Thread: waves... disappointing! - and a pic of new defender!

Originally Posted by D-Fender

That is a seriously awesome pic! Love the colour, and looks great with the dirty tires.

Cheers,
Andy.

Thanks i like to make an effort with the pics!

Originally Posted by stooge

Cant believe how clean it is... almost looks like you used 'spray on' mud on the tyres

trust me it wasnt clean... everything you touched made you red.... before we went up tho i gave it a good coat of wax which seemed to make sure the dry dust didnt hold too well... it looks far cleaner in the pic!

Originally Posted by dm_td5

Nice rig. How do you find the sun visor?

There's a Td5 Defender up here that's the same colour.

Loved Kalbarri when we were there in September.

Glad im not the only one of this colour! The sun visor doesnt bother me apart from heading into a strong wind when it flaps a bit... oh and the fixing screws rub against the door..

Originally Posted by easo

Nice photo, make a good avatar pics.

Easo

ta... i may well do that!

Originally Posted by big guy

They didn't wave because your rig is way too clean.
Could have been blinded by the glare.
I just come back from a trip and out of say 10 Landy sightings, 2 waved.
That was dismal, my wife kept a tally and paid me out about my pathetic landy wave and how its old fashioned.

I can't help it, my hand just goes up.

Might have to change my ways though.
Its a tad embarressing.

Very nice looking rig. Now go and get it dirty. Watch everyone wave than.

He he ... so im not the only dissapointed one then! honestly it was dirty... and the glare wasnt that bad dont know why it came out so shiny on the pic... i gave it a wash down when we got home and it turned the little road we live on an orange colour... so there was plenty of dust hanging on!

the wave wasnt automatic for me... but its now getting that way... nice when you get a wave back tho!

Thanks

Steve

Still looks as pristine as I saw it a couple of years ago Steve.
Hope it treats you well.
Told you it was well worth having a look at
Andrew

Great looking Defender!

How did the sun visor go? And where did you get it from?

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Still looks as pristine as I saw it a couple of years ago Steve.
Hope it treats you well.
Told you it was well worth having a look at
Andrew

Thanks Andy... yes it was well worth the look and you cost me a lot of $$$$ oh well.. you cant take it with you! fishing trip not forgotten!

Originally Posted by 3.9County

Great looking Defender!

How did the sun visor go? And where did you get it from?

Thanks!

As quite a few people have asked.. the sunvisor is from a company called hy-way sunvisors link to the catalogue following http://www.hyway.com.au/catalogue/stone_guards.pdf

i didnt buy the sunvisor it was already attached.

this one looks fairly old and looks like its been taken off something else, as its green on the underside (not that you can see it to notice)

I have never driven a defender without one.. so i cant tell you what difference it makes, but it doesnt really impact visibility, it doesn make the car harder to clean, and it does flap a bit into wind or when you get hit by a road train wake... cant decide if i like it aesthetically yet tho!

Thanks

Steve

Seems you have been spotted Steve,see the WA Aulroian Spoted thread
Mate when I saw it I almost tried to do a swap+$$$$$ for BlackBetty but couldnt gaurantee BlackBetty was up to the swap.
Sad thing is,John bought an Exploder after selling the Defender,and it looks to be a lemon!!!
Andrew

hehe brad and his beady eyes eh!

i saw the exploder that he bought... didnt look too bad except the huge alloys.. he seemed happy cause it was bit more comfy for his older bones... i hope its not as bad as a lemon... as i felt bad enough for taking the defender off his hands.

think we cheered him up tho... we sent him an xmas card with a few bits that we found in the car.. including some paper money, surprised him i think! and we got a very nice letter back from them. Fantastic people... shame the younger generation cant learn to be like them.... (wow did i really say that? i must be getting old!)

Thanks

Steve

Yes Steve
I dont know that they make old fellas like that one anymore.
He rang me and thanked me for putting him in touch with somebody worthy of looking after his Defender.
Nice people!!!!
Andrew

Great colour but rewind a minute... did you say you WAX a Defender ?!