Thread: New Member

Welcome to the site. I'm a new kid on the block also.

You know - the thing about being a Land Rover owner is that you are always going to cop crap from the majority of 4Wheeler Drivers - well I seem to cop it anyway. So it is a relief to get onto this site and talk sensibly with over like-minded people.

But hell, it is disturbing when I see one Land Rover owner giving to my "comrades in arms" over their particular model of Land Rover.

Mate, it is not the model of Land Rover that counts - it is the man or woman behind the wheel that is important. It's the "family" to which we belong - damn, tell me any other make of vehicle where passing vehicle wave at each other! When I meet another Land Rover driver on the highway, parked in the supermarket car-park or in the scrub that bloke or lady is someone I know, immediately, that I can relate to them - and I would bet my left-nut that they are also ready for a "Gidday" and a bit of a yarn. That's what Land Rover owners - regardless of model - are about. Just good people.

I guess I don't expect to see some of this family being bagged out because of carpets or a few luxuries. Hell, my old bloody County had carpets and leather seats! - and young man it was a damned sight better vehicle than my past two Defenders.

As one new bloke to another - check out the threads, get to know the people here and let them get to know you before slinging it.

Don't mean to offend you - just passionate about Land Rover owners copping it.

Well with all of that I reckon I had better get off the soapbox.

Hi HUP,

Off to a good start I see!! Keep going - no-one will remember in a week.

Tell me what you think of the poly-airs replacing the inner springs. My 130 is pretty stiff in the rear suspension when there is no weight in it and I've thought about removing the inner springs and see what it is like with just the outers.

Cheers
David

Far out is he coping it. Give him a break. Come on a GCLRO trip and see how the Defender and Disco drivers go at it. Its all in good fun and I wouldn't have it any other way

And carpet in a defender Oh my God, what next, you'll be saying you drove a Nissan..or yuk..even...a...ah I can't get my fingers to type the words...a...a TOYOTA...oh god I feel so dirty. I'm off the wash my hands

no i have never driven any of those, and just to put your mind at rest the carpet in the defender didn't stay in there very long to much mud in the uk

maybe you should consider having some put in yours (sound deadening for the bu?? sh@t that comes out yeh mouth)

This is funny



Disco's

The Soccermum's Defender.

I would have thought that the first thing you need, to own a Land Rover is, (other than some mechanicial skills) a good sense of humour, I mean have you ever taken the paper oil fillter out of a Td5 or had to undo some perfectley placed nut somewhere, were afterwoods your left standing in the front yard looking at the sky trying to calm yourself and then appologizing to your neighbours for the inappropriate language from under your truck. Clearly not.

When I ruff it I normally go out with three mates. All drive Disco's. One a V8 the other two 300tdi series 2's. They give it to me and my agricultural Defender all day long and of course I give it back. And you know what we have a ball.

For spud boy. Two springs in the rear can be a bit ruff. Try putting the recommended 65 PSI in the rear tyres. Air bag instead of the inner springs. Good idea. I don't have sway bars in the truck, so I run about 10 to 15 PSI in them. It stops most of the sway and gives a good ride. I let the airbags down in the bush which increases the wheel travel and of course I pump them up with a load on.

I broke a shock off on Fraser last year going onto the Island. I pumped the air bags up. I drove for 8 days around the island. You would have never known I didn't have both shocks in the rear.

I will stick with my disco, goes everywhere the equivalent aged fender does, and i have had to tow a few out, but they they towed me out of holes to, after they drove around it.

mmmmmm........... this is starting to sound like the pirate 4x4 forum,,,,,,,
good day mate lets see you out in the tracks ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and i am sure 90%of us know about the insanities coming out of our mouths when servicing or emergency fixing our landys on the side of a hill where most other makes could not get,,,,,,,,,,,, i am disco td5 s2 driver ,,,,,i presume you se qld based
from kelvin