Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72802
Interesting description of RN surface vessels in The Torygraph, basically hedgehogs. Can defend themselves but can do FA offensively against land targets. And the white elephant carriers Ming vases, too fragile to be put out in a conflict zone where they might do something. When they are not in pieces in Portsmouth coz they’ve broken down. Good job we’ve still got RAF Akrotiri.
And don’t get me started when fans of the Navy say all UK needs is the RN and an airline. And how’s that working out with both white elephants carriers sitting in Portsmouth?
Ducking for cover.
28th Jan 2024 6:20 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13953
nigethecat wrote:
DSL wrote:
nigethecat wrote:
Trying to get a quote for the Defender I've ordered and already told them it's awaiting confirmation from the dealer on delivery dates and hasn't been delivered (or even built) yet... l !
Details, man details!! Obviously I’ve missed something.
Placed order a while back but have been umming and arrhing and looking at used car prices and seeing how values are falling but have decided "what the hell" and gone ahead with it anyway.... so to answer your question Del, Defender 110 D300 X-Dynamic HSE Hard Top in Carpathian Grey, air suspension, cold climate pack, off road pack, Comfort and convenience pack, electric towbar, leather steering wheel, Matrix LED lights, Chequer plate pack, black spare wheel cover (last two were thrown in by the dealer)... and most importantly secure tracker pro...
Anyone want to buy a D4 commercial ?
You didn't think about getting an Outbound? The boot is huge!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
28th Jan 2024 6:44 pm
Rescue01
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 2437
DSL wrote:
Interesting description of RN surface vessels in The Torygraph, basically hedgehogs. Can defend themselves but can do FA offensively against land targets. And the white elephant carriers Ming vases, too fragile to be put out in a conflict zone where they might do something. When they are not in pieces in Portsmouth coz they’ve broken down. Good job we’ve still got RAF Akrotiri.
And don’t get me started when fans of the Navy say all UK needs is the RN and an airline. And how’s that working out with both white elephants carriers sitting in Portsmouth?
Ducking for cover.
Interesting article on why our new aircraft carriers are sitting in port.
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
28th Jan 2024 8:08 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72802
At some point it will be a lot cheaper to send everything round The Cape. OK, it 7 days longer but hey ho, that going to be cheaper than the extra insurance.
28th Jan 2024 8:20 pm
Brian Considine
Member Since: 05 Dec 2022
Location: Nr Margate
Posts: 281
BT/Openreach.
Too long to post the reasons leading up to my goat raising.
There, I feel better already !
29th Jan 2024 12:30 pm
John P
Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1275
Import duties....
Bought some goods from the USA:-
Goods = £146.05
USA UPS Shipping Costs = £38.05
UK Import Duties = £58.46
UK UPS Handling Fee = £12.90
So the import duties are around 40% I get import duties are trying to protect local business, but when you cannot get these goods in the UK and charge you that amount, all this turns out to be is TAX
Tax paid-for with the money left over after they taxed your earnings. If it comes from China they write "commercial sample" on it and you don't pay duty.
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
29th Jan 2024 3:54 pm
Grumpydog
Member Since: 10 Apr 2019
Location: Medway/ Mos Eisley
Posts: 153
DEFRA
Due to the that is our PM, even though one of my dogs isn't an XL Bully, I have had to register them both (one is a staff/ bullmastiff cross, the other is his niece whose father I believe was a Bully).
Paid my £92.40 per dog and got a certificate of exemption for both, even though no one at DEFRA has asked for photos or to take a look at them. The vets aren't able to help except for the neutering form and they won't even accept DNA testing to prove what they are. They are both listed as XL Bully on the certificate for their breed. Ridiculous and very frustrating. We are now tied by the cert requirements for the rest of their lives. Dangerous my !2004 Disco 3 HSE TDV6
2015 Audi Q5 S Line plus
2008 Audi A4 Avant S Line Black Edition. Gone
2005 Chrysler Grand Voyger. Gone
Companies that get talked into "modernising" name changes. How does it improve anything?
Are my cornflakes going to be any different now they're made by Kellanova rather than old-fashioned Kelloggs?.
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
4th Feb 2024 11:53 am
JordsDisco
Member Since: 22 May 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1489
Speaking of delivery charges. I am paying £400 for a new Motorcycle to be delivered to me on 1st March and before someone says pick it up and drive back, the machine needs an interim service ( cost - £210) including oil change at 600 miles and the distance between the supplying dealership and me is 500 miles, then the nearest authorised dealership is 160 miles away from me unless I pick it up and book it in for the service the same day. I’d do it myself, but to preserve the 4 year warranty…..
The other thing is the yearly service costs thereafter. They must have got a hold of LR prices.
A yearly or 7,600 A service costs £313. The B service is £581.
6th Feb 2024 1:12 pm
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Posts: 3069
Hardware wrote:
Companies that get talked into "modernising" name changes. How does it improve anything?
Are my cornflakes going to be any different now they're made by Kellanova rather than old-fashioned Kelloggs?
Strong Partridge flashbacks here
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D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
6th Feb 2024 1:49 pm
John P
Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1275
Member Since: 04 Jan 2023
Location: Essex
Posts: 543
And what is the chance of the owners being found?
The dog(s) arrive with bloodied fur, get washed down and kept quiet.
Virtually guaranteed, all you can hope is another member of the public saw the dogs and recognised them. Even then where's the proof?A visitor from the dark side, my other vehicle is an MG5 EV
8th Feb 2024 5:50 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13131
I'd bet it's not even accidental. I can easily see it being a deliberate act with money being exchanged, etc..Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
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I get import duties are trying to protect local business, but when you cannot get these goods in the UK and charge you that amount, all this turns out to be is TAX 
