Totally reliant on a 21 year old 110 with 234k on the clock!!

Now the Touareg is off back (& therefore can't be used) myself & my business is totally reliant on the
110!!

The wife cant (or wont) drive the 110, so the Subaru is now hers until further notice!

Stand by your beds fellas!! I have a feeling this could be interesting............

--
Subaru WRX (Annabel)

Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)

'"Say hello to my little friend"

On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 23:57:43 +0100, "Nige"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Now the Touareg is off back (& therefore can't be used) myself & my business is totally reliant on the
>110!!
>
>The wife cant (or wont) drive the 110, so the Subaru is now hers until further notice!
>

There's no such thing as can't.......

Alex

>There's no such thing as can't.......
>
>Alex

Hmmm, the back door of my Volvo might beg to differ...



--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70

MVP wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 23:57:43 +0100, "Nige"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Now the Touareg is off back (& therefore can't be used) myself & my
>> business is totally reliant on the 110!!
>>
>> The wife cant (or wont) drive the 110, so the Subaru is now hers
>> until further notice!
>>
>> Stand by your beds fellas!! I have a feeling this could be
>> interesting............
>>
>> --?
>> Subaru WRX (Annabel)
>>
>> Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)
>>
>> '"Say hello to my little friend"
>>
>
> Ignoring the duff alternator and battery that was on it when I got it,
> and the bit I broke off the injector pump that time, it never let me
> down ;o)


It's mad really, she really is a very reliable old bitch really. I sorted the smoke with an air filter,
sorted loads of general bits & bats. It makes me laugh that a 21 year old 110 with 240k on the clock can
outlast (in the short & long term i believe) a 35K Touareg ffs!

Having said that, i am now deaf & very wet.

Nige wrote:
> MVP wrote:
>> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 23:57:43 +0100, "Nige"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Now the Touareg is off back (& therefore can't be used) myself & my
>>> business is totally reliant on the 110!!
>>>
>>> The wife cant (or wont) drive the 110, so the Subaru is now hers
>>> until further notice!
>>>
>>> Stand by your beds fellas!! I have a feeling this could be
>>> interesting............
>>>
>>> --?
>>> Subaru WRX (Annabel)
>>>
>>> Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)
>>>
>>> '"Say hello to my little friend"
>>>
>>
>> Ignoring the duff alternator and battery that was on it when I got
>> it, and the bit I broke off the injector pump that time, it never
>> let me down ;o)
>
>
> It's mad really, she really is a very reliable old bitch really. I
> sorted the smoke with an air filter, sorted loads of general bits &
> bats. It makes me laugh that a 21 year old 110 with 240k on the clock
> can outlast (in the short & long term i believe) a 35K Touareg ffs!
> Having said that, i am now deaf & very wet.

BTW, i meant 35k as in money terms too, not jiles!!!


--
Subaru WRX (Annabel)

Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)

'"Say hello to my little friend"

Nige wrote:
> Nige wrote:
>> MVP wrote:
>>> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 23:57:43 +0100, "Nige"
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Now the Touareg is off back (& therefore can't be used) myself & my
>>>> business is totally reliant on the 110!!
>>>>
>>>> The wife cant (or wont) drive the 110, so the Subaru is now hers
>>>> until further notice!
>>>>
>>>> Stand by your beds fellas!! I have a feeling this could be
>>>> interesting............
>>>>
>>>> --?
>>>> Subaru WRX (Annabel)
>>>>
>>>> Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)
>>>>
>>>> '"Say hello to my little friend"
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ignoring the duff alternator and battery that was on it when I got
>>> it, and the bit I broke off the injector pump that time, it never
>>> let me down ;o)
>>
>>
>> It's mad really, she really is a very reliable old bitch really. I
>> sorted the smoke with an air filter, sorted loads of general bits &
>> bats. It makes me laugh that a 21 year old 110 with 240k on the clock
>> can outlast (in the short & long term i believe) a 35K Touareg ffs!
>> Having said that, i am now deaf & very wet.
>
> BTW, i meant 35k as in money terms too, not jiles!!!

