Thread: Defender.. 4WD of the Year...Yeah!

After reading Ace's excellent post on the journos with the new Defenders it set me thinking (which many would argue that is cause to reach for Valium or Advil).

Allow me to digress here... wasn't that a fantastic thread of Ace's - pictures that satisfied a multitude of our curiosities and a well written, factual report to boot.

And, as I have a Tullamore Dew in hand I can digress further... whoever is responsible, or partly responsible for Ron's self-imposed sabatical I hope you have wooden legs and get caught in a bushfire. It is/was comfortable knowing Ron was there to correct spelling and grammar.

Anyways... I woke up in a cold sweat....the nightmare was real....the Defender had won 4WD of the Year.

Fantastic you say.

Hell no. This was hell.

In my nightmare I saw Metro-sexuals driving Defenders - now I had best type that again... I saw Metro-sexuals driving Defenders.

Now do you believe me when I say I was having a nightmare.

Yeah, and I know I make Pat303's day just because I drive a Defender - in a collar and tie - but he and I need to discuss that over a a beer next Easter in Cooma.

Then, in my nightmare I saw Soccer-Mums dropping-off Little Johnny - in a Defender..... and all of this as a result of the 4WD of the Year Award.

Damn... Non-Land Rover people were driving Defenders..... we know there are Non-Land Rover People driving Discovery's.... but a Defender!!!!!!

Think about it - a "cool" black 130 - lowered (yes lowered!!!!!!) with 24 inch wheels and low profiles...........winch, chrome hi-lift jack.....and you question my nightmare???

My nightmare went further....allow me to re-cap.... Defender = 4WD of the Year = Metro-sexuals driving Defenders (and fitting every conceivable extra - including automatic Latte coffee machines) and Soccer-Mums vehicle of choice - a true nightmare indeed...........a Land Rover wave? Yeah... the best one could hope for is a slightly cocked fifth digit to indicate the Verdelho is chilled (yeah righto.... some would say Chardonnay but it is my story and I don't mind a Chardonnay on the boat at 4.30pm so Verdelho it is ......right!)...back to the nightmare...

It rained!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks be The Lord.........it rained!!!!!!!!

Soccer Mums were covered in water....Metro-sexuals had the indignity of Hugo Boss suits drenched with rainwater...............whilst they were driving the 4WD of the Year.!!!!!!!

My nightmare turned to a H2O dream.......many, many, many Defenders on the market fitted with the Complete Metro-sexual Pack (including Coffee Machine) at a very cheap price.

I'm a selfish bugger.... I want the World Of Land Rover to remain but I feel we are entering the end of an era - no, the end of a legend - and it saddens me greatly.

Originally Posted by JamesH

A woman driving a Defender definitely floats my boat.

Copy that.