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| RALLYKA Member Since: 31 Aug 2011 Location: Chepstow Posts: 124  
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Used mine to prop up a 20ft container which had just fallen off its jacks, health and safety went out of the window
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27th Sep 2011 9:29pm |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
Karlos, I think it is an Air Arms EV2 MK4 Target Rifle. |
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27th Sep 2011 9:46pm |
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| cinstone Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Stourbridge Posts: 375  
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Almost right. It's a Mk II and is sub' 12ft.lb. It's far more accurate than me, although I faired o.k today with a 51/60 after only the second time out at HFT since June. Not good enough though. 59's at least to compete consistently.
You can read all about my time with this rifle here;- http://www.airgun-tec.co.uk/airgun-tec/index.php?topic=65.0 Chris. http://shropshirelandrovers.freeforums.org 2015 Defender 90 XS SW & Helen, 1964 IIa. Previously 2012 Defender 90 XS SW & 2008 90 XS SW. Previous LR's: Michael, my 2008 Defender 90 XS SW. Machinas oportet intrare non capsicum annuum faveo |
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27th Sep 2011 10:51pm |
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| jamesc Member Since: 19 Nov 2010 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 74  
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[/quote] Seems a dramatic change of heart, Bobble, after your staunch defence of the Defender on another forum. John Aston would be wryly amused. Seriously I have wondered whether I have done the right thing. With a 61 plate car that I've spent £400 rust-proofing and the liklihood of the clutch/gearbox failing I think I might have done better with a Yeti. |
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28th Sep 2011 9:40am |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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Aye but I doubt you'd be able to pull fully laden artics up ice covered mountain passes with a Yeti or feel the connection with the past that you get with a vehicle designed when rationing was still in place 
Mind you my OH recently chopped in her CRV for a Yeti and soon after discovered the joys of suffering a puncture in a vehicle that is not equipped with a spare wheel  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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28th Sep 2011 10:16am |
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| Bobble Member Since: 21 Aug 2011 Location: Hampshire Posts: 223
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This is indeed true, but that's defence against largely unfounded criticism. Don't get me wrong, Defenders are still great, just not really right as a private car. The stark reality is they're small commercial vehicles, and need a commercial budget and heavy engineering facilities to look after them. |
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28th Sep 2011 10:21am |
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| JSG Member Since: 12 Jul 2007 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2412 
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Rubbish - I've been running them as private cars for years - they've been no worse to maintain than any car I've had. John http://www.hampshire4x4response.co.uk 2011 Tdci 110 CSW XS |
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28th Sep 2011 12:01pm |
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| Bobble Member Since: 21 Aug 2011 Location: Hampshire Posts: 223
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Rubbish to you too. All depends on what you class as a commercial budget and heavy engineering, doesn't it? 
Personally, I don't have room in the garage nor money in the bank for the 12-tonne press required to get old bushes out. P'raps you don't really use your truck as intended, and drive it like a Ford Focus too? |
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28th Sep 2011 12:22pm |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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Most cars give grief and trouble including the last 2 jap cars I had
 I got rid of them when they went wrong because I couldn't justify the cost of fixing them, and they were sooo boring, not so with an LR, less depreciation or none at all and cheaper parts and you CAN fix most things yourself. I would rather stick in a new gearbox every 100,000 miles than drive around in a Yeti what ever that is, Skoda/Jap/Mondeo ilk is it, who cares  something modern and about as engaging as a washing machine....It's not a Defender
I hate MOT time like most but at least you know you can fix it. I had to replace all my suspension on the Series 2, weld a plate on the chassis and fart about with the electrics etc etc to get it through  But once on the road again I wouldn't choose any other car as a daily drive during the summer with the tilt off 
I drive both my 109 Series & Puma for work and as private cars school run shopping etc and love doing so...they are interesting an engaging and not more difficult to do the task in than say a Mondeo - easier if anything - I still get a buzz jumping up into the LR seat and driving my little trucks about  Many people drive them for domestic duties and are no harder to maintain than any euro box, easier if anything. The garage around the corner from me hate these modern Audie's, Merc's, Citroen, Pugs, Nissan etc etc All cars can need maintenance but if I have to fork out 1K to fix something I want it to be on something I am enthusiastic about. If I had a boring car like everyone else I would hate it even more having to spend 1K on the thing!
