Bresser off eBay for project

[jdk1]

I have had a petrol 3 series 88" that had the worst steering i have ever known , you had to turn the wheel almost a full turn before it started to steer , that ended up being shipped out to africa , a defender 90 fitted with a 200tdi from a disco that always started first turn of the key no matter what but was totally rotten underneath but due to clever use of underseal i never even noticed , a 200tdi disco that started falling to bits , 3 x 2.8td lwb pajeros that done probably no more than 20ish mpg and the last one cracked the head , 2 x freelanders that were pretty crap off road , but for the last 4 years i have had a lwb rav4 2.0d that does over 40 to the gallon , goes anywhere i want it to and has gone through 4 mot's without even any advisories , although eventually when this dies i will get a little car for to and fro work and probably another 90 for shooting.

[rodp]

Should be a good un then, the old 2.4 turbo was a disaster for cracked heads etc .

[rodp]

I have had a petrol 3 series 88" that had the worst steering i have ever known , you had to turn the wheel almost a full turn before it started to steer , that ended up being shipped out to africa , a defender 90 fitted with a 200tdi from a disco that always started first turn of the key no matter what but was totally rotten underneath but due to clever use of underseal i never even noticed , a 200tdi disco that started falling to bits , 3 x 2.8td lwb pajeros that done probably no more than 20ish mpg and the last one cracked the head , 2 x freelanders that were pretty crap off road , but for the last 4 years i have had a lwb rav4 2.0d that does over 40 to the gallon , goes anywhere i want it to and has gone through 4 mot's without even any advisories , although eventually when this dies i will get a little car for to and fro work and probably another 90 for shooting.

Series steering can be set up quite tight, but all joints have to be perfect and steering box takes ages to adjust to the last tiny little bit.
RAV 4's got a really good name for itself, and lots about

[sunndog]

Thinking about it now I think production started in mid to late 47 to get stock ready for early 48 (easter?) motor show.

yep, thats it....i couldn't remember meself last night

the trouble with land rover is that they've alway been screwed by whatever parent company owned them at the time

landys have always sold well, so the parent company used them like a cash cow. LR have one of the best R&D departments in the industry
but there was never any cash spare to build what they designed (*project iceberg for one) or do the job properly

the S3 should never have exsisted. when the S3 was released should have been the first coil sprung utility land rovers





*one for the land rover anoracks

[sunndog]

I have had a petrol 3 series 88" that had the worst steering i have ever known , you had to turn the wheel almost a full turn before it started to steer , that ended up being shipped out to africa , a defender 90 fitted with a 200tdi from a disco that always started first turn of the key no matter what but was totally rotten underneath but due to clever use of underseal i never even noticed , a 200tdi disco that started falling to bits , 3 x 2.8td lwb pajeros that done probably no more than 20ish mpg and the last one cracked the head , 2 x freelanders that were pretty crap off road , but for the last 4 years i have had a lwb rav4 2.0d that does over 40 to the gallon , goes anywhere i want it to and has gone through 4 mot's without even any advisories , although eventually when this dies i will get a little car for to and fro work and probably another 90 for shooting.

how old are you john? (if you don't mid me asking).......i always took you for quite a young fella, yer either older than i thought or you've gone through some cars double quick

[jdk1]

I have had a petrol 3 series 88" that had the worst steering i have ever known , you had to turn the wheel almost a full turn before it started to steer , that ended up being shipped out to africa , a defender 90 fitted with a 200tdi from a disco that always started first turn of the key no matter what but was totally rotten underneath but due to clever use of underseal i never even noticed , a 200tdi disco that started falling to bits , 3 x 2.8td lwb pajeros that done probably no more than 20ish mpg and the last one cracked the head , 2 x freelanders that were pretty crap off road , but for the last 4 years i have had a lwb rav4 2.0d that does over 40 to the gallon , goes anywhere i want it to and has gone through 4 mot's without even any advisories , although eventually when this dies i will get a little car for to and fro work and probably another 90 for shooting.

how old are you john? (if you don't mid me asking).......i always took you for quite a young fella

50 in march but i look much younger

[sunndog]

bloody hell, i'd have guessed half that!

[jdk1]

bloody hell, i'd have guessed half that!

I have got a daughter of 25 and a nearly 5yo granddaughter

[jdk1]

how old are you john? (if you don't mid me asking).......i always took you for quite a young fella, yer either older than i thought or you've gone through some cars double quick[/quote]

I did go through a lot of cars quickly when i was younger , i used to have to pick my mrs up every night at the station before she could drive (not that she is any good at it now ) and she was never certain what i would be driving

[22-250jock]

how old are you john? (if you don't mid me asking).......i always took you for quite a young fella[/quote]

50 in march but i look much younger [/quote]


you've got three years on me mate same hairstyle though

hopefully a while before any grand kids turn up, my two lads are 15 and 6