geoffbeaumont

Looks cool though I like mine so far, but it's only done one greenlaning trip - I broke my engine the day after, so it hasn't really been tested in anger yet.

Having met a few of you guys...what a horrifying thought

All computers have names, even if it's just the one the installer made up for you If your computer is on a network like mine are, it helps if you give them memorable names so you know which machine you're looking at - at the time they were all named after classical composers (currently it's characters from Brian Jaques' Redwall novels). In windows, right click My Computer and select Properties, then pick the Computer Name tab and you can see what yours is called (if you're an administrator it might let you change the name - *don't* bad things tend to happen Changing the description is fine). Can't remember how to find it on a Mac, and if you're using anything else you probably know anyway

They nearly had riots in Venezuela when dad was out there a few years back and they removed the state subsidy from petrol - the price soared from 4p/litre to 8p/litre... Not sure what they're paying out there now.

If you mean steering guards, Southdown (http://www.southdown4x4.co.uk/) list them in their catalogue, although I can't find them on their web site - there's a link for the 'Range Rover HSE/DSE' but I can't find any products that actually have listings for that vehicle... According to the catalogue they do the following. 5mm galvanised steel: HSE/01 front steering guard £97.00 HSE/02 front axle guard £138.00 8mm ali: HSE/01 front steering guard £145.00 HSE/02 front axle guard £195.00 All prices +VAT. It's a fair bit of money if all he's after is bling - although if he ever does put his truck to use off road it'll be a good solid item. I'm not sure who else does guards for P38s - have a dig round some of the 4x4 suppliers websites and see what you can turn up.

Robybrid picked it up this morning. He's going to take the engines out of mine and the donor truck (a disco he's breaking) and then I'm going over with a friend one weekend to help fit the new one.

Yeuch! Glad they'd rethought the styling a bit by the time they did the Range Rover...

If you're lucky the nice shiny car behind will provide the paint on the nato hitch...right Fi?

After trying umpteen variations of different names all of which were already in use, I ended up with one made up of a combination of my domain name (stormhammer.com) and the name of my computer at the time (amadeus). Bit sad really...

Excellent, I'll get to work on your password hash! Seriously, you really shouldn't go giving out information like that - it means if someone gets access to your password on one site (either through lax security or an unscrupulous employee/admin) they know you've got a potentially more valuable account (eBay) that they now have the full log in for... I know a lot of people use the same password for 'low risk' sites (ie. it's not that big a deal if your account gets compromised), but you'd do well to use unique passwords for sites like eBay where you're carrying out financial transactions and someone with access to your account could run you up a big bill or even get you into legal trouble. End of internet security lesson

Considerably quicker - especially as the escort has tired shocks and cheap and nasty tires. I reckon in most conditions the Rangie would stop in around half the distance the escort would. I'm reluctant to spend money on it, but I think I might have to do something about the shocks - where's a good place to get cheap Ford parts? Google's no use - far too many chav shops selling bolt on bling and 'performance' accessories Norman Harper wrote a great bit about them in the Press & Journal* a few years ago - distilled down, he'd been driving (up the A96 by Huntly, IIRC) and the woman behind had been sitting right on his back bumper trying to bully him into speeding. After several miles there was a clear stretch and she overtook and disappeared into the distance. In the back of her car was a sign...'keep back, baby on board'... I think they're more a way of saying 'no matter how irresponsibly I drive, you must treat me like the most valuable person in the world... Of course, if everyone cared about other driver and their own safety, we'd hardly ever have crashes. * - regional newspaper covering the northern half of Scotland, for those who've never ventured up there. Norman Harper is a regular columnist known for witty (and very accurate) social commentary.

Shouldn't need sealing - the puddles never get that deep in Sainsburys car park

They don't actually say much about what it does...but it looks like it achieves pretty much that same as siggy is planning?

Not sure what it's like now, but their caving rope used to have a tendency to stretch and twist at the same time (caving rope is 'static' and shouldn't do either) - made for quite entertaining abseiling and very inefficient prusicking. But it was cheap

The worst I've had was up in Aberdeen (in the city itself - it was colder in land). I think it was about minus 18 or 19degC - in any case, I made the mistake of trying to wash the screen... The screenwash was the best we could get and neat, but only rated for -15degC - it partly froze in mid air and arrived on the screen as foam, which promptly set solid and rock hard. Took me ages to chip it off. I had deicer in the car, but it was an aerosol and they don't work at that temperature Minus forty must be a real pain... Heated windscreen and washers on the rangie means I don't have that problem any more Although I've already had the washers on the escort freeze up, and it was only just freezing. Takes ages to heat up and demist as well - I want my V8 back

I'm sure Tony can sort out the bill

If someone pulls in, you drop back. The argument was that in heavy motorway traffic you might be safer to leave less braking distance than normal if as a result of that the distance you had wasn't compromised by other drivers pulling into it (you drop back, but for a short time you're pretty much helpless if the driver who just pulled in front of you has to stand on his brakes). Like I said, I've never found it works in practice, as most drivers will pull into any gap they can physically fit their vehicle into. I don't think it's ever been official IAM advice, either - it was an observation by either my instructor or examiner (can't remember which). Hmm - looking back at my last post, "I was taught to" is probably overstating the case. This should probably stand as a correction!

Does the air con system on the classic have a thermostat? Mine ('93) doesn't seem to react to the temperature in the vehicle. Doesn't sound like it needs regassing if you've got ice forming What about the clutch on the air con pump? Is it maybe stuck engaged? By the way, LRA have the old LRE forum archives, so you can probably find your old posts on there.

When I did advanced driver training (also with the IAM) I was taught that you sometimes needed to drive closer than you would normally in order to discourage people from pushing in front, the object being to minimise overall risk as when people pull in front they almost invariably massively compromise your braking distance. I've always found it hard to put into practice, though, as people will still push into a gap that's a tenth of the distance you should have left... I've noticed I get a lot more of it (especially off the motorway) in the escort than I do in the Rangie. I actually reckon that's the biggest contributor to the Rangie being the safer car - simply the fact that people don't usually pull out in front of it...

That can be arranged

Might be an issue with insurance, too - you'll probably need to tell your insurers that you no longer have ABS, as that's definitely going to be considered a modification if you have an accident.

With you and Trev around I haven't the faintest idea what my real post count is... Fortunately I don't care very much

How about drain the old oil cold, fill with flushing oil and fast idle (per instructions on the flushing oil) and drain that. Might be the best of both worlds? 'Course, I'm far from an expert, so someone can probably tell you exactly why this is a bad idea (apart from the extra cost of the flushing oil). Ooh...just looked out the window. Stunning sunset. We don't get many of them in Birmingham

Not much in your case then! <---- And of course, how do you know whether anyone else has been begging the admins to change their post count...

Did you make it yourself or buy it? Sounds considerably better than my wing tank, which while otherwise very tidy definitely does affect departure angle. I've already pranged it a couple of times (fortunately theres enough give in the brackets to protect it from light knocks).