06/02/2010

I blew the budget this time. The plan had been to keep the Challenger to lug stuff around and the CLK for everyday use. But since I was cutting down on the fleet there didn't seem much point having 2 car to do this so I thought I'd combine the 2 and buy one good all rounder. I had been considering a Discovery TD5 when at our Club meeting one of my mates (John) overheard me talking about it and asked if I would be interested in his Range Rover. I hadn't considered one as they were generally out of my budget. So I had a look at it and to cut a long story short as they say, I blew well more than the budget and bought it!  But considering the spec of this car and it's condition I just couldn't pass it up. Being an Autobiography It has every extra you can think of and cost around £43k when it was new in 2001. I won't have it home until the end of next week but couldn't resist a few photo's.

15/02. Got a chance to take a couple more photo's.

16/02. The buttons on the key fob were looking a bit worse for wear so I bought a little kit that replaces the buttons along with the battery cover. Took all of 5 mins to do.

17/02. Dropped the car in at my mates exhaust and tyre center on the way to work to have him check a rattle from the exhaust. It wasn't long before I got a call from him to tell me that the middle box was riddled with holes and was about to fully split at the weld. (I forgot to take a photo of it). Luckily he had a new handy and fitted it. He aslo de-catted the car to release a little more power. Clearly the cat has been off before by the look of the welding on it.

I don't know about more power from the cat removal but the car is noticably quieter. 

25/02. On the way to work this morning I ran into a blizzard. The car got a little snowy.

03/03. The little black plastic bit for locking the fuel cap fell off while I was getting fuel this morning. The little plastic spud on the rear of it had broken off. I glued it back on with ruber mastick which is very strong and moulds to the shape.

10/04. Took my family out for the day in my very clean RR. By the tme I got back it was the dirtiest I have ever seen a car that belongs to me. It had a good wash after the photo's and I'll be getting the underneath cleaned as soon as I get a chance to.