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• Disco 5 Commercial

• Living in a farming area of Scotland the Discovery Commercials of all the various series have and still are hugely popular with the local farmers - I regularly see ancient S1 Disco Commerials hauling ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 9 Views: 12021 Forum:General Posted: 20th Dec 2017 7:12 pm Subject: Disco 5 Commercial

• Car / Home security options

• In the house, a small biscuit tin or tea caddy made of tin will suffice to totally block the transmissions of the key fob - has to be steel/ tin with a lid to work though.
Tim in Scotland Replies: 8 Views: 10377 Forum:General Posted: 11th Dec 2017 1:06 pm Subject: Car / Home security options

• Why are diesels still popular?

• Also his old diesel might not have been refueled with “winter” diesel. In UK and Europe we don’t even have to think about finding winter diesel ( it has an antiwaxing agent in it) as after mid O ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 7 Views: 8681 Forum:General Posted: 20th Nov 2017 2:51 pm Subject: Why are diesels still popular?

• GardX

• I had GardX on my 1st Evoque. It was applied at the UK HQ for Gardx and in 2011 cost me £300 for the interior and exterior protection. It is by far the most impressive protection system I have paid e ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 11 Views: 12264 Forum:General Posted: 14th Nov 2017 9:38 am Subject: GardX

• PHEV D5

• Bear in mind that also many PHEV’s and EV’s cannot tow anything............
  
  Another thing - at the last MOT my 1996 Defender TDi300 that has no emissions controls on it actually produced less ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 12 Views: 13013 Forum:General Posted: 7th Nov 2017 8:59 am Subject: PHEV D5

• Going proper off road tomorrow

• Andrew do you have the optional rear ediff on your car? Was surprised how much wheel spinning you had at the first attempt to get out of the pond, I thought that the TC would have braked the spinning ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 41 Views: 47350 Forum:Off Road Posted: 6th Nov 2017 11:25 am Subject: Going proper off road tomorrow

• PHEV D5

• Tim, did you not miss the cabin space of a Disco or RRS?
  
  Not in the least, I drive solo 99% of the time. The other things that impressed were the ride quality for a car on steel springs and the tot ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 12 Views: 13013 Forum:General Posted: 5th Nov 2017 8:13 pm Subject: PHEV D5

• PHEV D5

• I have just had a 4 day extended test drive of a Mini Countryman PHEV and am most impressed. I have never driven a Hybrid or EV other than a Lansing Bagnall electric forklift truck years ago and I was ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 12 Views: 13013 Forum:General Posted: 5th Nov 2017 2:37 pm Subject: PHEV D5

• I don't understand Intelligent Seat Fold!

• It can also be that local vehicle construction regs don't permit it so you cannot accidentally squash small people and pets.............. USA spec seems not to allow adaptive LED headlights and there ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 15 Views: 16424 Forum:In Car Technology Posted: 2nd Aug 2017 7:26 pm Subject: I don't understand Intelligent Seat Fold!

• Land Rover Advisory Board

• It would have saved a lot of web developement if they had just become a forum member using a nick name, they could have read the good and the bad.................. maybe spread a few rumors, but then ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 10 Views: 10747 Forum:General Posted: 2nd Aug 2017 7:04 pm Subject: Land Rover Advisory Board

• Namib Orange in Namibia

• I'm working in Walvis Bay, Namibia for a few days and spotted driving down the main drag a Namib Orange D5 HSE closely followed by a Fuji White SE both kitted out with roof tents, jerry can racks a sp ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 0 Views: 3955 Forum:Spotted Posted: 26th Jul 2017 12:18 pm Subject: Namib Orange in Namibia

• Insurance renewal time

• For nearly 20 years I have insured my Defender and another Land Rover with Land Rover Insurance for a very reasonable premium on each car. 2 weeks ago I had the annual reminder for the Defender (it i ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 10 Views: 10842 Forum:General Posted: 22nd Jul 2017 7:58 am Subject: Insurance renewal time

• MPG thread : 411 miles averaging 41.8

• What was the average speed? I regularly see >40mpg in my 3.0SDv6 RRS but it is always when the speed is held back by heavy traffic on the local roads and my speed is held back to less than 55mph... ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 6 Views: 7556 Forum:General Posted: 17th Jul 2017 8:18 am Subject: MPG thread : 411 miles averaging 41.8

• Downsizing- a little bit...

• Velar is in the dealerships in the next week......... saw 2 of them at Taggarts in Glasgow yesterday. It's as long as an RRS but about the height of an Evoque or RRS at access height. I cannot underst ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 1 Views: 5179 Forum:Off Topic - Other Cars Posted: 12th Jul 2017 7:28 pm Subject: Downsizing- a little bit...

• Recognize this new Tata?

• Welcome to the Tata Merlin.............
  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xscayou7M_4
  IIRC 1 Lakh Rupees is 1,000,000 rupees but I stand to be corrected. It will still be a huge amount cheaper than impo ...
Tim in Scotland Replies: 1 Views: 4964 Forum:Off Topic - Other Cars Posted: 11th Jul 2017 8:42 pm Subject: Recognize this new Tata?