1. Short fat bloke

    What Tyre is the best all rounder?

    My mate runs the Kumho Road Venture MT KL71, and hes never had a problem with them, eerrrr........well........ until DV took him out for a days laning and got stuck infront of him, then the tyres didnt like tring to go backwards, so they thought to themselves "stuck???? No worries we both got...
  2. Short fat bloke

    What Tyre is the best all rounder?

    There are a dam fine looking tyre, Im now so confused!! D'oh! I guess the choice will be according to how tight the wife is holding on to the purse strings at the time!! And she is part Scottish and her grip is booming good!! :doh: Lol!
  3. Short fat bloke

    What Tyre is the best all rounder?

    Fair play, How much softer are the Grabbers than BFG's, in mileage?? and how much cheaper are they, budget is a big decieder here two!
  4. Short fat bloke

    What Tyre is the best all rounder?

    Cheers for all the info fella's, its been interesting hearing all your opinions, I think its going to be a set of BFG AT's in the not to distant future as I'll be doing alot more on road than off road, and like Teflon says, I am a novice at the 4x4's in the mud so dont want to get myself into a...
  5. Short fat bloke

    What Tyre is the best all rounder?

    Good Morning All! Im running a totally standard 300tdi manual disco, The car is my everyday car which I bought for towing car trailers and love the idea of going playing in the mud, but nothing to serious. It currently has road tyres on it, two of which are new and the other two are getting...
  6. Short fat bloke

    Bigger intercooler...

    By Fitting a bigger IC over the front of the radiator will only affect the cooling if the spacing between the viens on the IC are smaller than the ones that make up the rad. The Fan being behind the Radiator wont necessarily help if you block the rad cooling air with the intercooler because as...
  7. Short fat bloke

    Advice please peeps

    If its a 2.5 petrol, best to start by through that thirsty piece of junk in the skip and get yourself ether a doozle or a V8, V8's are better on juice than the 2.5 (Well the one I used to borrow was worse on fuel that my mates V8 that was for sure!) and sound great, if your planning on taking it...
  8. Short fat bloke

    Mpg Auto 300tdi??

    Ive had both a 300tdi auto and a 300tdi manual, admitidly I didnt actually use the auto much before breaking it up due to rust, but it only seemed to do about 22mpg average 'A' road driving, the manual that I have now is a hec of alot better, Im continually getting 27-29mpg's out of it doing max...
  9. Short fat bloke

    HELP!! HELP!! URGENT!! Clutch problems on Disco, weekend away in jepedy!! :-(

    Cheers Dent! Will be delv under the dash in a minute!
  10. Short fat bloke

    HELP!! HELP!! URGENT!! Clutch problems on Disco, weekend away in jepedy!! :-(

    Hi all, Need your help ugently!! Suppose to be drivng to Devon this arvo for surprise weekend away with the wife, well surprise for her as I booked it! Lol! Ive got a 1996 300tdi Disco, Did an engine change back in May, all seemed well other than the Clutch would drop to with in a...
  11. Short fat bloke

    Good morning

    Good morning Paul, I have a 97 P Plate disco, so yours will be a Discovery 1, 300 series. If your after some bits for it PM me, I maybe able to point you in the right direction!
  12. Short fat bloke

    good mornin fred

    G'd Morning all!
  13. Short fat bloke

    good mornin fred

    Oh yes DV is definitly a bad influence! Lol! He forced me into drinking all that cider! Honest........:beer2: MOT's are never fun! DV Blagged his RR thro yesday arvo, With a bucket of GUMGUM all over the Middle box and some really crap welding on it to! I like the night shift hours myself...
  14. Short fat bloke

    good mornin fred

    Morning Disco01!
  15. Short fat bloke

    good mornin fred

    Im good ta, well better now, played Skittles with DV last night and got carried away with the cider, was well ruff! Im sat in a nice Air-condition office at the mo, you would like it, was a bit chilli this morning, had to turn it up to 20°C! I shall be taking some rays in this arvo tho...
  16. Short fat bloke

    good mornin fred

    How goes it on this fine day Ratty?
  17. Short fat bloke

    good mornin fred

    Morning Ratty!
  18. Short fat bloke

    good mornin fred

    Im liking your thinking BOB, Really must do something about my barrel like figure, might make the Disco go a bit better to! Lol!
  19. Short fat bloke

    good mornin fred

    Wish I didnt drink! :violin: I blame it on a miss spent youth that Im just carrying on into my 30's! Lol! I shall be playing landys later, finally got my Disco going! So off for a test drive in the sun this arvo
  20. Short fat bloke

    good mornin fred

    Good Morning All, I have a hangover from hell!:Cry::o Dam the Cider!!