No the 300 Tdi is a good, solid, well regarded engine.

But really the only difference between a 90/110 and a Defender is the Tdi as a diesel option and that the interior light comes on when you open the door.

The EU does have some protectionist instincts, so it wouldn’t completely surprise me to learn his complaint has a grain of truth in it.

Man that lack of windscreen would soon get annoying as fcuk!

From this I can tell that you have neither a Jack Russell terrier or a Labrador.

I should have read your headline more carefully.

Shades of McDonalds here in the UK suing people called McDonald who opened any sort of catering business under their own name.

When you say SJ I think of the Suzuki SJ, which is the opposite end of the 4x4 spectrum, then I see a picture of that behemoth!

For transporting female heroes? Won’t she bust out of there, shimmy along the side of the moving truck, yank you put of the driving seat then roar off with your ride intent on vengeance?

I don’t get it... am I being thick? Surely just use the parking brake?

Yes but the Cayenne still looks like a birth defect duck.

I did once and got a strange look, he’s much more interested in coppicing, ancient woodlands, wildlife paths and natural meadows.

Long story short: Badly socialised twats who don’t bother to learn how to drive properly, attract attention accordingly and turn out not to have bothered to get insurance either!

Having the kind of wealth he does I figure there are always pretentious and greedy twats trying to suck up to him, so he’s quite reserved/shy and I don’t fling myself at him.

Good bit of sociological observation combined with car enthusiasm.

“... beaten up Land Rover, not even Defenders but Series vehicles that smell of dogs and have ripped to high heaven seats.”

Ah, that was the nazis actually so don’t blame yourselves. They had some get rich quick scheme involving raccoon fur so set up raccoon farms, during the war one was bombed by the Americans, the racoons escaped and the rest is history.

No need, it was some British aristocrat who bought some greys from Canada as he thought they’d look nice on his estate (in Wales I think it was), the squirrels thought so too and haven’t looked back since.

Yeah I’ve heard they’ll fuck up a dog didn’t know they were dangerous enough to take on such big ones too. I’ve heard some will rape cats too...? But maybe that was just messing with the gullible Brit.

Yeah that’s it, those moments when you get out and look at your filthy car and it’s all over dust, dead insects and road grime, cooling engine ticking gently in the breeze. You look at it and it’s like a faithful dog or horse looking back, you’re like “I love you so much right now!”