Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
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Think he needs to move on to Toyotas.
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
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Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
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BAS FBH control
21st Aug 2023 10:10 am
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20732
If he's struggling with a Disco 2, he'd be with the modern stuff My D3 Build Thread
He subsequently posted a video where he found he traced the fault to a faulty spark-plug!
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
21st Aug 2023 10:24 am
Brian Considine
Member Since: 05 Dec 2022
Location: Nr Margate
Posts: 281
There is no point getting someone to work (or trying to work) on a vehicle if he/she generally hates them.
Some of the RR's problems may very well have come from the batteries (which he himself admitted were faulty).
As for Toyota's, well, they may be more reliable &/or robust but they just don't have the "it" factor that LR products have - & if you don't understand/appreciate what thet "it" is you never will.
21st Aug 2023 11:48 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13912
I think the UN and Australians might argue that Toyotas have the 'it' factor.
Toyota also seems to have learnt from the past.......
I'm going to have a serious look at the new Land Cruiser when its available.New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
Twenty thousand Taliban can't be wrong. Looks like they nicked a Defender paint code, though.,
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
21st Aug 2023 1:11 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10297
I always thought it odd that a bed mounted cannon or machine gun are on the Toyota options list.
AlVolvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
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Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
21st Aug 2023 5:12 pm
Brian Considine
Member Since: 05 Dec 2022
Location: Nr Margate
Posts: 281
Moo wrote:
I think the UN and Australians might argue that Toyotas have the 'it' factor..
I did not mean the functionality "it" factor.
I have yet to driver any Toyota that appeals to me in any form.
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with the modern stuff 
