Thomax
Member
20,000 km and 6 months in the LR club.
I love this thing! It is beautiful to drive in all conditions. I am experienced offvroader who now is middle-aged and lives in the city so I bought this to go do some of the territory just slower and not wreck anything while take pictures and tweet.
First big trip is planned!
Good:
- gas mileage not bad but I am coming from a full size crew cab.
- engine, transmission are work seamlessly and power adequate
- air suspension works very well
- love the square body and I think it is timeless
Meh:
- the electrical sometimes is... let's say English.... as in you need a stiff upper lip because sometimes weird things happen; like windows stop on occasion; everything seems to pause, collect itself and then work like the rear view camera. It is Sloooowwww as is any action in the sound and phone system.
- stereo good sound but nav is useless
- headlights suck
- I believe that 70 plus percent of LR4 are driven by soccer moms - cool but still an adjustment for a truck guy.
Wow
- dealers ers are knowledgeable in my area but very pricey and poncie except for a handful of enthusiasts - makes me worry for the brand in the long term. When you talk the off road game in all your marketing but they mostly look at you like you are on glue when you want to ask an all terrain tire question at the service department that is a problem. Yes I know the economics of it all but dang that defender re-do better stay aligned with history.
- did I say pricey ? when a service that is essentially an oil change and a few checks is quoted well north of $600 dollars - yikes.
None of you wave.
I love this thing! It is beautiful to drive in all conditions. I am experienced offvroader who now is middle-aged and lives in the city so I bought this to go do some of the territory just slower and not wreck anything while take pictures and tweet.
First big trip is planned!
Good:
- gas mileage not bad but I am coming from a full size crew cab.
- engine, transmission are work seamlessly and power adequate
- air suspension works very well
- love the square body and I think it is timeless
Meh:
- the electrical sometimes is... let's say English.... as in you need a stiff upper lip because sometimes weird things happen; like windows stop on occasion; everything seems to pause, collect itself and then work like the rear view camera. It is Sloooowwww as is any action in the sound and phone system.
- stereo good sound but nav is useless
- headlights suck
- I believe that 70 plus percent of LR4 are driven by soccer moms - cool but still an adjustment for a truck guy.
Wow
- dealers ers are knowledgeable in my area but very pricey and poncie except for a handful of enthusiasts - makes me worry for the brand in the long term. When you talk the off road game in all your marketing but they mostly look at you like you are on glue when you want to ask an all terrain tire question at the service department that is a problem. Yes I know the economics of it all but dang that defender re-do better stay aligned with history.
- did I say pricey ? when a service that is essentially an oil change and a few checks is quoted well north of $600 dollars - yikes.
None of you wave.