Yay! Really handy. Looks eminently do-able....even by me! Now to shopping! Thanks loads. Actually looks like many are cheaper than cost of a tailgate mirror and defo less that paying for sensors to be fitted (don't fancy doing for myself the bumper drilling or more complicated wiring of...

Nice one, thanks, I'll get one of those. Many thanks to all of you for taking the time to reply.

Hmm doesn't sound too complex - so really just a connection to make to the reverse light positive & an earth?

Seems like a camera might be the way forward....or rather backward....

I'll look into cameras. Is the wiring complicated?

Haha yes I will certainly carry on practicing! A universal tailgate mirror would be good (like some camper vans have) but no universal ones seem to exist unless you're in India (which I'm not). I could maybe adapt one for a specific van (like Suzuki carry) but don't want to buy sthng that...

hmmm I agree that would be slightly less than useful sensors! Crashing into raindrops not being my immediate concern.:D

Hi folks, Now that I'm living in a more urban area, I've realised that I'm absolutely frigging terrible at parallel parking my Defender 110! (Td5, 2002) Whilst I continue to practice the art of not crashing into stuff, I'm thinking parking sensors would really help. So I would very much...

Just to say thanks to all of you for your thoughts. I will proceed with extreme caution! I will be cagey about giving out info relating specifically to me or the vehicle, only general stuff about condition etc but not chassis number or anything like that. I certainly won't part with any money or...

Thanks. Hmmmm. Well it's definitely not 25 yrs old - new in 2002.

Hi folks, Just wanted to get your collective general feeling on something and maybe serve as a 'heads up' to you. I'm advertising my Defender td5 for sale on gumtree. I got a response almost instantly from a bloke saying he's from USA and asking lots of questions about the vehicle. He's saying...

:) cool glad to know i can be landyist in spirit if not in actuality. I will definitely miss it but i just cant keep it at the mo. Will need to drive to London frequently at some point too and that mayor bloke is going to make that very expensive in an older diesel. Good heads up re the...

Ok great. No problem re not selling on here - im not wishing to circumvent any rules - your place, your rules. Fair play. Yup. Local-ish might be best bet then. Thank you again for all the advice. Im quite sad to be leaving the landy fraternity. I will miss waving at other drivers! But needs...

:) wow! Thank you all so much for so many quick & detailed responses! I really appreciate it. There is much to inwardly digest & ponder. Lots of good ideas & advice. I did try to contact the mods here a couple of times using 'contact' thingy but no replies. Is there someone in particular I could...

Hi Folks, I just need some advice on selling my beloved Defender Td5 please. It looks like Im not allowed to advertise it on this forum as I only posted here a few times when I first bought the Landy about 10 years ago. Fair enough. But, Ive never sold a vehicle privately before & don't really...

Thanks folks. :clap2: Any more??

Greetings folks, Has anyone out there had any experience with servicing centres/garages in the Sittingbourne area (Kent)? Any recommendations, cautions, pointers, good bad or indifferent?? A quick search found - Mudsports - Stuart Gilbert - AHL Engineering. I need work doing to drivetrain - I...

That car clearly doesnt work properly. The motorcyclist was perfectly ok. I'd take it back to the showroom

:mad: Yes. Pay attention to my proper questions properly. And by the way, everyone carries pop crates to climb into their landies. Otherwise u just a big tall giant freak.

:D Haha. Silly Hilux. But Defenders do fair better, right?