Since selling the Defender I can say that I do miss it, but I'm not regretting the sale.
In the weeks before selling, once it was officially up for grabs, I automatically began putting more time back into the Series. I was able to break even on what I spent on the Defender. And I passed it on to a worthy new owner. For the past few weeks I was debating whether or not to dump the Defender money into the RRC and build the vehicle I've always wanted. But an opportunity came up to get a replacement for the Defender, so now I'm preparing to do a year long experiment: Keep the RRC, or keep the G-Wagen?
The Series is never going to be sold. The '98 Disco is just too perfect a vehicle for my son to drive when he is home from college, and for my daughter to begin driving this year. The RRC is too much of a basket case to not put a lot of money into. The G-Wagen is exceptional. The engineering and build quality is top-notch. It is like driving a late '90s Range Rover, but in the shape of a Defender. The V6 gives is just a bit more power than a '90s Rover V8, but only if you are very familiar with how those drive would you really know. It isn't as fun as a Defender, but it has AC, it has 3 lockers, the doors actually close like a bank vault, and it is actually quieter than my wife's 2015 X5 at 70mph, even with BFG MTs on.
But I'm leaving the possibility open for wanting to sell it in a year to go back exclusively to Rovers, and specifically to the RRC. Mainly, I really feel like driving the Series more, and the G-Wagen balances that out nicely.
In the weeks before selling, once it was officially up for grabs, I automatically began putting more time back into the Series. I was able to break even on what I spent on the Defender. And I passed it on to a worthy new owner. For the past few weeks I was debating whether or not to dump the Defender money into the RRC and build the vehicle I've always wanted. But an opportunity came up to get a replacement for the Defender, so now I'm preparing to do a year long experiment: Keep the RRC, or keep the G-Wagen?
The Series is never going to be sold. The '98 Disco is just too perfect a vehicle for my son to drive when he is home from college, and for my daughter to begin driving this year. The RRC is too much of a basket case to not put a lot of money into. The G-Wagen is exceptional. The engineering and build quality is top-notch. It is like driving a late '90s Range Rover, but in the shape of a Defender. The V6 gives is just a bit more power than a '90s Rover V8, but only if you are very familiar with how those drive would you really know. It isn't as fun as a Defender, but it has AC, it has 3 lockers, the doors actually close like a bank vault, and it is actually quieter than my wife's 2015 X5 at 70mph, even with BFG MTs on.
But I'm leaving the possibility open for wanting to sell it in a year to go back exclusively to Rovers, and specifically to the RRC. Mainly, I really feel like driving the Series more, and the G-Wagen balances that out nicely.
