Is a pre 2000 Land Rover Defender a good first car?
Money doesn’t matter too much as my parents will help me pay and I will pay half at the start but is it a good car. They like it as not very fast but is safe. Also it can tackle off road tasks easily which is another bonus for not too much price. I know someone else with a defender as their first car and they say it’s great but I don’t know how much insurance would be?
Please be honest on what you think.
Thanks, James B.
Comments
High insurance, not safe at all, uncomfortable loud unreliable expensive to maintain
If you see comparing to a car, yes
Un safe compared to what
Have you turned 17 yet?
Nope lol
Not an old one. Or a new one. Just stay away from them.
Very expensive, very slow, very unsafe. Pretty cool though, terrible first car
I want a car that can off road and I would probably keep it and get a sportier car because it’s good off road vehicle and put stuff in the pickup
Expensive, uneconomical, unsafe, uncomfortable, unrelieable and I could go on for a bit
I guess but it would be a project and I’d keep it when I got a better car for off roading as I like them and I won’t be going very fast in one.
Depends if you love it enough to risk crashing and dying… still a nice car, wouldn’t mind it as a first car, but if I’m small enough to fit in an MX-5…
But I won’t be going fast up motorways or anything stupid. And I have the daewoo if need be lol.
Yes the best a bit slower than other cars but comfy capable tows well great on fuell
Towing, off road and space is good for me and a defender
Land Rovers are not famous for their reliability - however when it comes to these older ones, they are absolute tanks when it comes to off-roading.
I do need it for off roading and I know people who have them and say they are average at reliability
Unsafe,loud, uncomfortable
no
Why?