Howdy all! That gear-stick is tiny, and that one's massive!? What's going on? Where are you supposed to put your elbows? Ahh, designed just right to catapult your mobile, wallet, banana and sandwiches into the vereges at each bend . . .
I've managed 20 adult years and finally succumbed- put a deposit on a 300tdi 90 last weekend, picking it up this weekend. The idea is to get a little more knowledgeable about managing our modes of transport, for someone who isn't particularly practical. I've always liked my stepfather's approach to mending anything broken; which was to stand at 3.5 feet away (upwind) and empty a tin of WD40 at the broken object (usually his Saab, but I've seen him use it on his glasses, the fridge, a Velux window and a horse shoe and horse) Also if WD40 wasn't available, he used the good Messers Sheen or Muscle. Anyway, I digress; wife and I have just started a small business that involves 1.km of rutted farm track and 2 acres of saturated Somerset clay and a hell of a lot of manure; so if that isn't excuse enough for a Landy, I don't know what is (it worked on our bank manager, who now I think of it, had just returned from his Christmas party, when we met)
I'm looking forward to being baffled and confused in amongst the forums and if you see a grown man hard-shouldered against a blue hardtop somewhere M5 southbound this Saturday morning, spare a thought (or chuck him a can of WD40, and if a smile cracks and he starts spraying randomly, you'll know it's me!)
Cheers for sticking with my ramble. Is that allowed? I don't know how these things work, just like vehicles, which brings it circuitously back to why I'm here in the first place!
Jon
I've managed 20 adult years and finally succumbed- put a deposit on a 300tdi 90 last weekend, picking it up this weekend. The idea is to get a little more knowledgeable about managing our modes of transport, for someone who isn't particularly practical. I've always liked my stepfather's approach to mending anything broken; which was to stand at 3.5 feet away (upwind) and empty a tin of WD40 at the broken object (usually his Saab, but I've seen him use it on his glasses, the fridge, a Velux window and a horse shoe and horse) Also if WD40 wasn't available, he used the good Messers Sheen or Muscle. Anyway, I digress; wife and I have just started a small business that involves 1.km of rutted farm track and 2 acres of saturated Somerset clay and a hell of a lot of manure; so if that isn't excuse enough for a Landy, I don't know what is (it worked on our bank manager, who now I think of it, had just returned from his Christmas party, when we met)
I'm looking forward to being baffled and confused in amongst the forums and if you see a grown man hard-shouldered against a blue hardtop somewhere M5 southbound this Saturday morning, spare a thought (or chuck him a can of WD40, and if a smile cracks and he starts spraying randomly, you'll know it's me!)
Cheers for sticking with my ramble. Is that allowed? I don't know how these things work, just like vehicles, which brings it circuitously back to why I'm here in the first place!
Jon
