I want a defender, I want a defender!
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Ive got a Defender, its in bits, many, many bits, but its getting there.......
If the weather warms up enough for paint I reckon another 4 weeks and she'll be done......
Paul
If the weather warms up enough for paint I reckon another 4 weeks and she'll be done......
Paul
Awsome mate the only thing that could make that picture better is if it was in your living room!
Land Rovers strike me as a vehicle from the heyday of the British automobile industry. Which is a long time ago now. I've never forgotten reading a main feature in Land Rover Owner magazine a few years back. Midway through a review of a day out it contained the line "...and what would a day out in a Land Rover be without a breakdown?" Nuff said!
Get a Hilux and spend your time driving instead staring into the engine bay in a depressed state.
Get a Hilux and spend your time driving instead staring into the engine bay in a depressed state.
TurboGirl
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Hahaha he just doesn't understand us, lads
If Paul and Daves pics don't stir your soul, you obviously have driven Jap stuff far too long It was a series wave LONG before defenders were dreamt of... it came from having to wave folk outta the way after encountering uneven road surfaces and unexpected cambers. There's also special driving styles for lady lanny drivers where on long journeys, you end up forcing your elbows into your rib cage to prevent the excruciatingly painful condition known as Landrover Nipple from all the bouncing
Hahaha he just doesn't understand us, lads
It was a series wave LONG before defenders were dreamt of... it came from having to wave folk outta the way after encountering uneven road surfaces and unexpected cambers. There's also special driving styles for lady lanny drivers where on long journeys, you end up forcing your elbows into your rib cage to prevent the excruciatingly painful condition known as Landrover Nipple from all the bouncing
Turbogirl, you do realise that most male landy owners don't see that many women and quotes like that last one just get them all excited and sweaty... They won't sleep now and will be tired and grumpy in the morning while trying to get their landies to start.
I have been a Defender owner for years, but I'd still choose the Jap stuff for a serious journey.
They do say that 75% of all Landies ever made haven't been scrapped. This is because 80% of those are sitting in a garage/shed with the bonnets open and some worried bearded guy muttering "Must get that back on the road one day." I do love 'em, maybe when Landies grow up they become G-Wagons?
Triggers brush, only the parts are more expensive!
Had a fender and a disco that cost me a fortune in fuel and repairs. Now got an xtrail doing 40mpg.
Had a fender and a disco that cost me a fortune in fuel and repairs. Now got an xtrail doing 40mpg.
As I've said on here before, we have many different flavours of 4x4 on our shoot, including the ones that smell of raw fish, but when there's grain to be carted or real work to be done it's always the landies that get used, while the Itsa-karsies etc stand around on the nice flat concrete keeping clean!
If you do get a defender (or any other landy really) buy a decent grease gun and don't skimp on using it and remember where ALL the grease points are.
I think I'll soon have to wash mine too, it's been nearly 3 years!
Dave
If you do get a defender (or any other landy really) buy a decent grease gun and don't skimp on using it and remember where ALL the grease points are.
I think I'll soon have to wash mine too, it's been nearly 3 years!
Dave
Can't post up pics because I'm at work but this thread has some landy porn in it
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88512&highlight=
If you have one there are about 5 or 6 times a year they just make total sense, this thread was one of them
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88512&highlight=
If you have one there are about 5 or 6 times a year they just make total sense, this thread was one of them
Use mine for off roading and every day... only do the normal maintance..... had no real problems, just the normal you would expect of any motor used off road....
They do like to be used, I had a ratty series 3 called smurf ( my avatar) When I got it I used it every day, for a few years with out any problems, apart from the 13mpg. When I stopped using it every day things started going wrong, the worst was teh clutch rusting to the fly wheel. It was like retirement had drained its soul, with in a year of retirement the whole hydrolic system was replaced, clutch plate , starter motor and a lot of other niggly little bits. Good job it had a galvanised chassis or it would have gone to the scrappy
I have a g-wagen, its my second, but its to smooth reliable and just to dam nice to take off roading! hence the awful hankering for a defender! there is just so many things to tinker with, ebay bits to buy and fiddle with!
Actually they say 76% of all landrovers ever made are still on the road.
The other 24% have made it home!
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