Bought a green vehicle to help the enviroment

[Cunuckgaucho]

So sucumbing to pressure from the environmentalist I bought a green vehicle. 

 

[Cunuckgaucho]

More pics

 

 

 

 So the details 2006 Land Rover Defender 90, believe it or not it's classed as the station wagon model because of the seat configuration. 5 cyl turbo diesel, 5 speed hi/lo trandsfer case and locking diff.

Started life in Bulgaria,hence the licence plate. Imported into Canada just over a year ago.

All with the exception of the tires( brand new) just like it left the factory.

Now for the amazing bit... drumroll........

That gentleman is the milage in kilometers so to translate that is just a hair over 31,068 miles. I had a full inspection done by Land Rover specialist to confirm milage and condition. 

[DayWalker]

That’s a sweet Land Rover, seems like you got a deal there. I’ve always liked the more military style Land Rovers, as opposed to the silly $100k+ soccer mom models. Seems like crazy low milage for the age

[Sisco]

That is a dam nice vehicle. Congrats!

[Armed Eye Doc]

That is an awesome Rover!  Will we see it in the fall?

Edited September 23, 2023 by Armed Eye Doc
Stupid autocarrot.

[98Z5V]

That's one serious score, Eric!!!   WELL DONE!!!  

[shooterrex]

Nice

[Cunuckgaucho]

10 hours ago, DayWalker said:

That’s a sweet Land Rover, seems like you got a deal there. I’ve always liked the more military style Land Rovers, as opposed to the silly $100k+ soccer mom models. Seems like crazy low milage for the age

I couldn't belive the milage till I saw it in person,seats have no wear. Even then I had the Rover shop go over it but more to make sure that things like seals,gaskets hadn't rotted or failed. Also wanted the brke lines checked, rubber hoses etc. Plus getting it up on the hoist to look at the underside.

9 hours ago, Armed Eye Doc said:

That is an awesome Rover!  Will we see it in the fall?

Of course, how I justified buying it was it gets almost twice the fuel milage my gas powered LR Discovery gets.  The secret to justifying these type of costs is to use the same economic logic the government uses when spending taxpayer money

[Cunuckgaucho]

So I found this switch, located in the centre dash console area. Any guesses? In the end I had to googgle and look at the owner's manual.

It would have come in handy on the Fall trip down and back home when Roman,Mike and mysef made the trip.

[Rsquared]

Looks like it's adjusting (something) from front to back. Brakes? Torque? Fuking Icons. Why can't they just print what it is above it?

Great vehicle find though Eric.

[sketch]

Good rig bro. Looks like fog light switches?

[sagebrush]

nice rig

[392heminut]

Nice Rover!

I have a 'green' vehicle too!

[Cunuckgaucho]

3 hours ago, sketch said:

Good rig bro. Looks like fog light switches?

This would have been handy in the Raptor for the last trip down and back.

19 minutes ago, 392heminut said:

Nice Rover!

I have a 'green' vehicle too!

 

[98Z5V]

20 hours ago, Cunuckgaucho said:

So I found this switch, located in the centre dash console area. Any guesses? In the end I had to googgle and look at the owner's manual.

It would have come in handy on the Fall trip down and back home when Roman,Mike and mysef made the trip.

Some kind of headlight shiit, varying power...   You go from zero to three...  

[98Z5V]

Roman needs THREE...  

[Cunuckgaucho]

It's for the headlights but not the intensity. It's to adjust the head lights as you load up the vehicle to stop the lights from blinding oncoming cars when you're heavy in the back end.

From the manual-

The following load conditions should be used
as a guide.
Position ’0’: Driver only, or driver and all front
seats occupied (loadspace empty).
Position ’1’: All seats occupied (loadspace
empty).
Position ’2’: All seats occupied by adults and
loadspace loaded to maximum rear axle
weight.
Position ’3’: Driver only with the loadspace
loaded to maximum rear axle weight.

[shepp]

On 9/23/2023 at 11:06 AM, Cunuckgaucho said:

Now for the amazing bit... drumroll........

You realize we have no fucking clue what that means lol 

 

cool ride!

[shepp]

On 9/23/2023 at 10:36 PM, Cunuckgaucho said:

So I found this switch, located in the centre dash console area. Any guesses? In the end I had to googgle and look at the owner's manual.

It would have come in handy on the Fall trip down and back home when Roman,Mike and mysef made the trip.

 

On 9/24/2023 at 9:40 PM, Cunuckgaucho said:

It's for the headlights but not the intensity. It's to adjust the head lights as you load up the vehicle to stop the lights from blinding oncoming cars when you're heavy in the back end.

From the manual-

The following load conditions should be used
as a guide.
Position ’0’: Driver only, or driver and all front
seats occupied (loadspace empty).
Position ’1’: All seats occupied (loadspace
empty).
Position ’2’: All seats occupied by adults and
loadspace loaded to maximum rear axle
weight.
Position ’3’: Driver only with the loadspace
loaded to maximum rear axle weight.

Toyota does this too! I can always tell when I’ve bumped the switch or I’m hauling because I’ll get thevhigh beat flash from numerous people especially since I’ve switched to LED, it’s a pretty cool feature 

 

 

[sketch]

I really could have used that! I must have been high beam flashed 50 times with that load!! I've dropped the lights down as far as they will go since the trip. I like the air bag idea to whoever said that..