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DiscoDunc

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    Sat in front of my PC in Lancashire

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    Fixing the Disco, reading (especially Discworld books), listening to music, watching films I don't need to think about, building/destroying/rebuilding PCs, tying to win the lottery and women. Mainly.
  1. Does anyone know of anything taking place in the North Lancashire/South Cumbria area, suitable for complete novices (i.e. me!)? I work all over the country so I don't get much chance to get off-road, but it looks like I'm home between Christmas and New Year this year (orders from SWMBO, her sister and family are coming to stay) and to avoid killing anyone it'd be good to get out (apart from Saturday 30th, when son & I are going to Old Trafford to watch Man U stuff Reading.....hopefully!).
  2. Mine's Niagara Grey, with matching alloys, and I may be biased but I think it looks really good.
  3. Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they actually are. On the other hand, they may have been just in front of you a moment ago!!
  4. Sounds very similar to issues I had with my autobox a year or so ago after having it 'repaired' after I lost all forward gears. I ended up (after a fruitless several months talking/spending with the main dealer ) taking it to Ashcrofts and getting a recon 'box from them. That cured the problem and according to Dave Ashcroft the governor in my old box came out of a Vauxhall, ironically. I'm not suggesting that the governor in yours came out of a Land Rover ( ) but I suspect it may be faulty, since it shouldn't be doing what it's doing. And Fatboy was right......there was no need to stick that photo on, it's just not fair!
  5. Cheers for that. I'll probably be sticking a post in the for sale section once it's all up and running! The write-up's a good idea, I hadn't thought of that. I'll give my literary talent an airing!
  6. Excellent! That's just shut a woman up in the office who's been berating me for weeks about driving a Discovery. She's just bought a Prius. Oh revenge is sweet!!! I didn't have to say anything, other than "Read this". Her face was a picture, and when a colleague on the adjoining desk asked her what the matter was the reply was a hurried, "Nothing, everything's fine!"
  7. I'm constrained by time and cost. I've already bought the engine, and the cost of any MOT failed Disco that I've seen is about double what I paid for it. I almost bought a Disco engine, but ran into a problem of not having available cash and the chap selling it not being able to accept credit card payment, so that fell apart! The condition of the one I've bought is known, and any problems highlighted so far don't seem insurmountable, so I'll stick with transplanting it into my Disco. Thanks for taking the time to read the post and reply.
  8. I've heard rumours that Top Gear may be cancelled. I hope they're unfounded. It would be a shame if one of the most entertaining shows around fell victim to a fluke accident and an overdose of political madness correctness. I believe they've resumed filming the bits of the new series that don't need Hamster in them, so hopefully that'll get broadcast, but whether or not we'll get any more series afterwards remains to be seen. Here's to a full recovery for Richard, and a selfish hope that he'll want to carry on where he left off.....sort of...you know what I mean...
  9. Does anyone know why Land Rover, an English company, sticks the bonnet release on my RHD Discovery and, looking Les's photos (good effort, but don't give up the day job! ), 110's too, down in the passengers footwell where I have to get out and go round the other side to be able to open the sodding bonnet? (Though given my recent display of competence when under the bonnet perhaps I shouldn't bother! ) I assume it's because they have a bigger market for LHD vehicles so the natives have to suffer, but if anyone can confirm or deny my cynical viewpoint I'd be grateful. Well, better informed, anyway.
  10. I have a sick sense of humour (and I'm willing to bet I'm not the only one!) so I found this amusing, especially since nobody was hurt as a result. Arundel Fire Station (a retained station, not whole-time) has suffered extensive damage as a result of a fire that started in the appliance bay. The appliance (Fire Engine in English!) has been even more cooked than my own poor Disco. The station did not have any smoke/fire alarms fitted. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Services hastily concocted press release tries to convince us that those devices are for saving lives, not property, and as the station's not manned full-time they wweren't needed! Yeah, right! WSF&RS website proudly boasts that they have 28 stations.....I'm waiting for them to amend it!
  11. Mine's built in to the osr window. I don't know how much they are, but if they're not too expensive, or you can get one from a scrappie, it may be worth investing in one. Solves the problem of remembering the aerial's still up when you go through through the car wash, too!
  12. I had something brown as I realised the amount of damage I'd done, and did a rapid comparative analysis with the state of my bank balance and my impending lack of employment (I'm a self-employed communications engineer and the people I'm working for at the moment have run out of funds and can't afford to extend my contract which expires on Friday November 3!) and the not-far-enough-off festive season with all its associated expenses!
  13. Ahh! I believe I qualify as living proof of how ineffectual it is! Tell you what, though. I haven't left the lid off anything since I extended my culinary expertise to include boiled Tdi300 with steamed head, accompanied by a side order of melted plastic.
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