1st decent run out yesterday
36.1Mpg for A roads 70mph on the dual carriageways and creeping around Milton abbas and single track lanes.
running on Shell nitro+ diesel
No idea if it makes any difference
but for and extra 3p p/lt and only 1.29 overall p/lt

First chance to give the car a clean.

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My previous XS
Owned 9 weeks in total covered approx 2k miles
Realised I wanted an HSE

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2 of these arrived speedily from Australia
I know they are for RR etc but they protect key fob and look ok
Thanks to scrumps on RRS forum for putting me onto them
Less than £10 for the two delivered

As far as I was aware, we only export empty shipping containers and coal. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

There is a container on its way over with a '68 Merc 350 Coupe, totally restored, every nut and bolt.
Bought 3 years ago in Brisbane, stored in Tas for the last couple of years and now on its way to the UK, Trebled in value

If anyone wants a good little earner, brass stair rods, cheap as chips over here, fortune over there but expensive to ship on there own

taztastic wrote:

The condensation in the light is quite normal "they all do that"
Nothing to worry about, a little unsightly but it doesn't affect anything

I noticed that on mine yesterday

Lightwater wrote:

As far as I was aware, we only export empty shipping containers and coal.

I don't know about that, there's a Ausie snack shop in Covent Garden, it stocks a wide range of antipodean confectionary

that looks much better

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High temp black on rear box

That does look much better, must get hold of some, it's one of those things that wrankles every time I see it and never get round to doing but seeing it done makes you realise how bad it is.

Let's not forget too, that this thread is V40TC's car thread

Taz
The picture was pre curing
I took it for a drive to do this and it has dried better the small run not really visible.
The paint was from the local hardware store cost £9 I have used very little, to do the box, which I pre cleaned with
Some alcohol and microfibres towel, used a pice of card board to keep the overspray off the bumper etc.

Which side protection strips did you go for? I'd like some for mine as people always seem to park right up against me. Were they easy to fit? Thanks.

Genuine LR ones, I have seen them on eBay resonably priced.
The dealer fitted them pre collection, they are only stuck on so are not difficult to fit.
Mav17 on here did his own from his thread so could give real world advice.
It may be nice to get them colour coded pre fitting to keep them from sticking out?
I am happy with the black on silver so have them as they came out of the box.