Thread: What does your better half think of Defenders?

Originally Posted by big guy

Simple

If I get one, I can move out.

Yep, that pretty much sums it up.

Hmm-Tempting?

Yep, same for me too......only she elaborated a bit more on the I can move out bit.

My wife thinks the Defender is the epitome of luxury.

That is possibly because it has air conditioning and in a traytop cab it is quite capable of lowering the temperature way below what is comfortable.

It might be because being a traytop, it carries our Trayon camper so she no longer has to sleep on the ground with all the snakes, crocodiles and other nasties.

Perhaps it is because the handle Land Rover thoughtfully put on the dash just inside the passenger door enables her to get in and out quite easily in spite of being 62 years old and 5' 1/2" or 153cm tall.

Or it might be because of the 23 years and couple of hundred thousand kilometres she spent as a passenger in our Series III.

In all that time our Series III always took us wherever we wanted to go and always got there. So she just assumes the Defender will do the same.

The question of her driving it doesn't arise. She simply refuses even to attempt to drive any car except our sedan. She drives our manual 1988 Camry without any worries, but says she couldn't possibly drive our son's manual 1990 Corolla "because it is different".

I'm sure she knows there are quieter, more comfortable vehicles out there, but she isn't interested in them. She accepts that when it comes to getting to some of the beautiful parts of Australia we have seen over the years, the Land Rover makes more sense because it was made to do just that sort of thing.

Originally Posted by vnx205

My wife thinks the Defender is the epitome of luxury.

That is possibly because it has air conditioning and in a traytop cab it is quite capable of lowering the temperature way below what is comfortable.

It might be because being a traytop, it carries our Trayon camper so she no longer has to sleep on the ground with all the snakes, crocodiles and other nasties.

Perhaps it is because the handle Land Rover thoughtfully put on the dash just inside the passenger door enables her to get in and out quite easily in spite of being 62 years old and 5' 1/2" or 153cm tall.

Or it might be because of the 23 years and couple of hundred thousand kilometres she spent as a passenger in our Series III.

In all that time our Series III always took us wherever we wanted to go and always got there. So she just assumes the Defender will do the same.

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I'm sure she knows there are quieter, more comfortable vehicles out there, but she isn't interested in them. She accepts that when it comes to getting to some of the beautiful parts of Australia we have seen over the years, the Land Rover makes more sense because it was made to do just that sort of thing.

AMEN


Mrs ho har

though I am not in the 60's yet

Originally Posted by The ho har's

AMEN


Mrs ho har

though I am not in the 60's yet

Keep working on it. You'll get there - eventually.

How did you get by without the demand for side steps My wife is 3/4" taller than yours and that was the one demand when we bought the Puma: It must have side steps or we are not getting it!

I have so far managed to resist on the Tdi

Originally Posted by dm_td5

How did you get by without the demand for side steps My wife is 3/4" taller than yours and that was the one demand when we bought the Puma: It must have side steps or we are not getting it!

I have so far managed to resist on the Tdi

I'm not sure.

It might have been the 23 years of practising getting in and out of the Series III.

I think I might have hinted on the one occasion when they were tentatively suggested, that they are prone to damage in rocky terrain.

I am also fairly sure she is proud of the fact that she is still able to get in and out without the steps that some old people need.

Yes, problems. But more benefits where it counts.
Easy to reverse park, good tower, plenty of storage, capable, easy access, (but has steps), good seating as standard, economic, good front seat visibility, good mirrors.

Noisy, dusty, too high up for the dog to jump in (not a jumper), little foot room, upright in back seat, limited rear seat visibility. No good for multistorey parking -antennas/rack.

Rovers 4 AND Co.

Originally Posted by dm_td5

How did you get by without the demand for side steps My wife is 3/4" taller than yours and that was the one demand when we bought the Puma: It must have side steps or we are not getting it!

That's why I still have the air suspension working on the Rangie.