It's the new name for Cif or Jif or whatever it's called today..................


**** me, i'll get me coat!

On or around Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:56:40 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 23:57:43 +0100, "Nige"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Now the Touareg is off back (& therefore can't be used) myself & my business is totally reliant on the
>>110!!
>>
>>The wife cant (or wont) drive the 110, so the Subaru is now hers until further notice!
>>
>
>There's no such thing as can't.......

actually, provided it has power steering, this is true. non-pas is a bit
heavy, sometimes. although you see little old women driving SIIIs...
--
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"Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
Boswell's "Johnson".

>>
>>>Now the Touareg is off back (& therefore can't be used) myself & my business is totally reliant on the
>>>110!!
>>>
>>>The wife cant (or wont) drive the 110, so the Subaru is now hers until further notice!
>>>
>>There's no such thing as can't.......
>
>actually, provided it has power steering, this is true. non-pas is a bit
>heavy, sometimes. although you see little old women driving SIIIs...

If people were taught to drive properly and not to dry steer then PAS
is unnecessary. A well set-up steering system should offer very little
resistance if the wheels are rolling. Even a standard Series II/III is
quite light on the steering once the wheels are moving.

Alex

Yeah but frequently you have no choice but to scrub away with the wheels
when some moron has parked right up your backside.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes


"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> If people were taught to drive properly and not to dry steer then PAS
> is unnecessary. A well set-up steering system should offer very little
> resistance if the wheels are rolling. Even a standard Series II/III is
> quite light on the steering once the wheels are moving.
>
> Alex

Alex wrote:

>
>>>
>>>>Now the Touareg is off back (& therefore can't be used) myself & my
>>>>business is totally reliant on the 110!!
>>>>
>>>>The wife cant (or wont) drive the 110, so the Subaru is now hers until
>>>>further notice!
>>>>
>>>There's no such thing as can't.......
>>
>>actually, provided it has power steering, this is true. non-pas is a bit
>>heavy, sometimes. although you see little old women driving SIIIs...
>
> If people were taught to drive properly and not to dry steer then PAS
> is unnecessary. A well set-up steering system should offer very little
> resistance if the wheels are rolling. Even a standard Series II/III is
> quite light on the steering once the wheels are moving.
>
> Alex
Assuming tyre pressure is somewhere near right and tyre size is as designed.
JD

On or around Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:22:21 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>>>
>>>>Now the Touareg is off back (& therefore can't be used) myself & my business is totally reliant on the
>>>>110!!
>>>>
>>>>The wife cant (or wont) drive the 110, so the Subaru is now hers until further notice!
>>>>
>>>There's no such thing as can't.......
>>
>>actually, provided it has power steering, this is true. non-pas is a bit
>>heavy, sometimes. although you see little old women driving SIIIs...
>
>If people were taught to drive properly and not to dry steer then PAS
>is unnecessary. A well set-up steering system should offer very little
>resistance if the wheels are rolling. Even a standard Series II/III is
>quite light on the steering once the wheels are moving.

for some values of "light" at parking speeds, although I agree in general.
--
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a small priesthood, the common man had no hope of mastering their arcane
complexities. Years of study in musty classrooms were prerequisite to
obtaining even a dim, incoherent knowledge of science.
Today, all that has changed: a dim, incoherent knowledge of science is
available to anyone. - Tom Weller, Science Made Stupid, 1986

>>>>>The wife cant (or wont) drive the 110, so the Subaru is now hers until
>>>>>further notice!
>>>>>
>>>>There's no such thing as can't.......
>>>
>>>actually, provided it has power steering, this is true. non-pas is a bit
>>>heavy, sometimes. although you see little old women driving SIIIs...
>>
>> If people were taught to drive properly and not to dry steer then PAS
>> is unnecessary. A well set-up steering system should offer very little
>> resistance if the wheels are rolling. Even a standard Series II/III is
>> quite light on the steering once the wheels are moving.
>>
>> Alex
>
>Assuming tyre pressure is somewhere near right and tyre size is as designed.
>

That should be part of the driving test too - how to check tyre
pressures. I do a daily walkround check every morning i take a vehicle
out of the yard, and it's part of the bus/lorry test - why not the car
test?

