Daily Driven Land Rover Defender Experience, Opinion, GBU

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Daily Driven Land Rover Defender Experience, Opinion, GBU

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asimplyfab.life/ An interesting question from a viewer - shout out to you Davy - wanting to know if a Defender is a good idea as a daily driver. We subject our toaster to the test!
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From our own experience running our Defenders as an ONLY driver, I can say - go for it! We haven't had any significant troubles during the past ten years (or so) other than being stranded once in Croatia and a couple of repairs and replacements that do not seem overly dramatic considering the age of the vehicle - and what they are put through during their hardworking lives...
We haven't really thought about another car in the garage - and then using the Defender only on certain occasions like weekends away, club meets or holidays... One vehicle is all you really need right?
Results may vary (as with any second-hand car of a certain age...) - so share your experiences with your Defender. Will you tell someone NOT to go there at ALL? Or enjoy this characterful vehicle while we still can!
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@ASimplyFabLife 6 ай бұрын

What You Need to Know Before You Buy A Defender: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ppOniZl1ktfHZ4U.html

@travellifewithjobo5740 3 жыл бұрын

Although I have a Skoda Yeti,which is supposed to be my daily driver,I go out,do whatever I need with it and return home. and nobody talks to me about it when i stop..I spend 5 minutes at the filling station.I love the vehicle.It is quiet and efficient is very quick and spirited like a puppy ,easy to drive and economical. I also have an ex-Forces Snatch Land-Rover which is not as economical ,diabolically noisy,not as comfortable .It has a full camoufaged coat ,weighs 3.6 tonnes, bomb-proof Kevlar body.and bullet -proof glass,It survived service in Northern Ireland and Afghanistan undamaged.I often spend from 30 minutes to an hour at the filling station whilst people chat to me about it .If I go to do an errand which should only take me 2 or 3 miles ,I take an extended trip of an hour or 10 miles,it is slow and as relaxed as a rhinocerous taking things easy.A Defender makes every trip an adventure,nuff said.

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

A Snatch - awesome! 👍👍👍(one day we'll get to see one in the flesh! perhaps Peterborough is on the cards next time🧐)

@mooch0027 5 ай бұрын

The toaster analogy is all I needed. I'm sticking with Land Cruisers.

@anuaridris966 2 жыл бұрын

I daily drive my 300tdi 110 here in Australia. She's just getting warmed up with 417000km on the clock. Still runs smooth, and turns heads everywhere she goes! Doesn't matter if it's 42degrees outside, covered in sweat and I've got whiffy pits, I still look back at the bus when I park it.

@kallevespa 3 жыл бұрын

We daily our Defender Puma 110 The kids love it as do we; being so noisy the kids fall asleep immediately; no worries to let them eat and drink in the car as well. I like it because it is class-less You can be a “poor” farmer or a posh businessman; nobody will judge you being at the wheel The only thing I hate to hear: oh you have a nice jeep... very nice video, fun to watch :-) Best regards from Italy

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

👆yes - classless👍 | call it a jeep👎😂

@monkeytennislee2493 3 жыл бұрын

That lady there my friend is a keeper 🥰

@overnighter 3 жыл бұрын

Finally a Defender video 😊👍

@markriley2733 3 жыл бұрын

Answer .....YES absolutely

3 жыл бұрын

Used my TD5 prepared for expeditions for years as daily driver and loved it. It's great in city traffic since all other drivers are afraid of metal bumpers and size. Great visibility on intersections and also i don't worry about parking dents. Right now i have 2yrs old mx5 and keep it outside of my garage because defender needs to stay in warm and cosy place, even during winter. You also forgot about one thing, DIY, there is always something to improve, change, etc. And I must say, I love it !

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

🤘😎 yes - always something on the jobs list 😅

@diecastculture7066 6 ай бұрын

Great video, and nice to see such enthusiasm. We've owned a Puma in the UK for 5yrs - an ex western power utility vehicle. It's a hardtop and had only 2 seats - we've now added a second row of seats (3rd row seats from a discovery) and replaced the roll up aluminium shutters with marine perspex windows. It's a beast!

