Hi everyone from Down-under.
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Colthebrummie
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Hello Lenny and welcome to Landyzone. I own a series 3 myself but it's not always lovely.
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Thanks Col. Thanks for that and nice to be here.
Re: the Series 3. Loved mine....Could take the wife or Mother-in-law anywhere and not hear a word they said for the whole trip
Drove her every day to work and on delivery runs; and the only problems it ever gave were due to the Australian Holden 6 motor in her. Wish I still had her or one like her for nostalgia's sake.
Re: the Series 3. Loved mine....Could take the wife or Mother-in-law anywhere and not hear a word they said for the whole trip
Drove her every day to work and on delivery runs; and the only problems it ever gave were due to the Australian Holden 6 motor in her. Wish I still had her or one like her for nostalgia's sake.
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hi LennyK, you even suffer that far away! welcome btwThanks Col. Thanks for that and nice to be here.
Re: the Series 3. Loved mine....Could take the wife or Mother-in-law anywhere and not hear a word they said for the whole trip
Drove her every day to work and on delivery runs; and the only problems it ever gave were due to the Australian Holden 6 motor in her. Wish I still had her or one like her for nostalgia's sake.
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With a bit of tlc and some soundproofing, I've got mine down to tolerable levels of noise but the problem now is that I can hear other audible sounds of decay and mechanical woes that I couldn't hear before. It's still not quiet enough to make fitting a radio practical. There are two new different noises that make passengers look at me in alarm. I am waiting patiently for something to fall off or come flying up through the floor.
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Nooooo...bullet proof the old Series 3; conquered nations hahahaha. Well mine was compared to the TD5 I just bought. Its like driving around on a block of semtec with a dodgy det. Just waiting for something else to blow up. I remember when I first picked up the second hand Series 3 back in the day. Had never had a Landy before. First thing I noticed was the stereo with a bloody great amplifier mounted underneath and the speaker mounted above the doors in line with your ears. Thought it was great; what a score. It wasn't until I got moving and still couldn't hear anything on it that I realised why it was there. Recon thats why I'm half deaf now.
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Apart from the fact that you can't hear a radio, you need all your senses to be able to drive it in a straight line. Mine is better now but when I first got it, it wondered all over the place. Oncoming drivers used to swerve out of my way. You're right, they are bullet proof but they don't like going fast. I use the word fast in its loosest sense.
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fit an alarm!
Mulcaster1
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are you familiar with the saying, ' show es your Taz '
Yes...and it is the dampest State in Australia.
Apart from the fact that you can't hear a radio, you need all your senses to be able to drive it in a straight line. Mine is better now but when I first got it, it wondered all over the place. Oncoming drivers used to swerve out of my way. You're right, they are bullet proof but they don't like going fast. I use the word fast in its loosest sense.
Yes, certainly have a mind of their own. Cyclist seem to love them though, could always see them waving happily at me in the rear view mirror after Id driven past
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While here in Up Over Manchester England outside London we pride ourselves with having the Rain Gods impose their delights.Yes...and it is the dampest State in Australia.
