Land Rover Defender 90 - After 6 months is it staying ?
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the host reflects on his 6-month experience with the Land Rover Defender 90 75th Anniversary Edition. He discusses the vehicle's standout features, including its powerful diesel engine and Adventure Pack, while also addressing minor issues like cleaning challenges and limited rear door access. Despite some drawbacks, he remains a fan, highlighting the Defender's reliability and comfort on long journeys. The host also notes the car's current market value, making it an increasingly attractive option.
Takeaways
- 🚗 The Land Rover Defender 90 75th Anniversary Edition has been a beloved car for the owner after 6 months of use.
- 🌟 The standout feature of the car is its D300 straight 6 3L turbocharged Diesel engine, which is described as silky smooth and powerful.
- 🎨 The Grasmere green metallic paint and color-coded wheels are a point of debate, but the owner loves the car's appearance.
- 🧼 Cleaning the car, especially the pan roof, can be challenging due to its size.
- 🏞️ The Adventure Pack, including the roof rack and side appendages, is loved for its aesthetics but noted for creating road noise.
- 🚪 The lack of rear doors on the 90 model has become a point of inconvenience for the owner over time.
- 📦 Despite having less boot space compared to the 110 or 130 models, the 90's boot space has been sufficient for the owner's needs.
- 🚙 The car's height and width can pose challenges when entering underground car parks or fitting into standard parking spaces.
- 🛣️ The Defender offers a comfortable and secure driving experience, even on bad road conditions.
- 🌐 The start-stop function can be aggressive, and the car can be loud at highway speeds, especially with the roof rack installed.
- 💰 The car has remained reliable with no mechanical issues, and the market has made it more affordable over time.
Q & A
How long has the presenter had the Land Rover Defender 90 75th anniversary edition?
-The presenter has had the Land Rover Defender 90 75th anniversary edition for 6 months.
What is the presenter's opinion on the car's exterior design?
-The presenter absolutely loves the exterior design of the car, particularly the Grasmere green metallic paint and the color-coded wheels.
What engine does the Land Rover Defender 90 have?
-The Land Rover Defender 90 is equipped with a D300 straight 6 3L turbocharged Diesel engine with 300 horsepower.
What is the presenter's view on diesel engines in the context of this car?
-The presenter loves the diesel engine, praising its smoothness, power, and performance, despite acknowledging that diesels are not as popular as they once were.
What is the Adventure Pack and why does the presenter like it?
-The Adventure Pack includes a roof rack, gear carrier, and ladder. The presenter likes it because it enhances the car's appearance, making it look more extreme and cool.
Why does the presenter consider side steps a must-have for the Defender 90?
-The presenter considers side steps essential because they make ingress and egress easier due to the car's height and contribute to the car's overall aesthetic.
What is the impact of the car's height on its usability?
-The car's height can be a problem when entering underground car parks with height restrictions, as the car is just over 1.93 meters tall with the roof rack.
Why does the presenter sometimes wish for a set of rear doors on the Defender 90?
-The presenter wishes for rear doors because accessing the back seats is cumbersome, requiring the front seat to be moved forward and then climbing into the back.
How does the car perform in terms of fuel efficiency?
-The car's fuel efficiency is around 26 miles to the gallon, which the presenter considers reasonable given that much of the driving has been short journeys where diesels are less efficient.
What are the presenter's thoughts on the car's driving dynamics?
-The presenter loves driving the Defender 90, finding it secure, comfortable, and capable on both short and long journeys, especially given the current poor road conditions in the UK.
What minor issues has the presenter experienced with the car?
-The presenter has experienced a slightly aggressive start-stop function, wind noise at motorway speeds, and a slow puncture, but no major mechanical issues.
Outlines
🚗 Initial Impressions and Love for the Defender 90
The speaker begins by expressing their enduring love for the Land Rover Defender 90, 975th anniversary edition, after using it for six months. They recount their initial excitement upon receiving the car and their positive experience from a previous long-term test drive in a Defender 110. The speaker emphasizes the car's visual appeal, engine performance, and the Adventure Pack, which includes a roof rack and side appendages. They also mention the car's size, which makes cleaning and parking a bit challenging, but overall, they adore the car's looks and features.
