 | Home > My Defender > What Did You Do In Your Defender Today |
 
|
|
|
| Pam W Member Since: 25 Oct 2011 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1169   
|
Just got confirmation that mine has been loaded and is at sea, due to arrive in Botany Bay on 16th Feb.
Can't wait ! Smile factor is going to be HUGE ! when we get there! Our blog - http://landytravels.com/ Yorkshire Off Road Club - http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net |
||
3rd Jan 2014 12:37pm |
|
| borderterrier Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1677  
|
Forgot to say that was fully loaded with pax and dogs as well as luggage. Head wind most of the way and I averaged 31.9 mpg! |
||
|
3rd Jan 2014 12:55pm |
|
| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
|
Broke out the Sankey for the annual ritual of taking the christmas tree to the tip
 Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
||
|
3rd Jan 2014 12:56pm |
|
| Mac87 Member Since: 06 Nov 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 64
|
Went to log up a tree that fell into one of my fields. Got in there fine, loaded her up, got ten yards and got her bogged
 Followed by a half mile trudge to get the JCB. |
||
|
3rd Jan 2014 5:03pm |
|
| Green Machine Member Since: 19 Nov 2010 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1226 
|
Drove back down from the Lakes. 2 and a bit hours, half a tank of diesel and a great big smile on my face the whole way! 2 adult passengers and one labrador and a whole load of stuff. Never ceases to amaze me how much you can get in a 90! (One with side-facing rear seats anyway).  2005 Td5 | 90 Station Wagon | Tonga Green |
||
|
3rd Jan 2014 6:10pm |
|
| Alex1976 Member Since: 23 Jan 2013 Location: Buckingham Posts: 596
|
Despite the rain I went out and fitted my new driving lights. Really pleased witht eh quality feel of them and decent stainless steel fittings. I have been looking for some nice neat driving lights for a while, but everything was quite big and as I wasn't looking for mega power 'nuclear burst' brightness, just some useful extra light for driving country roads at night I thought these might just fit the bill. They sit on the Defender bumper just perfect with no overhang and look like they belong, not some after thought bolted on.
They are 25W CREE LED and seem eye damaging bright just in the daytime. I had been looking at them at the shows last year as Bolt On Bits sell them. £125 a pair at the shows or £140 delivered. I did a search for 25W CREE driving lights on ebay and a few sellers came up as well as Bolt On Bits. They seem to be selling for £80 a pair delivered by most sellers so I went for it.  Click image to enlarge  Click image to enlarge |
||
|
4th Jan 2014 12:31pm |
|
| iPints Member Since: 15 Jun 2012 Location: SC Posts: 294  
|
Spent most of the morning pulling people out of flooded roads......it amazing how few people say thank you.I even rescued a lady and took her to the nearest pub so she could phone her hubby.....she simply got out and shut the door...not even a thanks....its not my fault they choose to drive through 18 to 22" of water....
Still I will continue to help when i can.....I always believe in helping people out, even if there is little or no thanks. The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead. Albert Einstein |
||
|
4th Jan 2014 5:14pm |
|
| iPints Member Since: 15 Jun 2012 Location: SC Posts: 294
|
Alex1976, they look great. I feel an upgrade coming on....damn you man. The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Albert Einstein |
||
|
4th Jan 2014 5:16pm |
|
| couplands Member Since: 31 Aug 2011 Location: Peak District & Cornwall Posts: 1826 
|
What car was she driving....just so we can stereotype them....? 
Cheers Simon |
||
|
4th Jan 2014 5:19pm |
|
| iPints Member Since: 15 Jun 2012 Location: SC Posts: 294
|
Mini..........
 The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Albert Einstein |
||
|
4th Jan 2014 5:23pm |
|
| couplands Member Since: 31 Aug 2011 Location: Peak District & Cornwall Posts: 1826
|
Ooops, we have a Mini, I better stop the "stereotype" line of questioning...
cheers simon |
||
|
4th Jan 2014 6:59pm |
|
| 110SEB Member Since: 29 Jan 2009 Location: Essex, England Posts: 1444 
|
Well, yesterday actually, we drove to Mersea Island, Essex, in the 110. High tide was at 14.08 and we crossed the causeway at 12.00. The water was about 3' off the road. Just enough time, we thought.
When we headed back at 13.30 we found the cars queueing by the water lapping at the water's/road edge! We made it in a fair old way to a raised bit of road by the start of the main causeway. We'd have made it the 300 metres across, but we'd have certainly had sea water and sea weed inside the 110. We turned back and went for a lovely pub lunch at the Victory Inn watching Euroboxes get drenched in the waterside carpark. No photos of the causeway i'm afraid, but here's a picture of what can happen if it goes wrong. Granted, the 110 would have made it compared to a Japanese people carrier:  Click image to enlarge Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  |
||
|
5th Jan 2014 9:59am |
|
| SailingTom Member Since: 19 Nov 2013 Location: ESSEX Posts: 1722
|
Are you local to Mersea Seb, I only live up the road from the victory pub. Always good fun watching the idiots drive through. The amount of comments I get of "are you not going through mate!" as im waiting in traffic. Shame they cant see their cars will rust away in a few years time and wonder why!
 Defender puma dormobile camper |
||
|
5th Jan 2014 11:42am |
|
| ibexman Member Since: 13 Dec 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 2945
|
Are they wired to come on with head lamps or seperate
|
||
|
5th Jan 2014 1:10pm |
|
|
|
| All times are GMT |
< Previous Topic | Next Topic > |
Posting Rules
|
Site Copyright © 2006-2024 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
