We Join Classic Land Rover Strata Florida Off Road Day Out in Our New Defender 110 

Glad you enjoyed the experience - and great to see the Defender handling both gravel and a few knocks and bumps with ease. Maybe we'll pop by for our next testing session?

“Do you want me to hold your nuts?”, she says! Awesome!

This trip has changed my opinion of the new defender as I was rather biased towards old Land Rovers. Was great to meet you Simon and we all had cracking day, hope you enjoyed your happy birthday V8 sing song 😄

Last week, I had a filming assignment on a large construction site deep in the Japanese mountains. The previous day, we had very heavy rain which made the site extremely muddy and it was deep. I am very pleased to report that my Discovery 5 on its bog standard road tyres handled the mud in normal mode (I did raise the height, but it wasn't really necessary) without as much of a moan or groan. Not once did it slip or cause me any problems. Absolutely brilliant vehicle and it is a shame that more Discovery 5s are not used in this way. I felt very satisfied as my filming assignments take me to anywhere from a suave hotel to a stone quarry or construction site on a mountain with steep hills like last week. There is also the possibility that I will need to film a natural disaster such as an earthquake at some point and that might mean having to drive over damaged roads and fallen walls etc.. There was a large earthquake on the Noto Peninsula yesterday that caused at least three houses (old buildings) to collapse and sadly one person died as he was unfortunate to have been on top of a ladder when the earthquake struck. A tunnel has also collapsed due to a landslide and I'm hoping that no vehicles were trapped inside as this week is 'Golden Week', a series of national holidays bunched together meaning that there are a lot of tourists and people out for the day. Anyway, I digress. Good video Simon and it was nice to see my homeland of Wales.

What a great day out. Stig done good 👍👍

Brilliant Simon and Mrs P. Thanks for the hotel tip, it’s now on our stop off list for next trip over to Wales 😊. See you Sunday 🤞

Now that’s a proper off road course. Prob the best I’ve seen you take on 🎉

Awesome trip - stayed at that hotel a couple of times when doing some motorbike trips - fantastic location 👍🙏🤓😎

Good to have you out with us Simon!! Was a really good day!! 👌🏼👌🏼

Wow - what a nice drive that was!

Looks like a great trip! My last excursion into Wales was to Strata and it's such a great route to drive.

Great trip video. Looked like fun

Brilliant it’s amazing what the new defender can accomplish

Good Vid Simon , when i saw the intro knew exactly where you were , can see the Hafod at the bottom of the valley from our place , glad you had a good couple of days

Hi Simon, nice ride with the new defender 👍, I would recommend buying a set of BFG AT tires. My cars stand on BFG AT for many years, and I also have an extra set rims with BFG MT. Never had a puncture or sidewall problem..... 😉

Enjoyable video! Had the same problem with a torn factory sidewall a few miles into a Welsh greenlane soon after I got my 110. After a second puncture on a normal forest road I got sick of it and put some proper BFG ATs on it.

I love these style of videos keep it up man :)

Looks awesome

Geat video 👍 What you *do* need to develop for The Stig is a "rock slider footstep" - IE: rock sliders with a flattened top with a rubbe step. These will propely protect the side of the car and still allow easy access to the vehicle (and not get broken every time you go off-road).

Nice one Simon.👍

Nice video, nice channel, nice person... greetings from Brazil

Stiggy makes some pretty cool turbo noises!

Looks like a good day out simon 🚗🚙🚘👍👍👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Those Wranglers are notorious for punctures and damage. Get some BFGoodrich All Terrain for off-roading. Much stronger sidewalls.

Late to this party..However great video👌👌👌👍. Great set of Lads. Some lovely old girls there. (land rovers). Just a shame you didn't get the drone footage🥺 Saw my first defender 110 in the flesh yesterday, Massive at the side of my L494 Loved it. However£££££££££ Toooo much for me.

Very nice video that shows off the capability of the 110 - I've been very pleased with my P300 as well. But you really should drop it into low range for terrain like that - it reduces the strain on the drive train and makes everything work easier. I put 265/70R18 BFG AT KO2's on my truck and its much better.

Looks great. Fingers crossed you make it to Gaydon as it was lovely meeting you last year!!

"Do you want me to hold your nuts?" 🤣

Proper good stuff!!!! Stig sounds epic with the induction noise too!!! 😎😎😎 Has the spare got a TPSM in it, some cars I've swapped tyres on don't have the sensors fitted over the normal (alloys for example) wheels.

Best one yet

Well done to The Stig and to you and Mrs P…she should have made an appearance!! I like the idea of off roading but I just could not feel with the scratches and dings…or mud…I like everything to look new! 😬😬😬🫢🫢🫢🫢😀😀😀. There is a nice P400 non hybrid petrol at Sytner but I just wonder how low are the fuel figures….I fear 22/24 in normal running and about 5 doing what you have just done! Good work Simon…better luck with the tyres next time. 🤞🏼🤞🏼😀😀😀😀

Invest in some proper 3 ply off road tires Simon … those Wranglers are worthless in Australia off road terrain. Nice trip video by the way.