Rant over......but bye a euro car, will do good MPG, can book it into your garage for maintenance, will get you from A-B yawn zzzzz Bobble it's just hard times with it, see it through cos like Top Gear you might end up in a Astra or any other boring car
James you've got a lovely brand new 90 which others would kill for and your worring about having to pay someone else to put in a new gearbox in maybe 90,000 miles time. The depreciation of a Yeti or whatever will far outstrip what you may have to pay in a gearbox etc.  Right rant really over this time....
The Defender is a unique, engaging, GREAT vehicle, enjoy them for christ sake - lifes to short for worrying or moaning! Worry about the meeting I am now late for  |
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28th Sep 2011 12:28pm |
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| JSG Member Since: 12 Jul 2007 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2412
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I use my Defenders as they are intended - they are family carriers, commuting vehicles, camping vehicles, towing vehicles, shopping wagons, green laners and off-roaders. If you need to press a bush out pop up to the local garage - it would be the same with a Volvo, Ford or any other Eurobox. In terms of budget - my Defenders have cost no more that the Euorboxes I've had. John http://www.hampshire4x4response.co.uk 2011 Tdci 110 CSW XS |
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28th Sep 2011 12:45pm |
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| twopoint6khz Member Since: 18 Aug 2011 Location: North Lakes Posts: 654 
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As if to illustrate the point, my Golf has just failed its MOT requiring a new suspension bush at a cost of about a billion pounds. Plus they reckon the pads and discs are "70% worn" so have issued an advisory on that. I think I'll wait til they're 100% worn then do them myself and save £200....
It also chews up a set of tyres every 10k miles. I've had the same ones on the Defender now for about 40k and there's still plenty of life in them! I might write to General and ask them to make Grabbers in 225/45/17 |
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28th Sep 2011 12:49pm |
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| jamesc Member Since: 19 Nov 2010 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 74
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OK Zag - I consider myself chastened. Sometimes, though, spending time on forums like this can seriously give you the jitters. So much (justifiable) woe about transmission lash, gearbox clonk, rust &c, &c... Same thing happened to me with my BMW R1200GS, in that case much discussion regarding fuel pump and final drive failures. Sold it after three years in case anything went wrong (though it did turn itself off once at 90mph on the outside lane of a three lane carriageway). |
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28th Sep 2011 1:52pm |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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Chris have you had any reports on the Hawke Sidewinder IR Tac 30 - 8.5-25x42 scope thing of it for my S410 FAC |
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28th Sep 2011 2:34pm |
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| nosnibod Member Since: 15 Aug 2007 Location: West Midlands Posts: 370 
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I heartily agree. I had a decision to make back in 2004. Do I drive around in something that sends me to sleep and has as much character and engagement as a washing machine, or do I get myself a vehicle I remembered drawing as a small child? I hunted high and low for a decent 300Tdi 110 station wagon and eventually gave in a bought a new TD5 instead. In the next seven years it has done 173,000 miles and it has never, not once, let me down. I've worn things out like the gearboxes and diffs and I've paid to have them replaced as appropriate. It has had it's moments, for example when it amused me by dropping to four cylinders half back across France, but it kept going and got us home. It's a vehicle I look forward to driving ALL the time - never once has a journey been boring or full of drudgery. The very thought of driving something else has never occurred to me and I'm no luddite or stick-in-the-mud, or indeed do I lack the wherewithal to get something else. I've driven a few other things in the meantime but they just leave me cold. Stone cold. I reckon the engine will last about another 130,000 or so, at which point I'll just replace the engine because that's still a darned sight cheaper than buying an entire new vehicle. Hopefully I'll keep this 110 going for as long as I can get parts for it and I look after it. To that end, next weekend a couple of mates and I are having a "Dinitrol Party" with two Disco 1's and my 110 being guests of honour! In short, it's the best thing I ever did motoring-wise. Dave Green Goddess - 1998 Defender 110 300tdi |
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28th Sep 2011 4:10pm |
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