weimieman
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It's December, t'is the season of jollyness and all that and Monday the 8th got off to a great start.
A trip to the postie to pick up a missed special delivery from Saturday for a replacement sat nav unit that I obtained through one of the greatest acts of generosity I've ever received (you know who you are) followed by the arrival of my All Comms from the states to my work address with no import duty to pay whatsoever. How's that for a great start to a Monday morning.
What better way to combine those two things than a nice trip to work using my new functioning sat nav, Christmas cd playing, cruise control on, a nice shiny all comms lead sat on the passenger seat next to me ....
Then .......
During the intro to the original Band Aid song, I'd just got to the line "there's no need to be afraid", yes there is, I own an L322. From out of nowhere, cruise set at 35 - 40 mph, all four wheels lock up as if someone had slammed the gear stick into park and let out one of those villainous cackles you hear in horror movies and cartoons. I slid for about 15 yards and came to a halt in the middle of the Heysham bypass. A bypass that is narrowed due to roadworks. A bypass that is the main access to the port of Heysham. A bypass that is frequented by extra wide loads and their ever so grumpy escort vehicle drivers. Oh poo. Not such a great Monday after all.
After a call to Green Flag and being told they're experiencing an exceptionally high level of calls at the moment (not surprised, there's a lot of L322s out there), I had to leave my number for them to ring me back within 20 minutes. They rang back within 10 minutes and that was the moment my phone decided to play with me and hang up on the chap who had to leave an answerphone message saying that if I still needed assistance then please ring them back! Oh life, you are a kidder.
Long story short (too late I know), what I suspected to be the gearbox could be the diff as the recovery driver rocked it back and forth and we managed to get it off the bypass and into slip road. After waiting for another recovery vehicle to arrive, as the first wasn't big enough to handle a RR(!), it's now at a Land Rover garage awaiting the news, well the bill, as it was too big of a job for my village.
So peeps, how were your Mondays?
A trip to the postie to pick up a missed special delivery from Saturday for a replacement sat nav unit that I obtained through one of the greatest acts of generosity I've ever received (you know who you are) followed by the arrival of my All Comms from the states to my work address with no import duty to pay whatsoever. How's that for a great start to a Monday morning.
What better way to combine those two things than a nice trip to work using my new functioning sat nav, Christmas cd playing, cruise control on, a nice shiny all comms lead sat on the passenger seat next to me ....
Then .......
During the intro to the original Band Aid song, I'd just got to the line "there's no need to be afraid", yes there is, I own an L322. From out of nowhere, cruise set at 35 - 40 mph, all four wheels lock up as if someone had slammed the gear stick into park and let out one of those villainous cackles you hear in horror movies and cartoons. I slid for about 15 yards and came to a halt in the middle of the Heysham bypass. A bypass that is narrowed due to roadworks. A bypass that is the main access to the port of Heysham. A bypass that is frequented by extra wide loads and their ever so grumpy escort vehicle drivers. Oh poo. Not such a great Monday after all.
After a call to Green Flag and being told they're experiencing an exceptionally high level of calls at the moment (not surprised, there's a lot of L322s out there), I had to leave my number for them to ring me back within 20 minutes. They rang back within 10 minutes and that was the moment my phone decided to play with me and hang up on the chap who had to leave an answerphone message saying that if I still needed assistance then please ring them back! Oh life, you are a kidder.
Long story short (too late I know), what I suspected to be the gearbox could be the diff as the recovery driver rocked it back and forth and we managed to get it off the bypass and into slip road. After waiting for another recovery vehicle to arrive, as the first wasn't big enough to handle a RR(!), it's now at a Land Rover garage awaiting the news, well the bill, as it was too big of a job for my village.
So peeps, how were your Mondays?
It was waiting until the flipping warranty ran out though!!!!
