OT: Defecting to the Dark Side
02-10-2007, 12:22 PM
#61
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Re: Defecting to the Dark Side
It was -2 here yesterday (-19C) and I will admit that I miss the heated
seats my last 2 cars....
Real Jeeps are only heated when they are on fire...
"Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
news:temzh.252035$QY6.116213@fe1.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
> This one seems to be ok - I tested all the electrics and it is all working
> except the heating element on the driver's seat which I don't care about.
> No leaks either and no discoloration indicating past ones so fingers
> crossed.
>
> Dave
>
> "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:45cdec8d$0$24735$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> I'm not slammin' your new purchase Dave, I personally like them, a lot,
> but
>> here in NC-USA, you see lots and lots of them in the "buy here pay here"
>> type car lots,(that's for folks with troubled credit), and can pick 'em
>> up
>> very cheap. Seems after just a few years they develop electrical
>> problems,
>> and every one I've ever looked at to consider purchasing was leaking at
>> those rear overhead windows. It costs a lot here to keep them up. I know
>> that to meet US standards they must undergo different electrical and
>> crash
>> modifications, and that may be part of the cause, I don't know.
>>
>> Again, not slamming yours, I honestly would buy one if it weren't for the
>> aforementioned problems.
>>
>> Hope you enjoy it!
>>
>> Spdloader
>>
>>
>> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
>> news:LEkzh.270086$Kh7.126523@fe2.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
>> > Bought a Land Rover Discovery 2 4.0 v8 today, and should take
>> > collection
>> > next week.
>> > Would have gone for a Jeep for preference, but decided I couldn't live
>> > without a Real Chassis.
>> > Big axles and hub means its rated for 7800 lb towing, but IMHO I would
>> > want
>> > a longer wheelbase
>> > for pulling that weight.
>> > It doesn't drive like a truck at all - feels like a limo with its 18"
>> > wheels, and electric everything
>> > but it is for towing not offroading, so that's ok.
>> >
>> > http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco.jpg
>> > http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco2.jpg
>> > http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco3.jpg
>> >
>> > Still keeping the Wrangler - this gives me transport and time to fix
>> > the
>> > Waggy.
>> >
>> > Dave Milne, Scotland
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
seats my last 2 cars....
Real Jeeps are only heated when they are on fire...
"Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
news:temzh.252035$QY6.116213@fe1.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
> This one seems to be ok - I tested all the electrics and it is all working
> except the heating element on the driver's seat which I don't care about.
> No leaks either and no discoloration indicating past ones so fingers
> crossed.
>
> Dave
>
> "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:45cdec8d$0$24735$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> I'm not slammin' your new purchase Dave, I personally like them, a lot,
> but
>> here in NC-USA, you see lots and lots of them in the "buy here pay here"
>> type car lots,(that's for folks with troubled credit), and can pick 'em
>> up
>> very cheap. Seems after just a few years they develop electrical
>> problems,
>> and every one I've ever looked at to consider purchasing was leaking at
>> those rear overhead windows. It costs a lot here to keep them up. I know
>> that to meet US standards they must undergo different electrical and
>> crash
>> modifications, and that may be part of the cause, I don't know.
>>
>> Again, not slamming yours, I honestly would buy one if it weren't for the
>> aforementioned problems.
>>
>> Hope you enjoy it!
>>
>> Spdloader
>>
>>
>> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
>> news:LEkzh.270086$Kh7.126523@fe2.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
>> > Bought a Land Rover Discovery 2 4.0 v8 today, and should take
>> > collection
>> > next week.
>> > Would have gone for a Jeep for preference, but decided I couldn't live
>> > without a Real Chassis.
>> > Big axles and hub means its rated for 7800 lb towing, but IMHO I would
>> > want
>> > a longer wheelbase
>> > for pulling that weight.
>> > It doesn't drive like a truck at all - feels like a limo with its 18"
>> > wheels, and electric everything
>> > but it is for towing not offroading, so that's ok.
>> >
>> > http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco.jpg
>> > http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco2.jpg
>> > http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco3.jpg
>> >
>> > Still keeping the Wrangler - this gives me transport and time to fix
>> > the
>> > Waggy.
>> >
>> > Dave Milne, Scotland
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
02-10-2007, 12:24 PM
#62
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Re: Defecting to the Dark Side
I don't think he knows where you live.
So you have three 4x4s and only one driver eh?
"Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
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>I drive past the LR factory at Solihull on my way back from work :-)
>
> Dave
>
> "Highcountry" <highcountry2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1171120127.172469.267100@a34g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>> Don't know about your world, but here in the Boonies where I am you
>> would be forced to Special Order any parts other than an Oil Filter
>> and the parts are 3 times the price of comparable Jeep/Chevy/Ford
>> parts "IF" you can even get them!
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>
>
So you have three 4x4s and only one driver eh?
"Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
news:VQlzh.251940$QY6.71406@fe1.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>I drive past the LR factory at Solihull on my way back from work :-)
>
> Dave
>
> "Highcountry" <highcountry2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1171120127.172469.267100@a34g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>> Don't know about your world, but here in the Boonies where I am you
>> would be forced to Special Order any parts other than an Oil Filter
>> and the parts are 3 times the price of comparable Jeep/Chevy/Ford
>> parts "IF" you can even get them!
