Recent content by LUCINDA

I find that if you leave the defender in 2nd gear at traffic lights and then give it some serious welly from a standing start, there is not a lot that can live with it ! But when you reach 30-35mph - game over.

I use the defender for my daily commute and get a little fed up with havingto allow other cars at least half a mile when pulling on to main roads. I also pull a caravan and according to all the write ups you hardly notice it on the back when ECU upgraded. Also want to give the Audi A3 owner, who...

Thanks chaps, As mine is a 1999 I think I will probably need to change the ECU - does anybody have a clue roughly what that will cost ?.

Hi All, I'm thinking about having my TD5 remapped ( Autologic ). Has anybody else had this done - what do you think of the result ? Are there actually any fuel savings to be made - they say in the blurb that there are but I'm dubious. Any advice gratefully received.:confused:

I waxoiled my defender last winter - works a treat and looks good too. Horrible job to do though if you do not have a pit or a ramp. I ended up with wax oil in my hair, eyes, nose etc and the damn stuff is near impossible to get off. I tried wearing goggles but they got covered in the first few...

Cheers ! I've got a 90 County TD5. The turbo decided to give up the ghost this weekend so I will be arranging to have that fixed this week - seems to be a never ending list, but hey, we love the Landys.

Hi everybody, Just joined recently - am finding the forums extremely useful with the useful advice that we inevitably need owning Land Rovers !