Half a mill and a forged passport

Chances are I won’t drop everything for a nomadic existence in this Defender. But the point is I could.

Ben Miller

The writer who made me want to be a writer, Dan Walsh, once wrote that you didn’t necessarily have to leave everything behind and ride around the world, as he did, to feel free. A motorcycle in your possession was enough. It was the potential to go – or, as Dan put it: ‘A bike is a Beretta, half a mill in cash and a forged passport hidden under the floorboards. It’s an escape route.’ All of which must make the V8 supercharged Defender 130 several mill in cash and a wad of forged passports so thick you’ll never get that floorboard back down. It oozes the potential to go, its go-anywhere versatility hitting your central nervous system and flooding your mind with impossible dreams: dreams of living out of…

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CAR UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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