specialbikejames

In fact here's a link to one in Bristol, same kind of thing but 1k cheaper! Cut and paste this little lot: http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/c...icleRegLetter=M

If he offers a warranty and the usual dealer services then it may be worth it, but as I'm looking around myself at the moment you can buy cheaper 300Tdi 110's. The 110's do seem to have noticably dropped in price in the last year, the 90's have not (which is what I'm after). At the price of those three early TD5's are also appearing- although that might not be your thing.

I can't speak for performance gains for diesels but I think it is fairly widely accepted that they will improve the Rover V8. If you use the Yellow Pages you may well find a custom exhaust fabricator near by. In Britol a company out in Avonmouth (Infinity Exhausts I think) will make any system to order. They charge per job, but 300Tdi stainless manifolds are about £150 and custom side exit wiggly bit (from cherry bomb to side exhaust) was also around £150.

The First Four bars are nicely made, I picked up my bumper/winch direct from their premises and they had the bars on their 110. They fit much better than a cheap roofrack as they sit very close to the roof line. Brownchurch racks are tough but they aren't exactly close fitting! Most ali racks are stupidly priced and they go for big money on ebay too.

Took my B+E a couple ofmonths ago. Test is split into 3 main parts: Reverse manouver- reverse trailer around chicance of cones and "park" in imaginary garage. If you can already reverse a trailer this is easy as you are allowed two shunts. If you have never reversed a trailer accurately before you will need practice. Emergency stop- in the test centre, easy. 20mph to stop under control Drive- Hardest part, it is examined as a normal car test, that means Mirror-signal-manouver, blind spots, stopping distance. etc. Basically, all the stuff none off us do enough. About an hour in length. Allowed 12 minors. Includes pulling over to a kerb and away again. Hitch/Unhitch- back to the test centre, have to un hitch,park paralell with the trailer and then re-hitch with no help- twatting the hitch not really any good. There is a set procedure for this and needs to be learnt from an instructor. You need a box trailer that is double axled, there is a minimum weight but I cant remember it. Also need to have an empty vehicle with towing mirrors. Getting proffesional instruction is amust I would say, they will also get the right truck/trailer combo. The examiners are very picky, we even had to clean my work 110 as they can reject testing you in a dirty vehicle!