Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72790
The good news for peeps coming Oop Norf, it’s been a booooooooooootiful sunny day today. Bad news? That was it for summer!
1st Aug 2023 3:38 pm
DN D3 Decade
Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
Location: W.London.
Posts: 2294
…..Last 2 weeks in August last summer, weather was lovely, apart from a couple of grey / wet days, and no midges / cattle flies where we were. I guess, we were just lucky
D3 owned from new, P017 brake recall, BAS FBHIC, new FBH, LR013487 oil pump, new water pump. RRS front lower suspension arms. New suspension compressor/ relay. New Denso alternator. CuNifer rear brake pipes. New GKN rear propshaft. New HPFP belt & tensioner. New A/C Condenser.NO WARRANTY for many many years.
1st Aug 2023 4:23 pm
KPTV8
Member Since: 05 Feb 2012
Location: Itinerant
Posts: 136
Foreign Lands !
I worked at Ford's research centre nr. Basildon for some years, lived amongst E.Londoners. Anyone from east of Aldgate Pump or north of Watford Gap was considered (with sparking good humour) a foreigner !!
So, in later years I've done Woking to Grantown-on-Spey in a day with tiny children - one of the GREAT strengths of these cars (D3&4) is NOT feeling knackered covering long distances in a smooth quiet roomy interior, at decent speeds with lovely music and great visibility.
One day they'll become the most respected of all the classic cars.
2nd Aug 2023 8:50 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13912
Just like the original Range Rover. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
2nd Aug 2023 9:50 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72790
Re distance, my “best” has been Usk to Grantoon on Spey, then back again in the same day.
2nd Aug 2023 10:46 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8110
My best is Loret de Mar(Spain)to Nottingham in 13,5 hours in a Rover Vittess 3.5 v8 before the 70mph speed limit came into force, the M1 was empty and SWMBO was asleep It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
3rd Aug 2023 10:26 am
waterbuoy
Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Argyll
Posts: 2862
I have a number of potential contenders, but one of the most memorable was Christmas Day 1988 when I did Liverpool to Lockerbie and back in a shade under three and a half hrs. My brother had written off a hire car whilst driving south (distracted by the aftermath of the bombing) and I had to go and collect him from the police station. My mother decided to come along for the ride, not realising how far it was. Just as we pulled in to the police station in Lockerbie she commented that I should speed up on the way back as she had to get the turkey out of the oven!
Another was Stirling to Southampton via Manchester airport, swapping my VW Beetle for my fathers Merc 280E whilst collecting my family enroute (who had flown back from Spain), then straight down to Southampton for my uncles funeral and then back north to Liverpool - all in the same day/night.
Heading north through Cheshire well after midnight we passed a pile-up involving at least one caravan, and surrounded by numerous police cars. Thinking the road was clear of plod I gave it some beans for the next few miles, unaware that I was being followed by a police Range Rover who had no lights on. After a few miles a close impression of the Blackpool illuminations appeared in my rearview mirror as he pulled me over (remember when the Range Rovers had dust-bin like arrays on their roof?) and advised that I had averaged well over 3-figures for the previous 4 miles We agreed a compromise at 93mph as that simplified the paperwork somewhat, and he acknowledged that I had slowed down to 90 when we passed another car!
Happy days - sadly long past as I can now afford to buy and run a car capable of such mischief rather than in the oldman's company cars!Currently 2009 Disco 3 SE, 2013 MY D4 HSE and 2016 D4 SE
Previously:
TD5 Defender 110 CSW (230k miles)
300TDi Disco 1 (289k)
4 RR Classics (300-350k each, 2 manual, 2 auto)
110 V8 CSW (220k)
S3 109 hi cap pickup (ex RN)
S2A 88 Safari SW with lpg conversion (bloody lethal)
3rd Aug 2023 11:14 am
bdc6570
Member Since: 02 Oct 2014
Location: Southampton
Posts: 185
Packed up ready to set off 😎👍
4th Aug 2023 10:17 am
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4146
Make sure you've packed jumpers and blankets as the temps up here are very low for this time of year, barely into double digits over the weekend I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
4th Aug 2023 11:21 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72790
Got the log burner going on every day at about mid afternoon, it’s that parkie. Looks like down sauff is heading for a heat wave next week!
4th Aug 2023 12:36 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13912
Don't for get wellies and snorkels. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
4th Aug 2023 12:47 pm
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4146
DSL wrote:
Got the log burner going on every day at about mid afternoon, it’s that parkie. Looks like down sauff is heading for a heat wave next week!
I hope that's not going to eat into the pile you had left for Tony and me ? I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
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4th Aug 2023 2:37 pm
Rescue01
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 2432
Just remember that “wellies and snorkels” have different uses in some parts of the highlands and around Niges area Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
4th Aug 2023 2:38 pm
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4146
And what's wrong with Aberdeenshire talent night ?
I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
4th Aug 2023 2:41 pm
bdc6570
Member Since: 02 Oct 2014
Location: Southampton
Posts: 185
8 hours to Chorley🤬 delays on M27, M3, M25 M6 was a joke!!
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