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So what have you done to your car today?

Started by Loo-knee, 28 April 2011, 21:20:22

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aaronjb

Drove the BMW to a garage and test drove a 2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8.. as we pulled back up on the dealer forecourt and parked up, the electric handbrake let out the most awful screaming noise, threw up a fault code along with a "low coolant" fault and an oil slick on the floor and the dealer said "You see, you can really tell this one has been looked after"  :o ::) ;D

henryd

Quote from: aaronjb on 18 May 2019, 15:19:38
Drove the BMW to a garage and test drove a 2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8.. as we pulled back up on the dealer forecourt and parked up, the electric handbrake let out the most awful screaming noise, threw up a fault code along with a "low coolant" fault and an oil slick on the floor and the dealer said "You see, you can really tell this one has been looked after"  :o ::) ;D

Thats a circa £700 fix on that,same set up as a Disco 3-4 :-X
other rides 
  mk3 Volvo v70 2.0 Diesel , Pug 306 cabriolet, Pug 308 gt 180
  Sterling elite trekker pikey wagon

Nick W

Quote from: henryd on 18 May 2019, 15:42:47
Quote from: aaronjb on 18 May 2019, 15:19:38
Drove the BMW to a garage and test drove a 2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8.. as we pulled back up on the dealer forecourt and parked up, the electric handbrake let out the most awful screaming noise, threw up a fault code along with a "low coolant" fault and an oil slick on the floor and the dealer said "You see, you can really tell this one has been looked after"  :o ::) ;D

Thats a circa £700 fix on that,same set up as a Disco 3-4 :-X


and that's if the manual release didn't break the last time it happened. Electric handbrakes are a bad idea, and poorly implemented.

TheBoy

Quote from: henryd on 18 May 2019, 10:36:05
will fargo near me

Crikey,I managed to upload a picture ::)
Looks tidy :)

Got some interior pics, now you know how to upload pics?
Grumpy old man

biggriffin

Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 18 May 2019, 10:57:22
Quote from: henryd on 18 May 2019, 10:36:05
will fargo near me

Crikey,I managed to upload a picture ::)

To drive such a car Henry will need to be .......

A liberal-minded gay love teacher or philosopher from  Helsinki or.....

A suicidal depressed detective from the north of Sweden.

......and thin wire-rimmed spectacles must be worn at all times.

If that wealthy land owner keeps bullying us SAAB( posh Vectra) owners,  I'll get one of my polish mates from Spalding, to park a bigger Saab in his garden again, :D
Hoof'land storeman.

henryd

Quote from: TheBoy on 18 May 2019, 20:00:33
Quote from: henryd on 18 May 2019, 10:36:05
will fargo near me

Crikey,I managed to upload a picture ::)
Looks tidy :)

Got some interior pics, now you know how to upload pics?

I can't  have it till June 1st but I will then :y
other rides 
  mk3 Volvo v70 2.0 Diesel , Pug 306 cabriolet, Pug 308 gt 180
  Sterling elite trekker pikey wagon

Marks DTM Calib

Quote from: aaronjb on 18 May 2019, 15:19:38
Drove the BMW to a garage and test drove a 2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8.. as we pulled back up on the dealer forecourt and parked up, the electric handbrake let out the most awful screaming noise, threw up a fault code along with a "low coolant" fault and an oil slick on the floor and the dealer said "You see, you can really tell this one has been looked after"  :o ::) ;D

Its a Ford part, as used on some of their US tat, quite common to source from Ford s they are cheaper.  >:( :(


aaronjb

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Quote from: Fuse 19 on 20 May 2019, 13:07:27
Its a Ford part, as used on some of their US tat, quite common to source from Ford s they are cheaper.  >:( :(

Hopefully I won't need it - I ran away from that one faster than I arrived ;D ;D

That said, this one is tempting: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201905147940145

Later 5.0 V8s go for a lot more money than the earlier 4.2.. which is a shame, as the facelifted cars are much nicer inside.

