I have four cars and only one of them works properly and that one is a Land Rover

"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet) 09/14/2016 at 07:53 • Filed to: None

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To all ye naysayers, this thing is my champion.

Seriously though, I’ve been away on holiday for 10 days and in that time my dad has broken the vRS.

The Felicia pickup is hideously rusty and illegal, and the Series is nothing more than a pile of aluminum panels right now.

Yay Defender.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 07:56

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So soon none of them will be working properly?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 07:57

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But it’s a defender so.....

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 09/14/2016 at 07:58

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Get out. I’m having a moment.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 09/14/2016 at 08:05

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You have a reliability superiority complex

MultiplaOrgasms > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 08:06

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300tdi is life.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > MultiplaOrgasms 09/14/2016 at 08:12

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You know it

AuthiCooper1300 > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 08:13

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On the other hand, yours is almost Wolf-spec, right? So not quite a Defender either.

Agrajag > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 08:13

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How to Jinx Your Only Properly Running Car

S65 > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 08:21

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Nice Defender

CalzoneGolem > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 08:25

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Let’s just be honest for a minute here. Your Defender can drive you places sure, but how much of it currently not working?

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > CalzoneGolem 09/14/2016 at 08:35

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The rear crossmember could do with replacing, but mechanically and electrically everything is spot on. And I’m not even lying.

AuthiCooper1300 > CalzoneGolem 09/14/2016 at 08:37

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You’d be surprised at how many systems are not working 100% in active combat aircraft.

At least that’s what a former USAF mechanic told me decades ago.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > AuthiCooper1300 09/14/2016 at 08:37

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Wolf everything apart from the body. It’s an odd beast.

CalzoneGolem > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 08:38

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And I’m not even lying.

Wow, I am impressed!

CalzoneGolem > AuthiCooper1300 09/14/2016 at 08:39

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No, no I wouldn’t.

AuthiCooper1300 > CalzoneGolem 09/14/2016 at 08:41

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I don’t do smileys, but if I did I would post one.

CalzoneGolem > AuthiCooper1300 09/14/2016 at 08:42

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MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 08:56

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But that’s a real Land Rover. When men were men. Haha.

That’s a good looking truck though.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 09:02

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Do I?

Cé hé sin > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 09:02

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Are those the DPF and glowplug warnings on the Skoda?

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Cé hé sin 09/14/2016 at 09:04

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Yes - for my sins - it’s stuck in limp mode too which means I can’t do the DPF regen.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 09:05

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Don’t spend too much fixing all that stuff, you still need to buy the Sankey! Haha

Are you just going to dump the DPF on the Skoda if it’s broken?

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > CalzoneGolem 09/14/2016 at 09:06

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I know right? Lying about the condition of my Rovers is basically my MO.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 09/14/2016 at 09:08

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I saved up to get the DPF gutted and a ‘Stage 2’ (Aha) tune, but I haven’t had the time to drive down south to get it done, which I am now regretting.

KatzManDu > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 09:13

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Ahhhh! Looks like DPF failure on the VRS. Good luck!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 09:26

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People don’t realize just how much of the baked-in reliability with the typical LR product is due to Lucas bastardry and a series of really ill-conceived decisions with a barely out of prototype V8 engine. Get one that’s stayed dry, old enough for simple electrics, and diesel... all sorted.

Rust and horrific leaks and noise aren’t unreliability, after all. As such. Per se.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 09:27

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Counterpoint- I am borrowing my mom’s S1 Disco for the day while my car is in the shop and here is a list of things wrong with it:

Interior lights broken

Two windows and one of the sunroofs don’t work

Window switch panel is not actually attached

Passenger seat adjustments are broken

Binnacle is loose

Foglights broken

Cruise control broken

Diff shifter is frozen in 4HI

AC broken

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > KatzManDu 09/14/2016 at 09:33

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Absolutely correct.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 11:35

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I’ve finally gotten my Disco to stop leaking! Seriously it no longer marks its territory and yes I check it’s fluids almost daily because it’s friggin unnerving...

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 09/14/2016 at 11:46

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It’s building up to something!

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 09/14/2016 at 12:09

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Shhhhhh! You’re going to jinx it!!!!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/14/2016 at 14:31

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My Defender has none of those things :)