Alex

On or around Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:41:02 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>>Assuming tyre pressure is somewhere near right and tyre size is as designed.
>>
>
>That should be part of the driving test too - how to check tyre
>pressures. I do a daily walkround check every morning i take a vehicle
>out of the yard, and it's part of the bus/lorry test - why not the car
>test?

should be. That and checking the oil, water, brake fluid and screenwash at
suitable intervals.

Mind, educating people about things like oil changes would be good - I put a
perkins prima (of unknown provenance, admnittedly) into a minibus which I
sold to a friend (never sell motors to friends...) and it's recently been
here blowing oil out of the breather, and with reports of the oil light
coming on at idle.

"When did you last get the oil changed" quoth I... you can guess the
answer...
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"If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect
other people to be entirely to your liking?"
Thomas À Kempis (1380 - 1471) Imitation of Christ, I.xvi.

"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> That should be part of the driving test too - how to check tyre
> pressures. I do a daily walkround check every morning i take a vehicle
> out of the yard, and it's part of the bus/lorry test - why not the car
> test?
>
> Alex

Because there aren't enough buses and Taxi's for all the Blondes

:0P

Lee D

Larry wrote:
> Yeah but frequently you have no choice but to scrub away with the wheels
> when some moron has parked right up your backside.
>
>

FFS, it's a Landrover - just ease out of the parking space with minimal
hauling at the steering wheel and a few slight scraping noises from the
vehicle that's parked you in.

Speaking of which I collected another idiot (in a WRX) on the rear
crossmember of the yellow beastie about 15 minutes ago whilst returning
from a beer buying expedition. He was very indignant that I'd actually
stopped (and very quickly) for a stop sign. Still, I'm laughing about
it and I'll be getting a commission from the towing company (owned by a
mate) who removed his steaming pile of crap from the road with nothing
forward of the front wheels.

--
EMB

On or around Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:18:31 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Larry wrote:
>> Yeah but frequently you have no choice but to scrub away with the wheels
>> when some moron has parked right up your backside.
>>
>>
>
>FFS, it's a Landrover - just ease out of the parking space with minimal
>hauling at the steering wheel and a few slight scraping noises from the
>vehicle that's parked you in.
>
>Speaking of which I collected another idiot (in a WRX) on the rear
>crossmember of the yellow beastie about 15 minutes ago whilst returning
>from a beer buying expedition. He was very indignant that I'd actually
>stopped (and very quickly) for a stop sign. Still, I'm laughing about
>it and I'll be getting a commission from the towing company (owned by a
>mate) who removed his steaming pile of crap from the road with nothing
>forward of the front wheels.

hehe... besides, if he was half-awake, his thing should have easily been
able to out-stop yours. so he obviously wasn't...
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Austin Shackles wrote:

> hehe... besides, if he was half-awake, his thing should have easily been
> able to out-stop yours. so he obviously wasn't...

I've been playing with Series brakes for a fairly long time now and I
can get them to work extremely well. With a booster, 11" drums and a
very good set of brake linings (a one-off set made from high friction
co-efficient truck brake lining material) it stops very nicely indeed -
I think the fact he was getting wound up to overtake me when we cleared
the junction was probably a contributing factor (quite apart from me
braking rather late for the stop sign). And I'm sure the fact he was
trying to climb into my tailpipe had absolutely no bearing on my leaving
the braking to the last possible moment and then standing it on it's
nose. And.... he's only got 3rd party insurance.


