Took this American Caravan all the way to South of France.
With a 2003 td6


Caravan stats

39ft long

4200kgs

9ft wide

Electric brakes

Bit of a monster
Presume the trip was uneventful as it wasn’t legal.  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

Spent last week in Britanny. 638 miles without missing a beat. On long motorway stretches, there and back, cruising at 70 mph, on screen was showing 32mpg. I know it is optimistic but still not bad.😃 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

I removed three locking wheel nuts, replacing them with new non-locking nuts...

And I stripped the locking wheel nut and key on the fourth wheel.

Currently debating with myself whether to try and fix it myself, and probably just make it worse, or get a professional to do it.

I could be banned for telling what I did in my ff today

Currently having a coffee in-between multiple trips to the local dump / re-cycling facility after a ruthless house and garage sort out.
Obviously not as exciting as the day vs322 is having

After a bit of research and posting questions on here, they are stacked and ready to play there part in the refurbishment of my original wheels which starts tomorrow.

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Drove to Wyre Forest crematorium and managed 21mpg so very pleased with that, Derby to Kidderminster via the M42.
Did a lot of running around the local roads from Kidderminster to Cleobury Mortimer I got 15.9 mpg so very pleased with that, as the roads around that area are narrow twisty and quite steep in places.
On the drive home which included all the country road driving I got 19.5 mpg with all the typical M42 traffic which was near standstill for much of the time.

The car was perfect, an easy drive very comfortable, what a wonderful motor!

David 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

Got through my annual service and MoT last week . . . but at a cost! I knew the front discs and pads needed changing, but also had to get a new front suspension unit, old one had a leak that I hadn’t noticed. MoT revealed that the NSR alloy had a crack in it; temporary repair done to get it through the test while I looked for a replacement. Luckily enough I found one on E-Bay, exactly the same pattern as the original and in better nick than the other wheels. A 4-figure bill for everything but had budgeted for it so happy days. L322 TDV8 4.4 - current
L322 TD6 - sold
Disco 2 TD5 - sold
Suzuki Grand Vitara XL7 - sold
Mitsubishi Pajero 2.8 - part ex'd
Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0 td - sold
Mitsubishi Pajero 2.8 - sold

Waiting for a cow to calve, driving up and down muddy tracks in the dark, oh what fun..

Rainy day today so decided to give the Beast an oil and filter change. Trying to do one every 5000km as she often runs on long trips at over 160.
It takes me less than an hour with the vacuum pump and I take the opportunity to check all the fluids and give the engine a thorough inspection. RR HSE TDV8 4.4 2012
Jaguar S type 3.6l
Jaguar XJ8
Jaguar X type 3l
Triumph TR6 1976 - Jeep CJ7 1976

Did my usual 6-month Oil & filter change, very nice warm day for the time of year, slight error in my choice of new vacuum tube for my oil extractor, oil was slightly too hot and the tube almost flattened, so took a bit longer than expected, lol! Currently shopping for new tube…..  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

Did a round trip from Aberdeen to Glasgow and back. Decided to see what sort of MPG I could get sitting at around 65mph.
The LR app tells me I averaged 36.4 mpg for both journeys, which I think it pretty decent  Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

Fitted new rear view mirror and housing assembly so I can have auto high beam assist. Managed to source second hand part from Poland for very good price delivered, now just waiting for it to get dark enough so I can test it out! Andy

2010 4.4TDV8 Vogue SE in Santorini Black with Ivory interior
2017 Audi SQ5 3.0 V6T Quattro in Volcano Red
2001 Audi Allroad 2.5 TDI manual with low-range in Highland Green. Currently SORN whilst undergoing some serious restoration!