Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Argyll
Posts: 2894
Nah - summer has finally arrived on the west coast. Pity it is only to last three days or so!Currently 2009 Disco 3 SE, 2013 MY D4 HSE and 2016 D4 SE
Previously:
TD5 Defender 110 CSW (230k miles)
300TDi Disco 1 (289k)
4 RR Classics (300-350k each, 2 manual, 2 auto)
110 V8 CSW (220k)
S3 109 hi cap pickup (ex RN)
S2A 88 Safari SW with lpg conversion (bloody lethal)
5th Sep 2024 10:17 pm
Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
Posts: 347
Jords, yes the number of campervans was really noticeable in Wester Ross, too. Mostly travelling in pairs and of course when one pulls out in front of you from a side road, the second has to follow.
Tends to be a brief respite between Kinlochewe and Achnasheen where the NC500 goes south round Torridon, Applecross and Lochcarron. On the plus side, yesterday's vans seemed to all be privately owned and reasonably experienced drivers, rather than the summer glut of rental novices!Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
6th Sep 2024 7:08 am
JordsDisco
Member Since: 22 May 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1573
I did think they might ease off when the schools went back, but the Camper Van demographics tend to favour the elderly, also Visitors tend to be 12 months of the year now.
Ft. Willie traffic was nose to tail from the Golf Club to Achintore Road.
There’s been so many bad and fatal accidents this year. I had the usual Kamikaze idiots yesterday. I am convinced one of them will eventually kill me one day.
Anyway, back to dreich weather this morning.
6th Sep 2024 8:07 am
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4219
Supposed temperature
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Actual temperature…… 14c I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
6th Sep 2024 11:19 am
Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
Posts: 347
Yes, it escapes me how the forecasters can ever think that we can have a warm fog with a breeze in the north of Scotland!
Oh, well...I replaced the D3's fog lights earlier in the week and did a test-fire on the FBH, so bring it on! Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
Parked up near the beach in a bay marked "Disabled Parking Only" in foot-tall letters on the tarmac. Displayed blue badge properly.
Wandered off, had a coffee at nearby cafe, used the loo (needed credit card for that !)
Came back to car to find I'd been ticketed ... small sign with 1" letters said "30 minutes maximum "
Ffs..
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
8th Sep 2024 10:24 am
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10340
Tv programs that start by showing you pretty much all the highlights that are in the program. What’s the point in watching the program then
AlVolvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
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
9th Sep 2024 8:58 am
defector
Member Since: 23 Feb 2009
Location: Greater Manchester
Posts: 1448
Hardware wrote:
Parked up near the beach in a bay marked "Disabled Parking Only" in foot-tall letters on the tarmac. Displayed blue badge properly.
Wandered off, had a coffee at nearby cafe, used the loo (needed credit card for that !)
Came back to car to find I'd been ticketed ... small sign with 1" letters said "30 minutes maximum "
Ffs.
Using the old credit card trick between the the jamb and latch to break into toilets eh
9th Sep 2024 9:24 am
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8100
Another Royal Mail one…
Posted a birthday card on bog standard mail to Germany (£2.50 flat charge) on 30th August. Also posted two A4 documents (standard letter size) to same address that cost £8.50 for tracked and signed for with three day delivery.
The birthday card arrived Tuesday 3rd September. As of an hour ago the documents were still in UK
Maybe they won’t be getting married on September 21st then….
(I will attempt to get reprints from local registrar and hand carry them this coming Sunday when we drive over….)
9th Sep 2024 1:34 pm
gareth71
Member Since: 10 Apr 2016
Location: North-east Wales
Posts: 589
al cope wrote:
Tv programs that start by showing you pretty much all the highlights that are in the program. What’s the point in watching the program then
It helps with expanding 40 mins of actual content into an hour's slot in the schedules.
30 second title sequence.
30 seconds of stock intro blurb which is the same for every episode.
1 minute of "coming up in today's programme...".
30 seconds of "coming up after the break" and a couple of sponsors' ad-break bumpers.
3 mins of actual ads.
Another couple of sponsor bumpers and 30 seconds of "before the break we saw....".
Repeat for two more commercial breaks.
30 seconds of "coming up on next week's show", and a couple of minutes of end credits, followed by another 3 mins of commercials.
9th Sep 2024 5:24 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6690
Spares, list prices and imaginary discounts from the list price.
For example, a Mann cabin air filter’s (FP2747) list price is supposedly 106,06 € according to a very well known European spare parts web site whose name rhymes with autorock….
They then advertise a 66% rebate resulting in the filter being 35,05 €. How is this a discount? I’ve never seen anywhere anyone sell or buy, for that matter, a paper filter for a 100. Neither have I ever seen them list the item at the original price.
Really, I thought that EU had forbidden discounts that really aren’t.
In the UK it used to be (might not be now) that it had to be on sale at the higher price (even if only at one branch) for a continuous period of 28 days before if could be sold at a 'discount'.
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
13th Sep 2024 10:39 am
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8100
Doing a bit of part-time chauffeuring I kill a lot of hours waiting in supermarket car-parks, especially in London. I thought this was a ‘London Problem’ (it is worst there) in that disabled and parent-and-child parking bays are a free for all, if it’s closer to the door it gets parked in (and if ignoring the one-way system to get there is shorter even better…). No one demographic is responsible but single males, 20-30 seem the most prevalent, car type are mostly the mundane or (thinking of the most prevalent demographic) some chavved up sh*te, not entitled Chelsea Tractor types.
Solution? Allow child/disabled friendly charities to clamp them with a ‘donation’ fee to release the vehicle. That’s the moderate attempt at a solution but I’d much prefer a claw hammer through the windscreen personally….
Quick straw poll from yesterday as I was sat facing ten parent-and-child bays for an hour indicated about three cars from the approximate 30 cars I saw in and out were 'allowed' to park there. The car-park was not full (indeed spaces either side of me, 15 foot further away than the restricted bays) and the available bays were not 'undersized' or badly parked in
13th Sep 2024 10:56 am
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6690
HWN wrote:
In the UK it used to be (might not be now) that it had to be on sale at the higher price (even if only at one branch) for a continuous period of 28 days before if could be sold at a 'discount'.
Hi I am new on ere I was just wondering if any1 is get rid of a pergola for free I no this be cheeky for this ask and already dismantle aswell thank u but needs to put above the patio doors and made In2 a glass room so need to big
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... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
