Thread: I grew balls of steel - P38 for UK trip

Originally Posted by HUE166

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I am told that the cruise control isn't currently working. Has anyone been able to fix the vacuum operated cruise control on these models?

I'm told if you don't turn the cruise control on, it works fine!

Make sure you have insurance for everyone who drives the vehicle, apparently it's not like here where the car is insured, in the UK it's the driver/s.

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Make sure you have insurance for everyone who drives the vehicle, apparently it's not like here where the car is insured, in the UK it's the driver/s.

Diana

Thanks for the advice Diana. Much appreciated.

You will need a UK address to get car insurance. See if you can organise it from Australia, before you go.

Really must learn to press the right buttons on this forum, blummin thanks button is where reply button is on another forum I normally use

If you need someone to sort it out / inspect it before you arrive I can highly recommend a chap called Stuart Armson, he's a **** hot P38 fettler based in Leicester, but goes mobile should you need it. I used him with my P38 and now use him for my RRS, he's been instrumental in fixing an ongoing running fault with mine that LR themselves couldn't resolve.

His website's Home - Armson Automotive Engineers it can be a bit temperamental at times and doesn't really reflect how good he is, so if you have no luck with it and do want him to check the car out for you then drop me a message and I'll sort it.

Crucially, his rates are more than reasonable and he's dedicated. He's been working on my car after hours, some nights I've arrived at 6.30pm after work and we've still been working on it at 11pm. No extra cost either. Really, a brilliant chap.

Cheers
Mike

Be prepared for a shock when you organise car insurance, when I lived in UK my wife had an 88 model VW polo worth 600 pounds, with me insured as an aussie it was more than 300 pounds. Car insurance in UK is very expensive, I have suggested buying cars to use when travelling to UK but it works out more expensive in the end by the time you add in insurance and having to sell car at end of trip, let alone breakdowns. Good luck with it but be warned.
Cheers Matt