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D3 in the LR Press
Lots of D3 stuff in the magazines this month - acceptance of problems from LR, Off road wheel and tyre packages, the stereo stripped down, the paint shop that has the highest standards in the world and depreciation of £600 pm on our cars! OH and a P38 that has been modified to look like a RRS. A little mention for Turbo Chip that they can now chip our cars from a port under the steering wheel.
A letter from a D3 owner Brian Jones in Chester - is he a member?DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
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18th Nov 2005 3:38 pm
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Which mag has the details of stripping down the radio? Coffeecup March 2005 TDV6 S - Tonga Green - Manual May 2008 TDV6 SE - Stornoway Grey - Auto Dec 2010 SDV6 XS - Galway Green - Auto
18th Nov 2005 3:47 pm
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School run is nothing after this
In case you are not all avid readers of The Times.......
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CC LROI is the magazine.
Winger this trip seems to be the same as the Channel 4 one that someone posted, sounds 8) though!DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
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18th Nov 2005 4:23 pm
BN
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Pelyma wrote:
CC LROI is the magazine.
Winger this trip seems to be the same as the Channel 4 one that someone posted, sounds 8) though!
Pelyma, it was me as I am arranging a trip to Iceland for 2007 with one of the RRS guys. It is going to be a little expensive, but what the hell, if you or anyone is interested, please pm me, so I can keep a copy on file as to who is really interested. If I don't get pm's it is easily lost in the thread. By the way, can't take your tin tent.
18th Nov 2005 6:04 pm
Pelyma
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I noticed your posts on RRS - no way any of them are going to tackle that, they don't seem to want to do Rockingham even. Such a waste of a great car DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
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18th Nov 2005 6:19 pm
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Brian,
Just Pm'd you on my interest for 2007 filing - It's a great place, been many times and an out again this New Year. Repeating my PM - have relatives out there and my brother is married to an Icelander.
We [my brother and I] were planning a wee expedition next year - a D3 and lifted Defender. Done quite a bit of off-roading out there including some time on the glaciers (now that is fun). It's also not as cold as you think but like the UK the weather it is changeable.
Certainly would reccommend the place and BN's expedition would, no doubt, be extremely good fun.
PaulD3 HSE V8...
18th Nov 2005 7:58 pm
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Mossy wrote:
Brian,
Just Pm'd you on my interest for 2007 filing - It's a great place, been many times and an out again this New Year. Repeating my PM - have relatives out there and my brother is married to an Icelander.
We [my brother and I] were planning a wee expedition next year - a D3 and lifted Defender. Done quite a bit of off-roading out there including some time on the glaciers (now that is fun). It's also not as cold as you think but like the UK the weather it is changeable.
Certainly would reccommend the place and BN's expedition would, no doubt, be extremely good fun.
Paul
Mossy, that is fantastic, I am I am working with the RRS guys as well, so should be a good trip if I can get it together. Your help would be more than welcome.
18th Nov 2005 8:01 pm
Mossy
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Permission to get all excited now sir?
D3 HSE V8...
18th Nov 2005 8:11 pm
BN
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Mossy wrote:
Permission to get all excited now sir?
Perhaps we shouldn't get too excited at this stage, oh go on then
18th Nov 2005 8:23 pm
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BN...... have you been talking to 'The Times'?
timesonline wrote:
...winter driving accessories usually only extend to a bag of Werther ’s Originals and a Frank Sinatra CD. ....
20th Nov 2005 6:37 pm
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Recall
Just picked this up. Sorry if old news butn has today's date (News section of Autotrader website)
Land Rover is recalling more than a thousand cars for checks on parking brakes and jacks.
In the biggest of the two recalls, Land Rover wants to examine the parking brakes of automatic Discovery 3, Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models.
It has found that, even when the operating lever is moved into the 'park' position, and indicators suggest the car has been secured, the brake may not be applied. This could leave the vehicle free to roll away, although the electronic parking brake is not affected and should always be engaged.
In all, 881 cars are potentially affected by this defect, which is caused by a sub-standard component in the system.
In the second recall, 200 other coil-sprung Discovery 3 cars, as opposed to those with air suspension, have been found to have been supplied with the wrong type of jack.
The vehicles need a screw and bottle-type jack instead of the scissor design which has been provided, and can cause an unladen vehicle to become unstable when lifted for a wheel change.
Land Rover says there have been no reports of owners having experienced either of the potential faults, and so no accidents or injuries as a result.D3 HSE V8...
22nd Nov 2005 12:01 pm
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10forcash wrote:
BN...... have you been talking to 'The Times'?
timesonline wrote:
...winter driving accessories usually only extend to a bag of Werther ’s Originals and a Frank Sinatra CD. ....
No they picked up one of your comments I think you made months back
22nd Nov 2005 12:37 pm
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Todays Autocar (110 years old this week too) has a review of their D3... not read it yet but has some nice pics from flicking though. Multipage so not just a quick catch up article.
Revised - Actually an article on how they took their car along with the LRE team across Iceland... The same trip as on the Times Online & CH4 websites... mentions the trim being ripped off in the icy river playing at Ice Breaker !
Slimer... there metal skid plate looks different to yours ? Do they have a new design or is this a custom job for ice work.
Interestingly they mention that the LRE guys say that the towing hooks from and rear are strong enough to hang the D3 from with another hanging off the back !! Damn thats strong.
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and depreciation of £600 pm on our cars! OH and a P38 that has been modified to look like a RRS. A little mention for Turbo Chip that they can now chip our cars from a port under the steering wheel.
March 2005 TDV6 S - Tonga Green - Manual 
May 2008 TDV6 SE - Stornoway Grey - Auto 
