easye1

Banned

• Dec 21, 2012

• #1

Got my 3rd years insurance certificate the other day.
put it down, never read it properly..
today was the awakiner
the 1st years was agreed at 8000 per year,
but there was a clause where if I never informed the Insurance Co.
of milage as from start date of 2nd year insurance, more charges would follow.
with trepidation, I looked at milometer for a total,
works out just 500 miles under maximum allowed..

I does 7500 per year in me old Disco, bless her little rattle,
and thats all none going to work miles too!

gave that work stuff up 10 years ago...


Oh, If my speedo cable ever became "detached" for any reason, I could use my little plug in speed check thingy that reads real time MPH !!

 

Last edited: Dec 21, 2012

Mr-Tomcat

New Member

• Dec 21, 2012

• #2

I have a 6000 mile limit on my Range Rover, never come close to it. Between MoT last year, and this I'd done not much over 2000 miles.

 

KSLB

Active Member

• Dec 21, 2012

• #3

iPhone ap 'dashboard' gives you all the info you need if your cable is faulty, it can also be flipped and used as a head up display.

 

easye1

Banned

• Dec 21, 2012

• #4

must be nice to have a landie or rangie as a 2nd/3rd "car"

mine is now my only "car"
used by daughters if big shopping trips beckon,
son if the local tip needs some more not needed now Items,

but then I can borrow there cars at times.

12 years ago, my then second hat was in a minicab,
but not in any landrover product (reliability LOL)
but mainly fords doing up to 300 miles a night each weekend.
10 years before that was my only hat doing 300 miles per night,
doing that 6/7 nights a week, so saw the miles grow alarmingly.

now a retard full time for the last 10 years, I`m happy with my life and landie,
although I have my bus pass oh and my scooters when its not dam cold

I even take pleasure in National Express coaches on 60 mile trips back to me old hometown that I take from time to time.......
I just get comfy, and let the driver do his job fer an hour and a bit

 

easye1

Banned

• Dec 21, 2012

• #5

KSLB said:

iPhone ap 'dashboard' gives you all the info you need if your cable is faulty, it can also be flipped and used as a head up display.

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thanks KSLB fer the tip.

problem being I dont have an iphone,
I`m a old age penshuneeer :crutch:... LOL

but I do have one of them talking speed cam awareness fings since I got knicked fer speeding.....

the comment I made was tongue in cheek,
as by law you need to know your speed,
but I dont "need" more miles than I have to only do per year,
so if the occasion ever arose, my speedo cable my just come undone fer a while,
fer "inspection uses only"

 

Bump

Well-Known Member

Events Planner

• Dec 21, 2012

• #6

you need to know your speed, but, that can be calculated from your rev counter

 

easye1

Banned

• Dec 21, 2012

• #7

Bump said:

you need to know your speed, but, that can be calculated from your rev counter

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oh dont go all posh on us Bump,
me revolution counting Instrument has ceased like a monty python sketch on a dead budgie fer the last month,
no not why, but not really looked yet.


(3rd wire from alternator??????)

but then I goto sit darn wiv a tape measuererer,
measurerer the outside of me tyres,
work out how fer each revolution (hope fanatic not reading)
a tyre will go, find out me final drive sums in 5th,
find me old Injineers calculater,
bash it on me desktop till the battery starts working,
drink me cuppa tea before it gets cold,
then after gettin comfy in me chair begin to nod orf fer a while
coz I has sleep apnea...ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz z z z z z


NOOOOOOOOOO awakining agin, tis fer beterera to just plug in my nice lady talking sped cam thingy leaving it on true speed reading..



oh, then remember to look at it before the nice talking lady screams,

YOU ARE IN A 30 MPH ZONE, SLOW DOWN,
SLOW DOWN,
SLOW DOWN,
SLOW DOWN.....


ding dong....

 

Freddy 007

Gone but not forgotten

• Dec 21, 2012

• #8

easye1 said:

Oh, If my speedo cable ever became "detached" for any reason, I could use my little plug in speed check thingy that reads real time MPH !!

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If my speedo cable happened to become 'detached'.....

What's the little plug in speed check thingy? (sounds interesting)

 

Langers

Well-Known Member

• Dec 21, 2012

• #9

Freddy 007 said:

If my speedo cable happened to become 'detached'.....

What's the little plug in speed check thingy? (sounds interesting)

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Think he means his TomTom

 

easye1

Banned

• Dec 21, 2012

• #10

Freddy 007 said:

If my speedo cable happened to become 'detached'.....

What's the little plug in speed check thingy? (sounds interesting)

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one of dem, about the size of a packet of fags...

Micro Fuzion Speed Camera Detector store: The number one GPS based 100% legal speed camera detection system

mine was a ebay bargain

 

300tdistu

Well-Known Member

• Dec 22, 2012

• #11

my speedo cable became "detached" about 2 years ago on the 90

 

discostew38

Active Member

• Dec 22, 2012

• #12

Having not taken a 90 speedo apart I'm not sure if this can be done back in my youth I had a mini and had the same problem with insurance so I used to use it for a bit ( to add some mileage on it) and take out the speedo and you could pop out the rod that worked the odometer so the speedo still worked but the mileage never moved then just do the same each year
Then there was another car I had that I just swopped the clocks over with a second hand set to keep the mileage down
Now days it even easier you just get a man to plug it into a laptop once a year
Hence I never buy a car on its mileage alone just assume its done more

 

Jay reKx

Active Member

• Dec 22, 2012

• #13

ooh, the insurance companies are going to have a field day with this thread, speshly if yous told them you were part of landyzone to bring your premium down

 

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janderson41

Active Member

• Dec 22, 2012

• #14

Back to the original post guys.
Has anyone had a problem with insurance companies over exceeding annual mileage requirements.
I have a limit of 8000 and last year did about 7000 as now retired and don't do a big milage.
anybody any comments?

Jim A
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1996 300Tdi auto(Jap reimport)

 

easye1

Banned

• Dec 22, 2012

• #15

well, could always talk to your insurance company about milages, but dont expect much discount for just 1000 miles.
worth a try though mate.

let us all now if its worth the extra discounted miles eh?

 

easye1

Banned

• Dec 22, 2012

• #16

Jay reKx said:

ooh, the insurance companies are going to have a field day with this thread, speshly if yous told them you were part of landyzone to bring your premium down

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does being part of a group of extreem nutters really give you a discount,
or load your policy before they agree to a discout being more then when you 1st asked?


schtum is louder then shouting eh......