Recent content by Purple Beast

Bought my first S3 in Oman in '86. It went over a 16 ft drop when the handbrake failed. Wings, bonnet and roof mangled and other dents. Drove it back to base, 80 miles, without being stopped by the police. Roof off and everything else down to chassis and running gear. 3 months later as good as...

I have a 2013 Defender with a Ford 2.2 litre engine. When I turn the ignition key the engine fires and then dies after 3 - 5 seconds. This started early July and took around six attempts to start and then it would run normally and start fine for a few days and then do it agsin but take more...