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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347   
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I'm quite torn about it, a huge part of me want to encourage her into driving my 110 and nurture it so that when she comes to buy her one she will be looking at 110s rather than Kia Piccantos or Renault Twingos....
But yet when she turns to me and says "Can I drive?" my instant reaction is "no, mine!" and I have to suppress it! Still it is early days yet and she needs much more practice before she can go do her test. Can't wait until she can afford her own though, another 110 on the drive is only ever going to be a good thing. Unless I get a 130 and then give her the 110 to drive......Hummmm. Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197 Self confessed mileage hunter  |
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7th Jun 2015 5:52pm |
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| steventheplumber Member Since: 29 Apr 2014 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 767  
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I hate it when Glo goes in for work! Looks wrong somebody else behind the wheel.
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8th Jun 2015 9:53am |
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| bluebottle Member Since: 08 May 2015 Location: Not in my Landy enough! Posts: 705
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So far only me and my mother - I let her have a go because she's thinking of getting another and she's driven LR before...
I'd like to get the wife interested in it a bit but she's not too keen just yet, intimidated by the bus-like size and handling! |
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8th Jun 2015 10:26am |
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| I Like Old Skool Member Since: 23 Feb 2015 Location: Manchester Posts: 814 
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Ha, what a bizarre lot you are! I have always encouraged anyone to drive my 4x4s. In the past I have let parents use them, neighbours, fellow 4x4 club members. I always look at it this way, off-road I treat them pretty rough and if something breaks then that is good because it either needed fixing anyway or presents an opportunity to improve. Nobody is likely to be as hard on them as I am (that's not saying I drive them badly) so if I am unlikely to break something then neither are they.
Strangely, it always gave me a bit of a thrill watching my wife drive the 90 or my Cherokee XJ up the road on her way to work on the days when we swapped cars. She hasn't even sat in my current one yet and I have had it over 6 months  |
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8th Jun 2015 9:49pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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Seeing as the 110 is our only vehicle I have to let S.H.M.B.O. drive.
I don't have any problems with it When we had a Land Rover each when we were working I would drive what vehicle the keys fitted that I had picked up. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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9th Jun 2015 3:09pm |
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