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| M44K TS Member Since: 09 Feb 2010 Location: North East U.K. Posts: 1325  
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Went on the free half day experience todayat Skipton with my mate, I did all the driving today as I'm back there tomorrow with him for his session, went round in the 4.4 TDV8. My god that thing is smooth. I just love it's effortless power and makes a nice noise, I'm envious of anyone that's taken delivery of a 4.4 now |
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12th Apr 2011 4:31pm |
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| GregP Member Since: 11 Dec 2010 Location: Exmouth Posts: 1084  
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Glad you had a good day Mark. I had the 4.4 tdv8 a month ago when I went to the SW experience centre and it is a great engine. I wasn't overly impressed with interior. No major improvement on the older L322 models. Did you have a go on road. I gave it some beans with the flappy paddles. FFRR TD6 HSE
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12th Apr 2011 9:05pm |
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| M44K TS Member Since: 09 Feb 2010 Location: North East U.K. Posts: 1325
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Yeah I had a drive on road, didn't go nuts though as the guy had said the police are usually out in force on sunny days to catch bikers so didn't really get to stick my toe down too much, when I did, it certainly seemed quicker than my current 4.4 petrol.
As said, not 100% convinced by the black leather and dash, makes it look a little dreary IMO.
Misted up tail lights, blamed on being jet washed daily, surely that shouldn't affect them?
I did like how neat the new switchgear looks though, the AC & heated screen buttons etc are a better and nicer design I thought.
I'll no doubt get a few more pics as a passenger tomorrow. All in all, a good day out, especially as it was free. 2006 Mercedes CLS 1991 Retro-style Mini But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C... |
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12th Apr 2011 10:04pm |
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| GregP Member Since: 11 Dec 2010 Location: Exmouth Posts: 1084
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lol at the misted tail lights. The one I drove had the same problem. When I mentioned I to the chap he didn't spout any rubbish about jet washing he just said "it's a land rover" and laughed. It's been a design fault since 2002 and they still haven't fixed it. |
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12th Apr 2011 10:09pm |
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| M44K TS Member Since: 09 Feb 2010 Location: North East U.K. Posts: 1325
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Yeah I've seen loads now that's misted up, I'd be a bit annoyed if my 3k mile car started doing it though. 2006 Mercedes CLS
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12th Apr 2011 10:17pm |
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| GregP Member Since: 11 Dec 2010 Location: Exmouth Posts: 1084
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For sure, �70-80k car and it's tail lights are a mess. Even KIAs don't have this problem |
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12th Apr 2011 10:22pm |
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| dantheman Member Since: 02 Feb 2009 Location: North: Lancs Posts: 477
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Nice pics Mark - looking forward to my turn on 23rd April! |
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13th Apr 2011 7:02pm |
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| M44K TS Member Since: 09 Feb 2010 Location: North East U.K. Posts: 1325
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It's good fun and a great insight if you have zero off road experience such as myself. Me and Matt are thinking of doing the Level 1 full day course in the near future.
Amazingly, the wheel was still on the ground, I was impressed by the articulation the standard car has.
I was shocked by how big the stoppers were on it too 
The instructor let us take some videos too, I've got a couple to upload. 2006 Mercedes CLS 1991 Retro-style Mini But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C... |
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13th Apr 2011 8:54pm |
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| M44K TS Member Since: 09 Feb 2010 Location: North East U.K. Posts: 1325
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http://public.fotki.com/marksheridan/adven...-1404.html 2006 Mercedes CLS
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13th Apr 2011 9:18pm |
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| M44K TS Member Since: 09 Feb 2010 Location: North East U.K. Posts: 1325
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Yeah standard road tyres 2006 Mercedes CLS
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14th Apr 2011 11:46am |
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