lightning said:

Can a 100,000 mile TD5 cope with a good drubbing once in a while? I had to drive to Sheffield this evening and took most of the road flat out through the gears.
Afterwards l felt a bit bad, the 110 is running a mild remap and l was sat at home afterwards mentally pricing up cylinder heads/exhaust manifolds....

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lightning said:

Can a 100,000 mile TD5 cope with a good drubbing once in a while? I had to drive to Sheffield this evening and took most of the road flat out through the gears.
Afterwards l felt a bit bad, the 110 is running a mild remap and l was sat at home afterwards mentally pricing up cylinder heads/exhaust manifolds....

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lynall said:

Any engine should be able to take having its arse ragged off it for miles and if it cant its obviously fooked and any owner would know that before thrashing it, 100k is nothing to any modern engine and by modern I mean anything under 30yrs old that still runs well.

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lightning said:

Sounds good then. My 110 is actually quite lively after Dynachip did their best with it, even though they had to turn down the remap twice due to too much smoke.

It's quite funny when you pull out to pass another vehicle in a Defender 110, and they accelerate, but you still easily get past, and you can almost see them thinking "how..."

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lightning said:

It's more the element of surprise. People see a Defender in their rear view mirror, and think "that is not going to overtake"

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bluedog333 said:

When I see someone attempting that manoeuvre I bury the pedal to the floor. I don’t go any faster, but the black smokescreen created is useful for sneaking into the middle lane and holding everyone up at 55mph.

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Marmaduke said:

Not unlike the aston martin in goldfinger

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