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    Fog Light Drivers

    in International Forum

    Posted

    All f******g pillocks in my book, it rains on go the stupid red rear lights, a bit of mist when you can see 1/2 mile on go the stupid red lights, one day I shall drive right into the back of someone with them on and claim I was blinded by them and lost all spacial awareness !!!!!!

    Middle lane hoggers that's another especially when towing, the prat in a black Citroen C4 with a Glasgow number plate still didn't understand why I let rip with headlights at him, nothing in the inside lane for miles but he is in the middle lane just managing about 60mph and I am doing 70 with Ifor and Rangie on the back, a quick trip into the outside lane and a quick return saw him scuttle in then proceed to try and box me behind the next truck with lots of gesticulation. A 110 is a bit bigger my friend and you can go into the outside lane legally !!!! Best I ever saw was a truck almost put a car under the trailer when he pulled back in !!!!

    Years ago the Cumbrian Police used to stop them and remind them of the "rule of the road" travel on the left and overtake on the right, "there is no Fast Lane" it's overtaking lane 1 and overtaking lane 2 !!!!! Nowadays it's just get the safety camera's up onthe next bridge !!

    oooh.....speed limit is 60 for towing I think.............. :D :D :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

    Courier Companies.......

    in International Forum

    Posted

    Thanks for all that folks.

    I took the advice and found LynxExpress on ebay, they took the order late on Thursday, picked them up on Friday and (having advised me that they would deliver on Monday) delivered then at 07:15 on Saturday. Normal wheel size cost £29.95, they charged me £34.95 for the larger land rover wheels. First class in every respect.

    They are now on the car and look great! :D :D :D

    New owner - and the first question....

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Well, she is here......!!!!!

    Drove up from Huntingdon this afternoon.....176 miles.

    Good points so far:

    Pulls like a train, cruised most of the way at 70-75mph.

    Managed to get about 18 to the lpg gallon.

    Very comfortable ride.

    Bad points so far:

    There was no lpg in the vehicle at all, so I filled her up, the machine automatically cut out at 37 litres. Looking at the twin lpg tanks, this seems a little low in volume terms. There is definitely only one filler, so further investigation required.

    Intermittent front indicator fault (bad earth at a guess).

    Interior light is kaput.

    Sounds a bit clunky changing from 3rd to 4th.

    Heater is carp.

    Interior really does need cleaning (even the ruddy ashtray was full).

    Draught coming in from both front doors, just at the bottom of the back of your jumper when you sit down..

    When daylight comes, more investigation and some pictures to follow.

    GT

    New owner - and the first question....

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Hello,

    I get my first Land Rover on Saturday....I can't wait :) .

    She is a Defender 110 CSW of 1989 vintage, with the 134bhp 3.5 V8. She also has some LPG conversion or other.

    She is to be named Sandy (short for Sandra....), I know, I know, "Sandy the Landy"! (It was my 5 year old daughter, honest).

    Anyway, I'm struggling to find some fuel consumption figures, long run, around town etc. Have any of you guru types got some, or a link to a technical data sheet somewhere on t' tinternet?

    Thanks in advance.

    Graham.

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