🛣️ The Importance of Side Steps and Practicality Concerns
The speaker discusses the necessity of side steps for ease of entry and exit, especially with the car's height. They also touch upon the Adventure Pack's impact on the car's height and the subsequent challenges with entering underground car parks due to height restrictions. The speaker highlights the maneuverability of the Defender 90 compared to its longer siblings, the 110 and 130, but notes the need for larger parking spaces due to its width. They also express surprise at the number of instances where they wished for rear doors on the three-door 90, despite initially believing it would be sufficient for their needs.
🐾 Boot Space and Pet Compatibility
The speaker praises the boot space of the Defender 90, noting that despite its smaller size compared to the 110 or 130, it has been adequate for their needs, particularly for their dogs. They mention the ease of expanding the space by folding down the rear seats. The speaker also shares their positive experience driving the Defender, highlighting its robustness, comfort, and capability in various road conditions, including poor UK road conditions with many potholes and floods.
🚦 Start-Stop Annoyances and Diesel Efficiency
The speaker addresses minor annoyances with the car, such as the aggressive start-stop system that requires a significant throttle input to reengage, which they find bothersome in slow-moving traffic. They also comment on the wind noise created by the roof rack and side appendages at higher speeds, which they do not mind but acknowledge could be an issue for some. The speaker discusses the car's diesel engine, its efficiency, and their surprise at the low consumption of AdBlue, an additive required for emissions compliance. They conclude by reiterating their love for the car, despite a few minor issues, and mention the car's reliability, having had no mechanical problems during their six-month ownership.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Land Rover Defender
💡90th Anniversary Edition
💡Diesel Engine
💡Adventure Pack
💡Side Steps
💡Efficiency
💡Rear Seat Access
💡Boot Space
💡Start-Stop Function
💡AdBlue
💡Reliability
Highlights
The host expresses continued love for the Land Rover Defender 90 75th anniversary edition after 6 months of ownership.
The car's Grasmere green metallic paint and color-coded wheels are a point of debate, but the host personally loves the car's appearance.
The D300 straight 6 3L turbocharged Diesel engine is praised for its smoothness and performance.
The car's height of 1 M 93 (6'3) without the roof rack is noted, which can be a consideration for underground car parks.
The Adventure Pack, including the roof rack and side appendages, is loved for its aesthetics but noted for creating road noise.
Fixed side steps are deemed a necessity for easier ingress and egress due to the car's height.
The car's width and height can be challenging in tight parking spaces or underground car parks.
The three-door configuration is initially seen as suitable, but over time, the lack of rear doors becomes inconvenient.
Boot space is adequate for most needs, but rear seat access is compromised, making it difficult to load items when the rear seats are in use.
The car's driving dynamics are praised, offering a comfortable and secure driving experience, even on poor road conditions.
The diesel engine's efficiency is discussed, with the car achieving just under 26 miles to the gallon.
The start-stop function is criticized for being too aggressive, sometimes prompting the driver to turn it off.
Wind noise from the roof rack and side appendages is noticeable at higher speeds, particularly on the motorway.
The car's use of AdBlue is less frequent compared to other diesels, which is seen as a positive.
The car's price has become more affordable, with similar models now available for less than £70,000.
The host has had no mechanical problems with the car, contrary to common concerns about Land Rover reliability.
The host is excited about the upcoming replacement car for the Defender in the next few weeks.
