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great lookin defender.. I've had mine 2 months and Im still learning how to drive it the way it likes to be driven..my first land rover as well and I think its fantastic..taken it bush and in the sand its no suzuki sierra (thats what Ive driven for the last 20 years) but it comes close.lol...have fun with it..
Go for a drive it a Tdi or even a Td5, then you will realise the Puma is not so bad after all.:D:pQuote:
Originally Posted by gregc
My 300Tdi is so loud I'm thinking of getting stickers made up - "Deafener 110".
Tdi = Terrible din inside :)
Nice one Greg, she's a fine looking Landy, I hope you have a long & happy relationship with her. My first Landy experience was a SIIA that was given to us as a work vehicle when my old man worked on lighthouses. I reckon I was about four or five years old. Loved em ever since. If she makes ya smile it can only be a good thing.:D Regards Chris,Lisa & Bess.
Greg,
they really do look gorgeous in silver.
Congrats!!!
Dawsey,Quote:
Originally Posted by dawsey
You'll definitely have to come out play with us at some stage... Definitely not a "buggy" like the Suzuki, but it's so much more!!!
Cheers,
Lou
So it's been a few days now and the more I drive it, the more I love it. I'm getting much more used to driving it now, getting used to the turning circle, etc. The smile on my face just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I've started making excuses to go out just so I can drive it ;).
Also I got my first Defender wave the other day :)
I've already left the lights on once haha but luckily I turned around to see if the indicator lights were flashing when I locked it and I noticed, so disaster averted. The interior light comes on when the door's open and I'm used to not having a door light on the dash, one of my old cars was the same. And I'm getting more used to the noise now too, and since the road's not so wet, it's fine now.
I grew up looking at photos of the overland trip my mum did in 1976 in a SIII from the UK across Europe, the Middle East, Nepal and India to Sri Lanka, so it was inevitable that I was going to be a Defender owner, and now I've got one, I couldn't be happier :D
Congratulations Greg,
I am very very very envious and hope you absolutely love your new bus :D
Cheers,
Nige
I went and found some tame offroad tracks the other day. I'm fairly new to 4wding but the car more than made up from my lack of skill ;)
I had some corrugations on the way there, which were fine, but when I went to open the boot I found it full of metal shavings. Has anyone else experienced this?
gregc,
When you say "boot" I assume you're talking about the rear safari door...?:D
Remember your car is hand built and you most probably came across some drilling swarf that was poorly swept when they built it.
Have you found the weird loose flanged nuts yet? :D There seem to be at least couple of those in every new car!
We've speculated on here that its an ongoing practical joke from the factory to make new owners worry what had come loose...
Cheers,
Lou