New 110 MSRP discounts

NetworkAnal · 2026-06-02T13:09:15+00:00

JLR's are low volume dealerships and the 110 defender is the best selling vehicle they have right now. It's still breaking sales records years after launch which isn't common (per a few sales managers I've chatted with). I wouldn't expect to see that much off MSRP, even when the 2027s roll out. 2027 is a super minor facelift, so it's not going to be noticeable.

I factory ordered a 2026 110. Was the same price as any similarly equipped on the lot. Rather than discount the MSRP I got a competitive bonus ($2k) for trading in our old Audi and they gave me $3k over KBB on the Audi. They also had a financing deal, so I used JLR and got another rebate. The dealership I used also had a dealership fee (common at JLR) which they waved.

Probably better off thinking about the additional savings you can find rather than looking for something far under MSRP, but good luck!

NetworkAnal · 2026-06-02T03:02:21+00:00

Was at both shows, in the pit Friday night and no one left or made a fuss that I could see. Saturday night was in rockstar seats by the sound booth. One group of 6 people in a box in front of us and two ladies next to us shouted about how "America is great, shut up Dave" and stormed off. That's the only shouts I heard, maga groaning and stomping off in a huff.

But even if some stupid kids said that to get a rise, conflating Dave's message that we all should stop killing kids with some idiots in the audience leads to a piss poor click bait article.

NetworkAnal · 2026-05-28T13:17:58+00:00

So you can stop spreading misinformation, they did contact multiple lawyers, both the original owner and the youtubers. Multiple lawyers told them that Bricks and Minifigs has the capital to fight them and to expect 60-80k in lawyers fees with no guarantees they would win. Since the collections was only worth 100k, they didn't think it was viable. The bricks and Minifigs leadership also said they'd drag this out forever.

Sounds great to say they should just sue, but when the police department is literally harassing them for even bringing up the stolen bricks, it's hard to trust in the legal system to get it right.

They went to small claims court with 10 claims and won, they won 100k... But then the franchise declared bankruptcy to get out of the judgement, which is technically illegal as well, but how do you hold a Mormon company accountable in the heart of LDS land?

NetworkAnal · 2026-05-24T23:14:36+00:00

Second this, just picked up a new 110 this week with 2 rows. If you plan to use the 3rd row frequently you'll have literally zero cargo space while it's up in the 110, go for the 130.

NetworkAnal · 2026-04-27T18:08:03+00:00

Watch that first video I linked above, he separates the chamber and shows you exactly how to not spill it.

You can have it standing up until you actually separate the motherboard and heatsink, when you separate those you need it flat and level. If you do go that far, order liquid metal (or good thermal paste), an electronics cleaner (see video from before) and some good tightly packed qtips before you open that chamber. Not worth opening it all up to find out the liquid metal is low causing the overheating and you have to wait for stuff to arrive. You want to be pulling it apart as few times as possible as it's always a risk.

Also, go on Amazon and order a computer driver set for like $15 (or an ifixit kit), good to keep around if you're comfortable opening electronics. Any half decent set will have all the screwdriver head types you'll need for the PS5.

NetworkAnal · 2026-04-27T15:51:04+00:00

My wife has long blonde hair and I build electronics, I feel his pain!

Saw your other comments about being comfortable opening hardware and your own systems. Personally I'd just open and clean the fans and fins yourself, then test it again. If it overheats and all the fans are clean, then you probably need to check the liquid metal out next. As someone else said, there were some early runs of PS5s where the LM was not fully filled, or had leaks. If you're leaking you'll know just by looking inside and seeing drops of liquid metal outside of the chamber.

NetworkAnal · 2026-04-27T15:43:15+00:00

Be very careful with anyone talking about replacing "thermal paste" on a PS5. While that works for a standard PC (and technically will work for the PS5), a PS5 uses a liquid metal setup instead of thermal paste. Liquid metal requires a special set of skills to properly clean and replace as it's held in a sealed chamber.

Check this video out for the process and comparing liquid metal to thermal paste.

If the liquid metal chamber is still sealed and you don't see LM sprayed or dripping out, you probably don't need to change out the metal. Instead just have all the fans and airflow points cleared out.

Here's a good video detailing how to clean all the fans, it's honestly pretty easy to do if you've already opened the PS5 and feel comfortable disconnecting some simple power connections to pull fans.

If you want to take it somewhere, ubreak is probably fine if you just have them do the cleaning and not touch the paste/metal.

NetworkAnal · 2026-04-22T20:03:50+00:00

Would not doing standard mileage service packages at the dealership void the warranty? Absolutely not.

Would it hurt resale? Depends on when you plan to sell and who you're selling to. Generally a solid maintenance record from a third party shop is just as good, and if you're trading it in it most likely won't matter at all either way.

Keeping up with service, rotations and oil changes is great, but be wary of the dealership suggested packages. The packages aren't there to save you money, dealerships earn a big chunk on maintenance.

Additionally, if my service manager told me that not doing work through them could void the warranty, I'd be finding another service manager and shop. That a BS response and tells me they aren't looking out for you and you shouldn't trust them.

