I was a bit hesitant to do the post about being welsh because i got banned fro another forum for being racist.... apparently the welsh are a race.... As a newbie it's nice to join a forum where a bit of banter in the right places can take place without all the pc brigade jumping on y head...

I guess being Italian is the reason you are so sensitive.... mind you it could be worse... you could be Welsh and ginger.....

I knew i should have posted this in the other section, lol. At least we are good with ropes up here.

Oops, sorry, as you see i'm a new member and I obviously haven't seen it before. Can one of the mods take this out or should I elete the topic? RH

Ah I see, The real reason for the question was to keep the veichle working if there was an emp strike. I was going to put this in the anything goes section as it would give some a good reason to rib me but thought better of it.... maybe I should move it,lol.

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believe me mine won't be a posh one!! I was thinknig along the lines of relays and other bits and gubins etc.

The landy that I want will be a deisel 90 or a 110 but one that doesn't have all the electronics that modern cars / landy's have. Assuming that I go for such a landy what electronic bits are in such a landy? I am ignoring the fact that there is a wire loom and light bulbs etc. TIA RH

Thanks, i need to buy a landy first but the info is helpfull. Something else came up on the news t'other day in that a reported said that her deisel froze as it was minus 18 and deisel freezes at -15. Just wondering if mixing it with the used oil would prevent this or if not would there be...

The word biocide was used previously. What is biocide please.

...so would my wife...... Thats why cars are insured in my name.

Thanks for that tip BenNE. I'll check them out.

A smaller steering wheel can affect the handling so they say.... it's also a get out clause for tyhe insurance co if you don't declare everything including how many times you fart....

My current car is a Vx omega with a full irmischer body kit and this is classed as a mod by many insurance co but AF class it as a standard factory fit and the insurance for that is only £292 compared with others that start at £700. I've been well happy withj AF for 3 years now.

Well I've taken the first step to getting a landy by joining here. I last drove a landy, I think it was a 110 in 1984 in the army but could be wrong as the memory cells are a bit dimmer these days. I'm in the cold, dark North East, in Hartlepool to be exact and I do have a few questions but...