| Author |
Message |
 Road tax |
Dartman the one
 23rd Jul 2024 12:32 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 19 · Views: 3821 · Subject: Road tax |
| Living in Spain my comprehensive insurance for a Mazda CX-9 270 bhp petrol is 525€ and road tax 188€ per year, any driver over 25 with permission, they don't have NCB here but I can have all my mi ... |
| Discovery Sport Thread **ALL HERE** |
Dartman the one
18th Jul 2024 9:20 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 1902 · Views: 1126828 · Subject: Discovery Sport Thread **ALL HERE** |
| They are a standard connector, they come in T,Y Rt angle and 4 way all you need is the hose diameter and Google search. |
| Not Freelander related.. |
Dartman the one
26th Jun 2024 6:16 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 22 · Views: 4800 · Subject: Not Freelander related.. |
| Never ever use crimps on low voltage connections with a current in milliamps, they are iffy enough on 240v especially cheap Chinese crimps from E-bay or Amazon |
| towing mirrors for 2014 freelander2 |
Dartman the one
31st May 2024 12:27 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 3 · Views: 945 · Subject: towing mirrors for 2014 freelander2 |
| Milenco Grand Aero are the best and ideal for the FL2 I used one Convex and one plain, they are very expensive now, I used them on the Freely when touring the continent absolutely brilliant |
| Insurance hike horror |
Dartman the one
26th May 2024 1:56 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 17 · Views: 3039 · Subject: Insurance hike horror |
Directline big heartedly gave me a new quote of £801, big deal.
Really looking at 1st Central at £651.
Also going to pay monthly for first time ever.
Jim A
Isn't it cheaper to pay by credit card ... |
| EV's |
Dartman the one
12th May 2024 2:05 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 786 · Views: 197811 · Subject: EV's |
| The F1 support vehicles are only used in the European phase of the season, for the rest of the season it's air transport and local container transport companies. |
| EV's |
Dartman the one
12th May 2024 1:37 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 786 · Views: 197811 · Subject: EV's |
The difference between an EV and a hybrid or a fossil fuelled car is the EV weighs the same, empty or full of fuel.
Regarding F1 and Formula-E, battery life, not charge life or range is considerably ... |
| EV's |
Dartman the one
29th Apr 2024 11:16 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 786 · Views: 197811 · Subject: EV's |
| At a rated 225miles on a full charge 90miles is somewhat less than half its non towing range, I only quoted 1600kg van as that was the size of the van the guy was towing, also most 1600kg vans seem to ... |
| EV's |
Dartman the one
27th Apr 2024 4:42 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 786 · Views: 197811 · Subject: EV's |
| It may be rated to tow1600kg but how far on a charge and there is a considerable difference between rated to tow and designed to tow, designed to tow tends to be limited to the larger 4x4's such as th ... |
| Manual Gearbox lost 1st 2nd and reverse? |
Dartman the one
28th Mar 2024 1:03 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 17 · Views: 4346 · Subject: Manual Gearbox lost 1st 2nd and reverse? |
| I suspect it was a shrink fit. |
| DSC Intermittent |
Dartman the one
26th Mar 2024 5:58 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 8 · Views: 2325 · Subject: DSC Intermittent |
| I had the same thing, light flashing and transmission failure flashed up then went out along with the DSC, slowed down, heard nothing, continued to drive smoothly, sped back up, nothing, happened once ... |
| Ignored maintenance instructions |
Dartman the one
21st Mar 2024 8:39 am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 10 · Views: 2521 · Subject: Ignored maintenance instructions |
| You only need to unclip them changing the battery, you just press the button usually in the middle, but they really should be checked with a smoke canister, however the toaster does the same job. :lol ... |
| Ignored maintenance instructions |
Dartman the one
20th Mar 2024 8:58 am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 10 · Views: 2521 · Subject: Ignored maintenance instructions |
| I think the turn and rotate the mattress has gone out the window, many mattresses only one way up, another id check and clean the dishwasher filter. |
| Battery Change |
Dartman the one
17th Mar 2024 11:40 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 11 · Views: 4218 · Subject: Battery Change |
| If you connect your power pack to the battery leads you won't have to reset anything, I did the same with a 12v security back up camera battery, no problem. |
| Does your passenger put their feet up on the dash? |
Dartman the one
23rd Feb 2024 5:53 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 27 · Views: 7430 · Subject: Does your passenger put their feet up on the dash? |
Off topic: why don't we go back to trolley buses, they are electric and quiet and could replace the most polluting vehicles in our towns - deisel buses.
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Because for some reason they pref ... |
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