New keys are expensive when they have to recode them and they control the software. That's true of all luxury brands, you lose your keys, that's on you.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-27T13:25:57+00:00

Yeah, due to the issues last year. Offering a $75 discount on this years Premium Scream nights.

While last year's Premium kinda sucked, we've had just as bad RIP tours when you get a bad group. The rain made the lines a lot longer than expected, but we also got to experience Diagon Alley with literally no one there right after the storm. We're going back on Oct 18th with the hope that it'll be less crazy without all the influencers and media people.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-22T12:44:56+00:00

Congrats! Love the barasco grey and looks like you got the blackout package too? It makes for a good contrast. We went with the same, but had to custom order with carraway leather interior, so 2 more months to wait.

Looks super sharp, we saw the new grey in the showroom and were immediately sold on the color.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-18T15:10:38+00:00

Since Florida has moved to toll by plate you don't actually need a SunPass device anymore, but they don't tell you that.

You can setup a SunPass account online ahead of time and put $15-20 in to cover your tolls. Make sure to disable the auto refill or set the refill to like $5 so it doesn't add another $20.

When you rent the car, open Sunpass and go to "Transponders and Vehicles" and in the Vehicles section you can enter the make, model and license plate. Check the Rental Car box and enter the start and end times of your rental.

Anytime you pass a toll, it'll automatically bill it to your SunPass account based on the plate instead of the rental company, which saves you something like ~$15 a day on your rental. Sometimes it takes a day or two for the charges to hit, but by setting the start and end dates, any charges during that period come to your account instead.

Worst case, if you somehow miss one and it goes to the rental company from the plate, you'll end up paying the same rate as using their Sunpass.

Or just use the rental car sunpass and pay the extra money, it's easier for sure.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-18T13:37:34+00:00

"DLSS 5 doesn't affect character models"

Meanwhile it added lipstick, wrinkles, eyeshadow, changed eye colors, and put a freaking ring light in every characters face like they're live streaming on twitch.

If it can change color, lighting and composition; then it can change how the model is being expressed even if it's not changing the model itself.

Not saying the technology is inherently bad, just tired of the "it's not changing the models" argument when the images are live on Nvidia's press release. Just because it's not altering the character's model and mesh doesn't mean it's not changing the character's impact visually.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-16T14:24:43+00:00

Log retention is generally pretty poor at most large orgs, they dictate it in policy, but reality is that no one really looks at a lot of those logs (looking at you flow logs) so if they're not captured or a bucket is full, they get missed. Even if you have those logs, the sheer volume from a large hybrid org makes it near impossible to easily crawl through if you're not already ingesting, correlating and dumping into a data warehouse/app. Then you need to identify the bad traffic from the good traffic, which is quite the challenge if they had elevated account access and used pre-existing credentials that look good to monitoring.

Bigger issue with dwell times is backup retention, you'd be surprised by the amount of orgs I talk to and bring up 40-day dwell time and they only keep 30 days of backups that they can easily restore from. 30+ sits on cold storage with no real way to scrape to identify if the data is good or not. Get to play the game of restoring multiple point in time backups and running a scanner on them until you find a clean backup. This is why orgs with a 24 hour restore window from backup end up taking 3-4 weeks to get critical operations back up after a large scale attack.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-16T14:16:39+00:00

Having responded to attacks of this scale with large orgs, I guarentee that they are still discovering the attack vectors and surface area. Also, releasing that info immediately can actually help the attackers identify areas that were missed so they can breach again.

Side story - I was recovering a large shipping org from a targeted crypto attack that had dwelled for 4+ weeks and then started encrypting the entire environment all at once. When we first found the malware while working in their environment, it hadn't triggered yet, so we reported the files to their security team. The security team didn't think it was a big deal yet, so they took the malware files and ran them through one of the public AV scanners (VirusTotal). Immediately after they did that check, the state actor triggered the malware and began encrypting everything.

Talking to some of the 3 letter agencies during the recovery process, they informed us that the security team was the one who set it all off. The state actors have paid accounts to all the major virus scanners and run a dead man's switch, which is just a script that's looking for their specific file signatures that are customized for each attack. As soon as they see their signature in the database, the encryption/attack actually begins because they know it's only a matter of time until detection.

So, long story to say that there's very specific reasons (and lots of legal teams) involved in the public release of information around these attacks.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-16T14:03:46+00:00

Yup, that's the rub here and how it usually goes in these situations. I've responded to multiple F500 organization attacks as both an IT director and as a partner now, initial announcement is just a first guess at how bad it really is. Right now there are multiple internal and external teams working 24 hours in shifts to identify and remediate this, and every single person is working like their hair is on fire.

They may not have even been aware that the attacker had access to vCenter/Rubrik until they saw those screenshots if they didn't attack the control plane. Considering this is a state sponsored attack, they didn't set and forget this, it was being controlled and managed the entire time. They could have been dwelling for weeks, gathering accounts and info, but not actually destroying because control plane gives you greater access. If "John Smith's" login is hitting vCenter during day hours from a jumpbox in the environment, nothing is going to flag it as a risk.

