Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 26)
Discussion
Impasse said:
The Disco Sport takes over the role of Freelander whose name has been quietly dropped due to the negative association of the label. I, erm, quite like it. 
I took my neighbour along to this year's FOS and she's never really been overly aware of the Land Rover range - too enamoured with her A4 cab. The JLR stand opened her eyes to all kinds of shiny things and I foresee an Evoque in her future at some point. She was very taken with that.
(A Range Rover Sport SVR might be featuring in mine once the first round of depreciation has made them more accessible)
I took my neighbour along to this year's FOS and she's never really been overly aware of the Land Rover range - too enamoured with her A4 cab. The JLR stand opened her eyes to all kinds of shiny things and I foresee an Evoque in her future at some point. She was very taken with that.
(A Range Rover Sport SVR might be featuring in mine once the first round of depreciation has made them more accessible)
I don't really like the Evoque either. I get that it's fashionable and all but how car a car that size have such a midget size rear windscreen? It's the same sort of 'design language' b
ks as I have in my fiesta and I hate it. I have less visibility in a supermini that I did in a large family saloon, how does that make sense?! Oh, and it has tints in the rear that I couldn't not have. I hate tints. Some modern cars look great, but I can't help but think it's at the expense of function. This disappoints me as there are lots of cars out there which are good examples of form and function.
I was following one of those Merc GLA thingies tonight, it too has a naff rear window. If you look at all new softroaders, each and every one has stolen a design cue or two from the Evoque, it's had that much of an impact on the market.
The Disco Sport is destined to be a hit in the Chinese/USA market. We'll just have to wait and see what the new Defender looks like to decide if it's LR's only ugly duckling.
The Disco Sport is destined to be a hit in the Chinese/USA market. We'll just have to wait and see what the new Defender looks like to decide if it's LR's only ugly duckling.
Good morning peeps, another hot one on its way down here!
Our fridge/freezer died last week. Bought a new one off 'fleabay' and it was delivered yesterday. I really should check measurements before buying online, it's HUGE! I only just got it through the doors and now it's wedged in the corner of the kitchen looking like the Monolith from 2001!
Our fridge/freezer died last week. Bought a new one off 'fleabay' and it was delivered yesterday. I really should check measurements before buying online, it's HUGE! I only just got it through the doors and now it's wedged in the corner of the kitchen looking like the Monolith from 2001!
leglessAlex said:
Impasse said:
The Disco Sport takes over the role of Freelander whose name has been quietly dropped due to the negative association of the label. I, erm, quite like it.
I took my neighbour along to this year's FOS and she's never really been overly aware of the Land Rover range - too enamoured with her A4 cab. The JLR stand opened her eyes to all kinds of shiny things and I foresee an Evoque in her future at some point. She was very taken with that.
(A Range Rover Sport SVR might be featuring in mine once the first round of depreciation has made them more accessible)
I took my neighbour along to this year's FOS and she's never really been overly aware of the Land Rover range - too enamoured with her A4 cab. The JLR stand opened her eyes to all kinds of shiny things and I foresee an Evoque in her future at some point. She was very taken with that.
(A Range Rover Sport SVR might be featuring in mine once the first round of depreciation has made them more accessible)
I don't really like the Evoque either. I get that it's fashionable and all but how car a car that size have such a midget size rear windscreen? It's the same sort of 'design language' b
ks as I have in my fiesta and I hate it. I have less visibility in a supermini that I did in a large family saloon, how does that make sense?! Oh, and it has tints in the rear that I couldn't not have. I hate tints. Some modern cars look great, but I can't help but think it's at the expense of function. This disappoints me as there are lots of cars out there which are good examples of form and function.
I worked as a tech at a LR dealership for 2 years and I encountered many, many interesting design ideas. Whether it be poorly worded repair manuals, poor placement of parts that were prone to fail/need adjustment/servicing which, was never changed in production life.
However, on a brand new RR, a customer noticed a blue staining at the rear of their roof-lining. I was often given jobs like this, same at rattles as most techs normally hate diagnostic. I noticed it was an incorrectly bonded washer jet line, but as it was in warranty it also required a new roof-lining.
The car is rebooked for 3 days and I print off the repair manual and get set to work. As you can imagine, it's not like dropping a roof-lining on a Renault Clio. It's quite an 'involved job' but when I got to a point where it was completely free of all wiring and trims, it became quite obvious it was too large to exit the rear aperture. I turn over to the penultimate page of the repair manual and to my horror, it showed the roof-lining with an arrow pointing to go through the windscreen aperture!
I went and showed the workshop controller and he also couldn't believe his eyes. Then the service manager didn't believe it, so then he wanted to see too...
They phoned the windscreen replacement company they used to if they could come and remove the screen, but they made it quite clear that they could not guarantee removal and refitment of it without breaking it! So we went to LR and they said they would not cover the cost of a new screen, if it were to break.
So, I was left with the only option of trying to wrestle the old lining out of the rear. Which was fine...as it was getting sent back to LR probably to get thrown in the bin. But getting the new one in was...err, challenging.
Working at LR made me realise I wanted to leave the trade. I went back to school.
Mr Roper said:
I've been reading the classifieds section of the 1978 Observer wrapping paper used on the glassware I bought. I was 1 when this was printed.
London houses for sale, prestige and performance cars for sale etc.
