HeidelbergPonys
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Hi.
I live in Southern Germany, owned my beloved Defender 110 for about 6 years (2002). Pieces fall off every now and again, but I've become pretty adept with superglue and duct tape.....always been disapointed with the quality of the rubber parts - they seem to disintegrate and fall to bits!? Maybe its the horrid pollution we have here....
I am American; lived in England for quite a bit when I was younger, bought my Defender here (in Germany - left hand drive). Its a thing of wonder and beauty, and my neighbors LOVE it when I come home in the wee hours (Diesel)........you always know when I've come home and parked out front........
I bought the Defender because: 1) The lure of Safari movies, 2) I love to drive a "Tractor" on the Autobahn, 3) I'm always hauling something (big dogs, wood, hay, garden stuff - pretty much any and all), and 4) I live in a valley and have to haul my horses up the hill to go anywhere and down the hill to come home in all weather.....
I'm able to do many repairs myself, but often simply run out of time (I have to keep my day job to keep the cash flow for parts!) I use the Internet, books, and I am hoping the collective wisdom of the like minds collected here......I find it hard to find local "talent" that knows the quirks of these machines.......I find Germans like things absolute and precise, and so if it needs a little imagination or creativity they simply don't go there......or they try to charge you a fortune for something simple! Rich I ain't, sad to say.
Greetings,
Karen
I live in Southern Germany, owned my beloved Defender 110 for about 6 years (2002). Pieces fall off every now and again, but I've become pretty adept with superglue and duct tape.....always been disapointed with the quality of the rubber parts - they seem to disintegrate and fall to bits!? Maybe its the horrid pollution we have here....
I am American; lived in England for quite a bit when I was younger, bought my Defender here (in Germany - left hand drive). Its a thing of wonder and beauty, and my neighbors LOVE it when I come home in the wee hours (Diesel)........you always know when I've come home and parked out front........
I bought the Defender because: 1) The lure of Safari movies, 2) I love to drive a "Tractor" on the Autobahn, 3) I'm always hauling something (big dogs, wood, hay, garden stuff - pretty much any and all), and 4) I live in a valley and have to haul my horses up the hill to go anywhere and down the hill to come home in all weather.....
I'm able to do many repairs myself, but often simply run out of time (I have to keep my day job to keep the cash flow for parts!) I use the Internet, books, and I am hoping the collective wisdom of the like minds collected here......I find it hard to find local "talent" that knows the quirks of these machines.......I find Germans like things absolute and precise, and so if it needs a little imagination or creativity they simply don't go there......or they try to charge you a fortune for something simple! Rich I ain't, sad to say.
Greetings,
Karen
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with your situation. There are a number of Land Rover clubs in Germany if you Google you will find them. I don't have any club names to at the moment (at work in Office) But what I have read about them they are a friendly bunch of enthusiasts who will help with the Duct tape a bailing wire