Transcripts
hey guys and welcome to peted it is now
6 months since I took delivery of my
handy group long ter behind me the Epic
Land Rover Defender
975th anniversary edition I've already
done an update after 3 months but the
big question is after 6 months do I
still love it will it be staying or are
there things I've discovered that maybe
mean that's not the
case
[Music]
now if you've been following my journey
with this car I don't think it's a
massive secret that I absolutely adore
this car I've had some great cars from
hendy as long term as since I've been
working with them but when I got the
email to say I was going to get one of
these I was really really excited and so
was Tracy we actually spent time with
one of these about a year ago we took a
Defender 110 plug-in hybrid all the way
down to the south of France and then
back up through the Alps and I just fell
in love with the format of car but I was
intrigued to try out the 90 the shorter
wheelbase version so to be able to spend
so much time and do so many miles in
this car over the last 6 months has been
invaluable I think in my last update I
pretty much said this is the perfect car
for myself and Tracy for our lifestyle
the big question is is that still the
case
one of the really great things about
having long-term cars and by mean
long-term I mean more than a week or a
month or even three months to spend six
months with a car as your daily vehicle
you really do discover everything some
things take time to come out from behind
the woodwork some things take time to
present themselves first up just in
terms of what this car looks like it
gets so many uh comments and people
coming up and talking about it I know
the Grasmere green metallic paint and
the colorcoded wheels are a point of
debate personally I absolutely love the
way this car looks I wouldn't change it
at all maybe maybe um sort of dechroming
some of the the matte silver bits on the
front just would make it look a little
bit more mean but that's being super
picky I absolutely adore the way this
car looks so in this video I'm going to
give you the big positives the things
that I Absol Ely love about the car but
also some of the things that we've
discovered that that we're not so keen
on because there are some it's not just
all you know the best car in the world
wo look at me there are some things that
we've discovered and and we would like
to to kind of let you
know now then the first standout feature
of this car is under the Bonnet this
engine so this is the
D300 straight 6 3 l turbocharged Diesel
with 300 horsepower bucket loads of
torque it is Silky Smooth it's such a
beautiful engine and I know diesels
aren't cool anymore but actually with
the right particulate filters these are
still clean engines I did a video on why
we demonize diesels but this is the
standout feature of this car it gives
such a beautiful drive lots of power
lots of performance this car is way
quicker than you think it would be and
it's just so smooth and quiet and
effortless I haven't had the opportunity
to tow with this vehicle but I'm pretty
sure it would be amazing at that as well
so yeah first thing I absolutely adore
about this car is the fact it's a diesel
so I'm going to try and balance good
bits with interesting things we found
out why am I standing on the rear wheel
I hear you ask well this is pretty much
the only way you're going to get to to
clean the pan roof there is a ladder on
the other side which helps on that side
but this is a big car one thing I've
noticed is cleaning it and I did give it
a wash yesterday but we've had huge
amounts of floods near here loads of mud
and winter Grime on the roads and That's
Why th of the engine bay was horribly
dirty but it is a big old thing to keep
clean and if you I'm 6'3 and I struggle
so anyone shorter than me it's just
something to bear in mind next up
reasons I love this car have I mentioned
already how good I think it looks but
the bit I wanted to talk about was the
Adventure Pack so the roof rack the gear
carrier on the side and the ladder on
the other side this is a real bone of
contention clearly through the comments
I've had over the time I've had this
vehicle some of you are fans and some of
you really really are not and there's
very little in between personally I am a
huge fan I just I actually think that a
Defender without that that looks a bit
naked and a bit bare and I think the 90
because it's a shorter chunkier format
especially with the the appendages on
the side it just makes it look like a
more extreme cool vehicle and I
absolutely adore it when we go out
driving however we do need to have a
chat about any road noise that those
things create but I think from a looks
point of view
[Applause]
Mega
okay next thing when you're specking
your Defender we could debate whether
you go for the gear carrier ladder and
roof rack but one thing you absolutely
must go for are side steps now this
car's got the fixed side steps
interestingly the 11 I had last year had
the Deployable side steps which are
really cool they kind of tuck away and
just deploy when you open the door but
they really are something you need just
to make Ingress and egress easier I
think if they weren't there just getting
in and out of this car would be much
much more difficult I also think they
look really cool as well and coupled
with the Adventure Pack just set the car
off really nicely but side steps
absolute
must now I know I've just waxed lyrical
about the Adventure Pack the big roof
rack and everything however and it is a
big however something to bear in mind
that makes this vehicle quite tall
without it it's 1 M 93 or 6'3 tall and
that is something to bear in mind when
you need to go into an underground car
park something that we found out
literally just a couple of weeks ago we
were staying in London just before
Christmas and the hotel's car park had a
height limit at 1 M 95 and so it would