Not the first time you lost a tyre off roading. At least you got the tyre changed much easier this time. George should have brought the Jimney to have a go.

Great video, fantastic trip, and great to see the Stig in action. Seriously want to do the SF in my Defender but think Eiger grey is not as forgiving as white! Time to get a good wrap on. Also, when are you going to have some tree / rock sliders available?

Amazed you did that climb in high box - I have noticed the same with both my previous D240 and now with the D250 that I can go places off-road in high box that my old TDi300 would have been a bit stressed doing in low range! I would love to know JLR’s reason for programming the TR to default to Comfort (except when Rock Crawl, I’ve found) after you turn off the engine, I know at least two people who have done quite severe tracks in ECO by accident after stopping and switching off too, car seems to be able to handle it just fine though regardless of the TR program selected!

I think they are called factor 55 winch hook which sits in the winch fairlead,!

Hello Simon, it looked a great day out. I think if you invest in a tyre company maybe you get them cheaper, you do go though tyres 😅. Jokes aside, I love the videos.

ouch! on these tracks put it in low range Simon - easier to control, easier on the drivetrain and more comfortable all round

Pretty good video enjoyed watching that. But guess what, the ad straight after this video was…………… ineos so it turned up in the end in a way 😂

How do sir, the newer landrovers aren't my thing, but really enjoyed a real life experience with new defender. Subscribed 👍

Just wondering what tyres you're using? The JLR factory Wrangler A/Ts don't have a kevlar sidewall and are prone to sidewall punctures from rocks etc. (Allegedly).

You should try the Mickey Thompson AT tires, if there available in the UK

Cooper Tires has a RU-vid video where they demonstrate that reducing tire pressure greatly reduces the chances of having a puncture in the tread. Nothing said about sidewalls though.

Boom Boom!!

What winch and bumper did you go with for the stig 🤙🏽

Hi Simon The mole plate on the inside of your tailgate - is that ready and now on sale yet? Thanks

When does the off road start?

The "2" in the height means it's in off-road height 2 which is the default off-road height (provides 291mm of clearance). When you drive over 50km/h it drops to off-road height 1 which provides roughly 25cm of clearance. When you drive over 80km/h it drops to normal height.

Hope to see the Classic at Gaydon 🤙

Simon. Can you do a quick video to see how easy it would be to remove the rear quarter panel on the new defender? We like to use them off road and I know the doors and wings are pretty easy to change, but what if the quarter panel got a dent in it? People go on about how the old one was easy to replace bits and was wondering if all would be the same as the new one.

This means to left home a nobody and return a mechanic :)

I only use the Goodyears on the road the side walls are 5mm thick BFG'S are 15.

Thought yud broken yur wrist on those Wheel Nuts Sime !!😁 there was a Crack !!

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Have you considered replaceing those tires? The sidewalls are notoriously thin and ouncture prone.

real defender successor is ineos grenadier in my humble opinion

Should have bought the Freelander 2

Which defender is it?

Maybe 2 spare wheels next time? 😉

Weird... I could hear any audio?

Having put those new tyres on (with stronger ,thicker sidewalls) for just such an adventure....not such a good advert for them !! Such a shame.

My Discovery 4 SDv6 had crankshaft failer few weeks back i feel betrayed. 2012 130000 hse fully serviced fantastic condition. We buy any car gave me 2k for it. Worst car deal) loss I've had. 😢

Tried ordering from your online store to canada not sure why your shipping is so expensive, plus you charge additional out of country fees. Cart was full of goodies but couldn't justify $90 shipping and additional charges. Thats about an additional $160 Canadian funds. Ouch

I would have liked the video ....But Your in Wales............. Enough Said.....

That Screen is a Total Cluster fck !!. Same as the frickin Lane Assist !!- its a frickin liability that it cant be Turned off to stay off until Selected for Motorway driving which is all its any good for. Cruise control has a mind of its own - comes on when it feels like it !!!!. All the Tech shit is SO CONTRARY AND THE FRICKIN SIDE MIRRORS WANT BINNING and Replacing with a TRUCK STYLE ( IVECO ) CONVEX MIRRORS to do away with the crappy Blind Spot shitty orange mirror light

Really enjoyed your video, but if you’re going to worry about scratches then you probably shouldn’t off-road with it. No disrespect intended.

I would hardly count this as "off road" driving (TD5 90 owner).

Do the Land Rover a Favor by putting it in Lowe Range it would save your Wallet from Emptying 😂😅😂

This means to leave home a nobody and return a mechanic :)