Finally took delivery of 5 seater Defender 130!
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Finally took delivery of 5 seater Defender 130!
A few months ago I had ordered a 130 as a 5 seater that was _not_ the new Outbound model and it ended up taking delivery this week. Overall it came out great, definitely better than I expected! Since the vehicle will be used off-road a good bit (no rock crawling, mostly rutty fireroads/some high clearance 4x4 roads in Montana) I ended up building an SE trim platform so that I didn't end up with the goofy mismatch of high gloss rocker panels and plastic fender trim pieces that come with the explorer pack. We went with a 5 seater with the flat floor vs. 8 seater fold down primarily because we keep a crate in the vehicle at all times for our dog and it will still leave us some usable storage space. We end up hauling a good bit of stuff back and forth between UT and MT on the regular and our T4R was just not cutting it space wise. Here is the full build spec: https://build.landrover/9CAF63DE I ended up with the 20" wheels and will give them a chance for a while and may end up putting dedicated snow tires on them and pick up something else for more off-road worthiness if it's necessary. Very happy with the vehicle so far!
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