Got the air conditioning regassed. There was no gas in the system, and there probably hasn't been since I bought the car 6 months ago. Was expecting it to fail the pressure test, but it held pressure for an hour, so had the gas added. Airflow temperature down to 2 degrees Centigrade, so happy with that!. That cost me £204 (£170 + VAT), in case anyone was wondering. And that was for someone to come to me.
Also I cleaned the MAP sensor, which was quite carbon-y.

Got an oil analysis. (Well, strictly speaking I didn't do it today, but the results came back today)

This oil was from the previous owner of the car, which I changed within days of getting the car.

The headline figures:
Wear Metals are at a satisfactory level.
Fuel dilution is at a 'caution' level.
Soot is approaching a 'caution' level.

All ok so far...

The viscosity is too low for the stated grade

Definitely glad I changed the oil. And I will definitely get an analysis done at the next oil change.

Decided to remove rubber strip from bottom of rear window, as it wasn’t looking too flash anymore - easy and looking good until I found some rust 🤦‍♂️ The old RR 2 step, 1 step forward 2 steps back😂 Think I preferred looking at the deteriorating rubber than the rust, but at least I know about it now rather than it being hidden.

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Picked it up after having it's engine rebuild by Royal Rebuilds in Burnham-on-Crouch

250 mile dawn blast on Saturday to Bournemouth & back for the beach airshow and what hoped would be probably the last summer day of the year.

Ended up being mega crowded, windy, overcast and quite a disappointment all round as far as the weather was concerned.

But the roar and flames of the Typhoon display took me back to my LTF Lightning days at Binbrook. Do love the smell of Avtur in the morning breeze, but don't miss the tears and choking accompanying the Avpin starters.

Rory though performed flawlessly, 30.5 mpg there and back fully loaded and with me not holding back on the thrust pedal.

Happy Days.

A. Fuji White / Jet 2012 4.4 TDV8 Westminster

Returned home after 1200 miles of holiday driving in the RR, much of it towing a caravan. So easy with cruise control, the torque of the 4.4 and the automatic gearbox, compared to the manual Discovery 3 I was towing with before.

A bit surprised to see that my "Distance to next service" counter has plummeted by 3000 miles though!

Drove the Beast down to Forte dei Marmi, Tuscany (320km) and back for a long weekend. Chance to test the new oil cooler I had just installed by giving her a good push :-0.
Love driving the Italian Autostrade in the Beast, she drove beautifully without any hiccups.
Even swept a few Porsches to the side  RR HSE TDV8 4.4 2012
Jaguar S type 3.6l
Jaguar XJ8
Jaguar X type 3l
Triumph TR6 1976 - Jeep CJ7 1976

Yesterday had an oil and filter change by my local independent. John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

6 weeks in Ireland and 2.5k trouble free and effortless miles. New struts allround earlier in the year made a big difference on the twisty narrow roads over last years trip. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

Fitted new rear shocks, hopefully the ride is better now  2012 TDV8 Autobiography Baltic Blue
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Moved fatty into her new home, finally finished!!.

We had our Fatty do its first real job towing....

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About 1500 kms in 1 long day picking up the new to us 1978 grandfather of the L322 which did a fantastic job at it doing 9.2 km/l towing it at around 100-105 km/h

I installed this a while ago, Mrs is paralysed so bought this off Ebay, slight modification to allow me to fit full fatty. The demonstration guy showed me the installation photos of where the plates were just drilled through, directly below were the anti rollbar pipes !!! Special plate made and all fitted and working as should. Far better than driving our van having to turn my head to talk.

A jaunt up and down from Herefordshire to Worthing, for lunch... 450 miles today, wouldn't want to do it in any other vehicle. 26.6 mpg, not bad as I wasn't hanging about where possible, but the traffic near the coast is dreadful, 40 mph seems to be fast for a lot of the locals.