She looks lovely sir, very nice indeed. Not everyone is a fan of the fixed side steps but I love mine. Helpful with little people getting in and out but helped me a few times too in tight car parks, it helps see squeeze in through a limited door gap. First time FFRR owner

Congrats, it looks great 👍 and that is the best exterior colour (I’m biased) 😉

I’m not a fan of the steps on mine but my wife insists 🙄

Very nice and welcome along sir

Thank you.

Side steps were always a must for the Kids and even the Wife and, once a few more pressing issues are sorted, I'll look at changing them for the deployable type.

So far:
1. Ghost II (presumably still the go to immobiliser?).
2. Full alignment and wheel rebalance.
3. Correct a slightly iffy patch of paint from a past smart repair.

very nice

congratulations and welcome to the FullFat club. Wishing lots of happy (s)miles

Mike T wrote:

Thank you.

Side steps were always a must for the Kids and even the Wife and, once a few more pressing issues are sorted, I'll look at changing them for the deployable type.

So far:
1. Ghost II (presumably still the go to immobiliser?).
2. Full alignment and wheel rebalance.
3. Correct a slightly iffy patch of paint from a past smart repair.

Thank you, I'll take a look.

I might be wrong here but I did read incidents with Ghost & BT.

You can be in certain conditions eg Sat watching TV or In bed and ghost close by on the drive etc thinking you are close by and automatically disabling Ghost without you knowing.

I always use the manual code, it takes less than 5 seconds. 2018 SE SDV8 4.4 Byron Blue

In my experience, unless the phone is within a metre of the car, Ghost will not de-activate.

Tried and tested. 2015 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 SDV8

Update!

Ghost fitted and GAP IID acquired.

Going to go through all fluids next.

Hi all. An update and a request for some advice please.
Firstly, since June I have worked through the car replacing all fluids, learning the GAP tool and monitoring oil dilution! I now change the oil and filter when the dilution factor approaches 7 - maybe too regularly but it gives me peace of mind plus buying the oil in bulk does make it a relatively cheap maintenance step.
I've been working through the suspension and have even invested in the enormous JLR ball joint breaker.

Now my request to interrogate the vast knowledge available here please.
I have a strange knock coming from the area above the driver's footwell / offside suspension strut tower. This is not a suspension or engine knock as I can make the sound by pushing (a proper shove, takes more strength than the wife trying while I lay under the car with a torch) the engine from side to side with the engine off and obviously car stationary. It gets no worse over bumps, whilst turning or braking either. I'm happy it isn't an engine mount too as there are no more clonks whilst coming on /off the throttle plus the engine does not move excessively when revved.
Strangely, the knock appears as the weather has warmed up, from approximately 15 degrees - so been quiet for the winter!
It sounds a lot like an electrical plug (or similar plumb weight) swinging into the chassis rail but there is nothing visibly loose.
I've taken as much off to gain access as I can, including both the lower skid plates. I had wondered if the engine itself was contacting the steering column but there are no witness marks and you cannot feel this knock through the steering.
I've also checked things like the FBH exhaust is tight and not contacting the chassis and the air suspension reservoir is mounted tightly.
Thank you in advance for any ideas. I'll take a look or confirm I've already lost skin trying to access this area to look......!