Thread: Any Defender 130 owners near ChCh?

what do you need to know??


they are a real gem to drive...totally capable off and on road....and a top touring vehicle as well.... .no good in the shopping centre but people are getting to know me driving around now

BTW no where near Christchurch NZ sorry

Mrs ho har

Yeah I know no good me posting too far away but I wanted to get the good points up there


Mrs ho har

Originally Posted by The ho har's

what do you need to know??

they are a real gem to drive...totally capable off and on road....and a top touring vehicle as well.... .no good in the shopping centre but people are getting to know me driving around now

Mrs ho har

Over the years I've heard a lot of people say they would love a 130 CC, but they procrastinate about how big they are and the associated problems with the size.
In actual fact, they are shorter and narrower than a Ford Falcon Wagon. I've only had my 130 for a few months, but I've found it no problem at all. It even has a tighter turning circle than the Td5 Xtreme I had before it.

Sorry if your thread is not meant for these points of discussion. I just wanted to add to MHH's comments.

Cheers, Murray

Originally Posted by rijidij

... It even has a tighter turning circle than the Td5 Xtreme I had before it...

How did you manage that? My 130 has a turning circle that's of Titanic proportions.

Completely off topic, Sorry

Originally Posted by The ho har's

what do you need to know??


they are a real gem to drive...totally capable off and on road....and a top touring vehicle as well.... .no good in the shopping centre but people are getting to know me driving around now

BTW no where near Christchurch NZ sorry

Mrs ho har

The long story... we're planning a trip around Aussie but the cost of shipping our 110 across the ditch and back is just too much so we were thinking of buying a 130 in Aussie. I was wanting to "eyeball" one up close to see similarities/difference between the 130 & the 110.

Another thing we're considering is to ship some bits off our 110 to fit onto the 130 (underbody protection, locking diffs, radios etc.) for the duration of the trip. We wouldn't then be sinking the costs of these into the 130 and not being able to recover them when we have to resell it at the end of the trip. I'm guessing they are very similar apart from 20" (or is it 17") added to the chassis.

One thing I was interested in is the set up for mounting rear seats in the 130 and how they compare to the 110. I've modified the rear seats in our 110 to take a pair of high back Defender front seats, they just bolt on like the originals, inclduing folding forward. They are much more comfortable for the kids and I was wondering if they too could be shipped and fitting to the 130 in Aussie.

Cheers, LandieMan.

... and no worries about the off topic replies. It's all about Land Rovers so it's fine by me.

Originally Posted by LandieMan

The long story... we're planning a trip around Aussie but the cost of shipping our 110 across the ditch and back is just too much so we were thinking of buying a 130 in Aussie. I was wanting to "eyeball" one up close to see similarities/difference between the 130 & the 110.

Another thing we're considering is to ship some bits off our 110 to fit onto the 130 (underbody protection, locking diffs, radios etc.) for the duration of the trip. We wouldn't then be sinking the costs of these into the 130 and not being able to recover them when we have to resell it at the end of the trip. I'm guessing they are very similar apart from 20" (or is it 17") added to the chassis.

One thing I was interested in is the set up for mounting rear seats in the 130 and how they compare to the 110. I've modified the rear seats in our 110 to take a pair of high back Defender front seats, they just bolt on like the originals, inclduing folding forward. They are much more comfortable for the kids and I was wondering if they too could be shipped and fitting to the 130 in Aussie.

Cheers, LandieMan.

I am no expert when to comes to technical stuff...but the 110 an 130 have completely different payloads...130's have helper springs in the rear unlike the 110....if you want to change the seats then you will need an engineers certificate which will cost you...on another thought why do you want to bring all the under body stuff over including diff locks if you are here for a holiday

keep in mind if you have a Salisbury diff the locker won't go into a Land rover diff or other way around...the later 130's have rover diffs...

we travel all over Aust in our 130 with open diffs and a 1 ton camper on the back and have never used the winch once or ever got stuck.....



Mrs ho har

Originally Posted by The ho har's

...on another thought why do you want to bring all the under body stuff over including diff locks if you are here for a holiday

Have you been talking to my wife?? Of course those $1000's I've spent on "all that stuff for the truck" has been absolutely essential equipment, what madness to suggest it's not...

Originally Posted by The ho har's

..we travel all over Aust in our 130 with open diffs and a 1 ton camper on the back and have never used the winch once or ever got stuck.....

Mrs ho har

Sounds like you might be a better driver than me...

Your advise is of course very sound and is much appreciated. It's easy to forget that these trucks are very capable out of the box.

Cheers, LandieMan