Your fleet running reports

[integrale_evo]

Have been thinking about an nc500 trip next year in the x5, preferably late winter to see a bit of snow and before the traffic starts building.

Not sure if there will be enough places open to stay in though. Not fussed about touristy things or fine dining, but don’t fancy sleeping in the vehicle unless absolutely necessary for a night.

[V8Granite]

I think there are roads where a tyre that can move around to mould to the road work much better than a stiff tyre with lots of grip but tiny contact patches. When it smooths out your advantage drops but year on year it seems to be getting much worse.

Dave!

[V8Granite]

Have been thinking about an nc500 trip next year in the x5, preferably late winter to see a bit of snow and before the traffic starts building.

Not sure if there will be enough places open to stay in though. Not fussed about touristy things or fine dining, but don’t fancy sleeping in the vehicle unless absolutely necessary for a night.

I’m going in the Clio in Autumn, I don’t mind reduced grip Aslong as it’s not freezing and less tourists (like I will be) the better.

Dave!

[Ascender]

Have been thinking about an nc500 trip next year in the x5, preferably late winter to see a bit of snow and before the traffic starts building.

Not sure if there will be enough places open to stay in though. Not fussed about touristy things or fine dining, but don’t fancy sleeping in the vehicle unless absolutely necessary for a night.

There will be places to stay on the north and east coast and the bit at the bottom all year round, but west coast may be more limited. There's generally bigger towns and villages on those three sides of the "square" so they tend to have established hotels, pubs, B&Bs which are open all year round. I guess you might have to just vary your daily distances accordingly and do more one day, less another and find stuff locally to do? Or use one place as a base and go back on yourself? Could be a good way to do it actually rather than just doing round sequentially.

[mik]

Not sure if there will be enough places open to stay in though.

As per Mike - you should be OK (and with the interweb it's easy enough to check).

We won a competition for a weekend stay at the Skeabost Hotel on Skye 15+ years ago during winter. They used this hotel as a base when they filmed Stardust, and - as the competition winners - the manager made a big thing about putting us in the room Michelle Pfeiffer had stayed in. Massive 4-poster queen-sized bed, and the bathroom had not just two sinks, but also a table and 4 chairs in it. For reasons I still don't really understand So there you go - I've crapped in the same toilet that Michelle Pfeiffer dropped one in.

[Delphi]

Are they any good Andy?

To be honest, I've never used them - I've got such a good relationship with Strasse that there's little point. Plus their 928 knowledge won't be anything like as good as Strasse's.

I've not heard anything bad about Revolution and some people rave about them.

[Jobbo]

in a second “bizarre insurance renewal event” this last few months after my slashed home insurance quote, my wife’s car renewal quote came back less than last year.
A lot less. £680 down to £474.

i’m not sure i can be bothered to hunt round - the previous years number came from extensive searches, so to go down £200 is great.

I'm glad my renewals seem to fall just after everyone else on the forum's - it's better than a comparison site to have an idea in advance what to expect.

That was fucking awful timing - house insurance renewal has come through this afternoon and it's 20% more. After the faff of arranging insurance before we bought the place last year I suspect it'll still be the best I'll find but I need to set aside a day to shop around now

[Broccers]

Are they any good Andy?

To be honest, I've never used them - I've got such a good relationship with Strasse that there's little point. Plus their 928 knowledge won't be anything like as good as Strasse's.

I've not heard anything bad about Revolution and some people rave about them.

Cheers.

Had my car insurance and house this month. Car went down and house up 50 percent with the folk Ive used for 15 years. I am now not using them.

[Sundayjumper]

I'm getting baffled by the Disco engine. The Gorilla Glue on the throttle body didn't hold, I think there's too much oil involved. So I ordered a replacement based on the car being being a "Discovery 4 3.0 V6 Diesel" and it's wrong The engine has two EGR connections, the received throttle body has one, with space for a second, but it's blocked off as part of the moulding. There's a different part number for "Generation 2" engines that has two connections, but that's 2016+. My car is a 2012 and the broken throttle body is dated 2009 !

My car had a replacement engine in 2016. Was that a fresh 2016 engine, or old (or rebuilt) stock from earlier ? I can't find an engine number decoder but it's later than the engine number on the logbook so certainly >2012, definitely not 2009.

The failed 2009 throttle body has no part number on it and 2009 was the changeover year from 2.7 litre D3 to 3.0 litre D4.

