went to london last night to see the luminia show and honestly my xmas tree had better lights than what was shown..

my FF performed admirably as usual on the journey... ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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Ventured out in sub zero temps for the first time in this car. The car lived in Aberdeen for it's first couple of years so I'm sure it has seen lower than the -5 deg I saw in the local valley yesterday. I used the heated steering wheel for the first time. Toastie!
Had a bit of misting up with settings on auto which surprised me but other than that, all good and very secure on icy roads.
Today it has been left in the garage whilst I had to take my wife in to her work place over the hilly snow-covered roads to Macclesfield...in the Defender. The misting up is a much bigger issue in this and we only got a cockpit temp of 10 deg by the time we got there....but the traction was awesome! On the Avon Ranger tyres I struggled to break traction on full (feeble!) boost in 2nd gear on virgin snow covered back roads. In the cold conditions the FF feels secure and comfortable. The Defender feels cold but unstoppable!  2012MY Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Vogue...now gone!
2007MY Mercedes C200 Estate 'Albert'
1997MY Defender 90 TDI 'Vera'

Mactech, keep the air con on all year prevents condensation.
If it persists check the footwells & spare wheel well for damp. 2011 (MY12) 4.4 TDV8 Vogue
2016 Golf GTI PP

Gone
Audi A4
VW Passat
VW Corrado G60
VW Golf GTI
BMW E30
Mini
Vauxhall Chvette

Took my mother out to celebrate her 80th birthday

The RR looked immaculate when we left and needless to say, filthy by the time we got back - nice Sunday lunch at Loosehill Hall Hotel in Derbyshire

Made my door that did not open or locked before start .... and after that I drive a round. I use Google translate, Sorry for my bad English...

Full Vogue Td6, new Gearbox, 22 inch Stormers, HSE, Cream leather

got 2 new pirellis on to replace the horrible continentals (that even with 5mm left on them were sliding about the place in the wet) now sitting on good tyres all round.

Developed the famous knocking noise from some where underneath over the last couple of weeks. Got it on a ramp today and decided that the drop links looked suspect. So two links changed and noise now seems to have gone. Only £28 for the two from a local motor factors.... amazing how a simple noise can drive you mad !!

Noticed a bit of oil on the drive, so discovered a local land rover indy 4 miles away that i didn't know exsisted
took it to him and discovered the copper washer on the sump plug was shot, so he dropped the oil, new sump plug, new oil filter and oil, charged me £60 Bargain

Replaced my CV and ball joint gaiters ,CV ones had to come from the UK but weren't to bad , about $60, but the Ball joint gaiters were $6 that's the first time I have bought a part here when I have not had to sit down for a while

Now I need to do my wheel alignment because I have virtually no self centre anymore  2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

Removed the full sized spare wheel which took some effort, Checked for leaks, started to sweep a little dust/debris that had collected in the wheel well then decided to leave it as a Heath Robinson moisture indicator.

Fitted the new cradle to help removal of the spare wheel, cleaned and dried the spare and checked the pressure before replacing.

That's a lot of words for a simple, twenty minute job.

I have disconnect the nav./sat./radio/amp.-module's and hope that the drain is over  I use Google translate, Sorry for my bad English...

Full Vogue Td6, new Gearbox, 22 inch Stormers, HSE, Cream leather

collected it from a service. seems to be running ok :thumbs:

I asked them to look into the occasional blip at cruise, apparently there was a fault logged for the PCM which an update will solve (which is what i told them) but the computer wasn't working properly and they were concerned they may do more harm than good. I will have to take it back.....

On a plus note I noted that the heated drivers mirror wasn't working, after quoting me £274 for a replacement, i told them it was under warranty and it was done FOC.  There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
KIA E-Niro 4+
2021 Discovery 5 D300 MHEV commercial

Sitting on motorway at 70, restricted performance , hard shoulder, switch off , all ok. Ink it's a split hose. Got home and now the reverse camera kaput!

Replaced the old wipers for Aeros ( so far only tried at a standstill on the drive but defo less clunk than the originals ) ......Gummi pfleged all the door seals and treat it to a new set of rubber mats all round,

Had a break in the weather this am so decided to fit a set of genuine mud flaps recently purchased. What a ball ache of a job to fit the front ones, 3 hours rolling round on the drive is not good for a man of my years. Not the sort of job that can be abandoned once started though. It seems the easiest way to locate some of the fasteners is to have an extra joint inserted in each finger as it is really difficult. Fronts are done now so just need a fine day to do the rears that look a little easier. Wish someone had mentioned it before though cos I wouldn't have bothered. 😅😅😅 Agueroooooooooo. 93-20
I swear you will never see anything like this ever again....watch it..drink it in.