I think you have no sense of humour, its a play on words not a racist slur

I just think it was a crass attempt at a joke based on a serious cause.

You are of course entitled to your opinion as am I.

Back on theme . . . went to see my 8th grandchild, a beautiful girl born back on 12 February but only now that circumstances have allowed us to catch up

Drove it
To a place of work  
Hung like Einstein, smart as a horse.

Took my turn on the feeding rota for 800 pheasant poults . The FL2 loaded up to the gunnels with all manner of kit . The approach and departure angles on the car put it in a different class to lots of vehicles when it comes to leaving the tarmac and going cross country . At 11 years old it’s actually going up in my estimation, old enoug and devalued enough for me not to be precious about it , but 100% correctly maintained , nothing skimped . and running better than ever with only 65K miles on it . I was going to swap it for a pickup , but I’ll stick with it a while longer . 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

Drove to place of work, then to the Garage to fill the Diesel, pulled up behind an Rangey Rover Evoque ED4....FL2 looks lots nicer than the Ejoke (Still dont get why someone would want a 2WD Offroader)

Replace my accelerator pedal assembly with a new one......

Visited another National Trust site, Claremont Landscape Gardens in Surrey. Been trying to get to a NT or English Heritage site every week since the lockdown eased.

I started rebuiding the engine!

Fitted this today, sooo much better
a feeling of luxury. 😎



Dave. DAVE.
I.A.M. F1rst Driver.
Gone 2003 Discovery TD5 Auto,
Gone 1986 Defender 90 Station Wagon
Gone 1984 Range Rover 3.5 Vogue Manual.
Gone 1970 Series 11A/3 SWB 3.5 V8 Hybrid
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Van
Gone 1966 Series 11A SWB Van
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Station Wagon,

got mine back from a rear diff pinion bearing replacement and haldex service..
gosh, so nice and quiet now!!

Got mine back from the bodyshop today having finally got round to getting the tailgate repaired. Very pleased with the repair...

GundogSD4 wrote:

I think you have no sense of humour, its a play on words not a racist slur

After 6 years and 50k miles I decided to fit some new tyres. MOT had signalled only 3+mm on 2 tyres and I had about 4+mm on the other two fitted, (and another damaged - see below in my garage)

The mileage was helped by using all 5 tyres that had been supplied in rotation, although one had to be retired early due to cut in wall. (I have a 6th wheel which I use as a spare)

As winter was coming on I decided on Pirelli Scorpion Zero tyres 235/55 R19 105V (Volvo, Extra Load, All Season)
I chose these V rating as they had a very good record for wet grip, and reasonable noise and MPG figures.

In Somerset we have far more rain than snow in winter, and these tyres, with multiple groves and sipes in tread pattern, should shift the water on the road.

The price for 4 was £550(fitted, balanced, valves etc), which I thought was reasonable.

You can pay more for internal foam in these tyres to cut noise further, but I thought that these tyres were quieter on my run home, steering was certainly lighter and more direct.


Cut in wall of one of old Conti tyre - spotted some time ago and removed from car (to storage until changing now)

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