The benefits of having more than 1 landy

one has a dented front guard...

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Originally Posted by DirtyDawg

I have a 6hr drive today to go down and pick some simex and rims off of Belly down near margret river.. the thought of spending 6hrs in the Recarro with no CD or functional airconditioner with only the rattles and the drumming of the Defender has had me commandere the wifes Disco:D:D Aircon, tinted, Pioneer sound system, quiet:D:D
The Toy is a great fun beast off road but I really have to get it sorted for the longer trips, ie make some sort of quick release for interchanging the seats, get the windows tinted, a decent sound system and a functional aircon..
Defender owners what set up do you have for rear speakers?

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I am not too sure what rear speakers I have but they are very loud and seem to be stuck on playing:
Exhaust brrrrummmmm, tyre plllluuurrrrrrrrr, weird high pitch ringggggggggggggg, strange drrrururrurururu, hint of fffffffzzzzzrrrrrrr and randomly a grrrrrchhhhhhhh.
Absolutely no problem hearing them

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Originally Posted by solmanic

I had two Landies for a while - couldn't tell the difference though...

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7326/imgp1962rt4.jpg

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your lights in the bumper should be turned round.
The side light should be on the outside,not indicator:)

are the tyres the same size?

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Originally Posted by 90

I am not too sure what rear speakers I have but they are very loud and seem to be stuck on playing:
Exhaust brrrrummmmm, tyre plllluuurrrrrrrrr, weird high pitch ringggggggggggggg, strange drrrururrurururu, hint of fffffffzzzzzrrrrrrr and randomly a grrrrrchhhhhhhh.
Absolutely no problem hearing them

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And the lullying sound of bubbling mud with a V8 conductor doing his best;)

I have already confirmed that the tyres are different. My real interest was in the manufacturing differences between the two.

One on the left is a 2003 model - but still 02MY model spec.
One on the right was a 2002, 02MY model.

The factory specifications are IDENTICAL in every respect but some of you may now know what the "unseen" major difference is...

BTW, what's that about the front bumper indicator lights???

built in different countries?

Umm why did you ever have 2 like this in the 1st place ?

As for the benefits of owning 2 Landies:

Just when one is sorted, the other one will $hit itself, enabling you to spend more mon... umm, love on it.

There is a major disadvantage of owning a RR and a Defender. The missus will insist the Defender is "YOURS" and is the off-road car while the RR is "HERS" and shouldn;t be taken off road in case it gets a scratch or something.

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

built in different countries?

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CORRECT! You now go into the draw to win a meat tray at my local RSL.

One on the left is dodgy British manufacturing and the one on the right is dodgy South African manufacturing.

As for why I had two - the "older" one had been around the block a few thousand more times so I thought I would trade-up to a much newer one still under warranty. Some people may have noticed that last year there were many, many more Defenders for sale in Sydney than in Brisbane (I was informed that this had something to do with several local councils implementing some draconian urban bullbar restrictions - not sure if this was true) Consequently I was able to sell-off the older one here for the same price as I could get the newer one down south.

It was pure fluke that they were the same colour but it was kind of nice having a "fleet" for a few weeks.

Would like another Rangie or Disco but too poor :( :(

The Rangie's great off-road with the lockers, winch, 33's etc.. but on-road whilts it drives well, also has no carpet and the 3.5 isn't a powerhouse and drinks more than me on a hot day it's just not a practical, especially on easier club trips where a less modified LR would suffice (would rather save the Rangie for more hardcore gear).

With the price of half-decent S1 Discos plummeting, the wait may not be as long :D

Trav