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Hector the Bad

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In a moment of complete sanity I have just bankrupted myself with a 200,000 mile 1987 Defender 90 with a meaty Isuzu 2.8 motor, driving it home 200 miles across the Highlands in the worst weather Scotland can throw up. I've been hankering for a while for a replacement for the best vehicle (apart from motorbikes) I've ever had, a TD5 which I had for five years. I live in a remote part of a remote island with terrible, potholed single track roads, spectacular rainfall and the most beautiful landscape in the world. Only four people live within five miles of me. I am in pig heaven...
 
Hector the Bad said:
In a moment of complete sanity I have just bankrupted myself with a 200,000 mile 1987 Defender 90 with a meaty Isuzu 2.8 motor, driving it home 200 miles across the Highlands in the worst weather Scotland can throw up. I've been hankering for a while for a replacement for the best vehicle (apart from motorbikes) I've ever had, a TD5 which I had for five years. I live in a remote part of a remote island with terrible, potholed single track roads, spectacular rainfall and the most beautiful landscape in the world. Only four people live within five miles of me. I am in pig heaven...
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Welcome.
Although have to add "in the worst weather Scotland can throw up" and Skye 'remote' (it's got a bridge to the mainland)? Ummmm, methinks you might be prone to a little exaggeration. Pinocchio.png We're nowhere near the worst weather, for this year or any other year. Enjoy playing in it when it comes :)
 
gold rover said:
Welcome.
Although have to add "in the worst weather Scotland can throw up" and Skye 'remote' (it's got a bridge to the mainland)? Ummmm, methinks you might be prone to a little exaggeration. View attachment 276318 We're nowhere near the worst weather, for this year or any other year. Enjoy playing in it when it comes :)
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Dear Gold Rover,
If you had read my post with less viscous intent you might have noted that only four people live within five miles of me. That's what I call remote. I thought this might be a friendly forum, like the one for old BMW motorcycles, which I have belonged to for years. So thank you for your unpleasant, snidey welcome. Perhaps you could retain your angry, pent-up keyboard-warrior feelings (and your little Pinocchio image) for your Twitter account?
 
Looks very nice! Make sure you invest in some decent security measures too, they’re very popular with thieves.
 
Beneagles said:
Nowt much wrong with the road in those pics. Where are the pot holes you were on about?
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The first pic is in a car park near Inveraray and the second in a lay-by near Gengarry… the real potholes, dug out at night in secret by the Highland Council, are to be found on many roads in Skye and are now a tourist attraction for off-roaders.
 
Welcome Aboard :)

Nice looking 90 in a nice colour too :)

Pics are cool - got any more of the scenery round about - tis a bonny place is Skye :)
 
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