OK
land Rovers get dirty
all cars get dirty
But Disco 3s are bid bold & look good when clean & shiny - just to get them dirty again
strange hobby
but when you see what you have to display (even to yourself) its worth it
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13th Sep 2007 8:33 pm
PaulP
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Doctor Diesel wrote:
Sweeping generalisations of our time No.1
Hi Doc....after re-reading it, it does kind of sound like that, but that wasn't my intention
What I meant is that the early D3s were predominantly bought by people who knew what the car would do for them, were faithful to LR and were also probably trading in well-used D2s.
Since that day, LR have improved (or maybe just marketed) the car from an amazing but little-considered (by the general public) 4x4 into one that is winning awards and accolades left, right and centre.
Note that it isn't just winning them off-road as before.....it's also winning them for towing caravans, family holidays, hauling around executives and also being a very capable workhorse. This means that the demographic has changed since the guys with the high post counts bought their D3s and started their Disco3.co.uk career (and I mean this with respect and admiration!)
My comment about 'newer' drivers not going off-road was actually meant to say that in the early days, probably 75% of owners went off-road a lot, whereas with the current high sales figures and the above awards etc, I think we can all probably admit that a lower overall percentage of new owners probably take their cars off-road....
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14th Sep 2007 7:31 am
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Moved.
As an early purchaser of the D3, I agree with you. Most of the early examples were bought by enthusiasts who appreciated the Land Rover brand. Mr J Clarkson did more for early sales than any Land Rover advert, when he drove it to the top of a mountain on Top Gear. Certainly convinced me! And yes I traded a D2 that never went off road.
14th Sep 2007 8:14 am
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14th Sep 2007 11:35 pm
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WTF is 'detailing'?
Always thought it was sending someone off to do a job you didn't want to do yourself....
On second thoughts, it fits with car washing quite nicely!
I'm keen to see an answer to this too....... WTF The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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14th Sep 2007 11:58 pm
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If you use your toothbrush to clean your wheel nuts, and the inside of your exhaust pipe, then thats known as detailing
I use a toothbrush to clean my teeth (occaisionally)
I use my D3 to drive up mountains...........
Whatever floats your boat I suppose The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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15th Sep 2007 12:17 am
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I 'might' wash the D3 tomorrow. But it will only be a quick splash. The dead flies are starting to attract more flies.
I think of dead flies as.......'interesting detailing'....... The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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15th Sep 2007 10:22 am
Pelyma
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Mine goes off road pretty regularly, usually every other week in the winter and yes it is then cleaned thoroughly the next day. I don't think having a dirty car makes you anymore an enthusiast than having a beard and moaning that real LRs only have leaf springs.
My car has to be able to sit on a client's drive monday morning, with me in a suit. If it doesn't float your boat don't read the threads!DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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If it doesn't float your boat don't read the threads!
How are you supposed to know WTF 'it' is, if you don't read the threads?
If YOU had taken the time to read the whole thread, you would see that neither TFC nor myself were fully conversant with the term 'detailing' in the first place. Now that it has been explained (cheers Gareth ) my boat stays in dry-dock and I don't add to the discussion...... Except when someone tells me not to read the damn thread.
Besides......It's Saturday - shouldn't you have your toothbrush out The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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15th Sep 2007 11:17 am
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If it makes TFC and JMC feel better, I took mine out this morning and got it covered in sh t driving through some old tracks that I found the other day. Even managed to find a stream to pass through on the way back home. Tonight we're staying down the coast and I'll be hitting the mountains tomorrow morning too.
As per Pelyma, tomorrow evening when I get back, it'll then be cleaned and tidied up for another week at work.......he also has a good point (and one that I tried to make in the original post)....just because some people aren't interested doesn't mean that other members shouldn't be encouraged to discuss things that interest them in relation to their D3s.....TBH I'm not that interested in the Morroco trip from last year, but that has it's own forum....I just don't bother reading it
I do agree that 'Detailing' sounds very annoying though.
That now makes 17 people interested in the idea of a D3 care/cleaning forum. If I'm not mistaken that is the same number of people who expressed interest in having a Navigation forum before it was created by Martin..... 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE AutoBuckingham Blue 2007 Golf GT DSG
15th Sep 2007 11:28 am
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JMC wrote:
Pelyma wrote:
If it doesn't float your boat don't read the threads!
How are you supposed to know WTF 'it' is, if you don't read the threads?
If YOU had taken the time to read the whole thread, you would see that neither TFC nor myself were fully conversant with the term 'detailing' in the first place.
If you read my posts properly and didn't have a king edward on your shoulder you would have realised it wasn't aimed at anyone in particular just the feeling that having a clean car is wrong. I certainly don't detail my car, but I do keep it clean and waxed and I think that if there are some people who do want to go to the n'th degree then let them have a thread. They don't critcise Chris Tyler about his off road mods (not a pop at CT just an example) or the Aussies who want to run their cars at faster speeds in off road height.
We have a very versatile car that attracts alsorts and we should be welcoming them and any potential site revenue that brings rather being frosty (and no I wasn't aiming that at anyone in particular) Many people have come to the site over the years and learnt a huge amount; I've been here longer than most and I know that I have learnt a huge amount and this is another area that we may all learn from.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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If you read my posts properly and didn't have a king edward on your shoulder
Why would I have a cigar on my shoulder?.
Look, I have nothing against people washing / cleaning their cars. I never suggested this and I wish all those with too many toothbrushes a good day and their own place in the forum. God knows, I have a few cars that I DO clean and keep for shows etc. The D3 just isn't one of them.
Since it seems that Saturday mornings is the time for pontifications, cryptic personal slants and general unfriendliness, I'm off to smoke my shoulder and examine the bugs on the D3. I might even 'detail' one of the Audis, the BMW, or perhaps the bike........ 8)The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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Moved.
t driving through some old tracks that I found the other day. Even managed to find a stream to pass through on the way back home. Tonight we're staying down the coast and I'll be hitting the mountains tomorrow morning too.
