Do not like! Side effects of owning Defender

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Originally Posted by loneranger

Whatever you do don't get a red one. In the Keswick 110 I find I don't have too many problems but it does have a bullbar, spotties and a lightbar so it has a bit of presence. The Montelcino 90 which is still stock seems to be invisible from the amount of people that pull out in front of me or turn across when there is nothing on the road behind me. Hopefully that will all change when I fit a bullbar and lights. ;)

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Absolutely - I have the same issue with my stock Montalcino 110 - people *must* get in front of me no matter what.

I drove back from Lithgow Sat and Sun arvo - up the hill to Bell and on both days I was overtaken desperately at the top of the hill to then have to follow them doing less than 80 till the next over taking lane - where they speed up for the fear of having to follow a defender :twisted:

I have noticed similar behaviour with the Defender, maybe it is because I am leaving a slightly larger gap than I would have with the D2. People must think that we are just too slow...

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Originally Posted by Col 110

Absolutely - I have the same issue with my stock Montalcino 110 - people *must* get in front of me no matter what.

I drove back from Lithgow Sat and Sun arvo - up the hill to Bell and on both days I was overtaken desperately at the top of the hill to then have to follow them doing less than 80 till the next over taking lane - where they speed up for the fear of them having to follow a defender :twisted:

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Hahaha! I can see it in my mind.

My previous car was a Volvo, it prepared me well for the arrogance of other drivers......at least now I look down on them!

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Originally Posted by Rolly

My previous car was a Volvo, it prepared me well for the arrogance of other drivers......at least now I look down on them!

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Probably similar to my experience in the RRV.

On a recent weekend away we got stuck behind a duel cab late model Highlux slowing up significantly on hills while towing with a plume of black smoke from his "upgrade." chip while lumbering over the top.
I passed him on one uphill run in the Puma while towing and left him well behind as we crested.
Once on the open freeway I sat on 110km/h as its a fairly downhill run and guess who took 10km to get around me.
He no sooner got infront and I took the exit but looking at the raw fuel blowing out his exhaust he would have been looking for a servo fairly soon:D

Don't start me on what they do when I'm at work driving 57 tonne of truck:angrylock:

My Perentie is an obvious target of the " must be slow up hills 'cause it's an old army Land Rover" idiots
Since installing a turbo it's great fun to hold the speed limit up hills and watch the dick in the toynispaj have to flog the poor thing he/she drives to keep up, let alone overtake legally
Looks can definitely be deceptive!!

I tend to find when driving my dads Defender TD5 130, I just go, change lanes, pull out into roundabouts, pull out in front of others, do what ever the hell I like, which is exactly how my dad drives... its insured and if other drivers want to take on 3.2 ton of Defender with bullbar, steel tray..... be my guest..

A Defender is perfect for traffic in W.A with all the pig ignorant drivers on the road here.

Regards
Daz

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Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

I tend to find when driving my dads Defender TD5 130, I just go, change lanes, pull out into roundabouts, pull out in front of others, do what ever the hell I like, which is exactly how my dad drives... its insured and if other drivers want to take on 3.2 ton of Defender with bullbar, steel tray..... be my guest..

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Sounds exactly like my defender, and yeah it's pretty hard to not drive like that. And being a tradie I have a stereotype to uphold! :D

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Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

I tend to find when driving my dads Defender TD5 130, I just go, change lanes, pull out into roundabouts, pull out in front of others, do what ever the hell I like, which is exactly how my dad drives... its insured and if other drivers want to take on 3.2 ton of Defender with bullbar, steel tray..... be my guest..

A Defender is perfect for traffic in W.A with all the pig ignorant drivers on the road here.

Regards
Daz

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!!! I shall have to remember this post when I next bring my vehicle in for work to be done Darren.
Thnx. for the warning.
AlanH.