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by davejevons
Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:14 am
Forum: General
Topic: FTAO of Coffee Whankhorz
Replies: 41
Views: 1347

Re: FTAO of Coffee Whankhorz


Save your cash and buy it pre-ground. If you're buying decent coffee in the first place it's going to be ground as it's packed for sending to you.


I resisted buying a grinder for ages with this logic but found I couldn't change beans because the fine grind of one place wasn't the same as ...
by davejevons
Fri Oct 18, 2024 10:52 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 24633
Views: 4257868

Re: Your fleet running reports

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Getting 2.7t of Range Rover plus bike racks off the ground with air suspension trying its best to find tarmac again is quite hard. Key is to have a big bottle jack that fits the jacking point and don’t go anywhere need the scissor ...
by davejevons
Fri Oct 18, 2024 10:40 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 24633
Views: 4257868

Re: Your fleet running reports



What are you doing to need to use the spare a lot ??


I have been asking myself that given they are £250 per corner… In the last two years; a tps valve failed while checking tyre pressures on the way to Scotland. We got a puncture on the gravel of Raiders Road in Scotland. We picked up a nail ...
by davejevons
Fri Oct 18, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 24633
Views: 4257868

Re: Your fleet running reports


Someone on the Disco4 forum mentioned that the interior of the D4 is bigger than the new Defender 110 so I checked on carsized:

https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/land-rover-defender-2019-offroader-110-vs-land-rover-discovery-2014-suv/rear/

Despite being 19cm longer, 9cm wider, and 8cm ...
by davejevons
Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 24633
Views: 4257868

Re: Your fleet running reports

Looks fun - I really want to do a trackday at Anglesey but have never managed to make it happen. It's quite a pain to get to and I shoul dreally build it into a bigger holiday/trip.


...
No driving games have Anglesey, so I was left to watch some YouTube vids...

Too late now, but for the future ...
by davejevons
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: For the FTAO of Sim racing folk
Replies: 83
Views: 17210

Re: For the FTAO of Sim racing folk

I’ve been sim racing for a few years now and typically race a couple of times a week online. It can be very addictive and also very frustrating.

It’s a hobby which either draws you in or you drift off quite quickly. Lots of people start with a G29 type thing and end up upgrading.

I bought an ...
by davejevons
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:29 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 24633
Views: 4257868

Re: Your fleet running reports


Bike rack, and no, it doesn’t touch the glass roof at all.


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That’s a throwback to our Smart which we used to carry bikes round the country.
https://flic.kr/p/4Msgbd

The rack bolts directly into the steel Tridion shell which also holds the panoramic roof. It’s not ...
by davejevons
Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:28 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: L322 or Disco 3??
Replies: 20
Views: 2686

Re: L322 or Disco 3??



We live rurally and wife does 20-25 miles a day for school run and work. Probably 80% is NSL roads for cruising.

I'm curious about which engine option is the best. Head says 4.4 tdv8 but it looks significantly more thirsty than the 3.8 V8 or 3.0 i6. I won't be towing just be family and camping ...
by davejevons
Mon Jul 19, 2021 2:26 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: L322 or Disco 3??
Replies: 20
Views: 2686

Re: L322 or Disco 3??

We have an L322 - ask away if you've got questons?

We chose it over a Disco (Cayenne, Tourag, e500 estate and Legacy) for a few reasons - the ride seemed much smoother on air suspension in the Range Rover. The interior is a better place for long journeys and it was significantly quieter. A D3/4 ...
by davejevons
Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:31 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 24633
Views: 4257868

Re: Your fleet running reports


One interesting thing though - he does vehicle transport and does a lot of pick-ups for WBAC, delivering them to Blackbushe. He says he sees a lot of Range Rovers. Read into that what you will....


A lot of people seem to part-exchange them when they know they have a big bill coming. We looked ...
by davejevons
Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:24 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 24633
Views: 4257868

Re: Your fleet running reports


So - as it turns out - I'll likely be in a position to clear off the residual loan on the 911 a year in advance. On that basis another auto-mo-bile may be on the cards in the near future...

I'd only be interested in upgrading the 911 for a manual 991.1 GTS and basically they're as rare as hens ...
by davejevons
Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:54 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Green Laning report
Replies: 167
Views: 32185

Re: Green Laning report

Anyone can go. There was also a Ford Ranger, Jeep Rubicon and a Mitsubishi Pajero. Disco’s seemed the vehicle of choice.

Edited for 4x4 model pedantry.
by davejevons
Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:36 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Green Laning report
Replies: 167
Views: 32185

Re: Green Laning report

Let's try again...

It cost £50 of the morning which seemed very good. Lots o helpful advice and encouragement too.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48707675331_ed606f1d57_k.jpg Untitled by davejevons , on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48707843317_9066944023_k.jpg Untitled by ...
by davejevons
Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:39 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Green Laning report
Replies: 167
Views: 32185

Re: Green Laning report

Here seems the most appropriate place for this...

Some of you might remember we picked up a 3.6 TDV8 L322 about 10 months ago. In an effort to try and justify it, we signed on to a Forestry Commission 4x4 trip round Cannock Chase. We were expecting a tour of the fire roads and a lectrure from the ...
by davejevons
Sat Dec 08, 2018 6:10 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Range Rovers
Replies: 71
Views: 12158

Re: Range Rovers

Yeah, it didn't help with the nerves. When it's working there's nothing quite like it though.
by davejevons
Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:01 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 24633
Views: 4257868

Re: Your fleet running reports

Motorhome - having solar panels fitted. Otherwise not going anywhere.

Mini Clubman S - We came home one night and it had been possessed. Lights turning on and off. Windows opening and closing randomly. Nothing seemed to stop it. 2 Days of diagnostics and it turned out that when the windscreen was ...
by davejevons
Fri Dec 07, 2018 9:41 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Range Rovers
Replies: 71
Views: 12158

Re: Range Rovers

After many months looking we finally picked this up:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/htCues53dJWeMQxOR4f1OZvQ30v_kl-khr9f5C4ySNd1RFeX4X1Ki6fL_zZrRZatTflHaJp2VS6BVrUJNH-LixJrdTYL93NVrDHn9havM7coq3JRldu7B ...
by davejevons
Fri Dec 07, 2018 9:03 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Abingdon & Bedford December
Replies: 17
Views: 2845

Re: Abingdon & Bedford December

Well to be fair it was very very wet for the first half. I’ve never done a properly wet track day before so it was quite an eye opener. The Elise is much more snappy in the wet. I started to build some confidence and then promptly spun it, unsurprisingly. Nice place to learn and play though.

The ...
by davejevons
Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:03 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Abingdon & Bedford December
Replies: 17
Views: 2845

Re: Abingdon & Bedford December

Just spotted this. I'll be at Abingdon tomorrow in a blue Elise as I live 10mins away. Come say hi!
by davejevons
Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:51 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Disco ?
Replies: 77
Views: 13700

Re: Disco ?

We've got a similar issue: looking for a Bongo replacement to take 4 people, bikes and luggage around the country.

Our initial thought was RS6 avant or E55 estate but neither of which can fit a tow bar apparently due to type approval :roll: X5s, Cayennes, Touaregs and XC90s were next port of call ...