Water247
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Afternoon All,
Just wanted to say hello as just signed up. I'm 6 weeks into owning a Series 3 SWB Petrol (1972) and have to say I'm loving it at the moment (though it has been summer and winter I am a bit unsure of!). So, I am using this as a daily runaround - is this crazy considering the age or am I totally sound in mind and simply trusting on mechanics that have seen it run for 40 years already perfectly well? I am not sure yet (but then it is yet to break on me).
I know/knew next to nothing about mechanics 2 months ago but figure if I'm going to learn then this is a great car to do it on. Owning a Landy is brilliant (especially the comraderie on the roads in a world where everyone always seems so miserable!) but I am a bit fearful that I need to get it water/weatherproofed as quickly as possible for a winter of driving it and also to make sure that all the current 'niggles' are assessed and fixed if needed as I can only imagine them getting worse with daily use (previously this has been a hobbyiests car sat in the garage and driving a few hundred miles a year - this year it will probably (hopefully) cover in excess of 10k!)
Great to hear any thoughts or just have some "hello"s back![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Andy (in Surrey).
Just wanted to say hello as just signed up. I'm 6 weeks into owning a Series 3 SWB Petrol (1972) and have to say I'm loving it at the moment (though it has been summer and winter I am a bit unsure of!). So, I am using this as a daily runaround - is this crazy considering the age or am I totally sound in mind and simply trusting on mechanics that have seen it run for 40 years already perfectly well? I am not sure yet (but then it is yet to break on me).
I know/knew next to nothing about mechanics 2 months ago but figure if I'm going to learn then this is a great car to do it on. Owning a Landy is brilliant (especially the comraderie on the roads in a world where everyone always seems so miserable!) but I am a bit fearful that I need to get it water/weatherproofed as quickly as possible for a winter of driving it and also to make sure that all the current 'niggles' are assessed and fixed if needed as I can only imagine them getting worse with daily use (previously this has been a hobbyiests car sat in the garage and driving a few hundred miles a year - this year it will probably (hopefully) cover in excess of 10k!)
Great to hear any thoughts or just have some "hello"s back
Andy (in Surrey).