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by Steveb
Fri Mar 11, 2022 9:33 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Warren Does A Buy. One Month Update.
Replies: 71
Views: 9844

Re: Warren Does A Buy. FIRST MPG FIGURES

I always use the key rather than remote.

Piss flaps-have a look through landyzone.
by Steveb
Sat Mar 05, 2022 8:49 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Warren Does A Buy. One Month Update.
Replies: 71
Views: 9844

Re: Warren Does A Buy. AS TDW STAFF COOPERATION

Good choice!!
Here's mine-had it 15 years.
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by Steveb
Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:32 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Tempting fate - things that have lasted a long time (and what didn't)
Replies: 13
Views: 2072

Re: Tempting fate - things that have lasted a long time (and what didn't)

Sierra. Owned from new by fathers friend for 4 years. Then owned by fathers brother in law for 4 years. Then father for 4 years. Then me for the remaining 18 years. Still used every day-my main motor. https://i.imgur.com/AckR1CZ.jpg Range Rover - owned for 15 years. https://i.imgur.com/MnAB8Yg.jpg
by Steveb
Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:27 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15651
Views: 3183186

Re: What did you do today?

Moved cars around so can get Range Rover out easier. Royale to garage, Range Rover to carport behind Sierra. Need to find an estate as Sierra clocking up 200 miles a week.
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by Steveb
Fri Dec 17, 2021 11:15 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Sierra back on the road.
Replies: 2
Views: 857

Sierra back on the road.

After my mammoth (to me) welding session on the Sierra in July/August-had to weld drivers side floor and inner sill and passenger floor-it's now passed its MOT. Should have put it in in August-but didn't bother. Needed a car after the BMW fiasco so put it in-failed on suspension arms and broken spri...
by Steveb
Mon Dec 06, 2021 12:00 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Well that went well-NOT!
Replies: 37
Views: 5797

Re: Well that went well-NOT!

Back in about 82/83 a rich friend - parents had a lorry business- had an XR3. He took me out in it and said watch this-we wen5 around a bend like it was on rails compared to all our clapped out my 2 escorts.
by Steveb
Sat Dec 04, 2021 9:51 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Well that went well-NOT!
Replies: 37
Views: 5797

Re: Well that went well-NOT!

I'm amazed and pleased you got your money back. Was it a garage you bought it from? No-that what made it even more amazing. Private sale so I was expecting him to say tough luck. There are still decent people about. I was very lucky. My fault for being a tightwad. I thought it would last a few year...
by Steveb
Fri Dec 03, 2021 10:56 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Well that went well-NOT!
Replies: 37
Views: 5797

Re: Well that went well-NOT!

Yeah you did really well there. So it caught fire a little bit these things were pretty normal motoring 30 years ago. I remember trying to kip in the back of a Land Rover 110 back in the late 90's whilst following the RAC rally. A live wire somehow got trapped under the board I put in the back and ...
by Steveb
Fri Dec 03, 2021 10:47 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Well that went well-NOT!
Replies: 37
Views: 5797

Re: Well that went well-NOT!

paulplom wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 12:56 pm How much did you get for it?
£257
by Steveb
Fri Dec 03, 2021 12:49 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Well that went well-NOT!
Replies: 37
Views: 5797

Re: Well that went well-NOT!

Dropped off at scrappy now-very lucky with outcome-with tax for a month, change of insurance I'm £200 quid up but a nervous wreck.