Nearly 2 years of searching & researching, finally got a 130!

[Bobby D]

Well I must say I'm pretty bloody excited to have acquired her!

2006 TD5, Crew Cab 130. Picked her up last weekend from a really nice bloke who lived just outside Canberra.
She's been very well looked after, no leaks, plenty of extras (EGR removed, chipped, bigger intercooler, poly air bags, uprated rear axel, winch, bbar, sound proofing etc) and only 166,000 on the clock. I'm pretty confident I've got a good one!

I've spent a lot of hours on here, reading up on what to look for, what to watch out for, TDi vs TD5 etc. So many thanks to all your collective wisdom!
In fact my partner got so sick of me spending so much time reading up on Landies she basically forced me to buy this one, hahaha, thats one way I guess!

She'll be put to work straight away pulling my tool trailer (I'm a carpenter) and I'll make up some drop sides for the tray. But I really can't wait to get her off-road.

I feel like I've joined an exclusive club, and got my first "Defender Wave" the other day (A Green Puma 130 with canvas canopy) and the wide eyed look on my family and friends faces as I pulled into their driveways to show them the new(ish) Landie was priceless, Mum is a fan.

Every morning I can't wait to get out of the house and start her up! Big smile everytime.

Any more solid gold nuggets of advice you good people could lend my way? (she's so far so good, knock wood)

So if you see a big black deefer 130 on the road around the A.C.T. make sure to wave!

[weeds]

Good to see......

[Beery]

Advice? Just love it for the big, perfectly imperfect, beast that it is!

Be careful, they get under your skin

[Bobby D]

Advice? Just love it for the big, perfectly imperfect, beast that it is!

Be careful, they get under your skin

Already starting to happen, I told my partner that just give it a little while and she'll be wanting a 90 before too long.

Lucky Canberra was wiiiiide roads, that turning (or lack there of) circle!

[El Rey]

Big congratulations, that looks like a real rig.

If it was me I might be tempted to take a sleeping bag out and sleep on the tray rather than be parted.

With the Canberra chill, do you plan to leave her parked out of doors, or is there shelter involved?
Where I live there's no more undercover parking, and even parking her on the driveway would block
other vehicles that have to get in and out. So I'm trying to come up with a plan for what to do when
I have the 110. Considered asking the neighbors if I can use some of their large driveway
rather than left out on the street covered in goodies that someone could happen upon in the
night watches.

[Beery]

With the Canberra chill, do you plan to leave her parked out of doors, or is there shelter involved?

Yes, try and arrange some warm stables for her if you haven't done already. She'll thank you for it

[Bobby D]

Unfortunately she's half a metre too tall to fit in our garage. So instead is left out in the open to ice over, the poor thing.

I'm considering my options, but they're limited, as we live in a granny flat out the back of a house owned by the father in law.

New carport is out of the question, so the only options are a waterproof sale to park under.... or, take the roof of the garage and raise it.

[El Rey]

It's a pity there's not a 360 degree batwing awning from someone like Bundutec. You could open it out once you get home so your rig sat under and had some protection. Condensation wouldn't form at the least.

On the plus side, there's all manner of portable car covers you could consider - from cheap to expensive.

https://www.carsolut.com/portable-ga...-pictures-013/

http://www.performancecarcovers.co.u...roductid=16196

Unfortunately she's half a metre too tall to fit in our garage. So instead is left out in the open to ice over, the poor thing.

I'm considering my options, but they're limited, as we live in a granny flat out the back of a house owned by the father in law.

New carport is out of the question, so the only options are a waterproof sale to park under.... or, take the roof of the garage and raise it.

[Grumbles]

My oh my....so much enthusiasm....indeed so much that it spilled out from the PC screen and splashed all over my keyboard........scratch one keyboard.....lol. Just funnin'.

Seems like you got a ripper and well set up too..........let the fun continue.

[NovaRover]

Congratulations she's a beauty, can I ask what the previous owner used for soundproofing? I'm a builder and I still can't wait to start my 130 each morning to head to site . Can't think of a better way to start the day.