Butchers Boy wrote:

Spotted this lovely black Defender 90 in the carpark of Waitrose in Southend early Saturday morning 28th May. Wanted to hang about to have a chat with the owner it but SWMBO wanted to get the shopping home

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Riverboy wrote:

Very nice and brave of them to park it in a supermarket car park. You need padded door protectors here in France.

Totally agree Riverboy! He did park well away from other cars but you know what people are like they'll come park as close as they can even if there are 100 spaces free you always get one that'll want to park so close they have to bang their door in to yours to get out

If I have to take mine to a public carpark I wont leave it SHMBO shops while I stay in it I've been know to take the Defender home before now and return in my van if I have to leave it or there isn't any spare space's with at least 100yards of no parking around it !!

That is a lovely Defender I hope the owner is on the forum I want to know whare he got his light bar? ! 2010 Defender 90 HT

The longer I live..... The better I was!

Riverboy wrote:

Very nice and brave of them to park it in a supermarket car park. You need padded door protectors here in France.

Damned right, they don't give a s**t. In five years her mini had no door on door dents when in London, but in Cham, almost every time she parked in a side to side parking space she picked up more damage. She's very car proud and hated it. It is even more likely if you have a nice car. Just picked up her new TT yesterday, and my DC last week. Fearing the worst. I'll have a scooter in the back so we can scoot to the supermarket entrance from the most distant, empty space possible.... Monsieur Le Grenadier

I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list.....

2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey

Butchers Boy wrote:

Wanted to hang about to have a chat with the owner it but SWMBO wanted to get the shopping home

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Wimmin, can be so bloody unreasonable sometimes. Meet one of their friends in the high street and stop for ten minutes to gas about who's done what to whom, but we can't do the same on the frankly unimaginably important subject of what we've done to our defenders.... :whistle:

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2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey

Riverboy wrote:

Very nice and brave of them to park it in a supermarket car park. You need padded door protectors here in France.

Just need side steps. Anybody careless enough with their doors when parked next to mine do regret it when hitting my side steps. And those side steps seem stronger than the average door edge too.  You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
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Riverboy wrote:

I do have side steps but I tested my Peugeot yesterday and the door would still hit the side panel