Viral_Jim

Don't forget to buy some shares in shell, BP or Exxon, I suspect the consumption on one of those is pretty jaw dropping

STEMO

Quote from: jimmy944 on 20 May 2019, 15:35:30
Don't forget to buy some shares in shell, BP or Exxon, I suspect the consumption on one of those is pretty jaw dropping
The one in the link is 12.6mpg around town, 24 on a run. If you take into account that manufactures figures are usually a tad optimistic........ ::)

2boxerdogs

Fitted a new osr indicator bulb on the Terracan, I really can't remember having to change an indicator bulb on any car I've owned in the 48 years I've been driving !

Sir Tigger KC

Quote from: aaronjb on 20 May 2019, 13:29:04
Quote from: Fuse 19 on 20 May 2019, 13:07:27
Its a Ford part, as used on some of their US tat, quite common to source from Ford s they are cheaper.  >:( :(

Hopefully I won't need it - I ran away from that one faster than I arrived ;D ;D

That said, this one is tempting: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201905147940145

Later 5.0 V8s go for a lot more money than the earlier 4.2.. which is a shame, as the facelifted cars are much nicer inside.

That looks nice!  :y  But I've always thought the RR Sport is a bit of a Footballer/Hairdresser type thing.  :-\

Although the full fat Rangie is also a posers car, you do get the feeling that you could drive it across the Serengeti in the wet season and get through!  :y

Big cars for people with big fat wallets!  :P  :)
RIP Paul 'Luvvie' Lovejoy

Politically homeless ......

biggriffin

Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 20 May 2019, 17:59:57
Quote from: aaronjb on 20 May 2019, 13:29:04
Quote from: Fuse 19 on 20 May 2019, 13:07:27
Its a Ford part, as used on some of their US tat, quite common to source from Ford s they are cheaper.  >:( :(

Hopefully I won't need it - I ran away from that one faster than I arrived ;D ;D

That said, this one is tempting: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201905147940145

Later 5.0 V8s go for a lot more money than the earlier 4.2.. which is a shame, as the facelifted cars are much nicer inside.

That looks nice!  :y  But I've always thought the RR Sport is a bit of a Footballer/Hairdresser type thing.  :-\

Although the full fat Rangie is also a posers car, you do get the feeling that you could drive it across the Serengeti in the wet season and get through!  :y

Big cars for people with big fat wallets!  :P  :)

And small ????, Well that's what they say,. Big wallet, small --- :D ;D :)..

My wallet is empty  :o
Hoof'land storeman.

Sir Tigger KC

Quote from: biggriffin on 20 May 2019, 18:25:34
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 20 May 2019, 17:59:57
Quote from: aaronjb on 20 May 2019, 13:29:04
Quote from: Fuse 19 on 20 May 2019, 13:07:27
Its a Ford part, as used on some of their US tat, quite common to source from Ford s they are cheaper.  >:( :(

Hopefully I won't need it - I ran away from that one faster than I arrived ;D ;D

That said, this one is tempting: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201905147940145

Later 5.0 V8s go for a lot more money than the earlier 4.2.. which is a shame, as the facelifted cars are much nicer inside.

That looks nice!  :y  But I've always thought the RR Sport is a bit of a Footballer/Hairdresser type thing.  :-\

Although the full fat Rangie is also a posers car, you do get the feeling that you could drive it across the Serengeti in the wet season and get through!  :y

Big cars for people with big fat wallets!  :P  :)

And small ????, Well that's what they say,. Big wallet, small --- :D ;D :)..

My wallet is empty  :o

That's Lord Opti's line!  ;D
RIP Paul 'Luvvie' Lovejoy

Politically homeless ......

2boxerdogs

The Range Rover in my opinion is the best looking 4x4 on the market , I remember when I purchased my first 4x4 from a specialist dealer near Norwich in 1987 I was looking at the RR and the salesman asked what was my most important requirement I answered reliability he immediately steered me away from the RR & I'm afraid nothing has changed in all that time a real shame as I'd have one in an instant.