wouldn't go in there so then you've got
to then try and find somewhere that is
appropriate I'm not quite sure what the
height is with the roof rack but I'm
guessing just over 2 m you can drop the
car into an access mode which drops the
suspension down matt makes getting in
and out out of it much much easier but
there are some car pox where you just
need to be wary and that's a problem
that you would get with any really big
SUV I remember when we had our Discovery
3 I got caught out a couple of times
with that so something to bear in mind
it is quite tall it's also quite wide
now it will fit in a standard car park
space but it's just again something to
bear in mind having enough room to open
the doors and so on with it being the
shorter wheelbase Defender it's
maneuvering around car poox is way way
easier than the 110 or the 130 and it's
not that tricky but you just need to
make sure that you look for the bigger
car park spaces again that is an issue
with any big SUV um but yeah it is a
little bit wide and a little bit tall I
still love it
though now at collection day I talked
about the fact that this is a three-o
short wheelbase car and said that for
our lifestyle that was fine we didn't
need five doors we didn't need the rear
doors we could live with it and the
really interesting thing the longer
we've had the car the more instances
we've had where actually we've thought
God I wish we had a set of rear doors
because if you do want to get in the
back you open the door obviously you
then got a little button on the side of
the seat that you press and the seat
comes forward on an electric motor which
takes quite a long
time and then you flip the seat forward
and you clamber in the
back now when you're in the back there's
loads and loads of space but just
getting in and out is a bit of a pain
getting out especially takes a little
bit of technique side steps very useful
for this as well and
that that was a surprise to both of us I
think
much as we love the format of the 90 I
think on a day-to-day basis even if we
don't have people in the back as
passengers that often but just if you're
going shopping and we've got I know the
dogs are in the boot and we need to put
some shopping in the back or you've got
suitcases you need to Chuck in the back
it just becomes a bit more of a pain
only having three doors and that that
surprised us cuz we honestly thought
this was the perfect format but the
longer we've lived with the car the more
we've yearned for extra set of doors
it's a shame you can't get five doors
but with the short wheelbase cuz that
would be
perfect okay last up before we go out
for a drive is how have we got on with
boot space I've just talked about how
compromised the 90 is with the rear seat
access but it's also got a much smaller
boot than a 110 or a
130 but actually we found it to be
pretty much for most of the things we
need just fine and the most important
thing
is plenty of space for the
pups so these guys I mean we don't have
big dogs they fit in here perfectly it
is pretty small but if we need more
space we just drop this seat down and
use the back seats the biggest challenge
normally comes when we've got the dogs
in the back and we've got suitcases if
we're going away they need to go in the
back seats and I refer back to my
discussion we've just had about rear
seat access whereas if you had a big
boot that wouldn't be so much of a
problem but this for for for our life
with these two it's been absolutely
brilliant we love this car don't we so I
reckon we go out for a drive and talk to
you about the driving dynamics of the
car and also just a few of the things we
found out about doing long Journeys in
the car you to all right say hello to
the pedlers
no so out driving in the defender
I love driving this
car first up it gives you a sense of
security it's so
robust but it's also so comfortable and
it's not the kind of car you would
immediately think I know I'm going to do
a massively long journey in that and
it'll be amazing but it really is you
can do 2 3 4 hours in this car get out
the other end and feel fresh as a daisy
it's just such a nice place to be on a
journey short war
long and I have to say at the moment in
the UK our road conditions are so bad
there are so many
potholes um we've had a lot of heavy
rain lots of flooding lots of standing
water and this car just well as you'd
imagine it's built for off-road and that
comes quite handy when you're driving
onroad in the UK at the moment it really
has been a car that just hasn't been a
problem when you when you come around a
corner there's a A big flood or you hit
a pothole you don't panic like you might
do in a more sport oriented car with
lowprofile
tires and really expensive diamond cat
Alloys this thing just just munches it
and I think for me that's what makes it
such a great car to live with so to
drive it's an absolute pleasure I've
mentioned about the diesel engine just
being smooth and
Powerful that delivers a really great
Drive it's not the best car dynamically
obviously you're not going to go down a
B- Road for a blast on a Sunday morning
but it's a very very capable car it
dispatches miles brilliantly now in
terms of our long-term trip since we've
had the
car we're looking at just under 26 mil
to the gallon which I know doesn't sound
great however quite a lot of that has
been very short Journeys and one of the
challenges with the diesel is really you
want to be getting the car up to
temperature and that's when they become
more efficient they're not the best cars
on short Journeys I remember when we had
our Range Rover Sport one of the reasons
we actually got rid of that was it was
just killing us on lots of short
Journeys so that is the downside of the
diesel and maybe where actually the
plug-in hybrid variant of the defender
might be a better car to have because
the shorter Journeys we could either do
on pure EV or in hybrid running um
