18 Month-Old Obsessed with my ‘Brooma!’

[Landy Red]

So guys, here is my problem/blessing, my 18 month old son is in love with my Defender. He loves the tyres, the bulbar, the doors, the winch; everything! He just wants to sit in the driver’s seat and hear the engine. He walks around it and proclaims, ‘My broomar.’

When we try and put him in his car seat in the Ford Ranger, (our family car) he looses it and just wants to go in the ‘broomar’ -the Defender. Iv’e made him a seat in the Defender and take him on weekend drives (which he loves.) But it’s not really a suitable family get around car. Hence why she has the Ranger.

Anyone else out there having/had similar problems!?

[87County]

Quick solution, make the broomar the family car before he kicks up a stink (in any of the numerous variations available to him).

Don't worry about it, we recently had the opportunity of observing that it has become fairly common for modern families to allow their offspring to rule the roost :) .

I proffer this advice as I am writing following a visit from our grandkids who happened to also bring their parents with them. The recovery of our usual domestic calm now seems to be almost complete as they all left last Monday.

[Zeros]

Fantastic 😊 your 18 month-old tastemaker is wise beyond his years. He’s clearly identified the design classic over the mundane. ...Defenders have been family adventure vehicles for how many decades? ...I drove a big dualcab ute for a couple of years bftween Defenders because I was trying to be ‘sensible’. I found it more difficult to park, poor rear vision, less securely planted on the road, and less respected by other motorists. Defenders command a different type of respect and space in the world. I believe they are very safe to drive partly because of this. My ‘Broomer’ as daily driver is easier to park and manoeuvre in the city, it’s shorter and it’s a 110!, it’s got better visibility and it’s much more fun to drive. I’m with your son! Get him a 90 for his 2nd birthday :) it’ll last a lifetime.

[Landy Red]

Thanks guys, that's the best advice I've heard: 'buy him a 90 for his second birthday!' The only thing holding me back from the defender being the family car is it comfort on longer drives, around town it's fine, great even, but a 5-hour journey into the city and back in the defender, through the windy and steep sections especially, gets a bit tiresome after a while - and is unnecessary k's on the old 300tdi. We are actually thinking of getting rid of the ranger and getting an older model Mercedes or similar for those highway trips.