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Red Merle
 


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You run a 240bhp Ignoramus engine J77; I've got one in the XF (and very quick it is too Very Happy ), but I never knew that it had one of these wonderful things:



Instead of having a broken sensor and wiring inside the engine, it uses a thin piece of metal to reach inside the engine and check it for you.

When I drew it out, it had oil on the end of it and little marks to show me how much is in there. Fantastic! That's pretty blo*dy clever that is Thumbs Up No wonder I couldn't find "oil level" in the screen menu Laughing I wonder why no one has ever thought it it before?
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Looks like a cracking concept Thumbs Up I bet it won’t catch on though. Laughing
   
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J77
 


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It took years of research at the Wolverhampton engine plant to develop it Very Happy
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Dan_NL
 


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Red Merle wrote:
I thought that was shock news in itself!! Rolling Eyes Okay, I sat in a V90, an XC60 and an XC90. That's more than enough to own up to for one day Wink


Is it strange I have been considering the same cars, given the lack of valid options by JLR ?!
My problem is though 180-degrees off with yours ; my JLR garage is my best garage EVER,
for 40 years driving around 40 different cars... .. the WORSED dealers I had were BOTH Volvo
dealers, hence my dilemma...

Luckily I'm not forced to choose as the D3 still runs like a thoroughbred, no faults for 18 months...
To be honest, we only drove it for 15.000km so its not a realistic comparison to earlier times..

I do love the Volvo seats, a serious issue with a lot of JLR cars ánd the fact the controls of JLR cars and
Volvo appear to be the same, and least the buttons are, make me wonder why the seats aren't Volvo seats,
to solve my issue.. Mr. Green

So, I am one limbo dancer for now..
  
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Red Merle
 


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What is it with Volvo and seats? Apart from their skull cracking "ladder" head restraints from the late '70's and 80's, they've always been brilliant. Those that I tried at the dealer yesterday were even better than I remembered from my last V70's from 10 years ago.

A good dealer's vital though and hope you manage to hang on to that D3 for a while yet Thumbs Up
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
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Dan_NL
 


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Thanks Red Merle, that's what I'm planning to do..

Keeping it costs me € 3500pa in roadtax, a raplacement woud be € 2000,- .
But depreciation of my D3 is next to nothing and any recent car would
write off € 6000 - € 10.000 pa, but no maintenance..

With an average of € 1000pa in maintenance, I'm still € 5000- 7.500 better of..

And we just love the D3... Laughing
  
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Red Merle
 


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Very sound logic Thumbs Up
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
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Good old man maths. Works for me, well it did. Big Cry Big Cry
   
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