Ike and Steve are back, and have lots to talk about this week.

(1:18): Doug DeMuro is selling his new-ish Defender, and we’re not totally buying that long repair times are necessarily the reason. Doesn’t every luxury brand have extraordinary lead times on repairs these days?

(7:05): A heartwarming story out of the Land Rover Service Awards, one of the recipients of a Defender 130 at last year’s Destination Defender event was able to rescue a bear cub in their new vehicle. Shout out to Appalachian Bear Rescue on their great work!

(10:05): JLR has a new interim CEO, and we’re not sure that Patrick McGillicutty isn’t just two kids in a trench coat pretending to be a grown up… But good luck to Patrick!

(11:55) Steve gives us a shop update, and tells us all about his new CNC Plasma Cutter that he got for a pretty reasonable entry cost all things considered. Ike asks some great questions to think about before making a purchase of your own.

(18:26) The widow maker is the world’s scariest forklift, and Steve’s industrial HOA wants him to get rid of it. We can’t imagine why…

(19:32) The moment we’ve all been waiting for, we have a very important update about the #undisputedkingoflandrovers that you won’t want to miss, including some number crunching to calculate the ratio of money to purchase vs. money to fix this god forsaken car…

(26:15) Ike is Cooma bound, and Steve catches up with him before they left to see how their prep for the trip to Australia is going. We can’t wait to catch up with them when they return Stateside in a couple of weeks. The boys also digress into a lot of discussion of koalas that no one needs…

(33:22): The newest issue of Rovers Magazine started hitting mailboxes, and Team 155: Full Sail Dream Team is featured prominently, along with the other four Land Rovers that ran the 2022 Rebelle. Huge shoutout to @landroverwriter Jeff Aronson for the great coverage.

(34:59) Instagram shoutouts to @Sheepish_Overlander and @the_canadian_freelander for living the life of Defenders, Jimnys and functioning Freelanders Steve can only experience in his dreams…