Don't tell me it's stupid - I know it's stupid...
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I feel your pain. Having had 5 landrovers over the years and the general rule was the newer they got the more unreliable they got.
They are definitely a labour of love as they push the boundaries of your patience and financial security
Fully rebuilt a series 2 about 25ish years ago fitted it with a 2.5 daihatsu diesel
I pass it occasionally still pulling a trailer and looking great.
They are definitely a labour of love as they push the boundaries of your patience and financial security
Fully rebuilt a series 2 about 25ish years ago fitted it with a 2.5 daihatsu diesel
I pass it occasionally still pulling a trailer and looking great.
Stalker62
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Not sure how (Mrs.62 does all of this stuff), but she has gone in as a part-ex.Difficult post, did you sell her? Scrap her?
I am the most unsociable of folks, and the thought of people turning up at my house and 'kicking tyres' was more than I could bear.
I am so unsociable that when we sold our last house, I was forbidden to be there when potential buyers came around to view.
True story.
Stalker62
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Difficult post, did you sell her? Scrap her?
No she has gone in as a part-ex.
I do hope someone who loves her will buy her and take her on some more adventures.
Cost of living crisis
Stalker62
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Well I have just emptied out the 110 ready for her hand-over next week.
As I am borrowing my wife's Volvo for this upcoming week on the Hinds, she has been lumbered with taking the old girl on her last couple of runs to my wife's hospital. The dramas she is having with trying to get the ANPR at the hospital to 'recognise' her numberplate is remarkable. Parking, incidentally she and every other Medic has to pay for the privilege.
Anyhoo.
Just for sh*ts and giggles, I have just totted up the receipts (yes I have kept all of them) for the works that the old girl (by which I mean the Landrover!) has had one the past twenty or so years.
This does not include, insurance, AA (other companies are available) or fuel.
It comes it at £18,079 - so about £1,000 per annum.
Incidentally - I have no idea it this is good/fair/terrible.
At the very least, I think the new set of wheels will be so much more economical on fuel.
At least that is what I keep telling myself...
As I am borrowing my wife's Volvo for this upcoming week on the Hinds, she has been lumbered with taking the old girl on her last couple of runs to my wife's hospital. The dramas she is having with trying to get the ANPR at the hospital to 'recognise' her numberplate is remarkable. Parking, incidentally she and every other Medic has to pay for the privilege.
Anyhoo.
Just for sh*ts and giggles, I have just totted up the receipts (yes I have kept all of them) for the works that the old girl (by which I mean the Landrover!) has had one the past twenty or so years.
This does not include, insurance, AA (other companies are available) or fuel.
It comes it at £18,079 - so about £1,000 per annum.
Incidentally - I have no idea it this is good/fair/terrible.
At the very least, I think the new set of wheels will be so much more economical on fuel.
At least that is what I keep telling myself...
Dunwaters
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Thats about right, and I did a fair bit of my own spanner work.
Then you have insurance, tax and all the fuel it drinks. Fuel that a more civilised motor would sip from a cup with its pinkie out rather than chug like a teenager with a 6 pack of cider.
I still regret ( sort of) getting rid of my own money pit, but quite honestly I haven’t felt in the least bit compromised by the move to a modern, reliable, comfortable ride.
The dogs have adapted too.
At the risk of sounding blunt........or peuerile........
It doesn't matter diddly squat, how much you've spent on the wreck - sorry, cherished old pal - over the years....... The big question is; Have you had fun, have you made memories?
I've been riding rattly, noisy motorbikes for forty odd years - none of which were/are reliable, fuel efficient, sensible, comfortable or cheap. All of which caused me great angst and skinned knuckles.
Would I swap any of it? Not at all!
Whatever your next vehicle is, you'll look back fondly on the 110, just enjoy it all!
Sounds like Trigger's broom!!
Stalker62
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Also known as the Ship of Theseus paradox - Plutarch asked whether a wooden ship which has had every single piece of wood replaced was still the same ship - this is a question which has perplexed thinkers over the centuries...
Stalker62
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Most cells in our bodies changes over our lifespan too.Also known as the Ship of Theseus paradox - Plutarch asked whether a wooden ship which has had every single piece of wood replaced was still the same ship - this is a question which has perplexed thinkers over the centuries...
Not all cells, but most. Some stick around although arguably many of the molecules in those cells will change too.
It is an absolute bargain with a Landrover. A 110 is built properly. Nowadays they are designed by dipsticks who think an unreliable engine with hyper-critical oil requirements (due to a cross-drilled crankshaft), does not need their namesake.
They make them so differently now that my Disco is currently going through about £18 grand in 3 years. There is a surprising amount of the original left, still to go wrong.
Eons ago, someone in the parts trade told me that if you buy a Mini as spares and put it together, the cost is more than a Rolls Royce. I believe him.
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