@ASimplyFabLife 6 ай бұрын

Nice to hear 👍😃 Great machines all round, no matter the age, application, or state of patina. All I can add is enjoy and 'keep rolling!'👋😊

@diecastculture7066 6 ай бұрын

Sadly we plan to sell it soon - most likely exchanging for a more dull work van/camper van - it's been a joy to do up starting as an industrial looking machine with metal shelves in the back to something more family friendly & a little more upmarket but not much. It's a 'joy' to drive.

@monikahelbling7478 2 жыл бұрын

„It‘s not about the flawless beauties, it‘s the beauty in flaws“… well said! I love my Defender 90 and i drive it every single day. Greetings from Switzerland

@paulb6501 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, everyday is an adventure even just to work and back. I wouldn't have it any other way.

@davidforbes6250 3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY RIGHT!

@solarbuduk 3 жыл бұрын

My Defender has been my daily drive for years. Even better now though, I’m working from home because of COVID19 so the only place it goes is the supermarket and on expedition to my woodland (which is permitted) which is what I bought it for in the first place! Less mileage on the clock, tyres and everything else lasts longer. Win!

@brownmoyondizvo1258 2 жыл бұрын

There's a paradox here. I have many friends with Cruisers and they break down too. My son-in-law's Prado just snapped a chassis. But... they'll still lament a Landy's reliability. I've owned Series I through III, a Td5 and now an old (07) Puma 110 over 45 years and I can count on one hand the number of major break-downs. It's the roads, man, not the vehicle. Treat them right and they'll reciprocate.

@ASimplyFabLife 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree (nice carpool btw). I think the main people complaining are the newcomers that treat them as if they are tanks, so abuse them beyond reasonable limits and then are surprised that it lets them down. We have been on the road for six months now and all good, despite old Dakota having had a hard time of things in a previous life as an expedition vehicle. But well maintained... This reminds me of our baptism into offroading/winching competition with our old 90 (with a 200tdi). We were in Poland as one of only two Landys amongst a dozen Patrols. Those Nissans were revved to within an inch of their lives (I'm sure I saw tappets coming through the bonnet) and it was full speed ahead everywhere, while we tiptoed around. On day two, of the 18 entries, only 8 were still there at the start line. Despite me having parked the old girl on its side in a metre of water and flooding the engine with nice, brown, icy water we managed to get her going again and finished the competition (we didn't win, but we were there at the end...). Also, most entrants into Croatia Trophy are Landys (in some form of build...). So, theory and practice don't always line up

@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj 3 жыл бұрын

Good to hear Victorias enthusiasm too, does she have any sisters?😀

@IamNasman 3 жыл бұрын

Good video and I agree with most of it. I daily drive a 2014 110 Puma that Ive had from new and it’s my only car, it’s never let me down. It’s fast enough for me on the road, powerful enough off the road and it tows well too. Yes there are faster more comfortable cars out there (my XS full leather seats are pretty comfy though), but the fast sporty cars are only good on the road and I like to explore off the beaten and metalled track. Great car, with character and people chat to you about it especially other Lanny owners.

@genegreene7234 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks - you are providing a vital need for those thinking of Landy stewardship. I wish I had seen the vids before I took the dive into ownership. It would have emealorated my brief period of buyers remorse. It did not not last long, but thanks again . . .

@chrisworsnop7805 3 жыл бұрын

My Defender 90 is my daily driver here in Australia. Love it!! 40,000 KM per year, never misses a beat (touch wood)

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Wow - Oz is a big place... kudos to you sir and your Defender for racking up the miles🤘😎

@adefenderowner7201 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Thanks! I couldn’t agree more! Got a G-Wagon (G500, V8 biturbo, Prof) as well, objectively the most perfect 4x4 out there, awesome sound and indestructible ... still I LOVE to drive my 110 every day, being my daily driver since 3 years now and no reason to revert. Keep rolling! 👍😎👍

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

🤘😎😀nothing like it

@TheBenjaminBrowning 2 жыл бұрын

I use my TD5 90 as a daily driver for work and for fun at the weekend. To definitely useable, but you’re aware of some Of the discomforts a defender has when using is daily. A re map and uprated suspension has definitely made It more comfortable to drive day in day out.