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>
>
02-10-2007, 12:24 PM
#63
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Re: Defecting to the Dark Side
I don't think he knows where you live.
So you have three 4x4s and only one driver eh?
"Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
news:VQlzh.251940$QY6.71406@fe1.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>I drive past the LR factory at Solihull on my way back from work :-)
>
> Dave
>
> "Highcountry" <highcountry2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1171120127.172469.267100@a34g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>> Don't know about your world, but here in the Boonies where I am you
>> would be forced to Special Order any parts other than an Oil Filter
>> and the parts are 3 times the price of comparable Jeep/Chevy/Ford
>> parts "IF" you can even get them!
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>
>
So you have three 4x4s and only one driver eh?
"Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
news:VQlzh.251940$QY6.71406@fe1.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>I drive past the LR factory at Solihull on my way back from work :-)
>
> Dave
>
> "Highcountry" <highcountry2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1171120127.172469.267100@a34g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>> Don't know about your world, but here in the Boonies where I am you
>> would be forced to Special Order any parts other than an Oil Filter
>> and the parts are 3 times the price of comparable Jeep/Chevy/Ford
>> parts "IF" you can even get them!
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>
>
02-10-2007, 12:24 PM
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Re: Defecting to the Dark Side
I don't think he knows where you live.
So you have three 4x4s and only one driver eh?
"Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
news:VQlzh.251940$QY6.71406@fe1.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>I drive past the LR factory at Solihull on my way back from work :-)
>
> Dave
>
> "Highcountry" <highcountry2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1171120127.172469.267100@a34g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>> Don't know about your world, but here in the Boonies where I am you
>> would be forced to Special Order any parts other than an Oil Filter
>> and the parts are 3 times the price of comparable Jeep/Chevy/Ford
>> parts "IF" you can even get them!
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>
>
So you have three 4x4s and only one driver eh?
"Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
news:VQlzh.251940$QY6.71406@fe1.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>I drive past the LR factory at Solihull on my way back from work :-)
>
> Dave
>
> "Highcountry" <highcountry2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1171120127.172469.267100@a34g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>> Don't know about your world, but here in the Boonies where I am you
>> would be forced to Special Order any parts other than an Oil Filter
>> and the parts are 3 times the price of comparable Jeep/Chevy/Ford
>> parts "IF" you can even get them!
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>
>
02-10-2007, 12:24 PM
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Re: Defecting to the Dark Side
I don't think he knows where you live.
So you have three 4x4s and only one driver eh?
"Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
news:VQlzh.251940$QY6.71406@fe1.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>I drive past the LR factory at Solihull on my way back from work :-)
>
> Dave
>
> "Highcountry" <highcountry2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1171120127.172469.267100@a34g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>> Don't know about your world, but here in the Boonies where I am you
>> would be forced to Special Order any parts other than an Oil Filter
>> and the parts are 3 times the price of comparable Jeep/Chevy/Ford
>> parts "IF" you can even get them!
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>
>
So you have three 4x4s and only one driver eh?
"Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
news:VQlzh.251940$QY6.71406@fe1.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>I drive past the LR factory at Solihull on my way back from work :-)
>
> Dave
>
> "Highcountry" <highcountry2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1171120127.172469.267100@a34g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>> Don't know about your world, but here in the Boonies where I am you
>> would be forced to Special Order any parts other than an Oil Filter
>> and the parts are 3 times the price of comparable Jeep/Chevy/Ford
>> parts "IF" you can even get them!
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>
>
02-10-2007, 12:44 PM
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Re: Defecting to the Dark Side
"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
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Hi Katie!
Hope you and Mr. Kate are doing well!
lol ( I know, it's Big Iron)
Spdloader
Hi ya!
Yup, all is well.
Still working on the remodeling project from hell.
Mr. Kate is in doing the lunch dishes - when he's done I'll tell him you
said howdy LOL!
K.
"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter> wrote in message
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> LOL, must be nice to be rich!
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:LEkzh.270086$Kh7.126523@fe2.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
> Bought a Land Rover Discovery 2 4.0 v8 today, and should take collection
> next week.
> Would have gone for a Jeep for preference, but decided I couldn't live
> without a Real Chassis.
> Big axles and hub means its rated for 7800 lb towing, but IMHO I would
> want
> a longer wheelbase
> for pulling that weight.
> It doesn't drive like a truck at all - feels like a limo with its 18"
> wheels, and electric everything
> but it is for towing not offroading, so that's ok.
>
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco.jpg
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco2.jpg
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco3.jpg
>
> Still keeping the Wrangler - this gives me transport and time to fix the
> Waggy.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
>
>
>
02-10-2007, 12:44 PM
#67
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Re: Defecting to the Dark Side
"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
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Hi Katie!
Hope you and Mr. Kate are doing well!
lol ( I know, it's Big Iron)
Spdloader
Hi ya!
Yup, all is well.
Still working on the remodeling project from hell.
Mr. Kate is in doing the lunch dishes - when he's done I'll tell him you
said howdy LOL!
