More of this.....

Drove to my son's house to watch the grand prix, a bit of a procession so not very interesting, but the drive home brought a smile to my face, I still think the SC is an awesome car!

I also fitted dome headed Torx security screws to the rear light clusters to replace the hex ones. That was thanks to a recent post by someone (sorry I cannot now find the post), I had not known that they were so easy to steal. Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
Ford Focus EcoBoost 1.5 2017
MG TF 2003

Previous Cars of note
Land Rover Discovery 2
Jaguar Mk2 3.8 - Company car
MG Midget 1974 - Concours

Drove from Wrexham, North Wales to Maesteg, near Port Talbot to pick up some brand new spares I managed to buy, more on that later. Drive was all through Wales, mostly A roads, as I had plenty of time and know the route quite well. It is also the most picturesque route. About 300 miles there and back. Some brilliant roads for driving.

The Rangie performed effortlessly, didn't miss a beat, I was 'made up like a bag of chips' I brimmed the tank prior to setting off and will do again tomorrow to work out an accurate MPG for a Td6 on a long run. At least for mine anywaY. Will post the figures later.

The weather could not have been better, sun / clouds no rain or high winds and quite warm.

Drove there non stop, all anti-Covid precautions taken during pick up of said spares then stopped on top of the Brecon Beacons on the way back to partake of my home made sarnies and open the flask of coffee.
Below are a couple of pics. What you cannot see, are the wild ponies and the buzzards, all added to the day.

Scenic shot of my Silver special. Not the best photo!, but I got the next one right.

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stan wrote:

just a reminder to members that this is a 'one' post thread so please dont reply to posts as this spoils the thread..thanks.

Waxed mine to a brilliant shine today.

Went to the garden centre, my idea of hell. But it meant sitting in my lovely leather seats with that lovely leathery smelll and because the sun roof was open I could hear the V8 doing it’s stuff. First drive in 3 weeks and so worth the pain of “helping” SWMBO select plants.....

Lovely weather for it so fitted a nice shiny new high level brake light on my 2011 L322 Vogue 4.4 TDV8 and with the boot trim and spoiler off I gave the area a good clean and fitted a new rear wiper arm and blade.
Then I replaced the old and leaking lower tailgate gas strut with a new one. Just got the two gas struts in the centre cubby to do and soon all the struts will have been replaced and tailgates, lids and bonnets will be going up (and down) properly.
Big shout out to this forum's search facility (and also the PowerfulUK lads' videos) both a big help when I hit a snag.
Ron

Put up the folding camper for the first time after winter

Went on a 320 mile road trip.

Home to Lincoln to drop off a D2 roof rack for a fellow D2BC member (love the cross bars that fit into the covered slots on the roof) then on to Doncaster to pick up an old but serviceable Engels fridge/freezer.

Then on to Rochdale to pick up a set of aftermarket mats in red and black and on to the Company Shop at Tankersley.

Fish and chips were ordered from our local chippy before we set off from Tankersley and arrived just as we'd put the shopping away.

A couple of bottles of Aspall's Premier Cru cider went well with dinner and then we flopped on the sofa, knackered!

Dunc. The life you have is the only one you'll get; make the most of it.
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2012 4.4 TDV8 L322 Autobiography
2003 TD5 Oslo Blue D2 ES Premium Auto (with mods!)

Many thanks to a chap called Paul near Rochdale who let me have a set of overmats free of charge.

Having vacuumed the car out the mats were fitted. They may not be to everyone's taste but they go nicely with my red and black interior.














Then of course the rest of the car had to be cleaned!








Dunc. The life you have is the only one you'll get; make the most of it.
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2012 4.4 TDV8 L322 Autobiography
2003 TD5 Oslo Blue D2 ES Premium Auto (with mods!)

I am never happier than when the sun is shining and I am playing with my car, so today I have started preparing it for it’s MOT later in the month.
First job, oil and filter change, . I have only done 2k miles since I last did it but , what the heck, I enjoy doing it .

My drivers window wouldn't remember the setting to auto up, battery unplugged and touched the wires together. All good now, but the back windows won't go back up from the keyfob when locking car, they used to! Anyway it is progress. 2009 TDV8 3.6

Cleaned my MAF and MAP sensors, straight forward job. Must admit seems to be running so much better. MAP sensors were a little oily but cleaned none the less.