Defender 110 ordered - Feeling excited!

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Originally Posted by tailslide

Looks like I missed this boat... Got my VIN number today and it is not showing up in the lookup. The ETA to the dealer is now 19th Feb for me. So it will be another month of watching other people's defenders arriving.:angel:

Cheers
Ron

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So no Awestralia Day rematch of the fishing comp:(:(:(:(:(:(
I could win the last one on a countback.I caught crabs,3 of them:p:p:p:p:p:p
Andrew

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Originally Posted by Andrew86

Yep, mine is a month earlier than I was initially quoted too. I'm not sure if this was to account for worst case scenarios, but it seems like an enormous variance for a date that should be fairly well known. Oh well, at least it isn't a month late!

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I think Southern's put it in an earlier build slot to ensure they have the vehicle before your nominated delivery slot. People are a lot less likely to complain about getting it early than late. Both of ours were early. We made them hold one as we were going on holiday and I figured I'd rather have the money in the bank than the car in the driveway as I wasn't going to be home to drive it anyway.

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Originally Posted by tailslide

Looks like I missed this boat... Got my VIN number today and it is not showing up in the lookup. The ETA to the dealer is now 19th Feb for me. So it will be another month of watching other people's defenders arriving.:angel:

Cheers
Ron

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That's the date mine is scheduled to arrive too, so they're probably travel buddies.

Andrew, congrats on your purchase ... being a 'novice' Defender 110 owner myself of just 2 mths, I wasn't prepared for the honesty and sheer driving pleasure this vehicle generates...the Defender 110 adds a whole new perspective to your everyday drive, somehow you're more appreciative of your surroundings and where the change in 'tempo' brings about an attitudinal change also....Best of luck !

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Originally Posted by El Rey

That's the date mine is scheduled to arrive too, so they're probably travel buddies.

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You could only hope one of them turns up pregnant:D:D:D:D:D
Andrew

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Originally Posted by ULYSSES

the Defender 110 adds a whole new perspective to your everyday drive, somehow you're more appreciative of your surroundings and where the change in 'tempo' brings about an attitudinal change also..

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Well said Ulysses. Agreed, it's a sense of calm and space, difficult to describe. Tranquillo.

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Originally Posted by ULYSSES

the Defender 110 adds a whole new perspective to your everyday drive, somehow you're more appreciative of your surroundings and where the change in 'tempo' brings about an attitudinal change also....Best of luck !

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Thanks Ulysses, I really noticed that change in tempo when I test drove the car last year. Not because the car felt slow necessary, but because I felt no need to drive quickly or hurriedly. It's a great feeling behind the wheel of a Defender, I'm looking forward to a lot more of it soon :)

I just found out my 110 is on the Tulane, by checking the VIN on:

https://www.2wglobal.com/webapps?fra...uickSearchPage

It left Southampton on New Year's Day after being built on 21st of December, and it's ending up at Port Kembla on the 4th of February, since I bought it from a Canberra dealership. I'm going up from Melbourne to pick it up, and I just saw on the schedule it's going to be in Melbourne on the 2nd of February! Ah well, it'll be a good drive to get to know each other :)

Go home the long way, alpine hwy, then via Omeo :p

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Originally Posted by AndyG

Go home the long way, alpine hwy, then via Omeo :p

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Absolutely. A top drive, was there a week or so ago in Gracie.
Pickles.