Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
al cope wrote:
now you've started it, as I'm sure you can get more pinches of salt in the back of a D4 than you can in a D5
Al
2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
11th Jul 2019 3:48 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15272
All this damn bickering!
Personally, I couldn't give a toss as to what other people like/dislike.
I know what I like/dislike, so that's all that matters to me.
...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
< ‘tis but a mere scratch …….. it’ll polish out.
11th Jul 2019 3:56 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10361
OK, so this should settle it - if not I dont know what will
The D5 has a curry hook - now, is that OK for you??
Al
PS - I dont know why but the A30 (or is it an A35) reminds me of my missus
And I had an A35 van - my first car in 1976. Paid 80 quid for it.Volvo 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
11th Jul 2019 4:16 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
I’m sad enough to know that’s an A35 (the big rear window’s the give away )
Love the comment about your Mrs
The curry hook’s a more credible link to the D1 than the offset number plate 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
11th Jul 2019 4:59 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14482
A35 was the first car I crashed - aged 7 D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
11th Jul 2019 5:21 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6272
al cope wrote:
OK, so this should settle it - if not I dont know what will
The D5 has a curry hook - now, is that OK for you??
Al
Don’t get me started on the curry hook, mine didn’t have one because it was only an SE and £53k wasn’t enough to get one, along with the storage behind the fascia or under the cup holders. 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
11th Jul 2019 5:23 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73131
Moo wrote:
A35 was the first car I crashed - aged 7
Details please, and pics.
11th Jul 2019 5:23 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14482
Nothing that dramatic. We had a sloping drive down to the garage. I discovered that by moving the lever in the middle up and down the car would move forward. I did this a few times until i couldn't pull it up and the car crashed through the garage doors.
My father kept the hand brake lever after the car was scarped and presented it to me the day I passed my test. Sadly its been lost between house moves. D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
11th Jul 2019 5:50 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Great present!
My parents used to have one that took root inside the garage and it only ever ran in my very earliest memories! It made a great play den though, with a smell of oil, old leather and carpets and a fient whiff of petrol that would take me straight back to the age of 6 or 7 if I were ever to smell it again 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
11th Jul 2019 8:37 pm
Gary_P
Member Since: 03 May 2016
Location: Kent
Posts: 1682
My neighbour still runs an A35 that was his Dad's from new. Always tinkering with it and very reliable.Gary
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Discovery 4 HSE 2016MY
11th Jul 2019 8:49 pm
adam
Member Since: 20 Sep 2005
Location: Home and Happy
Posts: 6917
Red Merle wrote:
Great present!
My parents used to have one that took root inside the garage and it only ever ran in my very earliest memories! It made a great play den though, with a smell of oil, old leather and carpets and a fient whiff of petrol that would take me straight back to the age of 6 or 7 if I were ever to smell it again
Happy memories of my mate who lived next door but one when I was about 5 or 6 - his dad had an ancient Morris Minor in the garage - I can still remember the musty / petrol smellNow Golf GTI PP, 7 speed DSG.
Ex D3 and D4
11th Jul 2019 9:02 pm
Someone-Gone
Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Gone
Posts: 5117
I remember when I was a kid, the family car was a light blue Morris Minor with pop up indicators within the B pillar. The Reg. No. was 5JMN and it spontaneously ignited over the Dava Moor near Nairn. A bucket of water to douse the flames and it continued on its way, but enough of this nostalgia, I don’t hanker for the return of these motors, thankfully we’ve come a long way and cars are definitely better built.
11th Jul 2019 10:09 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14482
But they don't smell the same. D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
11th Jul 2019 10:10 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Someone had to mention trafficators / loofahs sooner or later
They are so funny to see in action (if ever I come across them) 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
11th Jul 2019 11:47 pm
jimbg
Member Since: 19 Apr 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 478
Enough of those fancy modern indicators!
Bring back wind down windows and proper signals.
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