problem with the plug-in hybrid is on a
longer Journey it then struggles because
the battery pack isn't that big um and
you have to really manage the battery
quite well so yeah efficiency wise um I
think it's it's done it's done really
really
well and then the last thing big pothole
just there come down this road on
purpose because it's normally flooded
and it's normally full of massive
potholes one of the the final things
that I love about the drive of this car
or security is is an intangible thing
but it's that when Tracy is on her own
in this car when the weather's bad or
when it's dark or when it's cold or when
it's icy I don't worry about her I
almost feel like the car's looking after
her that she's going to be okay and that
that's a really great feeling to have
about a car I just feel this car is a
safe comforting secure place to do a
journey whatever the weather whatever
the road condition
I knew it there we go it's not really a
flood anymore this road was closed I
think a couple of weeks ago but yeah you
can just smash through floods don't
worry about potholes
[Music]
awesome
now there's one of the little things
that is annoying the start stop function
on this car is quite an aggressive one
so you come up to a stop and and the
engine cuts out but then you have to
give the throttle quite a squeeze to
fire the engine back up again and in
creeping traffic in town driving
sometimes I just think it's a little bit
too much and and I actually find myself
turning start stop off which I don't do
very often at all um so start stop is is
just a little bit too much um while
we're at um sort of you know National 60
speed the roof rack and side appendages
do make make quite a bit of wind noise I
don't personally mind it it's worse on a
Motorway clearly the faster you go the
louder it gets but I can imagine that
would be too much for some people I get
comments in videos sometimes people
asking what the tire noise is like or
what the wind noise is like or
commenting they say you know they can
hear it's too loud the the tire noise
we've got just Road or or more kind of
um if you like off-road oriented road
tires they're not full-blown mud or
off-road tires the tire noise isn't too
bad even though the tires have got lots
of tread on
them uh and the wind noise at Motorway
cruising speeds it is quite a loud car
inside and then the last thing I've
noticed um is it's a diesel which I've
mentioned already a number of times I
love the whole diesel thing and one of
the ways we now get diesels to be um
emissions compliant and particulate
compliant is we use add blue as an
additive in the car and next to the fuel
filler cap there's a little blue filler
cap where you put your ad blue in now I
haven't ran many cars with ad blue I had
the msrt Ford Ranger for 6 months and
that thing was addicted to ad blue I was
putting it in all the time this one I've
actually been a bit worried that it
might might be broken because it just
doesn't seem to use it at all um I
actually got given a massive great big
um container of AD Blue by one of my
neighbors who didn't have a diesel car
anymore and and I still I've still got
some left so that's quite a bonus but it
doesn't seem to use ad blue as much as
some other diesels that I have driven so
yeah there you go I tried to be as
balanced and as Fair as possible with
that one clearly the do I love the car
I'm on that side of the argument way
more than the things that annoy me would
prevent me from from buying one I would
if I was to buy one I think 110 would
probably be an option the other thing
that would have prevented me from buying
one when we first got the car was priced
these new were about
£86,000 the 75th Anniversary Edition is
effectively an HSE spec so it comes
fully loaded it's got all the toys but
the really interesting thing is there's
been a bit of a balancing of the car
market recently and I was on autot
Trader this morning and for a car of
this age and this mileage you can get
into one of these now for less than
70,000 quid 68 69,000 quid and that's
the 75th Anniversary one I'm sure if you
went for just an hsse trim uh and that
would allow you to get a different color
for those of you who don't like Grasmere
green they are starting to become a more
affordable option and I think that makes
them really really interesting so yeah
you never know there may well be a
defender in our lives at some point in
the future but this car goes back in a
few weeks time I don't know at the time
of filming this I don't know what its
replacement is going to be but I'm very
very excited to find out what it is but
I have loved my time with the defender
and last thing I should probably mention
I've had absolutely no mechanical
problems with this car at all um there
is a slight squeak in the rear seat
that's just because when the last time I
put it down after having it folded flat
I don't think I've quite clipped it in
properly and I've had a slow puncture
which was fixed by my made to southorn
tires it was just a small screw through
the middle of the tread pattern which
was easily fixable that's the only
issues I've had with the car and many
people have said oh yeah but the
reliability of Land Rover Is Not Great
be careful they break down all the time
you'll know your dealer intimately it's
not been the case in the 6 months I've
had this car it's been faultless and
also the Land Rovers I've had in the
past have been the same way but guys I
would love to know your final thoughts
of the defender 9070 anniversary edition
put it in the comments below um but I
hope you enjoyed that if you did give me
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plenty more content to come and I'll see
you on the next film there will be an
update of what's going to replace this
coming to the channel soon so stay tuned
but for now you take care guys drive
safe
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