I BOUGHT A CHEAP LAND ROVER DEFENDER

Today I've bought a cheap Land Rover Defender… Let's see what it's like...

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[georgimihalkov]

I love the look of the old Defender, but I have zero desire to own one. And I'm perhaps a bit weird, but I actually prefer your lower quality, self-filmed videos over the more produced ones like this one 😄

[tonygilbert]

The reason the ash tray comes out eaasily is because someone has had the dash top off, perhaps to try and replace the screen washer.

[mustajabzuberi]

I've been watching these videos for a while Matt and although this does technically look professionally filmed, the videos you film yourself in the parking lot just have that sense of personal touch and it makes me feel like I'm the one buying and selling these cars. Keep up the good work. Just a suggestion!

[roscopeco]

Forget car vertical check you might want to do a double yellow line check @2.50 😉

[SatanDotExe]

Saw this posted after 2 minutes, watching in 1.5x speed to be the first person to watch the whole video. Big brain.

[markatchison]

Defenders never die. I used to strip & rebuild 300tdi's & the occasional 200tdi, back in the day when you could pick up a good one for less than £5, 000.
The market for these has since gone off my scale, & my passion for refurbishing them has disappeared. No more cold nights laid on oily concrete floors grinding seized bolts etc.

[TPROCTER]

If that app that you used to check the car before you purchased the TD5 is so great then how did it fail to alert you that it was stolen?

[sartobellys]

Love the way you abandoned your Range Rover on double yellows at 2.49

[wezftw]

I have fond memories of the Defender. As a kid my family always had one. Was always in the back of one going fishing or taking the dogs out, good times! My dad also bought a limited edition Tomb Raider one, what a beast that was!

[agilchrist]

I would have suggested a recon steering box and saved yourself £600. I have rebuilt several Landy TD5s and Seriesll/lll and always made strong money out of them.

[monkeychops]

I had one of these and even though it quite literally wrecked my back I have nothing but love for them. The heart wants what the heart wants….

[georgemorley]

I remember going around the Solihull factory where they made these with some of the ship’s company from HMS ARK ROYAL which the captain’s secretary had organised. They supplied the Captain’s 4.0l V8 XJS and the Land Rovers for the ship, so they were returning the favour for the flag waving/free advertising we used to do in every corner of the globe we sailed off to. We got their corporate hospitality package. I remember seeing the hydraulic press that was stamping out the panels like the doors and bonnets and it was dropping something like 4000 tons of pressure down on the plate steel, or more or less the weight of a frigate. Incredible. It was recessed into the foundations and shock mounted to minimise seismic disruption to the surrounding. They showed us their Just in time logistics set up, where the wheels that were made to order for the car would join up with the chassis within 20 seconds in the production line. Takt time was everything to them. Then we took all the latest models out on the test track in the afternoon. The enormous seesaw twenty feet up in the air and driving through the “swamp” with a bow wave up over the bonnet were unforgettable driving experiences! Getting my MT form endorsed later on with my service Land Rover qualification was not challenging in comparison.

[johngilbert]

Brings back memories of my old Defender a very, very early 90, Land Rover standard green with the old 2.25L engine. Painfully slow but great fun off road on the hills with my setters. A great video and good to hear it made you a nice profit.

[melsyoutube]

love the way the previous owner took care of their car and kept all the records

[davidmuir]

Love your videos Matt and as a Defender owner this one was especially fun to idea what you're on about though they're great to drive.... possibly the only car in the world where a 30 min spin actually clocks up about 500 steps on the fitbit 🤦🤣 Keep up the good work sir.

[Drakesy]

These properly recorded episodes are just leagues ahead of the vlog style.
Good stuff.

[syncmastern]

I love Defenders, but the cost of them now is insane, I use to buy good ones for about £5K, now your looking 4x that for a good one, can't justify the cost for a rough offroader. You can buy a Good Disco 2 with the same engine, gearbox, transfer box and axles for under £3000.

[Skootavision]

Still enjoying your videos. Started watching maybe a year or two ago when I started pondering a vehicle update and now am just here for the entertainment.

[oliverbrooks]

Love them old land rovers. They are fantastic old trucks just go on and on. The td5 are the cherry on the cake

[graham-martin]

you can tell this guy aint got a clue about defenders the things hes saying, when buying a defender ALWAYS TAKE SOMONE WHO KNOWS DEFENDERS INSIDE OUT TO AVOID A LOT OF DISAPOINTMENT AND MONEY, you dont judge a defender on it looking pretty get under it is were you need to be check footwells inder mats etc bulkhead tops rear cross member outriggers i could go on and on and on .