Hi lads, just to introduce myself a bit, long term Green oval sufferer/enthusiast, currently have (2.5yrs) a 2001 P38 DHSE daily driver, pretty well standard, although the EAS can be testing at times;.... a 1980 RRC 2 door (20 months or so) which is now 300tdi and D1 mechanicals, a project that was supposed to be all there bar the paint but is on closer inspection no where near and finally (4+yrs) a 130 Td5 Defender truck cab which is off the roadat present but was a daily workhorse.
I only stumbled across this forum today while (re)searching M57 conversions (my M51 has at least one cracked ring and loses coolant slowly) and in particular how to get the cruise control working, read through Sloth's excellent efforts and decided to join to keep abreast of that and see what else is cooking.
Welcome to the asylum :) I'm sure you'll get on famously! I think we need some pictures of your weird obsessions though :)
Happy to post a snap or two , but haven't worked out how to upload yet,, suggestions (on uploading) welcome :)
You can't upload directly to the forum, you have to upload to somewhere else (most of us use Imgur.com) then post the Direct Link using the Insert Image button when writing your post.
Happy to post a snap or two , but haven't worked out how to upload yet,, suggestions (on uploading) welcome :)
![Defender 130]
![RRC 300TDi]!
Made it, .... no kids around sorry for the delay :)
Is that working?
The first one is .. or at least the picture is there. I see you're in Eire ... whereabouts? Is that a Dublin plate?
Only if you click the link. If you select the image in Imgur, on the right side there's a number of links. You want the one marked Direct Link (with a link ending in .jpg), paste that into the box and it will appear in the post.
just edited it for you so the pictures appear.
Seems visible now, at least to me,.... good, sorry but that is not something I know much about and Imgur was short on instructions!
Yep, the P38 although originally a UK Northern Ireland vehicle was registered in the Republic of Ireland, Dublin by it's 2nd owner at about 3 yrs old, presume when the original lease or whatever ran out. Over here it would then normally keep that reg for life or until re-exported. It is a quirk of car tax costs over here that UK vehicles are periodically very attractive value wise depending on the exchange rate. I actually live a couple of hours west of Dublin and bought the P38 from its 4th owner in Cork.
What do you have to pay in road tax over there? Rick has just moved and it seems he is going to have to sell his P38 (V8) due to the amount of road tax he is going to have to pay, see https://rangerovers.pub/topic/1589-sad-time
Is there a way round it?
Ooh, another oil burner. Our numbers are swelling. :)
Road tax is a killer on these, my 2.5 litre is 1084€ annually, anything over 3 litre is a flat rate, I think €1800. Reason for acquiring the RRC 2 dr was that it qualifies for 'Vintage Tax' a much more reasonable 56€. There are quirks, for example quite a few people run D2's on vintage RRC chassis, (same 100 inch origins) because according to the rules over here the ID of a vehicle is 100% invested in its chassis. There is a guy not too far from me who specialises in adapting RRC chassis' to take the D2 running gear and then galvanises it and puts the D2 body back on. Equally there are a number with fudged papers. Alas there isn't yet a quick fix for the P38 yet, except perhaps wait till it is 30yrs old.
Unless of course you run a business, or are self employed needing a trade vehicle, in this case there is a flat rate of 333€. But that cannot then be legitimately used or insured for domestic / family. Insurance over here is a whole other nightmare. My RRC can't tow a trailer as a vintage, limited to 5k miles annually, and is a 'second' vehicle only.