Thread: "EVERYBODY" Loves The Defender?

"EVERYBODY" loves the Defender

Thankfully not, otherwise we would just be like all the other 4x4 drivers,,,, just another one on the road.

I've been lucky to experience some of this too. Even had a couple of Toyota owners give her the big thumbs up.

Originally Posted by Chops

"EVERYBODY" loves the Defender

Thankfully not, otherwise we would just be like all the other 4x4 drivers,,,, just another one on the road.

I've been lucky to experience some of this too. Even had a couple of Toyota owners give her the big thumbs up.

Yes, our youngest son the tradie who has a modded Hilux has done a couple of jobs for me on 'George' and seems to be growing to appreciate it as a Meccano-style truck which is easily modified. One of his tradie mates has a 130 loaded up with carpentry gear which is a real beast - mini cars hide in fright when it comes down the road.

Originally Posted by 90@

Chenz, that 130 of yours is a nice machine, I drive past it a fair bit when I'm in Sydney, ( I live a few streets away from you).
Also I like the older Red 130 (think it's a TD5) with the camper on the back in the next street to you.
Regards,
Mike.

P.s. My girlfriend loves the skull you have on the front!

Its a camel skull I found out near Geosurveys Hill on the last Edjit adventure.

The Td5 up the road also has a Trayon and the guy that owns it has many mods on it as well.

Next time you drive past drop in and say hi.

I was bailed up by a chap the other day at the local BP who told me the 300TDi was "champion" and that he'd never seen one like it. Chatted for a while about the Perentie he wants to get.

This is fairly common when stopping in a public place. The interesting thing is that young boys are drawn to them and can't take their eyes off them. I think its because they look like something from a Boy's Own adventure, which I have to confess was always what attracted me to them. They look like adventure on wheels.

They are certainly an adventure to own

Originally Posted by steane

I was bailed up by a chap the other day at the local BP who told me the 300TDi was "champion" and that he'd never seen one like it. Chatted for a while about the Perentie he wants to get.

This is fairly common when stopping in a public place. The interesting thing is that young boys are drawn to them and can't take their eyes off them. I think its because they look like something from a Boy's Own adventure, which I have to confess was always what attracted me to them. They look like adventure on wheels.

They are certainly an adventure to own

And never a truer word was spoken - we must have shared parallel childhoods

It is true that everyone loves a defender - even the nuffies. My wife got to the point of cringing and or hiding on our trip around Australia when someone approached us to talk about the 110. It seems that we got approached by every single nutter that "didn't get into the army because they failed a psych test" but love defenders coz that's what the army drive etc etc the whole way around. Deranged mall cops comes to mind - they went for the next best thing because they couldn't get into the police force. My wife still thinks 95% of landy owners are nuts Which if I'm honest does tend to be on the money

Originally Posted by Chenz

Its a camel skull I found out near Geosurveys Hill on the last Edjit adventure.

The Td5 up the road also has a Trayon and the guy that owns it has many mods on it as well.

Next time you drive past drop in and say hi.

Talking about things on our trucks, mine has a plastic snake tied into the bulbar. Funnily enough, I didn't buy the snake. When our previous D1 came back from the workshop the last time, the snake was attached to the roofrack - I assume by a mechanic at the workshop who was having a joke.
I liked it so much I kept it when we sold the D1 and have added it to the Defender. The head pokes out of a hole in the bulbar. I have seen people walk past, do a double-take and start laughing. Kids love it.
Just an example of how Landy's are more interesting than ordinary trucks, I guess (or else that I have a warped sense of humour).

Well I must say I've wanted a defender for as long as I can remember, my dream finally come true when I bought my first new car in 2013. Somehow it got muddled up along the way because my wife has ended up with a defender . She is constantly asked questions about it at supermarkets, service stations and all over the place. If we get out somewhere and someone starts talking to me about it she makes sure they know it's her car. Sometimes she lets me borrow it and she also let's me clean it. I drive an 89 Volvo 240, it's ok though while I do 1200km a week she only does a couple hundred.(glass half full)