Thread: Defender Girls??? Anybody out there??

Originally Posted by Scouse

There's a few girls driving Defenders on this site that Ron (p38arover) told me about:




They don't appear to have much luck as they're always getting stuck......and dirty......

Those 2 are free to drive my Defender when ever they want...

Edit, come to think about no they cant stupid girls got it stuck....

Originally Posted by Moon.dog62

This thread is useless without pics. we need pics of you ladies with your defenders.

Sorry Moon.dog62 my Defender wont be coming till November

Originally Posted by Sue

I am so not uploading the kind of pic you are hoping for lol.. but will this one do?

LMAO Sue!! You go girl looking sweet - love the colour too!

Originally Posted by juddy

come to think about no they cant stupid girls got it stuck....

Glad you came to your senses on that one LOL!

Sue are they the Sawtooth rims???

Originally Posted by juddy

Those 2 are free to drive my Defender when ever they want...

Right juddy, I am telling Gill you said that

Edit, come to think about no they cant stupid girls got it stuck....

You are off the hook after last comment

Mrs hh

Originally Posted by Kizzie

Sue are they the Sawtooth rims???

I had to look it up (what can I say.. it's a girl thing lol) and yes they are the saw tooth rims.. they look good but what a pain they are to clean..

Congrats on the Deefer & the young 'un. Our son is a couple of weeks older. We drove to my sister's for Christmas last year. He was ok up to about 5-6 hours on the way down with plenty of stops, and a bit less on the way back - and was showing his displeasure! Then threw a tantrum at getting into the car again for a week or two afterwards.
Then we spent a couple of weeks in Tassie earlier this year. We didn't do more than about 3 hours in a day, and he seemed ok with that. We discovered that he has a fascination for balloons, and you could guarantee he'd quiet down when passed a metallised balloon - until he dropped it!
We've just spent a long weekend away, driving a fair bit. He's got less tolerant as he wants his exercise. We find snacks, drink & favourite toys help a lot, along with taking a play / rest stop on demand when possible.
Unfortunately my wife declared my SIII diesel the arch enemy when it arrived, so Isaac's usual ride is an X-Trail, not a Landy.

Originally Posted by Sue

I had to look it up (what can I say.. it's a girl thing lol) and yes they are the saw tooth rims.. they look good but what a pain they are to clean..

Thanks sue - you are lucky you cant get them anymore we had to settle on other ones but I really wanted Black glossy Rims so now we are thinkin we might just powder coat them black instead!! So glad you said they are a pain to clean LOL I feel a little bit better now lol

Originally Posted by Ratel10mm

Congrats on the Deefer & the young 'un....

Then we spent a couple of weeks in Tassie earlier this year. ...

...Unfortunately my wife declared my SIII diesel the arch enemy when it arrived..

hi Ratel10mm
Thanks for your post and tips!! very helpful - she is used to being in the car for a long time up to about 10hrs drive in a day (but this is between Sydney and Melb where there are lots of palce to pull over etc not on long drives across the country etc..

We kind of drive to her routine LOL so when she first wakes up from a sleep we find a nearby park in a suburb and get out and have something to eat and then let her run around and burn some energy then when she goes back into the car we play with some toys etc read some books and then feed her some more and then put her to sleep again lol - sometimes I admit its very stressful she is in the front seat in the middle between us (as there is nowhere else to put her the back of the ute tray is for the dogs LOL but obviously she sometimes has a tantrum too while she is going to sleep as she never wants to sleep (this kid sleeps for about 1-2hrs only since she was 7months old) so she is very active.

how did you find Tassie we are planning to go there for our well overdue (3yr) honeymoon! Did you take your vehicle over on the ship or just hire one out there??

Hubby has a SIII sitting at his old's farm in Esperance WA - it was fun to get in to travel over the bumps at the farm but I dunno about spending long drives in it!! I would have probably declared it Arch Enemy too!

Its got character thats for sure!! but no brakes !! and he ran over my dog LOL within the 1st month of courting him! Dog was all good just a sore paw! But without brakes its not a good thing LOL!!

Originally Posted by Kizzie

Thanks sue - you are lucky you cant get them anymore we had to settle on other ones but I really wanted Black glossy Rims so now we are thinkin we might just powder coat them black instead!! So glad you said they are a pain to clean LOL I feel a little bit better now lol

Oh I didn't order them especially.. my car is an X-Tech limited edition and they came with the car. I was once stopped by another defender driver who had been trying to purchase them from Land Rover but he said was told that they weren't for sale as they were only made for the X-Techs.. (which doesn't bode too well if I ever needed to replace one).. he wanted to buy mine... but he was told that they were not for sale lol..

And a pain to clean is an understatement...