@ASimplyFabLife 2 жыл бұрын

I think the appeal - for me - lies in the agricultural, mechanical nature of the thing 😊😎😀

@letsdrive3943 3 жыл бұрын

Had 2 Range Rover classic 4.2 LWB in the early 2000's and I put a about a 100k miles between the both of them in a few short years and I loved every minute of it. Went several years without a Land Rover and last December 2020 I purchased an LR90 19 88 and have been daily driving it since the day I bought it .....4500 miles so far and I absolutely love it. I did upgrade the doors to puma doors and fixed up the interior and the car did have a 300 tdi/ R380 manual gearbox already installed when I purchased it and it drives great, stops great, and it's just a great way to feel the road. Some sound and heat insulation is a must for comfort in the South Florida Sun Summer... which lasts 9 months!

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Wow - very cool😎

@NM-si7ku 3 жыл бұрын

I have had a 2013 TDCi DCPU since new. Bought it when I was living in Malaysia and it saw lots of tropical jungle. Great family adventures. Shipped it home with us to Australia when it was nearly 4yrs old. It’s been our camping escape machine here too for the last nearly 5yrs. As well as off-road adventure machine, throughout its 9yrs, it has also served as my daily driver in the cities we lived in (Kuala Lumpur and Sydney). Loved parking it in the Executive Leadership reserved parking at the office, alongside the BMWs and Audi’s of the other directors. In all its 9yrs it has never let me down. Sure I proactively updated and replaced some bits (3x diff centres to ATBs, HD drive flanges, shaft linking g’box to t’fer case, inter cooler and hoses and a tune) and kept the servicing done replacing bits as they wear. Just sensible stuff really. Love the vehicle, hope to drive it til am too old to have a licence and pass it to my pre-teen son in due course. Definitely a good daily driver!

@bertspuma8705 3 жыл бұрын

What year are you in? :)

@NM-si7ku 3 жыл бұрын

@@bertspuma8705 are you adding 9 to 2013 to get 2022? 🍻. I bought the beastie in 2013, ie owned and drove it through much of 2013 and all of 14, 15....20 and through ‘21 to date. Which represent 9 discrete years, count ‘em. Admittedly didn’t own it for all calendar year 2013, and 2021 has a few more months to run. Wasn’t shooting for a degree of accuracy in the math down to the day/week or even month. Hence “almost 4yo” when we moved back to Oz and “almost 5yrs” since we have been back in Oz may be too much a stretch or rounding error. 😁 To give a greater degree of precision, replace the summary line with: “In it’s almost 8.37214631547 years being used as a jungle/bush camper and daily driver - it has never let me down. 🥃 cheers! 😄

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Nice - parking in the reserved parking at the office👌

@bertspuma8705 3 жыл бұрын

@@NM-si7ku Ah, my mistake! ;)

@mohdidrus6047 3 жыл бұрын

From Malaysia....I drive land rover daily.... It fun to drive.. less head .... All you said.True.....

@Simon-tg7jg 3 жыл бұрын

Very entertaining guys ! Daily drive my puma and goes great. Electronics are pleasing, putting me in limp mode and preventing a cooked engine when I lost fluids. Cheers :)

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Puma is great👍 (some don't agree with the 2.2 particle filter as it may not be in the 'spirit of simplicity' - but very reliable

@RassieKariuki Жыл бұрын

I use my Discovery 1 300tdi as a daily driver. My office parking spot is well marked.

@axelcordes 3 жыл бұрын

and.... number plate '06' ... that would be my most favorite on earth ;-) keep on rolling Cheers Axel

@Tonigr 3 жыл бұрын

Hey ... land cruiser owner here! i am a cruiser guy for almost 18 years now and my 31 year old BJ70 (swb leaf sprung 70 with a 3.4l 95hp n/a diesel, my first car ever) is far from being a perfect toaster! actually i double checked if this uncomfortable always half-broken rustbucket isn't a land rover in disguise. just here to make this clear! ;) An old car is an old car and will never be as boring as one of these new semi-autonomous can-bus zombie cars. keep up with your inspiring videos! just discovered your channel. :)

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! 🤘😎 thanks for lifting the covers on LC owenrship 😀 Pretty similar in many respects I guess - we had a lot of them running around in the rural areas of southern France (hunters, landscapers etc - good for towing (with an exhaust mod). Keep rollin'!