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"EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> I've been playing with Series brakes for a fairly long time now and I can
> get them to work extremely well. With a booster, 11" drums and a very
> good set of brake linings (a one-off set made from high friction
> co-efficient truck brake lining material) it stops very nicely indeed - I
> think the fact he was getting wound up to overtake me when we cleared the
> junction was probably a contributing factor (quite apart from me braking
> rather late for the stop sign). And I'm sure the fact he was trying to
> climb into my tailpipe had absolutely no bearing on my leaving the braking
> to the last possible moment and then standing it on it's nose.
> And.... he's only got 3rd party insurance.
>
>
> --
> EMB

Regardless of the fact he was unable to stop I don't think your own actions
are commendable.

Would you have felt any differently if anyone had been injured?

<quote>
Definition of wanton or furious driving

It is an offence for anyone:

to be in charge of a vehicle, and
to cause or cause to be done bodily harm to any person;
by wanton or furious driving, racing or
other wilful misconduct, or
by wilful neglect.
It is an offence triable only on indictment (except when committed by a
youth).

The offence carries a maximum penalty of a 2 years imprisonment and/or an
unlimited fine.

The offence can only be committed if the driver has a degree of subjective
recklessness so far as the foreseeabilty of causing injury is concerned. In
other words, he must appreciate that harm was possible or probable as a
result of the bad driving: (see R v Okosi [1996] CLR 666).

</quote>

whiplash or a nic to the finger would suffice.

The only ray of light from your post is that you have a Landrover with well
maintained brakes.

Pardon me if I don't appologise for flagging this up as unacceptable.

Lee D

EMB wrote:
> Larry wrote:
>> Yeah but frequently you have no choice but to scrub away with the
>> wheels when some moron has parked right up your backside.
>>
>>
>
> FFS, it's a Landrover - just ease out of the parking space with
> minimal hauling at the steering wheel and a few slight scraping
> noises from the vehicle that's parked you in.
>
> Speaking of which I collected another idiot (in a WRX) on the rear
> crossmember of the yellow beastie about 15 minutes ago whilst
> returning from a beer buying expedition. He was very indignant that
> I'd actually stopped (and very quickly) for a stop sign. Still, I'm
> laughing about it and I'll be getting a commission from the towing
> company (owned by a mate) who removed his steaming pile of crap from
> the road with nothing forward of the front wheels.

Come on ffs, you braked late, he may have had a slight lapse of concentration & rammed you from behind
but it's hardly a laughing matter is it? If you had laughed at me for that you would be in hospital.
Jesus, accidents happen & you just make fun of them? Driving the kind of miles I do for a living you see
some horrific sights, I don't remember actually laughing at a bloke with no head at the side of the road,
or a car full of five youngsters that got burned to death.

You make it sound like *anyone* who gets in *your* way is at fault. The most likely reason for the bloke
in the WRX (I have one too) to have 3rd party is thieves & other irresponsible drivers that dont see stop
signs too well.

Nige

--
Subaru WRX (Annabel)

Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)

'"Say hello to my little friend"

On or around Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:36:18 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>
>> hehe... besides, if he was half-awake, his thing should have easily been
>> able to out-stop yours. so he obviously wasn't...
>
>I've been playing with Series brakes for a fairly long time now and I
>can get them to work extremely well. With a booster, 11" drums and a
>very good set of brake linings (a one-off set made from high friction
>co-efficient truck brake lining material) it stops very nicely indeed -
>I think the fact he was getting wound up to overtake me when we cleared
>the junction was probably a contributing factor (quite apart from me
>braking rather late for the stop sign). And I'm sure the fact he was
>trying to climb into my tailpipe had absolutely no bearing on my leaving
>the braking to the last possible moment and then standing it on it's
>nose. And.... he's only got 3rd party insurance.

Icing on the cake, innit.

My SIII now stops, as well - standard non-servo with 11" drums, and normal
linings. OK, it takes a bit of weight on the pedal, but it pulls up quite
well if you make the effort.
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