I find it really incredibly distressing that your government has convinced you that buying a new car every few years is environmentally friendly. It costs a huge amount of energy to make a car. Defenders are amongst the most environmentally friendly vehicles because they are generally kept on the road for a long time. It's simple maths really. The corruption in the UK is really out of hand it looks like.

@hsdxb

11 ай бұрын

It’s bizarre the uk in the thought process on the surface you wouldn’t not expect there to be any corruption. But I’m the ever so longing persuit to make the uk green ev or hybrid cars have been pushed but contrary to belief Ev cars are not green. It takes 90,000 also miles for it to turn green now. Realistically the average consumer is not going to get any more than say 12 to 15,000 miles per year and getting a brand-new car, the likelihood of you keeping it more than 3 to 4 years as depreciation and things are evidently going wrong in the sell and then start the process all over again

@OldGreyMulletTest

4 ай бұрын

Exactly right!

I have saved up for a Defender for s long time and bought one 9 years ago. It will never leave me. Best car I ever owned. Love it!

@fuelupclassic

10 ай бұрын

Enjoy :)

@terrygribb9185

10 ай бұрын

I feel the same way... my 1996 110 Tdi has 335 miles on the clock and my daily drive, i've driven hundreds of miles off road and never once let down... iv'e owend my landy for 14 yrs and i'll owen it till the end.

My 35/36 year old Land Rover 90” has never let me down always got me home 300 Tdi , R380 gearbox, transfer box & rear axel off a discovery.

Cool Land Rover. The color is unique.

@fuelupclassic

10 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Great video. What a wonderful little defender. Road trips are ten times more fun in a classic 👍

@fuelupclassic

4 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

Lovely clean straight land rover.France is a super place to visit

@fuelupclassic

3 ай бұрын

It certainly is! Thank you for watching.

Lovely 😍

The greatest vehicle that man has ever made.

@porcobene_media

Ай бұрын

I have one, i love it: But no 😂 it is not the greatest car. In comparison between 4x4 i (personally) would say the older G-Wagon it is.

My wife and I did a similar trip in a 90 (1989) without any problems, we did a total of 7000 miles around Europe towing a caravan as well .

Most I have done in a day was 900miles in a TD5 130 , wasn't that bad really, just a very long day , something like 18 hours of driving. My Landys have been more reliable than all my car's.

@fuelupclassic

Жыл бұрын

That’s great going! I find that once you settle in to the journey, you can cover big mileages in relative comfort.

Great video! Can you do a video on what what tools and skills you'd consider essential?

@fuelupclassic

6 күн бұрын

Absolutely!

Great presentation

@fuelupclassic

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it

Fuel- how pro ootage- ;)

: ) not much room? made many trips by TD5 90 to SW France, three in the front and loaded to the roof with camping gear

@fuelupclassic

Ай бұрын

The only thing I found with mine was that once you had a few suitcases and then needed to put the dog (quite a large dog) in the back, there was very little room for anything else or for the dog. I ended up going back to a 110, just for that extra bit of space. Although this little TD5 90 was probably my favourite Defender to drive out of the 10 or so that i've owned.

Just finish 4500 mile road trip to norway with my 110 with no problem

@fuelupclassic

7 ай бұрын

Fantastic! I'm sure that was a great trip.

I drive my td5 110 to the south of france fully loaded every year its never let me down just take 24h 😂

@fuelupclassic

5 ай бұрын

That's great to hear :)

i did sweeden to Austria in 1980 in a lightweight one horrible noisey cold body pain ,55mph

@fuelupclassic

Жыл бұрын

Wow! I bet that was hard work.

@guy4469

Жыл бұрын

@@fuelupclassic worst thing ever but then i did it again in a volvo amazon 122 i think is was brilliant still 65mph but nice red leather

national roads in france are much better than the UK And the services are spottlas and free to park and washing machines .not fruit machines . And i use to put bags off ice in my flaps last about an hour nice.And id have took the bentley

@fuelupclassic

Жыл бұрын

The French roads are very impressive. Bentley would have been a great choice but not so much on the dirt rutted tracks 😂

As an ex: Land Rover owner (80's 88's classic Range Rover etc) I have just done 1945miles in Holland, Belgium, France, and Spain in a 2003 SWB Land Cruiser kdj125 at 32.6mpg (with aircon) and I'm amazed at your staying power.

@fuelupclassic

Жыл бұрын

😂 once we got settled in it wasn’t too bad at all. No doubting a Land Cruiser would be much more comfortable though.

@justarideout

Жыл бұрын

@@fuelupclassic I took an 80 to Chamonix in the 60's that I had restored but that was a long time ago and I'm 81 next birthday, I still have the drive but lack the staying power

I owned a Toyota Hilux 4X4 which I bought brand new. It was one of the most unreliable vehicles I ever had. It was replaced by a preowned Discovery II TD5. Previous owner was rather tight fisted so the vehicle had some issues for instance original fuel pump had to replaced at about 300 K km etc. But generally the Discovery was not more unreliable than the Toyota. Toyota reliability is an urban myth.