Thread: Daughter wants Defender <sob>

Originally Posted by Michael2

If she heads up there in a Corolla she will be land locked in a small town - like being under house arrest. Give her the Defender so she can get out and about. You don't want her hanging around with the kind of people that just loitter around outback towns.

Maybe she had better get an older HiLux?

Hey, what gives with you blokes suggesting I giver her a car? I've never given my kids cars, they've had to buy their own.

Ron

How can we pick on your spelling mistake in the title, now you've edited it out? "wantsd"

Originally Posted by rovercare

How can we pick on your spelling mistake in the title, now you've edited it out? "wantsd"

Yair! I saw that this morning and fixed it. You'll have to get out of bed earlier!

Ron

Maybe she should buy GreyLandy's old Defender.

Ron

G'Day Ron
I feel your pain
while I (and everyone else on here) would much rather our landys over anything Jap, unless you have the means to maintain a landy yourself (or know someone local who can do it for you at the right price) lets face it a landy is not the car for you
(truth is I have talked a friend (toyjo driver) out of buying one because he is extremely fussy about everything has to work exactly right, doesn't know how to hold a spanner and then complains every time it costs him money to get something fixed) He love my landys (look and ability) but I know if he buys one he'll never stop complaining to me about it.
So unless she's good with the tools (don't laugh a mate of mines daughter is an account and was very good with fixing her own cars, although she now has the $ to pay the stealer to maintain her new Mercedes )
I would suggest a Jap 4wd diesel ute (like you say hilux or similar)
that way she can have the bullbar (wildlife protection) some toughness for dirt roads and a little off road ability and at the same time have a car that needs little more than oil changes and the local mechanic is familiar with

good luck
Jase

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

If she can afford it ( and she has permanent work so she can!!) then let her get one. She's a big girl now. She'll be safer in that than a Corolla anyway coz she won't be trying to do 180k/hr in it...and while you think she might be a good driver, take no risks etc as we all think of our own kids...fact is they get a bit silly on occasion (ask me...I have 2 that age bracket!!).
She won't get caught speeding either and have the big fines to pay
She can go play on days off with the WALROvians

PS Both my kids would love LR's but neither has the job to be able to afford to buy so they have to suffer the poorby things they are driving now.

The first speeding fine I have had in years was in my TD5 disco

Let her ron, she's 21 now, its time to let go.

Seriously ron, if she is heading to WA a defender is going to come off better in an animal strike, and will better cope with the roads, they are drivable in the city, pretty good on fuel, and not a rocket ship so she wont be able to get her self in to much trouble speed wise. Matt

Ron made another spelling mistake - he typed in hilux - the girl wants a Landy!

And when she gets she can join this club.

GQ