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| GUM97 Member Since: 05 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3555   
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I've just had one of those weekends where nothing is really achieved!
Yesterday I went to collect a new chassis from Richards' near Doncaster. Jumped in the Merc Sprinter flatbed at half 6 in the morning, and lo and behold...ENGINE WARNING LIGHT  Why do none of the drivers say anything?! Its probably been like that for months and nobody has had the decency to tell me!  Then I'm on the motorway, get up to 70 and there's a huge rattle from somewhere that's incredibly loud. Yet again. nobody's said anything!! It gets worse when I find it's in some kind of limp mode and won't go up hills at any speed! Now if you've driven over the Woodhead pass, you'll know how many hills there are (it's a pass at the end of the day!). Well try doing it in a van that doesn't want to go up hills 
Why does nobody say anything though? Nobody's going to get blamed for it, but it would be nice to know so that it can be fixed!
Rant over! An engine to TDi for! "Land Rover- Proudly turning drivers into mechanics since 1948"  |
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20th Jul 2014 4:21pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5111  
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I go over Woodhead a lot! Climbs are slightly worse coming from Langsett although the climb the other way from Tintwistle is no joke. I bet you were really popular with the traffic behind. |
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20th Jul 2014 5:45pm |
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| GUM97 Member Since: 05 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3555
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There was quite a queue behind
 Coming back Westbound from Langsett it was very foggy too, and I must admit it took a while to overtake a lorry on the short two lane stretch An engine to TDi for!
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20th Jul 2014 7:21pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20487
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Out and about in your dressing gown causing trouble again Pete.
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20th Jul 2014 7:31pm |
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| GUM97 Member Since: 05 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3555
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^^Oh yes of course! Lovely and warm on a cold morning
 An engine to TDi for!
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20th Jul 2014 7:39pm |
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| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731  
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Garages that promise and don't deliver...
Made an appointment 3 weeks ago for dyno-testing - checked specifically if they could do Defenders (as most can't). So I spent 2 1/2 hours this morning (6 am start) in a traffic jam to drop the 110 off. Another 2 hours on trains to work and back and THEN just before I'm picking it up they call and say "sorry, we couldn't test it as we haven't got the right adapter". When I picked the car up they even tried to get me to buy their  undersealing
But never mind - the 1 1/2 hour traffic jam on the way home gave me time to think about it some more. Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
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28th Jul 2014 7:48pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5111
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Black Bin Bags that split as soon as you pick them up, what is the point of making a Bin Bag that is so fragile that it is almost useless.
Helped my daughter move flat today and I spent more time picking things up that had fallen out of spilt black bin bags than anything else. |
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29th Jul 2014 2:36pm |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1025 
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Boy racers, loud pointless and gutless exhaust, even louder music booming, video sums it up well.
Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200 Puma 90 XS - Sold D3 - 2.7 S x2 (both Sold) Freelander 2 HSE - Sold Freelander 1 - Sold Disco 2 - Sold |
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29th Jul 2014 2:52pm |
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| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731
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Here here! In the 90s the wife, 3 kids and I moved country using only black bags and a Sherpa Luton van. Neither of them broke the entire trip  Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
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29th Jul 2014 4:29pm |
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| What puddle? Member Since: 25 Oct 2013 Location: Reading Posts: 952
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I've been driving 38 years and thought I'd seen everything - countless accidents, a lady spooked by a blue light which made her car pirouette on the M4, a cat sat on the crash barrier on the M4 near London, a bloke cycling with a bird on his shoulder, rain so hard that I literally couldn't see the road, snow drifts seven foot high, and countless acts of sheer stupidity. So, me and the wife are sat in Tesco car park today chatting about what time I'll pick her up (hate shopping). We are sat on the edge of the general parking before the spaces get bigger toward the outer edge of the car park. In comes an Asian lady with two boys. Youngest boy gets out. She chooses (despite ALL the empty spaces) a space between other cars butting up to another car. It quickly becomes apparent that she has absolutely no control over her car. Let me explain: she inches in, and I do mean inches by 5-second periods, while youngest boy tries to arm wave her in to the space - continually reassuring her that she has lots of space to fill before she gets anywhere near the car parked in front. Nevertheless, she continues to inch in. This goes on for some time before she gives it up and abandons the car. She gets out to look at the space in front, as does eldest boy. We meanwhile sit there open-mouthed in dumb-struck silence. How on earth did this woman get a licence, and what would she do if she came upon a road incident and had to reposition her car? But perhaps what is perplexing most of all (if you haven't already thought about it)... Why didn't she just simply choose one of the hundreds of spaces quite literally 10 yards away from where she parked? She could have driven straight into a square and had no one anywhere near her. Now left.
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29th Jul 2014 7:37pm |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1585 
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Two words baby boomers.
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29th Jul 2014 10:13pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471
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Holy-moly it's a bad year for dog fleas, the blighters seem to be increasingly resistant to even the usually effective treatments. Hope we get a nice cold winter! Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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7th Aug 2014 7:58pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20487
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What treatment have you used?
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7th Aug 2014 8:15pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471
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The list seems endless. I think there's a new strain of super-flea around here
 Had dogs all my life, working ones for most of it but this is one of the worse summers I've known. Damned warm, bit of rain, warm again then rain, it's been ideal. That plus the deer and rabbits hereabouts. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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7th Aug 2014 9:15pm |
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