Help I need to use my landy offroad!

Lawfender · Nov 30, 2010

Hi All

I live in herefordshire and have a 110 300tdi! I need to take her off road but there is nowhere around here that I know of! can anyone suggest anywhere? The only place I go is the Forest of Dean however I don't really think its allowed! Can anyone help as Salisbury Plains is too far for a bit of fun!
Also can anyone tell me why I am getting 19mpg out of my landy? Thats driving steady. Got BF Muds on her, and disco transfer box?

Any advice gratefully received

Churs

Law

Bromsgrove Defender · Nov 30, 2010

Lawfender said:
Hi All

I live in herefordshire and have a 110 300tdi! I need to take her off road but there is nowhere around here that I know of! can anyone suggest anywhere? The only place I go is the Forest of Dean however I don't really think its allowed! Can anyone help as Salisbury Plains is too far for a bit of fun!
Also can anyone tell me why I am getting 19mpg out of my landy? Thats driving steady. Got BF Muds on her, and disco transfer box?

Any advice gratefully received

Churs

Law

Have you tried google off road/pay n play sites?

ratty · Nov 30, 2010

Lawfender said:
Hi All

I live in herefordshire and have a 110 300tdi! I need to take her off road but there is nowhere around here that I know of! can anyone suggest anywhere? The only place I go is the Forest of Dean however I don't really think its allowed! Can anyone help as Salisbury Plains is too far for a bit of fun!
Also can anyone tell me why I am getting 19mpg out of my landy? Thats driving steady. Got BF Muds on her, and disco transfer box?

Any advice gratefully received

Churs

Law

If you look near the bottom of the page you will find the green laning forum. If you have a quick squiz on there you should see a thread entitled 'hertfordshire lanes?????'

The Herts guys and girls are a friendly bunch and are usually only to happy to meet new faces.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f13/hertfordshire-lanes-58704-1219.html

19mpg does sound low. When was the last time it was serviced?

Bromsgrove Defender · Nov 30, 2010

ratty said:
If you look near the bottom of the page you will find the green laning forum.

Good point Ratty

Tho thats assumin yr on the forum page.
It's not on the LZ-live page.

Lawfender · Nov 30, 2010

serviced 400 miles ago, a few weeks! **** huh! Its herefordshire not hertfordshire but cheers.
Will have a mooch on google!

paul_c · Nov 30, 2010

http://www.paynplay.co.uk/

Bromsgrove Defender · Nov 30, 2010

Lawfender said:
serviced 400 miles ago, a few weeks! **** huh! !

Who did the servicing tho ??

Lawfender · Nov 30, 2010

nothing came up on that site for the hereford area! think I mite buy a field and hire a digger and make a mess of it!

Lawfender · Nov 30, 2010

Wye Valley Garage in ross on wye.....!

ratty · Nov 30, 2010

Lawfender said:
serviced 400 miles ago, a few weeks! **** huh! Its herefordshire not hertfordshire but cheers.
Will have a mooch on google!

:doh::doh::doh:that'll teach me to learn to read:doh::doh::doh:

What sort of driving are you doing for your 10mpg figure?

Lawfender · Nov 30, 2010

just commuting to work on roads, no motorways mainly A and B roads, I did 172 miles on £40 of fuel! no heavy driving as I am trying to save some. I wondered if it was anything to do with the new transfer box (recon disco transfer)? Seems to give me better cruising speed but **** all torque on the hills, constantly changing down to 4th!

ratty · Nov 30, 2010

Lawfender said:
just commuting to work on roads, no motorways mainly A and B roads, I did 172 miles on £40 of fuel! no heavy driving as I am trying to save some. I wondered if it was anything to do with the new transfer box (recon disco transfer)? Seems to give me better cruising speed but **** all torque on the hills, constantly changing down to 4th!

I make that 24.6 mpg assuming that the price of fuel is £1.24 per litre.

My 300tdi was slightly sluggish when towing up a steep hill in 5th but was fine unladen.

Bromsgrove Defender · Nov 30, 2010

Lawfender said:
Wye Valley Garage in ross on wye.....!

What did the service actually consist of ?

One of the reason's I got involved in Landrovers was cos I got bitten by a cr@p garage that I think didn't even change the oil and air filters.
I was only young at the time and wasn't sure how I could go about proving it.

Now whenever I take a car to be worked on I mark the part/s that will be changed.
I also now do all my own servicing.
Saves me money and I also know it's been done.

Bromsgrove Defender · Nov 30, 2010

ratty said:
I make that 24.6 mpg assuming that the price of fuel is £1.24 per litre.

My 300tdi was slightly sluggish when towing up a steep hill in 5th but was fine unladen.

yup I make it that too sort of anyway

40 / 1.24 = 32.26
172 / 32.26 = 5.332
5.332 * 4.546 = 24.24

paul_c · Nov 30, 2010

Lawfender said:
nothing came up on that site for the hereford area! think I mite buy a field and hire a digger and make a mess of it!

You'll have to travel further for your nearest pay & play site then!

ratty · Nov 30, 2010

Bromsgrove Defender said:
yup I make it that too sort of anyway

40 / 1.24 = 32.26
172 / 32.26 = 5.332
5.332 * 4.546 = 24.24

I wuz doing it wiv my head so kinda threw out most of the decimals. (hence £1.24 rather than £1.23.9)

either way that still doesn't sound too bad from a housebrick being driven around A and B roads in cold weather.

Bromsgrove Defender · Nov 30, 2010

ratty said:
I wuz doing it wiv my head so kinda threw out most of the decimals. (hence £1.24 rather than £1.23.9)

OMG

raise:

Bromsgrove Defender · Nov 30, 2010

There is a site just outside hereford I can't think for the life of me exactly where I'll see if I can find it in the mean time this might help Map of Off Road 4x4 Driving Centres UK

Lawfender · Nov 30, 2010

Drivin gently on a and b roads to and from work nothing mad at all! Tis costing me a bom

Lawfender · Nov 30, 2010

Ok i'll have a look let me know if u find one tho! Cheers for all ur advice. Wise move markin things up! Prob the case! Well any more ideas let me know!

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