i've always thought having your phone mounted on the vent by the door was risky..very easy for someone to reach in and swipe it when you have the window open and stuck at the traffic lights... ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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I agree stan, but I never open the window👍🏻 There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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not even at mcds drive thru window..  ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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Don’t know what you mean….. 😭 There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Nothing to report as she hasn’t moved for a week!! Still nice and clean as non of the messy family members have been in her.

Still waiting for an update on the tank cradle which is still on back order. Aparently I can get a Brit part one through the Indy I used. I’m going to get him to price me that up and wax oil the thing before it goes on…… fed up of waiting for LR to get me one!!

On the downside managed to kerb a black wheel on the D5. Quick eBay hunt and I managed to get me a replacement for £200, the kernel one can go in as a full sized spare and I’ve got a few spare tyres on the surplus FF wheels, just need a friendly fitter….. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Job done.

Cooler! Was a bit of a mission mostly because the clip holding the coolant hose to the side of the Cooler pinged off and somehow hid itself about 18” below the fuse box. Cue search for extending magnet. fortunately it was retrieved.

Definitely worth doing as it was the source of the hot burning smell. plenty of oil round the cooler and o rings.

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Glad that's sorted, anything else left to do....  Pete
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Think there is just the tank shield now, LR has a date when it will be landing so I’m getting them to do it next month.

Then she will be done. 💥

Oh and I might get a detail done in the next few weeks…… There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Snap, I'm changing the shield for a fully galvanised one soon

Ooo where did you get that!! There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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On another note, I was going to drain the coolant out of the bottom of the radiator……this is not really possible to do as far as I could see…..

Even with the under tray off there is no way to get onto the bottom hose which is meant to come off…. I suspect that it’s designed to do a vacuum empty and refill. For which I don’t have the tool, and even if I did they run off a compressor, which I don’t have either.

So for a coolant change it will have to go to a garage, as it’s quite a cheap job and not a frequent one, so no point spending ££ on tooling for a job I might do once…… There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Hopefully will be a fun day today. I got a call before Xmas from Land Rover experience letting me know I hadn’t used my 1/2 day from when I bought new shiny in 2020…. In all fairness I would have thought it was out of date but they booked me in and me and laddo are going this afternoon to Easy of England centre. I think it will be the 3rd I’ve done, and the 3rd he’s been on as he did one of the junior ones as well as coming with me on one of mine when he was about 13.

AND I have another to use from the D5 commercial as well!! There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Well if you need a bag man for the next one, I'm available....

Hope it's a great experience...

That guard was a good second hand one, that just had minimum surface rust, sand blasted and hot dipped, still came in under the price of a new one, shame you will never see it...!!! Pete
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That’s a good method, not cheap new LR or even sh*tpart.




We’d asked for a go in a 460 and they had one available! First time that Sam has driven anything other than his instructors car (a few years back) or his Aygo……

Bit of a step up. But he got it, with a bit of direction from the LRE instructor.

Have to say the seats were lovely, it felt massive even compared to the 405, which was a similar observation to the D5. The 405 felt compact when I got back in it. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Finally got a date from LR to do the undershield. it’s booked in on 24th April. That will finally complete all the needed maintenance and repairs that were on my list.

Now it’s onto the cosmetics. I’ve priced up a couple of different local detailers to do a job on it.

Seems there are different levels of ceramic coat (never having done it I didn’t know that) the one most convenient was £750 for a 2 stage polish and 2 year ceramic coat, if I went an extra £230 then I could get a 5 year Gayeon infinite eco coat and gtechniq 2 year class coat.

Oo the dilemma….. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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