What did you do with your Range Rover today

first port of call for this evening

Mark Piercy said:

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Lovely jubbly

Mark Piercy said:

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Very nice i do hope there is a bbq and some beer involved as that would make it perfect

Datatek said:

Alternators are not good at charging batteries that are flat, 3 hours is nothing on a 120AH battery. It took 48 hours on a 4 amp smart charger to fully charge an MF31-1000 before I fitted it.

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I checked it this morning and it was well down and it has leaked some acid out and only just started the motor, so a new yuasa from halfords the largest they had only 830cca but five year waranty has been fitted and the other one will be sent back, spoke to them and the tech guy said it was definitly bad.

Mark Piercy said:

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Good job it's a lake or the tide might come in

brianp38dse said:

I checked it this morning and it was well down and it has leaked some acid out and only just started the motor, so a new yuasa from halfords the largest they had only 830cca but five year waranty has been fitted and the other one will be sent back, spoke to them and the tech guy said it was definitly bad.

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Torch battery.

brianp38dse said:

Very nice i do hope there is a bbq and some beer involved as that would make it perfect

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Trying not to have any alcohol this week, boring I know. We've got gas stove instead

Datatek said:

Torch battery.

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I know but i cant keep pulling the spare battery out the boot to start it as its killing me as i broke a rib or two the other day
the halfords one will probably fit my sons supercharged sport so he can buy it of me

Datatek said:

Good job it's a lake or the tide might come in

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Calm as anything here

Sorry bit boring, only washed it


Deserved it after rescuing my moms caravan from Shrewsbury on Friday afternoon. Front caliper seized on her chaps kuga so 'unreliable' l322 to the rescue

Had its starting quirk.
Went to start this morning, click, click, click, then starter came to life and fired over perfectly,
Its been fine all day since then and it'll be fine for 4-5 weeks on end then it'll do this 1 day then itl be fine for another 4-5 weeks
Its not like it slow cranks or just catches either il look into it one day

stustrong said:

Had its starting quirk.
Went to start this morning, click, click, click, then starter came to life and fired over perfectly,
Its been fine all day since then and it'll be fine for 4-5 weeks on end then it'll do this 1 day then itl be fine for another 4-5 weeks
Its not like it slow cranks or just catches either il look into it one day

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One day it will catch you out, if it's just clicks, likely the ignition switch is on it's way out.

Datatek said:

One day it will catch you out, if it's just clicks, likely the ignition switch is on it's way out.

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One day, i did buy a starter the first time it did it,
I didn't even think of the ignition switch

Only drove mine but realised I had left MrGorsky's battery connected and clearly he has a drain issue as it was dead as a door nail. Recharged and straight back into life which was a bit of a relief. Still got what feels like a fuel starvation issue at revs though.

So 3 weeks ago i had to put my spare on noticed a few cracks in the inner sidewall but nothing too bad,
But today i found this STILL INFLATED


So iv bought another set of wheels so i can get my original supercharged wheels refurbished and brand new tyres on,
The set i got was local 300 notes, usable tyres for now but they're grey which i thought would mabye be okay against the silver short term how wrong was I? looks absolutely awful its lost all its class and looks cheep tacky and nasty now heres a couple of pictures so you can laugh too

stustrong said:

So 3 weeks ago i had to put my spare on noticed a few cracks in the inner sidewall but nothing too bad,
But today i found this STILL INFLATED
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So iv bought another set of wheels so i can get my original supercharged wheels refurbished and brand new tyres on,
The set i got was local 300 notes, usable tyres for now but they're grey which i thought would mabye be okay against the silver short term how wrong was I? looks absolutely awful its lost all its class and looks cheep tacky and nasty now heres a couple of pictures so you can laugh too
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Someone put an inner tube in at some stage?

stustrong said:

So 3 weeks ago i had to put my spare on noticed a few cracks in the inner sidewall but nothing too bad,
But today i found this STILL INFLATED
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So iv bought another set of wheels so i can get my original supercharged wheels refurbished and brand new tyres on,
The set i got was local 300 notes, usable tyres for now but they're grey which i thought would mabye be okay against the silver short term how wrong was I? looks absolutely awful its lost all its class and looks cheep tacky and nasty now heres a couple of pictures so you can laugh too
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Not my cup of tea either

stustrong said:

So 3 weeks ago i had to put my spare on noticed a few cracks in the inner sidewall but nothing too bad,
But today i found this STILL INFLATED
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So iv bought another set of wheels so i can get my original supercharged wheels refurbished and brand new tyres on,
The set i got was local 300 notes, usable tyres for now but they're grey which i thought would mabye be okay against the silver short term how wrong was I? looks absolutely awful its lost all its class and looks cheep tacky and nasty now heres a couple of pictures so you can laugh too
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There seems to be a turn down in rubber quality for a lot of Tyre companies in the last 6 years or so. We had four brand new hankooks fitted to my wife's c4 shïtroen last year, the two front tyres cracked after 4 months on the side walls!!! They only ran 2.1 bar and she drove like miss daisy. Needless to say they were replaced under guarantee. A lot of tyres on cars that come through the garage are cracking prematurely and way before any acceptable time limit...

Mark Piercy said:

There seems to be a turn down in rubber quality for a lot of Tyre companies in the last 6 years or so. We had four brand new hankooks fitted to my wife's c4 shïtroen last year, the two front tyres cracked after 4 months on the side walls!!! They only ran 2.1 bar and she drove like miss daisy. Needless to say they were replaced under guarantee. A lot of tyres on cars that come through the garage are cracking prematurely and way before any acceptable time limit...

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When I bought the Jag it had Kumho on it. The driver's side front (OSF) blew at 90 miles per hour on the motorway. It was 1 month out of date (I think tyres are guaranteed for 3 years these days?). All cracked on the inside where it is protected from sunlight, like the above. So I think it is being done quite deliberately.

Grrrrrr said:

When I bought the Jag it had Kumho on it. The driver's side front (OSF) blew at 90 miles per hour on the motorway. It was 1 month out of date (I think tyres are guaranteed for 3 years these days?). All cracked on the inside where it is protected from sunlight, like the above. So I think it is being done quite deliberately.

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Anything to increase profit & sales.
I have Kumho on the Transit, they have cracked between the tread blocks, it gets noted on every MOT.