As we know Toad becomes quite paranoid at times (presumably because he thinks that all his anti-enthusiasts behaviour will be 'found out' ?).....
Thus he does IP address checks if he suspects 'suspicious activity' and can then 'justifiably' intercept/monitor related PMs on that basis. No doubt he thinks that way he will detect 'other traitors' whilst not realising he is the biggest one of all ! He is the worst Mod. I ever encountered on any Forum and in 'Toadworld' unfortunately 'suspicious activity' may simply involve disagreeing with him. All we want to do is keep our P38s on the road after all.

Incidentally I have a spare BECM... but only so I could have a poke around inside ('honest, Guv !').
However it is extremely irritating not to have a circuit diagram for those PCBs within....

no10chris wrote:

I doubt it, your most probably get a free pass the other way, I saw the post and can't understand why he wants a spare becm, if/when something happens, deal with it

Having PMd the guy, he's been told by his "shop" (one that I walked into and out of again) that BECM's always go wrong. No doubt the same shop will tell him that EAS is the work of the Devil!

Remember we are 7,000 miles away from useful support, have a single and particularly useless LR dealership, and surrounded by "Specialists" who can't even spell Minge Raver. I can understand his concerns and will do my best to put him right.

Gilbertd wrote:

From the information I managed to glean when I got my lifetime ban (for sending 'daily' spam advertising this forum when I'd actually only sent two invites in 6 weeks) it seems that PMs are scanned automatically for urls rather than someone reading them. Send a PM with a link in it and that flags up apparently.

In that case I will burn in hell. I sent the guy a link to here on the grounds that as a RR virgin, he needs help (don't we all - virgin or no) not LLT's bullshit!

George's join date made me realise that we've been going for over a year now. A forum started because both Gordon and myself got ourselves banned from Rangerovers.net for using the phrase that is the tagline to this site (which, for those that aren't aware, dates back to when the Defender came out on coil springs after years of leaf springs on the series Landys) and incurring the wrath of RRToadhall. I suppose it all started with a pubcrawl around Glasgow a couple of years ago with Gordon as the host (and navigator) and then further, alcohol fuelled discussions and it was started as a bit of a joke because the domain name was available and it seemed like a fun idea.

But what have we achieved in that first year? Well, we're up to a respectable number of members and still growing (although we could do with kidnapping a few more of the UK based ones from over there), a group of us spent a weekend in a barn in the middle of nowhere somewhere in Wiltshire pulling assorted P38s to bits (when not testing Morat's skills with a barbecue and drinking more beer) and, best of all, we can take the piss out of RRToadhall and his cronies without fear of getting banned for it. I've never had a high opinion of 'dodgy septics' as a mate of mine calls them (think cockney rhyming slang) and some of the posts makes me realise that in the main it's all true (there are the odd exceptions I will happily admit). When you see people posting on a forum asking how to change a battery or how to clean a bulbholder, it does make you wonder though.

Thanks Richard, you finally explained the tagline. I feel free to see a connection in the next phrase, "incurring the wrath of RRTH". Maybe the one is the result of the other.
I'm just happy with this family.

He must like me then!!!
I have Pm'd this link to two people in the last month ..... UK based owners ........... and I'm still alive over there.
By the way, Richard, the slang is 'septic tank' :o) I am a Sarf Lunduner, after all.

I though it was "Sherman Tank", or is that another thing completely?!

It's all fun and games on the internet! :)
I'm happy to play with food and fire, so bring on the next opportunity!
Sadly I'm a bit shite with a spanner....