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General Car Chat / Re: How Far Would You Go For The Right Car?

« on: 13 October 2018, 10:30:21 »

For absolutely the right car?Anywhere in the country.

Depends on the rarity of the car, a 3yo ford fiesta, probably 25miles max as I'm confident I could find the spec/colour/configuration of my choice in Birmingham somewhere.

Something like the terracan I was looking at, where there's about 20 for sale in the uk, I'd probably travel as far as was needed.

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General Car Chat / Re: Hyundai Terracan - who had one?

« on: 13 October 2018, 00:06:48 »

This one has very low mileage and a very good MOT history. Only been doing a bout 4K miles a year
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201809280956537?advertising-location=at_cars&radius=1501&model=TERRACAN&postcode=bs32ab&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&make=HYUNDAI&sort=sponsored&page=1

It's a pity I'm not in s place to go looking now, that does look a smart one for sure, 3 pedals notwithstanding.

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General Car Chat / Re: Hyundai Terracan - who had one?

« on: 12 October 2018, 23:44:37 »

Hardly ground breaking clutch life... 135k is pretty typical for an Omega clutch 

I'd guess it depends what you do with em. I'd consider 130k pretty good if doing a lot of heavy towing, but total bobbins if trolling up and down the motorway for a living.

And trust me, if you could buy a 4wd omega that could tow 3.5T, I'd be buying one!

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General Car Chat / Re: Hyundai Terracan - who had one?

« on: 12 October 2018, 11:14:59 »

Thanks Tilbo, sounds promising, although I'll be fishing at the lower end of the market! Mpg is better than I would have expected  , take it yours is a manual?

My concern over a 3 pedal car is that buying with about 100k on and then doing serious towing seems a recipe for a busted clutch/ dmf (if fitted).

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General Car Chat / Re: Hyundai Terracan - who had one?

« on: 12 October 2018, 00:59:05 »

it'll be a long time (if ever) before I buy a JLR product again!

The post BMW ones are an awful lot better...  ...Ford did a half decent job of sorting stuff out, and the Indians have finished it off.

While you may be proved right, history has shown me they're sh!te, and I'll need time to be convinced.

The only two people I know personally who've had modern jags have both suffered problems I consider unacceptable in a modern car.

1. Facelift Gen 1 XF (less than 3yrs old do thankfully a warranty job) dead electrics due to a boot full of water from leaking light cluster. The same issue that afflicted our x-type and many others. Clearly not learning from their mistakes.

2. XJ 3.0D with bubbling paint at less than 5yrs old. Not an uncommon problem and utterly utterly unacceptable to me on a car made in this decade.

Time will tell I'm sure, but JLR is not for me for the foreseeable future.

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General Car Chat / Re: Hyundai Terracan - who had one?

« on: 11 October 2018, 23:35:13 »

Well joking apart, a Disco 2 TD5 would be ideal if you can find a decent one. 

There are loads about, spares are cheap and readily available, good for towing, cavernous van like interior with the back seats down, there are plenty of Land Rover specialists about and there is good forum support. 

Plus these are becoming sought after and are commanding good prices!  If you looked after it, you'd sell it easily and get a good price as well! 

Not only would it be higher up the Cool Wall than anything else in that budget, you'd learn to love it with all that crawling around under it! 

In Budget 

SEE! That's exactly what I'm talking about!!

Looks nice, seems like it'll do the job, but 6m down the line I'll be under it trying to change the clutch, fix 3 coolant leaks and trying to weld up 89 structural holes, all in a weekend. Its a trap I tells ya! 

Plus my welding looks like metallic pigeon sh!t.

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General Car Chat / Re: Hyundai Terracan - who had one?

« on: 11 October 2018, 21:17:58 »

That's the same reason I ruled out land cruisers. They can be old and ropey as you like, but you're not getting one for less than £3k and some of the older ones seem woefully underpowered (140-150bhp, 165 ft lbs).

Not considered an ML, thought they were a) more expensive and b) didn't tow that much. Cheers

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General Car Chat / Re: Hyundai Terracan - who had one?

« on: 11 October 2018, 18:45:14 »

Cool, if he doesn't spot the thread I'll PM him. Looking on the internet it seems a remarkably trouble free vehicle.

It's only issue seems to be that it's catastrophically ugly. Which is fine.

This rules out anything with a Land Rover badge then! 

Precisely! There are a plethora of 4.0v8 discos in budget. And on some of them it even takes two glances to spot the rust. 

I've watched my father suffer through over a decade of RR P38 ownership - it'll be a long time (if ever) before I buy a JLR product again!

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General Car Chat / Hyundai Terracan - who had one?

« on: 11 October 2018, 16:15:11 »

Its looking more and more like this self build is going to come off and I'll need something that is 4wd and can tow a good amount. Budget of around £2-3k max and I don't want to be lying under it every verse end - I'll be busy enough thanks! 

So far, the pick of the pack is the terracan, followed closely by the shogun. I'd prefer 2 pedals over 3 in any event.

I seem to remember someone on here had one. Tilbo maybe? Wondered how they are to own and tow with.

TIA 

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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar Solihull to close for two weeks.

« on: 08 October 2018, 21:01:50 »

Anything to do with the locals bouncing around in 20yr old seats and fiat pandas. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar Solihull to close for two weeks.

« on: 08 October 2018, 20:04:24 »

Could be some exceptionally good deals on new derv cars. They need to shift them one way or another.

Vast majority of Jags sold in UK are diesel.  That and the Brexit 'dangle berries' means nobody is buying Jaaaaggggsss

Surely not. I'm given to understand that Brexit will deliver a significant boost to UK manufacturing 

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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar Solihull to close for two weeks.

« on: 08 October 2018, 18:51:31 »

Yup, new car registrations down 20% on last yr and the worst September numbers posted since the financial crisis.

Wonder what could be causing it 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Brett Kavanaugh'appointment has been confirmed.

« on: 07 October 2018, 01:34:11 »

TBH he could have machine gunned a crowd on the steps of Capitol Hill, and as long as no-one in the crowd was a white male, he'd still have hit the 50-48.

Because that's how America works. And has always worked.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Good News if your on the 3 Mobile Network

« on: 06 October 2018, 13:37:39 »

I get better coverage everywhere I go than I ever did with Eek...

US coverage may well be patchy, but it is a smidge bigger than MK

I found it no better or worse than any other network (work Vodafone or my evil everywhere phone) and cheaper than most! Currently in/around Boston and it's bouncing from AT&T to T-Mobile.

I get enough speed for the three of us that are here to browse/watch visa etc so I'm happy. Similarly in the UK, no complaints. I use mine mainly as a substitute DAB for my commute and typically don't get any drop-outs on my 99min commute 

Their customer service is bobbins but I'm guessing none of the major networks are any better in that regard. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: As of yesterday.......

« on: 04 October 2018, 15:16:43 »

In the good old days you got tax relief on mortgage payments.

In the 1980's, I understand that my dad got tax relief on his mortgage, while also being NT coded (not normally resident for tax purposes) - so he actually got a cheque back from the revenue every year.