Thread: dont whinge about LR maintenance

Originally Posted by Tins

Can't rush these things.. That you've kept it at all is admirable.



Wouldn't surprise me at all. It wasn't before mine.

LIARS, the pair of youse. !

- Just knowing what they are,,,, PROVES. your vintage !

Originally Posted by superquag

LIARS, the pair of youse. !

Not me! I think my first wife was secretly in love with Paul Cronin ( turned out she wasn't in love with me... ) as The Sullivans was an almost religious experience for her. She made me drive around Camberwell/Canterbury seeking out the house...

As for the cars.. mum used to tell a story about going to the Olympic Village ( 1956 ) to watch the athletes, with a three year old me in tow. I didn't give a stuff about athletes ( still don't ), but I was fascinated by cars. "Look mum, it's a Holden" "Look mum, it's an MG". Bloke standing there says to her "They're not bad, are they". To me he said " C'mon sonny, I'll bet you don't know what this one is". Seems that I looked at him with scorn and said "Course I do, it's a Daimbler". Knew what it was but didn't know how to say it. Poor bloke... mum never let on that we had an MG Y at home and a Daim(b)ler DB 18 parked nearby. Her mates had Rileys and Rovers.
There weren't that many cars around back then. But I remained fascinated with them until they all became clones of one another.

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

Sounds like my father's relatives who were cane farmers, he described them as "sugar barons" who never bought tyres for their cars, as by the time they needed tyres they'd already bought a new car.

This mob were builders.. No, I don't mean they had calloused hands and a pencil in their bib pocket. I mean they "invested" in bits of land and threw up 20 story office buildings around the CBD.

This poor lady used to complain that she was "only just getting used to it" when hubby got her a new one.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

You blokes whining about Mini fanbelts, should have got V-dubs.

Had a 1300 Beetle for a few months. It seized on the old motorway to Penrith. Well, I didn't know you needed those silly cardboard tubes to keep the ridiculous thing cool, did I? Just after I'd had the joy of replacing the accelerator cable too... Got rid of it and bought my first FIAT.

Originally Posted by Markf

the prices are eye watering.

There's another vid of this one somewhere where it sold for 40 something thousand POUNDS... And it's a 1275...

We should all just get modern range rovers .... then everything else will seem simple. Anyone for lifting the body off to do some routine maintenance ?

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

We should all just get modern range rovers .... then everything else will seem simple. Anyone for lifting the body off to do some routine maintenance ?

Can't see too many of the new ones being mucked around on in some shed somewhere in 40 years. We're not supposed to have fun.... Err...

Originally Posted by incisor

blew a blinker bulb on the front of my territory yesterday coming home from a visit to the doctors

the dash lit up with warning lights, playing a merry tune as well and left me in no doubt there was an issue

quick look to see how i get to the bulb to replace it...

bloody hell, looks like a 2 hour job

remove 15+ odd screws, pull out wheel arch plastic cover, find the bulb holder nearly at arms length

and then put it all back FFS

You got to love Landrovers they are always there to throw you a curve ball some where, just to keep you on your toes.
Hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas. Heather