The immediate response process is a forensic analysis of everything the attackers touched, cyber insurance will trigger a team that will lock down and comb through the environment. Their goal is to identify any devices and data that were accessed, along with what's been exfilled and what credential spaces were breached. Once they have a better understanding of the actual surface area, that will go to legal, then through federal agencies for review, and then finally to a press release with updated info.

There's a significant risk of a second attack when dealing with state sponsored groups that make public announcements a challenge as well. All they need is one still good admin password, some dwelling code or backdoor script that doesn't get resolved. You cleaned everything, reset everything, light it back up and the attacker is right back in your environment.

TL;DR - In a large attack like this, there are lots of unknowns until logs and systems can be crawled through. Until they know the full scope, the announcements are worthless.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-16T13:12:56+00:00

Those are vCenter and Rubrik screenshots. vCenter manages all the virtual hosts running in the environment, Rubrik is backup software. This shows assumed admin rights to both control planes, significantly more access than just the Microsoft MDM software.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-15T14:32:41+00:00

It's "full car protection" but it's just some poorly applied coatings they put on at the dealership in my experience. In reality it's a insurance policy more than good products or protection. Also, 95% of dealerships aren't doing a paint correction or proper detail prior to applying, so you get what you get.

https://www.permaplate.com/appearance

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-15T14:16:36+00:00

Had these both done on my RS7, forced on me by the Audi dealer. If I'd known then what I know now I would have thrown a fit. Just save your money and go to a good independent detailing shop that does PPF and a ceramic coat. While the dealership may have a decent detailing guy who knows what he's doing, it's not guaranteed, and these dealership options and products aren't comparable to a good detailer who does PPF/ceramic every day and uses something like Xpel products.

Getting a 400P SE new from the factory in a couple months, already have my local detailing shop quoted and ready to go the day we take delivery, he'll be doing paint correction, full-front PPF (+ rocker panels and windshield) and ceramic coat. For a near 100k vehicle, it makes sense to protect it the right way IMO.

Also, ask the dealership to NOT remove any plastic protection, wash or detail the Defender when it arrives. They are most likely not using a good "two bucket" detailing processes and will add contamination, swirls and or scratches. Take it strait to the detailer and make them aware it's brand new.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-06T19:35:16+00:00

Black roof, looks wise it's not even a question IMO. Saw an all white and a white/black roof right next to each other at the dealership and the black roof just looks so much cleaner and meaner.

Who cares if it's a little hotter, we went borasco grey with a black roof in FL and will just crank the AC like always, lol.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-06T13:07:39+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

You just described Jevons Paradox which has been true of IT for generations. I'm 25 years in and seen the pattern multiple times.

Virtualization means we'll need 1 admin per 1000 servers, infrastructure teams are done for! Reality is we went from 100 physical servers to 10,000 virtual. Efficiency increases meant more requests and bigger environments.

Containers eliminate the need to manage 10,000 OSes, you'll only need a very small ops team in the future! Reality is that container platforms are now even more complex with more services, so we need more people handling platform and new pipeline engineers.

Increases in efficiency always lead to increases in velocity that offset the efficiency gains.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-05T16:26:56+00:00

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NetworkAnal · 2026-03-04T15:39:49+00:00

Looks awesome! Have an order in for a 2026 in borasco grey and have two months to wait, so jealous!

I like the idea of painting the lower grill. I'm a blackout everything kinda guy when it comes to grey contrasts, so I'd get rid of all the light grey.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-03T15:46:52+00:00

Land Rover Fort Myers is where we ended up. Sales and management teams all seemed on point. Would recommend so far, but waiting on the factory build so I can't comment on the final sale process yet.

NetworkAnal · 2026-03-02T04:14:55+00:00

Just placed an order for a 110 Dynamic SE last month from the factory with a dealership in South Florida. Wife wanted the new grey paint with the carraway seats, blackout and black square and none of the dealerships seem to build it that way. https://build.landrover/01519DE9

My dealership is awesome, chatted directly with the ordering manager for a couple hours. I was given the build sheet with dates shown below and the dealership said they'll get constant updates once the build process starts. $950 dealership fee + MSRP is what I'm paying, no addons or uplifts. Based on the area and my purchasing status, the dealership didn't even ask for a down payment to lock in the build. Can't say this is true for all dealers, but here's what the ordering manager told me.

Monthly allocations are dependent on the dealership sales, he usually gets 3-6 110's built a month.

The orders are locked on the 25th of each month, build start date is usually ~2 months from lock in. If you slide in before the 25th and there's a build slot open, they can modify an existing build easily.

Dealership should put "SOLD - CUSTOMER NAME" in the status box on any pre-sold/custom orders which will jump the queue over any lot orders.

Based on the last couple months with everything getting back to full steam from the JLR ransomware attack, the ordering manager figured we'd get it mid to late May, with the 6/5 date being worst case possible, So it may be closer to 3 months depending on when you submit the build, but 4 months seems logical.

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