What did you do with your Range Rover today

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Datatek said:
Good luck with the electronics and being tracked everywhere you go not to mention the firmware updates on the run.
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Yeah thats a little less appealing, to be honest i carry a mobile phone logged into got knows how many things and use my bank card everywhere, i highly doubt theres anything interesting enough in my life for the elite to care about
 
stustrong said:
I really really like them, had a shot of my pals one and such a nice thing to drive and be in
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Yeah, nice car but kind of missed the point. The okd Defender went anywhere with bales or whatever in the back. Knock a wing-mirror off? £5 and bokt a new one on. The new thing costs a smeggin fortune before you've even battered it. Should be cheap and simple.
 
Grrrrrr said:
Yeah, nice car but kind of missed the point. The okd Defender went anywhere with bales or whatever in the back. Knock a wing-mirror off? £5 and bokt a new one on. The new thing costs a smeggin fortune before you've even battered it. Should be cheap and simple.
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I do agree with you on that one the price of a motor with a utilitarian workhorse name is eye watering, the jap basic pickups seem to have taken over that use of a motor before the old defender stopped production
 
stustrong said:
I do agree with you on that one the price of a motor with a utilitarian workhorse name is eye watering, the jap basic pickups seem to have taken over that use of a motor before the old defender stopped production
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If I had the cash to buy a new Defender, I would be looking at the Ineos Grenadier which appears to be a proper Defender replacement.
 
Tried again to get the full size spare out of the l322 boot. Even with 2 working arms, i don't see that it's possible on your own.
Sitting on the tailgate it's easy to lift the nearest part. You then need to lift the far side of the wheel up and over the eas compressor.
I don't have the weight or strength to lift a wheel at arm's length!!
I've found the screw holes where a lift strap would fit, they are painted over still so never been used.
Someone has had the wheel out though, it's been on the car at some point!!
 
kermit_rr said:
Tried again to get the full size spare out of the l322 boot. Even with 2 working arms, i don't see that it's possible on your own.
Sitting on the tailgate it's easy to lift the nearest part. You then need to lift the far side of the wheel up and over the eas compressor.
I don't have the weight or strength to lift a wheel at arm's length!!
I've found the screw holes where a lift strap would fit, they are painted over still so never been used.
Someone has had the wheel out though, it's been on the car at some point!!
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I have done it, and yes its an arse clench. Get the straps;). why they weren't a standard fit I don't know;).

Oh dont forget to put the little bar in the tailgate after you have lifted the wheel. cos a tailgate in the chops is not a good look:D.

J
 
marjon said:
I have done it, and yes its an arse clench. Get the straps;). why they weren't a standard fit I don't know;).

Oh dont forget to put the little bar in the tailgate after you have lifted the wheel. cos a tailgate in the chops is not a good look:D.

J
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Bar in the tailgate??

I must need more spinach o_O
 
kermit_rr said:
Bar in the tailgate??

I must need more spinach o_O
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As for lifting it out again without the straps I will get my man to do it:p.

Ours came with a plastic bar that you fit in place when you pull the tailgate down, so when you let go of the tailgate to slide the wheel out it doesn't fall back in the well and lift the tailgate and smack you in the chops:).

J
 
marjon said:
As for lifting it out again without the straps I will get my man to do it:p.

Ours came with a plastic bar that you fit in place when you pull the tailgate down, so when you let go of the tailgate to slide the wheel out it doesn't fall back in the well and lift the tailgate and smack you in the chops:).

J
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There's a few on ebay, without the necessary bolts and no plastic bar :( they all seem to suggest early models, not the 10-12 :(
 
marjon said:
As for lifting it out again without the straps I will get my man to do it:p.

Ours came with a plastic bar that you fit in place when you pull the tailgate down, so when you let go of the tailgate to slide the wheel out it doesn't fall back in the well and lift the tailgate and smack you in the chops:).

J
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Finally got it! Started to get grumpy with it, usually does the trick. I now have my own lifting strap until i get something better
 
kermit_rr said:
Which one? I had the M50 engine in my 325, it was bulletproof and drove like new with 230000 miles on it, never missed a beat
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I don't know the engine designation, it was a 2.5 litre petrol six. From new, I had to take 5 litres of oil with me to go to Birmingham from the south coast and back. According to BMW, it would improve as it ran in. It didn't it just got worse. BMW basically told ne to feck off, I would have needed to go to court to get the batards to do anything about it. It went to BCA whilst still under guarantee.
 
Datatek said:
I don't know the engine designation, it was a 2.5 litre petrol six. From new, I had to take 5 litres of oil with me to go to Birmingham from the south coast and back. According to BMW, it would improve as it ran in. It didn't it just got worse. BMW basically told ne to feck off, I would have needed to go to court to get the batards to do anything about it. It went to BCA whilst still under guarantee.
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That's mad! Never heard much about bad 6ers when i was a beemer boy, only had gaskets on some of the 4 cylinders. Mine was a 1994 model.
 
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