made getting stuck next to impossible. This is by no means a city car, it is a working car and according to insurance in Europe if I own a Land Rover I can claim it is a working car and get about 60% off my insurance, which is not too bad. The defender is made to explore and work every day on farms and rescue missions. It does not want to be tapped in a concrete jungle where it looks completely out of place too. Owning a Land Rover does have one big disadvantage though... you will never be able to call work and say you got snowed in because they know it would be a lie.





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