@philhealey449 3 жыл бұрын

From experience, my galvanized bumper Ninety was best for removing beer bottle caps and my later 200 TDI was well matched for racing 2CVs on the motorway . All versions ideal for ripping clothing on exit and damage-free low-speed impacts with other people's crumple zones . And yes I wish I'd acquired my grandfather`s asbestos and nichrome wire manual toaster.

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Comment of the month sir!👌😂

@AapVanDieKaap 2 жыл бұрын

I've had my '07 puma 110 for a year now and my dad's had his '00 90 td5 since about 2007. He has almost 550,000km on his now. How big you are is a key factor. If you are taller than 6ft or have broad shoulders you will struggle on long trips. But there are hacks like armrest and seat rail extenders.

@ASimplyFabLife 2 жыл бұрын

True dat👍. A Puma pickup/bakkie single cab is the worst! However, being 6'2, our 110 has the bulkhead cut down about halfway and the seat goes back just enough (without extra rails) to be comfortable enough for about seven or eight hours (350 km 😅😂). I would still love to know how tall were the brothers Wilkes 😉

@PaulSi 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Sarawak, Borneo. My 2012 110 Puma is also a daily driver, and also my adventure car that has been on some tough drives around Borneo. I wouldn't go so far as to say it is the best daily driver, I also have a Ranger 3.2l Wildtrak that shares daily duties, and is a lot more comfortable.

@ASimplyFabLife 2 жыл бұрын

Borneo Safari looks hardcore, man!😎😀👊

@harleycg75 8 ай бұрын

Had my TD5 90 as a daily driver for 7years here in the 🇬🇧

@ASimplyFabLife 8 ай бұрын

Nice👌😊 Hope you still have it 👍😃

@louisvorster3355 Жыл бұрын

My Tdi 90 is my only drive, and has been for the last 8 years, I can't see myself in any other car ever.

@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj 3 жыл бұрын

My 2010 puma 90 is still young and since 2018 my only car, has only done 7600 kms. and still in perfect state. Some rust but nothing drastic, it rides like a dream, and when it rains it rides like a wet dream haha.😂

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

👌😂

@kestassatsek5150 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I like it very much...

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@John-hf1ig 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Guys, I agree completely and especially what your wife said not liking modern cars, boring same as same as, i have a 2009 puma xs 90 all Black 7 years now only problem needed new clutch year after buying that's it. before that was 2010 Range Rover sport supercharged for 5 years and no comparison Defender is way better for fun, looks and everything and i have had Shoguns and many other vehicles over last 40 years. one thing only more boot space in the 110 but i prefer looks of the 90.

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Nice😎! As I may have mentioned before elsewhere - if the (Puma) motor/gearbox is good enough to hold up to a UPS Transit driver then there really isn't much of an argument on reliability is there?💪 You ran an RRS as well? Agreed no comparison but still has some cool factor (that shape) and they seem to be reliable too🤔. Only things I found less appealing were the aesthetics of the massive girder-like rear axle arrangement on show, and it was a fair bit tighter inside than its brother RR... Was a tad faster than a Def...

@asadmo 3 жыл бұрын

I have a 96 Defender tdi, a 2015 puma and a 100 series land cruiser. I prefer driving the 96 300 tdi the most. It's full of character. The land cruiser is comfortable but boring.. The puma is nice on road on the move. But not as characterful as a clean tdi.

@gushbucket5998 2 жыл бұрын

I had a discovery for the last few years and it recently died of rust and rotten chassis, it’s not worth putting in the money to get it fixed so I decided to buy something really nice and classy, £36k later and I bought a Mercedes GLC 250 AMG line, I had it for 3 weeks until I got bored of it, I was missing my discovery but the newer ones just loose too much money and they have a lot of electronic gremlins, so I’ve just traded my mercedes in for a 2014 defender 90 XS 2.2! It’s noisy and doesn’t drive as smooth as the merc but it’s got character and I just know I won’t get bored with it, bring on the snow 😎

@ASimplyFabLife 2 жыл бұрын

Love this!

@damianleonard6348 3 жыл бұрын

I consider myself a lottery winner having stumbled upon a 95 Defender 130 300 Tdi with slide on camper after i finished my quarantine and was wondering how to fill a year back in Oz. Im now In WA 2000km into my round Oz trip and just loving all that she gives me on a daily basis! Everytime I camp there are flashier, more kitted out and no doubt comfortable vehicles but there’s never been one I d swap her for!

