Thread: Defender Owners with 3+kids who go touring.....

The rear seats of the 130 are very upright. Ok for small kids but would not put older ones in there for longer trips. I guess could be modified but have not heard of anyone doing this??

How old are your kids?,unless you threaten them with being dumped on the side of the road it's been my experience that sooner or later they will **** each other off and start fighting regardless of room,in a defender there is enough for two kids and a cooler in the middle or three kids without the cooler,there's lots of room under the seats for books,toys anything else kids carry,plenty of head room and you can get TV screens that fit on the head rests so they can watch movies.Heaps of room in the back for your gear fridge,food box,tent etc or you can fit a roof rack,all over good,the 130 has a stupid amount of capacity,5 people with a ton of payload,not as easy to park though. Pat

Another option is to do what I've done with our 130 dual cab, that is fit a center front seat from a single cab defender ute to make it a six seater dual cab. We have three kids, they all love sitting in the front middle which leaves a space between the other two in the back, priceless for peace! You could do the same with a 110 also.
Cheers,
Andrew.

I think the age of your kids will be the deciding factor. I wouldn't put kids in their teens in the second row personally, but thats just me. The 130 seats are def more upright then the 110, so I think that vehicle would punish teenagers even more.

Currently the kids ages are 12, 11, 9 so I don't have a real problem now , but my next tourer I want to last me a long time which means its got to be suitable for the kids when they are teenagers..... My 1 st preference is the 110, mainly due to it being used as a daily driver and it being easier to park, etc.

Originally Posted by PAT303

How old are your kids?,unless you threaten them with being dumped on the side of the road it's been my experience that sooner or later they will **** each other off and start fighting regardless of room,in a defender there is enough for two kids and a cooler in the middle or three kids without the cooler,there's lots of room under the seats for books,toys anything else kids carry,plenty of head room and you can get TV screens that fit on the head rests so they can watch movies.Heaps of room in the back for your gear fridge,food box,tent etc or you can fit a roof rack,all over good,the 130 has a stupid amount of capacity,5 people with a ton of payload,not as easy to park though. Pat

Pat, thanks for that. Good to know about the room under the seats... We usually try and stop and stretch our legs and get the kids out of the car every 2-3hrs before WW3 starts in the back.

I assume that the interior dimensions of the 110 are all pretty much the same from '94 models all the way through to the current 110's ??

Originally Posted by Robmacca

I assume that the interior dimensions of the 110 are all pretty much the same from '94 models all the way through to the current 110's ??

Yup, it's just the 2007 on had different seats and dash with good air con.