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I won Paul Browns S3 on eBay last night for £820!!! I feel the name 'Albert' may be appropriate?

Just gotta get down to Aylesbury to pick him up now! Might be a long slow & noisy drive home!!!

Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??

Nige

--
Subaru WRX (The Bitch)

Series 3 (Albert) soon!


 

"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I won Paul Browns S3 on eBay last night for £820!!! I feel the name
'Albert' may be appropriate?
>
> Just gotta get down to Aylesbury to pick him up now! Might be a long slow
& noisy drive home!!!
>
> Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??

Ear plugs?


 
in article [email protected], George Spigot at [email protected]
wrote on 3/12/04 5:57 pm:

>
> "Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I won Paul Browns S3 on eBay last night for £820!!! I feel the name
> 'Albert' may be appropriate?
>>
>> Just gotta get down to Aylesbury to pick him up now! Might be a long slow
> & noisy drive home!!!
>>
>> Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??
>
> Ear plugs?
>
>
someone to talk to or should I say shout at on the long drive back, warm
clothes, a torch and spare batteries, jack and tool kit, mobile phone and
the number for the AA/RAC.....and a sense of humour.
--
Nikki

1990 Discovery V8i
1985 Range Rover V8
1975 88" Series III 2.25 petrol
1979 Series III Lightweight 2.25 petrol

 
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:33:40 +0000, Nikki Cluley
<[email protected]> wrote:


>someone to talk to or should I say shout at on the long drive back, warm
>clothes, a torch and spare batteries, jack and tool kit, mobile phone and
>the number for the AA/RAC.....and a sense of humour.

I always carry my old sleeping bag in mine at this time of year so
that if i break down and have a couple of hours wait i'm not going to
freeze!
Also take some food/drink and a book to read incase of the above
occurance :)

It also never hurts to have some spare landrover juice's in the back
somewhere (EP90 and engine oil). Youre gonna get through gallons of it
now, so you might as well have it in the back for when you need it.

Good luck!, and enjoy the drive.

 
Take a mate with you and let him drive it back
Paul
"George Spigot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I won Paul Browns S3 on eBay last night for £820!!! I feel the name
> 'Albert' may be appropriate?
> >
> > Just gotta get down to Aylesbury to pick him up now! Might be a long
slow
> & noisy drive home!!!
> >
> > Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??
>
> Ear plugs?
>
>


 
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 17:38:19 -0000, "Nige"
<[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he
wrote:

>Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??

Toolkit, needs a good torch and groundsheet to lie on in this weather
:). Stop sooner than later and get some oil. Container of water. Ear
plugs (not ear defenders) help with making sense of how the vehicle is
running having cut out a lot of the noise, you tend to feel it more
than hear it. A towel over the plastic seats helps but only really
when it is hot, not a problem for you this time :). Small flat cushion
for the seat back. Clean cloths to wipe the inside of the windscreen
and side windows, or even better, someone else to do that for you. AA
Recovery membership. Credit Card, again, preferably someone elses :)
Serious attempt at getting back home while it is still light with some
margin of comfort.

Anyway, 140 miles? Pah! Try over 700 with no windscreen, doors or
roof. And it's pink, hmmm, nice.

Maybe borrow a transport trailer and do the journey in some comfort?
--
Wayne Davies - Mobile 07989 556213 - Harrogate, N.Yorks, UK
 
Just relax and enjoy it 140 miles is no problem do it often you get used to
the noise.Heater in my series 3 works fine soon warms the cab up.Also the
engine and gearbox soon warm up the inside anyway...I cruise at 60-65 mph
with no overdrive...easily. Check the fluids and go for it foot down all the
way home.
Remember people still use series vehicles to travel the world.

Adrian Ford
"Paul Coley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Take a mate with you and let him drive it back
> Paul
> "George Spigot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > I won Paul Browns S3 on eBay last night for £820!!! I feel the name
> > 'Albert' may be appropriate?
> > >
> > > Just gotta get down to Aylesbury to pick him up now! Might be a long
> slow
> > & noisy drive home!!!
> > >
> > > Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??
> >
> > Ear plugs?
> >
> >
>
>


 
>
> Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??
>
Allow at least a week!


 
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 17:57:32 -0000, "George Spigot" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??
>
>Ear plugs?

A scarf.

A flask of tea.

One glove. The draught only seems to come in on one side!

Oh. and you'd best take some black maskers and some baler twine.

Judith

 
Nige wrote:

> Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??

Jump in and go - I drove that distance in my Dad's unmodified Series IIa
last week. Took me about 4 hours including coffee and petrol stops.


--
EMB
 
Nige vaguely muttered something like ...
> I won Paul Browns S3 on eBay last night for £820!!! I feel the name
> 'Albert' may be appropriate?
> Just gotta get down to Aylesbury to pick him up now! Might be a long slow
> & noisy drive home!!!
> Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??

We towed a caravan from Nottingham to Tiverton, then on to Swansea, then
back to Nottingham with an S3. Stick it at 50, with the window open and an
MP3 player in your ears .. and the biggest smile ... ;)

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."
(8(|) Homer Rules !!!