K.
"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter> wrote in message
news:Bglzh.3524$6a.1329@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> LOL, must be nice to be rich!
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:LEkzh.270086$Kh7.126523@fe2.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
> Bought a Land Rover Discovery 2 4.0 v8 today, and should take collection
> next week.
> Would have gone for a Jeep for preference, but decided I couldn't live
> without a Real Chassis.
> Big axles and hub means its rated for 7800 lb towing, but IMHO I would
> want
> a longer wheelbase
> for pulling that weight.
> It doesn't drive like a truck at all - feels like a limo with its 18"
> wheels, and electric everything
> but it is for towing not offroading, so that's ok.
>
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco.jpg
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco2.jpg
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco3.jpg
>
> Still keeping the Wrangler - this gives me transport and time to fix the
> Waggy.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
>
>
>
02-10-2007, 12:44 PM
#68
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Re: Defecting to the Dark Side
"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:45cdecd0$0$5234$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
Hi Katie!
Hope you and Mr. Kate are doing well!
lol ( I know, it's Big Iron)
Spdloader
Hi ya!
Yup, all is well.
Still working on the remodeling project from hell.
Mr. Kate is in doing the lunch dishes - when he's done I'll tell him you
said howdy LOL!
K.
"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter> wrote in message
news:Bglzh.3524$6a.1329@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> LOL, must be nice to be rich!
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:LEkzh.270086$Kh7.126523@fe2.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
> Bought a Land Rover Discovery 2 4.0 v8 today, and should take collection
> next week.
> Would have gone for a Jeep for preference, but decided I couldn't live
> without a Real Chassis.
> Big axles and hub means its rated for 7800 lb towing, but IMHO I would
> want
> a longer wheelbase
> for pulling that weight.
> It doesn't drive like a truck at all - feels like a limo with its 18"
> wheels, and electric everything
> but it is for towing not offroading, so that's ok.
>
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco.jpg
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco2.jpg
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco3.jpg
>
> Still keeping the Wrangler - this gives me transport and time to fix the
> Waggy.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
>
>
>
02-10-2007, 12:44 PM
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Re: Defecting to the Dark Side
"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:45cdecd0$0$5234$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
Hi Katie!
Hope you and Mr. Kate are doing well!
lol ( I know, it's Big Iron)
Spdloader
Hi ya!
Yup, all is well.
Still working on the remodeling project from hell.
Mr. Kate is in doing the lunch dishes - when he's done I'll tell him you
said howdy LOL!
K.
"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter> wrote in message
news:Bglzh.3524$6a.1329@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> LOL, must be nice to be rich!
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:LEkzh.270086$Kh7.126523@fe2.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
> Bought a Land Rover Discovery 2 4.0 v8 today, and should take collection
> next week.
> Would have gone for a Jeep for preference, but decided I couldn't live
> without a Real Chassis.
> Big axles and hub means its rated for 7800 lb towing, but IMHO I would
> want
> a longer wheelbase
> for pulling that weight.
> It doesn't drive like a truck at all - feels like a limo with its 18"
> wheels, and electric everything
> but it is for towing not offroading, so that's ok.
>
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco.jpg
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco2.jpg
> http://milne.info/~dave/disco/disco3.jpg
>
> Still keeping the Wrangler - this gives me transport and time to fix the
> Waggy.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
>
>
>
02-10-2007, 12:45 PM
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Re: Defecting to the Dark Side
heh, you remember too much Billy Ray !
Wrangler lives in Birmingham, Waggy and Disco in Edinburgh. I fly between
the two places each Monday and Thursday.
Were it not for the fact I did Classics at Uni, I guess I would be a redneck
:-)
Dave Milne, Scotland
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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> I don't think he knows where you live.
>
> So you have three 4x4s and only one driver eh?
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:VQlzh.251940$QY6.71406@fe1.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
> >I drive past the LR factory at Solihull on my way back from work :-)
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > "Highcountry" <highcountry2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1171120127.172469.267100@a34g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> >>
> >> Don't know about your world, but here in the Boonies where I am you
> >> would be forced to Special Order any parts other than an Oil Filter
> >> and the parts are 3 times the price of comparable Jeep/Chevy/Ford
> >> parts "IF" you can even get them!
> >>
> >> Bruce
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
Wrangler lives in Birmingham, Waggy and Disco in Edinburgh. I fly between
the two places each Monday and Thursday.
Were it not for the fact I did Classics at Uni, I guess I would be a redneck
:-)
Dave Milne, Scotland
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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> I don't think he knows where you live.
>
> So you have three 4x4s and only one driver eh?
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:VQlzh.251940$QY6.71406@fe1.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
> >I drive past the LR factory at Solihull on my way back from work :-)
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > "Highcountry" <highcountry2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1171120127.172469.267100@a34g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> >>
> >> Don't know about your world, but here in the Boonies where I am you
> >> would be forced to Special Order any parts other than an Oil Filter
> >> and the parts are 3 times the price of comparable Jeep/Chevy/Ford
> >> parts "IF" you can even get them!
> >>
> >> Bruce
> >>
> >
> >
>
>