THE FEED
ALL LIT UP I’m wondering if the new 2020 Defender (Winter 2019), with many of the same design features as the Discovery, will have the same “problem” that makes our 2018, 3.0 L turbo-diesel Discovery less than ideal as a platform for camping, overlanding, or use as a mobile office. The problem is when you’re having to open and close the doors constantly; each time, all sorts of systems boot up, and the vehicle lights up like a Christmas tree. Before long, the battery gets discharged to the point where a warning on the dash tells you to start the vehicle. It’s even come on when I’ve been loading the vehicle for a trip. I don’t want to be running the vehicle unless I’m actually driving it. [We were] very unhappy…