Land Rover Defender 110 test drive since 2007 SUV
Land Rover Defender 90. From 1,387,000 rubles.
The classic does not get old and does not go out of fashion. But how functional is it from the point of view of everyday operation?! As you asked this question, we decided to ride a couple of months on, probably, the most ascetic SUV of the modern Land Rover Defender automotive industry.
The first bonus that will be provided to you on the road, the attention of the public. Whatever elite cork you find yourself, Def, by definition, will attract views: sometimes envious, sometimes just curious.
The first thing you pay attention to, first sitting behind the wheel of LRD, you need to get used to it. Moreover, to get used to, most likely, not a day or two, but a week, or even a month. The most simple and honest technique requires some tolerance and flexibility from the driver. The 2.2 -fraud of the Ford diesel diesel itself is very good and more or less reliable if it is refueling it with normal diesel fuel, but in combination with constant all -wheel drive is very voracious. Therefore, it is better to learn how to not twist the motor first: the thrust on the bottom is already enough. Yes, and we advise you to handle the clutch softer, since this is the weakest place Defender in terms of reliability. In general, if you evaluate the reliability of LRD in general, then we can say only one thing: by and large, this is a lottery: he will be lucky. Someone drives on it at 150,000 km without a single breakdown, someone begins to pour the car after 40,000. At the same time, you are unlikely to find spare parts for Defender. Too niche car! And the frequency of service he has 12,000 km or every 6 months ... that, along with gluttony, determines the very high cost of ownership and the price of each kilometer of 9.9 rubles, even in the absence of breakdowns.
Short Defender is ideal for movement both by off -road and water
Another important fact: the car has a lot of small children's ailments that require elimination and refinement. Some of them can be cured even when buying in the cabin, part will have to be removed during operation. So, for example, in order to adapt Defender to the Russian winter, it is better to immediately equip it with the Webasto pre -heater. Ideally, also glue the insulation, but for this you will have to disassemble the salon to iron. A huge radius of the turn is treated with twisting of restrictive bolts on rotary fists. Someone puts another winch and arb suspension, but these are already personal preferences.
The salon also has something to conjure about. High drivers, for example, most likely will have to put something under the skids of Klesl so that they do not rest against limiters. Otherwise, it is very crowded behind the wheel. However, it will be crowded in any case. For a narrow track, the driver and passengers have to pay comfort, the leg and elbow from the outside are simply nowhere to children, and the shoulders constantly rest on the door. At the back of the folding seats, the space for passengers is even smaller. So on distant strokes from Defender you get tired more than you get pleasures. But it is understandable, because his element is off -road. And in it, LRD is inimitable. O.D. equal terms, thanks to honest blocking, a narrow rut and a short ninetition base, which is red-hot at high speed, but is priceless at Off-Road, Defender has practically no real competitors in terms of patency in general, and in our clay black soil in particular.
A flat vertical door so close to the driver's seat that there is simply no place for the elbow
Operating costs
Car mileage during the test is total, km - 2156
Fuel consumption (average), l/100 km - 14.9
Fuel consumption (minimum), l/100 km - 13.1
The frequency of maintenance is 2000 km/6 months.
The cost of the official dealer, rub. -TO-1/TO-2 (with removal/installation of crankcase protection) 17 572/35 785
The one in which the replacement of drive belts is required, km - by 120,000
The cost of OSAGO for a given car (up to 5 persons), rub. - 5544
The cost of CASCO for a given car, rub. - from 60,000
Transport tax, rub. - 4270
The cost of the run, taking into account that, gasoline and compulsory motor liability insurance*, rub./Km - 9.9
Source: Magazine 5 wheel [January 2013]
