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    Oh my god

    in International Forum

    Posted

    Well said that man... I like your dad too....

    Look at the otehr stuff they are ignoring... Lexus RX 450H is a hybrid luxury saloon car. The base engine is something like a 3.3 litre V8 with 300 ish hosses. The battery motors add acceleration to approximate 400+ hosses.

    Now how can that car be considered environmentally friendly. It starts with a bigger engine than most!!!

    We ought to draw up a list of cars by CO2 rating and send that to the BBC as well... Will be fun to see where the "4X4"'s start appearing.. I bet there are hundreds of cars above the humble LR TD5 or the oldie but goldie V8 3.5's.....

    Re. the diesel trains.. They aren't even on the clean low sulphur diesel that cars were moved too around 2000..... The diesel they use has all the bad stuff that was taken out for cars so it's probably just getting worse....

    Neil

    laptop and GPS

    in International Forum

    Posted

    I've got a Panasonic Toughbook CF-72 attached to Garmin Etrex Legend C.

    I use Ram mounts for both devices.

    Running Fugawi software so I have OS map accuracy on board.

    Not used for "Sat Nav" as such but I do plan journeys on the home PC, can input waypoints and make routes up in advance. Input that into the Garmin unit and then out to the laptop out in the car.

    I'm in the process of mapping green lanes in my local area.

    I may look into nav software if I ever get lost going somewhere....

    Neil

    Young lad with a great sense of humour

    in International Forum

    Posted

    Don't let the Eurocrats hear of this otherwise you will have to get them to sign a waiver form in triplicate giving permission to recover their vehicles and that the owner of said stranded vehicle acknowledges they are wholly accountable for getting themselves into said predicament and they understand the consequences of the action of recovering said vehicle might result in the vehicle BEING TOTALLY TRASHED !!!!! :)

    Neil

    (Great stories and pics too....)

    AWDC Round 7

    in Competing in Land Rovers

    Posted

    Sorry won't be there snapping this weekend peeps..

    Have a great time and I'd love to see any snaps going...

    (Mrs Freak booked us off for a weekend in Budapest !... Hope the fighting has stopped)

    Used to live in Spalding so know the area.. Shame, would have liked to come.

    Is the best way to track these events in here or AWDC site ?

    Neil

    Supercharged 300TDi?

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    I'd heard the Stig was now various "Stigs" as have other people.....

    Regards your comments re swimming V8's Timpo, apparently if you go fast enough you won't go under the water at all !!!

    So probably just need a really big V8.... 7 - 10 litres should cover it...

    (Didn't they take a skidoo and one of those mad Norwegian cars across water in Top Gear to prove the V8 was the kiddy for water habits?)

    Light hearted feedback required - May be taken seriously if advised...

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Well the present Mrs. Freak actually jumped into and used our 110 today.

    I gets home and see shes finally back into using it which of course means that I no longer have to clean paw prints off the seats of her Golf and nose smudges off the windows... Yipee I here you all cheer.....

    Over dinner she says,

    "Whats wrong with it, it doesnt feel as powerful as I remember!"

    I gasp and stare.... The V8 is humming beautifully these days and revs to 6.5 without a care when asked.

    (Stock engine, nothing fancy)

    She then goes on to tell me the brakes probably need some attention as she had to think about leaving more braking space than her Golf!

    Nice 03 plate Golf TDi GTi, chipped and mapped to 200 hosses...

    Ok.. She may be a little spoilt and I am not gonna try and explain the weight difference and brake technology differences...

    What options do I have?

    Some starters.....

    - Sack the woman, sell Golf and buy decent 90 and spend loads on it like you lucky chaps in these forums

    - Keep the woman, sell the Golf and get the 90 anyways

    - Replace V8 3.5 with 5.2 with mega EFI and get it up to several hundred hosses and see if she still complains about the power

    What others should I consider... Please advise me, you are my only hope.....

    OT: TFT monitor

    in International Forum

    Posted

    I've got 5 in the house and none have done this. The oldest is 3 years old now and not a pixel dead.

    Sounds to me like a failure and you ought to be able to claim under warranty.. Be pushy if needed, you should not have to pay postage !

    Tell them it's essential for your working at home (Or some other story that tells them it's essential.) and ask them to deliver the new one and collect the old one at the same time.

    Neil

    Staring out the window

    in International Forum

    Posted

    I know that feeling....

    Every Friday I like to take to 110 to work just because it feels like the weekend has started...

    I have to park it out of sight round the back of the building where the parking is but always take the opportunity to nip and see the rest of my team in their building which takes me past my car...

    Looks so cool standing there head and shoulders over the other cars !

    interclub challenge 24th sept pics

    in Competing in Land Rovers

    Posted

    Already posted in the International Forum in the original event thread, but thought it wouldn't hurt to post here as well as more people will probably follow this thread now.

    More pics from Sunday 24th for people to see just click here.

    If you want a full size jpg version please PM me and we'll make arrangements. (Pics are up to 5 Megs per shot...If you want Canon RAW version, slightly bigger but can also be arranged.)

    Enjoy

    Neil

    Saying Hi

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    First failure was a little black wire.....

    Never mind eh !! Was a nice experience standing on hard shoulder of M25 for 2 hours ! Makes you realise how cushy a life you have with a reliable company car for the majority of journeys !!

    BUT.. That aside, I wouldn't dare come to a LR event in the safe one.... LOL

    Doubt I'd have the ground clearance at the front to get into the car park...

    Back to topic.. Lincoln I see.... We escaped from Spalding a number of years back... All too flat you know.. At least you got that big cobbled hill to attack with the V8 of yours.. (Remember, slippery when wet..)

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