OMG! I was conceding somewhat about your FORD ownership, making concessions about bad decisions that people make in life……… and NOW you tell me that you actually paid money for and owned a bloody Land Rover Defender? 
I’m in shock and don’t know how to process that information, other than to say that you must be a glutton for punishment, but that explains why you are still farming in spite of everything thrown at you! 
My licensed shooter mate that I mentioned in another thread here also had a brain fart and paid $18k+ for a white Rand Lover Defender Wagon second hand.
He had nothing but trouble from day one, where he first rolled up to my workshop to show it off and brag about how awesome it was, which I could understand his excitement at the time, but I just sorta pulled the piss out of him and wished him good luck with his brand new purchase!
Sure enough he was back in my workshop driveway only a couple of days later with issues, and this occurred constantly on a monthly basis for the whole 2 years that he owned it 
His best mate Bob at the Hot Rod Business kept telling him to fck off and take it to some other poor sap to get a migraine over trying to keep it running
Apparently I was an arsehole and should have taken my time out of building custom cars/hot rods to help him out with his pommy soccer mums taxi! 
I can appreciate the faults that they had being a modern European vehicle that was dumped into the Australian market without any upgrades or region specific modifications to suit our environment, but it wasn’t just the driveline/mechanical failures…… it was also rusting faster than a Chinese dog food tin sitting in Siberia!
Was only about 3 weeks ago that he called to proudly boast to me that he had just spent $7000 on mechanical/electrical/bodywork/rust/paint repairs to having just sold it for $9000.
I’m not the worlds best mathematician, but the original purchase price, plus 10 years of countless dollars just trying to keep the thing running and on the road, plus the money he spent to get it up to a sellable condition……… I reckon he had forked out over $50k on that vehicle over the years and yet was still a happy camper to be able to sell it botched up for $7000!
Sure thing that I’m old school and out of touch with such things, but I’m used to buying old classics for $1k-2k and selling them for $30-40k without touching them other than standard yearly servicing
Gone off topic on another rant, but just wanted to give you the shits about owning a Land Rover Defender…… which should be a god given right in anyone’s books!
Well done for unburdening yourself of such a travesty and hopefully you are feeling much better for it both mentally and financially!
But according to this bloke, they were an awesome fuel efficient vehicle that he never had to touch/repair/spend a cent on his initial purchase…… until the excitement wore off and reality smashed him in the face with a sledgehammer!
BORING.
