I'll try to find this post from South Africa, thanx. In the meantime,.........decided to drive to the store (just to see what the little critter will do) at the hottest time of the day (97F). After two blocks Hippo threw HDC, and F4. I continued to drive to the store in fourth gear, with...

Oh rest assured I did that many times! It gives me P1717 "low clutch solenoid" fault from time to time. Before I sprayed the barrels, it gave me P1719 as well. I checked the resistance accross the barrels, and all is good. I know this can not tell me if low clutch solenoid is sticking or not...

I'm using the best contact cleaner money can buy (it evaporates in seconds). Once the hose clamps are on the barrels, the barrels can not be inserted in their respective brackets. I think the brackets (judging by their design) are made the way they are, in order to prevent barrel separation. My...

Didn't see yours, but when she saw the one Eddie offered, she said "that's what I wanted all along"!

Gentlemen. If you followed my ordeal with this issue, you learned that the problem was SOLVED, by spraying the barrels with the contact cleaner, and charging the battery. And it WAS (for two days!). Wife came home last night, and said that Hippo threw the HDC and F4 twice, on the way home! And...

I know ALL about it! Smoked for 40+ years, and lived in Minnesota for about ten. IF you don't know,......MN IS the second coldest populated spot on the planet (after some town is Siberia). -70F windchill factor, still air at -35F is a "norm" in January. And since New Years 2014, I switched to...

Wife is speechless! She can't believe how nice most people are on these forums ("some" forums I corrected her). As we all know, not all forums are "created equal". Even on the good forums, you run into a jerk from time to time, but mostly IF people are interested in the same subject (discussed...

This is PERFECT! Just what she had in mind. Let me know how are we going to go about it. You can PM me, so we don't clog the forum. Thank you.

Not about money. I am a retired military officer, and I have a nice pension, but she makes more than double of my income.

Thank you. Let's see what the members have in their garages first, and if wife doesn't like any of that, I might take you up on your offer. I'm sure UK dealers have these in stock. Rigid covers are hard to ship, but softies can be folded, and shipped easily. My wife is a kind that traded her new...

Much obliged Sir.

That would be AWESOME!

We looked on Ebay (USA), and didn't find anything she liked. Basically, she wants an original UK dealer cover, not something "made up". Short of calling UK dealers, and asking if they have some, I'm lost. The link you provided, she likes, but they state in the auction "UK buyers only".

That's nice. Whose phone number? I hope she's hot. :D

My tires are 225/55/17 Michelin

Now you just have to condition these gray bumpers! As a former carwash/detail shop owner, I can recommend Meguiar's "Back To Black". Works like a charm, but it needs to be reapplied every third/fourth wash.

My wife LOVES England. And she loves her Hippo. She requested to have a "genuine" British license plate on the front, and I obliged. So this morning she came up with something new. She wants a genuine British dealer spare wheel cover! One with the LR logo, and all other info for the dealer...

I am new to Freelander. But I know it will reset the gearbox on Jaguars (I've done it MANY times). I did the "hard reset" on Hippo, but I didn't feel any difference in the shift points, because I am not familiar with the vehicle. I have less than 200 miles total in the Freelander.

I would NOT sell my wife's Hippo, for what we have in it. This is Southern California, where cars don't have rust (unless one drives in the surf, or lives on the ocean). We are good 1,5 hours away from the ocean. The car lived in the neighborhood with the original 75 year old owner. We are...

Very usefull, thank you. I saved it for future reference. And to all others that helped with advices in this thread,.......last night we took Hippo out for dinner. About 60 miles RT, up and down the freeway, at 80+ mph. This was the first "normal" drive in the car, and the first drive wife and...