Meaning I could feasibly have been running a throttle from an old 2.7 Disco 3 on a 2016 engine per the Disco 5. They have different turbot arrangements (parallel vs. sequential) and all of the mapping will be differnt too I guess so it's a bit of a surprise it didn't run like utter utter shite

Fortunately the "generation 2" throttle body is much more expensive so I'll go order one of those

[mik]

I'm getting baffled by the Disco engine. The Gorilla Glue on the throttle body didn't hold, I think there's too much oil involved. So I ordered a replacement based on the car being being a "Discovery 4 3.0 V6 Diesel" and it's wrong

Early Disco4 were rated at 240bhp. Ours was also a 2012 which was rated at 255bhp.

The guys on Disco4.com would undoubtedly be able to give you some pointers.

[integrale_evo]

Cornering rather enthusiastically around a roundabout in the mito this morning, engine bogs and misfires. Initially assume it was tc, as it cleared. Then the engine light flashed a few times and it kicked me out of dynamic, disabled stop/start ( it will always do this if the engine light comes on)

Then the engine light went off and it drove normally.

Wasn’t fuel starvation as had an almost brimmed tank.

Checked the oil when I got home, none on the dipstick can only assume a brief dip in oil pressure caused the multiair system to crap out and cause the missfire.

Didn’t see an oil pressure light or warning, no noises or anything, hopefully no long term damage! Will try the same manoeuvre tomorrow now it has some oil and see if it does the same…

[16vCento]

I'm getting baffled by the Disco engine. The Gorilla Glue on the throttle body didn't hold, I think there's too much oil involved. So I ordered a replacement based on the car being being a "Discovery 4 3.0 V6 Diesel" and it's wrong The engine has two EGR connections, the received throttle body has one, with space for a second, but it's blocked off as part of the moulding. There's a different part number for "Generation 2" engines that has two connections, but that's 2016+. My car is a 2012 and the broken throttle body is dated 2009 !

My car had a replacement engine in 2016. Was that a fresh 2016 engine, or old (or rebuilt) stock from earlier ? I can't find an engine number decoder but it's later than the engine number on the logbook so certainly >2012, definitely not 2009.

The failed 2009 throttle body has no part number on it and 2009 was the changeover year from 2.7 litre D3 to 3.0 litre D4.

Meaning I could feasibly have been running a throttle from an old 2.7 Disco 3 on a 2016 engine per the Disco 5. They have different turbot arrangements (parallel vs. sequential) and all of the mapping will be differnt too I guess so it's a bit of a surprise it didn't run like utter utter shite

Fortunately the "generation 2" throttle body is much more expensive so I'll go order one of those

Message me with VIN and I'll get the proper part number and make sure there's no supersession etcs

[Mito Man]

Big day for the cars today as 3 of them have an MOT.
Dropped the Model 3 off and had to show the MOT tester how to use the key card as I had to walk back home to get the next car ready.
So far the check engine light on the 6 series is now permanent.
My hand slipped disconnecting the trailer from the Defender and now my nail has partially separated and it stings like a motherhugger.
It’s also pissing it down.

[Mito Man]

Think I need another coffee, as my eyes see that the car needs 5 tyres

They aren’t that bad, will do another 4000 miles easy before they hit 1.6mm

[Swervin_Mervin]

Your NSR appears to be worn doubly close to the limit

[240PP]

A5 is in with the dealer for a gearbox service today. Audi seem to be competitive again.

Indy specialist: £278
Audi: £207

[Mito Man]

Well I'm confused. Defender MOT all ok apart from a torn dust boot somewhere.
6 series. Got the engine light to go off with ISTA - seems to be a dodgy fuel solenoid somewhere. The MOT - passed but the exhaust is missing a bolt bolt in each of the sections where it connects to the catalytic converter. But the top ones are still there and rusty. And those bolts are usually notorious for being seized anyway. I'm just wondering if someone tried to steal it but make it look like they're just working on their own car rather than go for the angle grinder approach as it's parked in a underground car park with security. Only thing is the other side of the cat is welded to the manifold. And this is an old car do it doesn't have a secondary cat - so maybe they mistook the tiny front silencer for a cat.
Need to check it myself later, only saw a phone pic from the MOT tester but looks like its missing nut 7
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showpa ... Id=18_0532
and bolt 6
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showpa ... Id=18_0531
on both sides.

[16vCento]

@Sundayjumper

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[Sundayjumper]

Ta ! I'd spotted LR181136 as a possibility but had no idea if it was right.

Does the supersession data include dates ? Clutching at straws, but the old throttle body being dated 2009 is still bugging me. If LR029144 was introduced in say 2010 it would mean I had the wrong part all along.


And it's £400 for an legit (rather than random Chinese) aftermarket LR181136

https://maltings4x4store.co.uk/throttle ... -lr181136/

[16vCento]

No dates

Might be worth ordering the alleged correct part from a Land Rover dealer, and check if you can return it first (they normally take them.back if box etcs all ok and it's not been fitted).

Then if it is right, send it back and order the aftermarket one.