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Yep - lottery winner! 300tdi 130 🤩🤩

@davidfuters7152 3 жыл бұрын

Your either a member of the family or your not

@radiator0 3 жыл бұрын

I am, wait till i wave then you'll see... Just make sure you wave back cos if you dont that really infuriates me....

@rogerwileman9965 3 жыл бұрын

So glad to see you both looking good also still driving the best car

@oakashthorn5714 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff..I’m just in the process of buying my first landrover a ex 110 puma from a utility company here in the uk,it has a PTO winch on the front same as the one in your video,Do you know if I can take off the winch but leave the PTO intact underneath it’s a lot of weight to carry around day to day?? 👍

@ASimplyFabLife Жыл бұрын

I don't know if you can remove the winch and leave the pto (ours is an electric winch) Maybe on Britannica Restorations, he can help you👍 Enjoy the Landy experience - welcome to the club!😎(don't forget to wave)👋 - not sure if you've seen my previous one for general info on defenders: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJeJoMyYuMzdp6c.html

@themeetings8522 3 жыл бұрын

My daily is an 300tdi, had it for a long time now, in fact the guys at work say they will give me a Viking funeral in it when I die!🤣 sadly some young lad has just drove into my parked up Landy & smashed so hard it’s been written off! I’m fighting to to try & buy it back. I’ll be so sad if I never see it or drive it ever again

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

How is it possible to write off a Defender!😮 (does not compute...) Viking funeral; yeah🤘

@themeetings8522 3 жыл бұрын

@@ASimplyFabLife he hit it with such a force, anyway, news just in. I can get it back & repair it. Can’t wait to have my old friend back again. Whooo hoooo😃

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

@@themeetings8522 Yeah!!!!!! 😀😀😀awesome news!

@DavyVaBeVadeWi 3 жыл бұрын

Thx for the video 😉👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍 - thanks for the question! Some good comments for you here as well👍😀

@chrismiller9740 3 жыл бұрын

Imported a 200tdi 110 back in 2015 from alsace france to southern US. Although in beginning it required alot, I was able to be my own mechanic, have rebuilt my engine, turbo and bosch injection pump myself. Yes, it does require more maintenence and care than my 2020 toyota forerunner, but the defender is 10 times more satifying to drive, a d here in the US gets alot of attention on the road. Daily driver? Because our interestate highways, folks drive 75-80 mph, defender is slow. On country roads and offroad, the defender is perfect.

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Love hearing about Defenders in the States (pretty rare beasts)👍😎

@overnighter 3 жыл бұрын

01:22 that's exactly my toaster 🙄😂

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

burns toast exactly right!😂

@Okierover 3 жыл бұрын

On its side?!?! I saw that picture years ago...that was you!

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

👆😊good ol' days when we were fearlessly unhindered by any knowledge!

@Tekspert 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think I could in the uk. Too much to worry about with theft. It’ll always be a second car for me

@heritage4x490 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I drive my 110 everyday.

@vic6820 3 жыл бұрын

I think the 200Tdi is the best Land Rover engine. Personally, if I used a car as a daily driver, it would be broken within six months.

@MrHoftijzer 3 жыл бұрын

Defender (the old one) rules!!

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

🤘😎Hoi Jeroen!

@davidforbes6250 3 жыл бұрын

THINK MACK! DRIVE LANDROVER!

@gnsukmaofficial 3 жыл бұрын

Defender i like I'm from indonesian present

@TheBadadj 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot that they are totally Class less. You could be a member of the royal family or Fred from down the street driving it and nobody would know. There's no one up man ship. Nobody trying to race you at the lights. I love them and if I can help it I'll keep mine 'till I die.

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir - love that they make people smile whether beat up or brand shiny new😊

@vic6820 3 жыл бұрын

Will the new Defender receive your wave?

@garethdwatkins 3 жыл бұрын

Land Rover Defender owners wave to me in my Santana.... I wonder if they then go.."Why did I wave to him?"...LOL...

@vic6820 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with waving to your cousin.

@ASimplyFabLife 3 жыл бұрын

Santana's are great (I also wave back to D1 drivers if they do (as I loved our old one before it died so there is a small kinship - but that's just between us😅)