Newly Purchased MY15 110 - trip home from Dubbo

That's a really nice colour, I haven't seen one before either. The white roof is working for me too. Congratulations!

I've got nearly 6 months to wait before it's my turn. Thanks for sharing :)

The one thing I would do straight away is axle flanges,if I was in your shoe's I'd order them tomorrow. Pat

Nice looking defender pick mine up tomorrow :D

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The one thing I would do straight away is axle flanges,if I was in your shoe's I'd order them tomorrow. Pat

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Thanks Pat - any reason?

Change them now for $30 bucks each and never worry about them again. Pat

To improve the noise levels I had rhinoliner sprayed under. That and some cut up camping foam mattress laid on the inside mollified my wife and young kids. Also I think after a while you get used to it (well somewhat). I was going to use dynamat but never got around to it.

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Change them now for $30 bucks each and never worry about them again. Pat

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I seem to remember a post on this - was this dicussed recently?

Great owner report, loved the read. It all sounds so familiar.
Dont forget to wave :)

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Change them now for $30 bucks each and never worry about them again. Pat

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What do they do? I look up flange on google and wont repeat here. Is it turning circle?

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Coupla tips on gear changes. I had to change my driving style after I first got mine 2yrs ago.

1. Starting off: Typical style is to feed in a bit of throttle to get revs a little above idle and then start letting the clutch pedal up.

I found I had to change that. Now I always take off (in first or second) with no throttle at all. Only when the clutch is 99-100% up then feed in throttle.

2. On the move, upshifting: Had to learn new style here too. It took a while to make this the new habit. What I do when it's time to upshifting is lift off the throttle totally. Clutch pedal down. Shift. Clutch pedal up. Then feed throttle in again. The ECU seems to do a good job of handling the throttle positioning for you for a nice shift.

(But by far the single biggest change to driving smoothness was when I did a BAS Autobiography remap. Really fixes up the throttle curves etc... Smoooooth!)

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Completely agree. Let the clutch come right up before you touch the accelerator.

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