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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816   
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We are early starters, and this morning at 08.00 hrs the Mrs. and I took off in the Defender with a morning picnic to do some sightseeing at the other side of the lake. Crispy cold but sunny, and we covered over 200 km strolling thru some of our favorite villages in cantons de Genève and Vaud upto Morges. A little flavor here....
09.00 hrs stopped in the center of one of our favorite villages, Céligny, for breakfast picnic. No doubt some people were watching us suspiciously from behind the curtains. 
 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Pictures at the nice, but now discontinued, little railway station in Céligny Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge A lakeside stop in the old village of St.Prex... Click image to enlarge ...where thanks to mrs. ericvv shouting I just did not back up into this flower container. Need a reverse camera I think. 
Click image to enlarge A few kilometer from the lake uphill in Mont sur Rolle Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge And last, the railway station in Morges, well known to someone on the forum 
Click image to enlarge Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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1st Jan 2015 5:54pm |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127  
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Looked like a great day was had!
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Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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1st Jan 2015 5:57pm |
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| Ellisboy Member Since: 13 Oct 2013 Location: Deep South Posts: 539 
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great pictures! |
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1st Jan 2015 8:59pm |
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| mick Member Since: 08 Feb 2010 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 2109  
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its so not fare
 all i managed was a wind swept walk near Walton cannal
Great pics |
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2nd Jan 2015 7:24pm |
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| JAY BOY Member Since: 04 May 2010 Location: Not here Posts: 1706 
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What a great day out
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2nd Jan 2015 7:26pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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It was a great day indeed. The 200 km we covered yesterday, even if the roads were dry and weather sunny, left the car covered with quite a bit of salt. So today the big cleanup, hot pressure shampoo for the chassis (not too close to not damage the Dinitrol), followed by a good professional carwash which we are lucky to have closeby, and then towel dry the entire truck. Treated the door hinges with ACF50, the towing electrics with WD-40, and then did the early January annual modification (as in pictures below), before putting the truck into dry covered storage for the next couple of days as forecast here is for milder temps, but with rain, which means a salty wintry solution on the roads for some time to come which is something I want to avoid. Prior to parking up the truck also filled the tank up completely with BP Ultimate as in winter I prefer to keep it full to limit the chance of condensation due to temp variations.
The annual mod changed the truck from this... Click image to enlarge ...to this Click image to enlarge Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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2nd Jan 2015 9:34pm |
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| mick Member Since: 08 Feb 2010 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 2109
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 big mistake spraying the electrics with WD40 wash it off and use ACF50 on them |
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2nd Jan 2015 9:44pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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Only use WD-40 for inside the two towing electric plugs as it is a water repellant. And it keeps both 12N and 12S plugs as new already for years. Nowhere else on the truck I use that stuff. As said ACF50 on the door hinges today.
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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2nd Jan 2015 10:02pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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Answer: No, not yet, but will check it out..... Or better, maybe the day will come that we can check it out together.  You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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2nd Jan 2015 10:11pm |
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