 

"Nikki Cluley" wrote ...
>after
>> "Nige" wrote in message

>>> I won Paul Browns S3 on eBay last night for £820!!! I feel the name
>> 'Albert' may be appropriate?
>>>
>>> Just gotta get down to Aylesbury to pick him up now! Might be a long
>>> slow
>> & noisy drive home!!!
>>>
>>> Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??
>>
> someone to talk to or should I say shout at on the long drive back, warm
> clothes, a torch and spare batteries, jack and tool kit, mobile phone and
> the number for the AA/RAC.....and a sense of humour.
> --

Why warm clothes, my S111's heater works so well you would be turning it
down after a few miles.
Ear plugs would certainly be a good idea if it's not soundproofed. (mine is
and it's still noisy)
Spare tank of fuel just in case the fuel gauge is untrustworthy (mine was
originally, temp gauge too, dodgy earth behind the panel)
Torch etc I agree with.

--
Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London



 
Earplugs :)

Na they are fun to drive really and a lot quicker than a horse and buggy.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes


"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I won Paul Browns S3 on eBay last night for £820!!! I feel the name
'Albert' may be appropriate?
>
> Just gotta get down to Aylesbury to pick him up now! Might be a long slow
& noisy drive home!!!
>
> Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??
>
> Nige
>
> --
> Subaru WRX (The Bitch)
>
> Series 3 (Albert) soon!
>
>


 
Engine oil is an essential for me, and the jerrycan on the back.

Never mind the sleeping bag, what about a Kelly Kettle.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes



"Tom Woods" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:33:40 +0000, Nikki Cluley
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> I always carry my old sleeping bag in mine at this time of year so
> that if i break down and have a couple of hours wait i'm not going to
> freeze!
> Also take some food/drink and a book to read incase of the above
> occurance :)
>
> It also never hurts to have some spare landrover juice's in the back
> somewhere (EP90 and engine oil). Youre gonna get through gallons of it
> now, so you might as well have it in the back for when you need it.
>
> Good luck!, and enjoy the drive.
>


 
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 20:01:42 +0000 (UTC), "SimonJ" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??
>>
>Allow at least a week!

Didn't realise it'd had a V8 conversion...

 
On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 09:00:13 +0000, Mr.Nice.
<mr.nice@*nospam*clara.co.uk> wrote:

>As it's new to you take a round of fluids just in case.

Yup, plenty fluids. Coffee and Brandy high on my list.
(Makes waiting for the recovery truck more pleasant)


 
Must be the only heater that does then, mine is not very effective, you get
more heat from the engine and gearbox coming through than the heater,
notwithstanding those flaps which control the vents don't work.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

"Bob Hobden" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> Why warm clothes, my S111's heater works so well you would be turning it
> down after a few miles.
> Ear plugs would certainly be a good idea if it's not soundproofed. (mine
is
> and it's still noisy)
> Spare tank of fuel just in case the fuel gauge is untrustworthy (mine was
> originally, temp gauge too, dodgy earth behind the panel)
> Torch etc I agree with.
>
> --
> Regards
> Bob
> In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London
>
>
>


 
Come on people have some faith in your landies, a few years ago I took my 2A
to Morocco ,drove through Spain to get there took 16 hours to do it. 3500
miles done in 4 weeks treking about. good fun, high fuel bill :)
"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I won Paul Browns S3 on eBay last night for £820!!! I feel the name
'Albert' may be appropriate?
>
> Just gotta get down to Aylesbury to pick him up now! Might be a long slow
& noisy drive home!!!
>
> Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??
>
> Nige
>
> --
> Subaru WRX (The Bitch)
>
> Series 3 (Albert) soon!
>
>


 
in article [email protected], Bob Hobden at [email protected]
wrote on 3/12/04 10:54 pm:

>
> "Nikki Cluley" wrote ...
>> after
>>> "Nige" wrote in message
>
>>>> I won Paul Browns S3 on eBay last night for £820!!! I feel the name
>>> 'Albert' may be appropriate?
>>>>
>>>> Just gotta get down to Aylesbury to pick him up now! Might be a long
>>>> slow
>>> & noisy drive home!!!
>>>>
>>>> Any tips for driving a series 3 for 140 miles??
>>>
>> someone to talk to or should I say shout at on the long drive back, warm
>> clothes, a torch and spare batteries, jack and tool kit, mobile phone and
>> the number for the AA/RAC.....and a sense of humour.
>> --
>
> Why warm clothes, my S111's heater works so well you would be turning it
> down after a few miles.
The heater works on our series 3 and the lightweight too, I suggested it in
case the heater doesn't/has to walk anywhere/get out to repair or change a
tyre.
> Ear plugs would certainly be a good idea if it's not soundproofed. (mine is
> and it's still noisy)
> Spare tank of fuel just in case the fuel gauge is untrustworthy (mine was
> originally, temp gauge too, dodgy earth behind the panel)
> Torch etc I agree with.
some spare batteries would be usefull too. Bruce very often picks up a
torch to use it and one of the kids has left it on.


--
Nikki

1990 Discovery V8i
1985 Range Rover V8
1975 88" Series III 2.25 petrol
1979 Series III Lightweight 2.25 petrol

 
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