Primrose Hill
A quite magnificent first floor ultra luxurious modern apartment. Within a few minutes walk of Primrose Hill, a short journey from the heart of the West End. Two double bedrooms, luxury bath and separate cloakroom, large living room, beautifully fitted kitchen , flood lit patio. Full gas c/h. Use of landscaped grounds, exquisite decor and fittings. £62,500.
How much would this be worth now?? I'm no London property expert but I'd guess the figure is more in tune with a lottery win?
It's gotta be well over £1.5/2.0m?!London houses for sale, prestige and performance cars for sale etc.
Primrose Hill
A quite magnificent first floor ultra luxurious modern apartment. Within a few minutes walk of Primrose Hill, a short journey from the heart of the West End. Two double bedrooms, luxury bath and separate cloakroom, large living room, beautifully fitted kitchen , flood lit patio. Full gas c/h. Use of landscaped grounds, exquisite decor and fittings. £62,500.
How much would this be worth now?? I'm no London property expert but I'd guess the figure is more in tune with a lottery win?
SpeedMattersNot said:
Very interesting point you make.
I worked as a tech at a LR dealership for 2 years and I encountered many, many interesting design ideas. Whether it be poorly worded repair manuals, poor placement of parts that were prone to fail/need adjustment/servicing which, was never changed in production life.
However, on a brand new RR, a customer noticed a blue staining at the rear of their roof-lining. I was often given jobs like this, same at rattles as most techs normally hate diagnostic. I noticed it was an incorrectly bonded washer jet line, but as it was in warranty it also required a new roof-lining.
The car is rebooked for 3 days and I print off the repair manual and get set to work. As you can imagine, it's not like dropping a roof-lining on a Renault Clio. It's quite an 'involved job' but when I got to a point where it was completely free of all wiring and trims, it became quite obvious it was too large to exit the rear aperture. I turn over to the penultimate page of the repair manual and to my horror, it showed the roof-lining with an arrow pointing to go through the windscreen aperture!
I went and showed the workshop controller and he also couldn't believe his eyes. Then the service manager didn't believe it, so then he wanted to see too...
They phoned the windscreen replacement company they used to if they could come and remove the screen, but they made it quite clear that they could not guarantee removal and refitment of it without breaking it! So we went to LR and they said they would not cover the cost of a new screen, if it were to break.
So, I was left with the only option of trying to wrestle the old lining out of the rear. Which was fine...as it was getting sent back to LR probably to get thrown in the bin. But getting the new one in was...err, challenging.
Working at LR made me realise I wanted to leave the trade. I went back to school.
You do sometimes wonder at what goes on in the mind of those building cars in terms of service life and replacing parts. The idea of pulling an engine to get to some part with a 25k service life seems a little bit daft... or spark plugs that bring you out in a cold sweat every time you even think of going near them. Was it the engine of the pug 605 that made grown mechanics cry into their tubs of swarfega?I worked as a tech at a LR dealership for 2 years and I encountered many, many interesting design ideas. Whether it be poorly worded repair manuals, poor placement of parts that were prone to fail/need adjustment/servicing which, was never changed in production life.
However, on a brand new RR, a customer noticed a blue staining at the rear of their roof-lining. I was often given jobs like this, same at rattles as most techs normally hate diagnostic. I noticed it was an incorrectly bonded washer jet line, but as it was in warranty it also required a new roof-lining.
The car is rebooked for 3 days and I print off the repair manual and get set to work. As you can imagine, it's not like dropping a roof-lining on a Renault Clio. It's quite an 'involved job' but when I got to a point where it was completely free of all wiring and trims, it became quite obvious it was too large to exit the rear aperture. I turn over to the penultimate page of the repair manual and to my horror, it showed the roof-lining with an arrow pointing to go through the windscreen aperture!
I went and showed the workshop controller and he also couldn't believe his eyes. Then the service manager didn't believe it, so then he wanted to see too...
They phoned the windscreen replacement company they used to if they could come and remove the screen, but they made it quite clear that they could not guarantee removal and refitment of it without breaking it! So we went to LR and they said they would not cover the cost of a new screen, if it were to break.
So, I was left with the only option of trying to wrestle the old lining out of the rear. Which was fine...as it was getting sent back to LR probably to get thrown in the bin. But getting the new one in was...err, challenging.
Working at LR made me realise I wanted to leave the trade. I went back to school.
drivin_me_nuts said:
You do sometimes wonder at what goes on in the mind of those building cars in terms of service life and replacing parts. The idea of pulling an engine to get to some part with a 25k service life seems a little bit daft... or spark plugs that bring you out in a cold sweat every time you even think of going near them. Was it the engine of the pug 605 that made grown mechanics cry into their tubs of swarfega?
Not sure. But prior to LR, I worked at Renault and the V6 Vel Satis 72K service would render some of them an insurance write off, especially to leasing companies. The cabin filter on the Megane 3 also meant removal of the clutch pedal assembly and the book time was 0.4 hours, so some lease companies also requested not to have this element changed! But this is more to do with the UK market cars having to be adapted from their Euro market. No excuses for LR there!
ChemicalChaos said:
The best way to deal with moles is to ram a garden fork into the molehill when you see it moving - a lot quieter and safer than shooting at it....
The success ratio will be much less! Shooting the little fkers is the way forward. Firearms safety is your responsibility - if you're daft enough to shoot yourself in the foot then I'd watch out for those fork tines if I were you!
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Erudite geezer said:
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