Hmm, an hour and five minutes each way.
Not sure I'm as obsessed as you are!
What postcode is it in?
Orangebean wrote:
Smiler's burns A LOT of oil
but only some of it is lubricant?
Mine seems to have a clean exhaust too... no idea where it's all going. Yet.
The Duchess drinks Halfords 10/40 semi :)
It's perfectly good oil, for the length of time it's actually in the engine!
at the rate BPSM is going it'll have a one way ceiling mirror with a video feed to his Android head unit :)
I gotta say, I'm impressed with your motivation BPSM - this will be one sorted P38 by the time you're through!
Chris, you're a great man to know!! thanks :)
It's a bit disappointing after 106k (from memory) but I guess there's no guarantee on mileage so it's just a lottery really.
400 miles in a day on the motorways, plus maybe 150 pratting around in the previous 10 days.
She doesn't leave much on the ground really, hmmm.
That doesn't sound great!
I'll measure it more closely and report back.
Or how much you're prepared to spend on tow trucks and garage "Diagnostics" which eventually turn out to be generic Snap-On OBDII readers.
Made it :)
Just the one random EAS fault which was quickly cancelled. Valve not closing regularly or something similar. I didn't bother taking a note as we were in Belgium at the time.
Interesting that she uses about a litre of oil a day.... I think it's time to add leak hunting to the list. Perhaps in conjunction with the steam cleaning.
Hope you all had a good couple of weeks :)
Cheers,
Morat
I'm not as much of a detailing freak as you'd like to think but I do appreciate the effort here!
Stockton, you say? Hmmm 😀
Thanks!
Gilbert, you should email the toad and warn him of the spammer linking to other, potentially harmful, websites. All in the spirit of the Range Rover brotherhood, of course 😀
Blagging is a harsh term 😀
Mine seems to overshoot a bit if you release the brake after a decent stop. It takes a couple of attempts to find an acceptable setting. It doesn't bother me, just makes me chuckle as It does a little jig.
blueplasticsoulman wrote:
yeah seen it. it seems one of the better conversions. lines look ok. Bodywork is tidy for the age. I imagine a bit of it has been repainted when they did the conversion.
it's also a diesel and has begun to overheat.
I'm still unsure about the side vent mod. I have a pair that I bought ages ago. Not sure it's the right thing to do. End of the day, I have a p38. If I wanted that look, I should probably buy an L322.
On the side vents, just say no!
Don't they all dance at the traffic lights?
A friend of mine has a Bobcat. It's a Classic chassis cut down to fit a D90 trayback body. It was originally built as some sort of off road recovery vehicle with winches front and rear and a crane in the back. It still has the winches but the back now has a booze locker and mainly carries game.
Fun thing though. It had a 3.5 v8 on carbs but that popped and it now has a cammed 4.6, still on carbs.
There are some very odd range rover hybrids out there because the chassis makes it possible. I saw a thread once where someone put an BMW e30 cabriolet shell onto a range rover chassis. God knows why!
Made it out to France 😀I'm contemplating a breakdown before starting the return trip!
More seriously the CO-OP sold me breakdown cover with recovery to the UK for £56 when green flag and the others flat out refused European cover.
Right, time to find a beer 😀