cjdck
Member Since: 06 Mar 2010
Location: kinross
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today i washed my d3 for the first time in 3 months 
took ages and i missed a couple of bits, looks good now tho.
also filled it up, cost me £87 
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JF Lux
Member Since: 08 Sep 2007
Location: A little country in Europe
Posts: 3523
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sorted the roof rack...cleaned the LF lens'...fitted the half-height dog guard...threw away some bits of rubbish that had collected...
Must be time to start packing for the summer holidays...  The next American ex-pat that calls it a "truck" is going to find out what 2.7 tons feels like on their foot...
Club "yes, I too have had the EGR's replaced..."
Club "yes, I too have had the compressor replaced..."
Club "yes, I too once had the car at the dealer for a couple of weeks nearly 4 weeks over 4 weeks...5 weeks"
Club "yes, I too have had EPB failure..."
Club "yes, I too get mysterious bings and bongs..."
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| Thu Aug 19 2010 8:40pm |
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DSL
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Not here ^^^^ :(
Posts: 22732
 
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Nothing but Dark Bluie had 5 year service and a bearing replaced yesterday! Can maybe be ar$ed a bit.
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| Thu Aug 19 2010 8:44pm |
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ELD70
Member Since: 28 Jan 2008
Location: Romford.
Posts: 815
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Picked up a set of shiny stainless side bars from the site sponsor DCC 4x4 and spent the afternoon fitting them. Look very good and very pleased with the quality and service from our sponsor
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| Sat Aug 21 2010 4:13pm |
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JF Lux
Member Since: 08 Sep 2007
Location: A little country in Europe
Posts: 3523
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not today, but overnight Friday drove 1,189 km down to Barcelona area. Just a tad under 11 hours door to door.
And reminded the slow-movong  of Frenchman in his Citreon AX that decided to pull out in front of 3 tons of D3 for no apparent reason at around 3:30am on a very dark two-lane French motorway was not a good idea...  I don't think he is going to forget what 6 LF170's and bi-xenons at full beam in his rear-view mirror look like for a while 
(naughty, I know - but it certainly woke hime up ) The next American ex-pat that calls it a "truck" is going to find out what 2.7 tons feels like on their foot...
Club "yes, I too have had the EGR's replaced..."
Club "yes, I too have had the compressor replaced..."
Club "yes, I too once had the car at the dealer for a couple of weeks nearly 4 weeks over 4 weeks...5 weeks"
Club "yes, I too have had EPB failure..."
Club "yes, I too get mysterious bings and bongs..."
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| Sun Aug 22 2010 8:47am |
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Bodsy
Site Sponsor
Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: In the clubhouse.
Posts: 15041
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Spent yesterday in the pleasurable company of 14 d3's out on Salisbury plains. 90kms of on and off road routes and as usual, plenty of friendly banter ending up at a nice little pub for dinner and plenty of space for the kids to play in the pub kids area.
Will be a tad more muddy when we do it again in December!  How To ? - Change your Brake Disks Pads Shoes Sensors August 2011 NEW V1.6a
Clubs MTR – MANTEC – RAI – Traxide – Engel - Tree Sliders
Club MSV2 - Multi-Vehicle
If you like a lot of chocoloate on your biscuit.....
Disco3Club
I can update - Clock on Dash/4x4 Screen/3Flash Indicators/SatNav On The Move and other Software updates. Gearbox re-flash/reset etc.
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| Sun Aug 22 2010 8:59am |
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Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 503
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Towed the boat Home
After giving up on the camping in Devon I towed the boat home.
Seeing these images has reminded me one of the jobs for this winter is to get the trailer wheels blasted and repainted.
Plus that I need to remove the roof basket and spots from the car before doing too many miles 
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Nasher Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
55plate D3 HSE in Silver.
Ocean 6.5m RIB with DT200EFI Suzi Wong.
Bombard Aerotec 380 SIB with 9.9HP Suzi for the Smaller Nashers.
Kawasaki Z1000H, Big Bore, monoshock, Upside down front end etc.
1940's military Canoe - Currently loaned to the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth.
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| Tue Aug 24 2010 9:11pm |
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devonchilliman
Member Since: 03 Nov 2008
Location: Devon
Posts: 1700
  
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Looks
Shame Your Trip Ended Early 
Devonchilliman
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| Tue Aug 24 2010 9:28pm |
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bp
Member Since: 06 Jan 2010
Location: Stuck On The High Road
Posts: 741
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Found out my 6 ft jo or fighting staff plus other kit goes straight in the boot no need for ski hatches or any thing like without removing pushchairs etc
Bad news is after not training for 3 ish years body hurts all over. They say you never forget like riding a bike. No like falling off a bike down a cliff while someone dislocates various limbs 
Same time next week more of the same and I cant wait
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| Wed Aug 25 2010 10:29pm |
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JF Lux
Member Since: 08 Sep 2007
Location: A little country in Europe
Posts: 3523
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went for a drive...so we could go for a walk in Montseny Parc...
Two choices - tarmac or not...(the sign out of the picture said in Catalan - "Degraded Track"...so I didn't go via the tarmac route... )
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And the view of where we came from (Colformic)
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And the view after our little walk - it was all worth it
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More areas already being looked at on the map(s)... The next American ex-pat that calls it a "truck" is going to find out what 2.7 tons feels like on their foot...
Club "yes, I too have had the EGR's replaced..."
Club "yes, I too have had the compressor replaced..."
Club "yes, I too once had the car at the dealer for a couple of weeks nearly 4 weeks over 4 weeks...5 weeks"
Club "yes, I too have had EPB failure..."
Club "yes, I too get mysterious bings and bongs..."
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| Sun Aug 29 2010 5:48pm |
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YeehawTwistyArms
Member Since: 07 Mar 2007
Location: East Midlands
Posts: 643
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Got towed home after spending a few days at the Sandringham Caravan site in Norfolk. On Sunday the car refused to go into drive and you kind of need that.
A good time was had by all although today was a bit stressful
 Just trying to find out what is what, and what is not what. Sort of a thing.
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| Tue Aug 31 2010 6:54pm |
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CG
Member Since: 12 Nov 2007
Location: In the middle somewhere
Posts: 3649
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Drove home with the tintent from a weekend at Dartmouth.
The key is switching off the engine as it should, which is nice, however the engine smell very hot when I got home,only did 200 miles, the temp gauge was ok. Formerly shiny moose
Silver TDV6 S with sat nav, PTI, Mantec, Traxide and Moosed up a bit
member of Club MTR
"I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you read is not what I meant"
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| Tue Aug 31 2010 7:41pm |
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h9scw
Member Since: 26 Mar 2010
Location: Ayrshire
Posts: 23
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Drove up to LRE in Dunkeld for an afternoon with a D4, great fun and seemed a lot more compliant off road than the RRS that we tested up there a month ago, maybe it was just being more familiar with the size and being able to place the vehicle better that made the difference?
Now I just need to pray for some lottery numbers as all the dealer seems to have are HSEs at £48k..... .....
either that or talk nice to the bank manager 
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| Mon Sep 06 2010 8:34pm |
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Dexter
Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 636
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Yesterday actually - traded in the trusty D3 and was really sorry to let her go.
Very nice 57 manual XS now for sale at Frank Ogg Elgin, if anyone's looking.
I hope the new D4 is every bit as enjoyable to own for the next few years
Dex D4 XS Ipanema / Ebony / Privacy / Xenons
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| Sun Sep 19 2010 8:48pm |
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