RangeRoller dt
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got my first start building industrial units right next to KentCams. Had 3 weeks work but was there for years. Used to go in and buy chilled cans out of the vending machine and you get joking and laughing with the boys. They’d take us in to see what they were doing in the shop. Breathtaking some of it - one was an F1 car they were putting together lining it all up with lasers. In return we used to leave the gates open when everyone had gone so they could use the brand new tarmac for ‘testing’. Good bunch of guys and insane drivers lol.
stuu
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1001 pages wow. Im sure this thread was in the 300s when i joined with my red p38 6 years ago. (corrected i was 24 when i got my red p38) 
I think its was almost fate i ended up with a l322 and a gearbox job....
Red p38 auto smashed flex plate gearbox out.
Black p38 manual box was always seconds from exploding.
Green p38 manual. Box had no syncros left im sure.
Disco 2. 2 gearboxes went bang.
I think its was almost fate i ended up with a l322 and a gearbox job....
Red p38 auto smashed flex plate gearbox out.
Black p38 manual box was always seconds from exploding.
Green p38 manual. Box had no syncros left im sure.
Disco 2. 2 gearboxes went bang.
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1001 pages wow. Im sure this thread was in the 300s when i joined with my red p38 7 years ago.
There might even be a useful comment in there somewhere.
stuu
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Not likely from me
Dopey
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Yea crazy who'd have thought eh?
tomcat59alan
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There seems to be a theme here,have you thought of taking the divers boot off your right foot?1001 pages wow. Im sure this thread was in the 300s when i joined with my red p38 6 years ago. (corrected i was 24 when i got my red p38)
I think its was almost fate i ended up with a l322 and a gearbox job....
Red p38 auto smashed flex plate gearbox out.
Black p38 manual box was always seconds from exploding.
Green p38 manual. Box had no syncros left im sure.
Disco 2. 2 gearboxes went bang.
i know someone who managed to kill an autobox, never put foot on the brake when shifting to D or R and would shift between the 2 while still in motionThere seems to be a theme here,have you thought of taking the divers boot off your right foot?
tomcat59alan
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I knew a knobhead who used to stop his XJ6 by selecting Pi know someone who managed to kill an autobox, never put foot on the brake when shifting to D or R and would shift between the 2 while still in motion
Enthusiastman
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Off to look at 2 P38's tomorow local to me. 1 is a 97 model 4.6 Autobiograpy model and the other is a 2001 4.0 HSE. Both cars are blue. If either one floats my boat then i may buy one of them or just wait for the dealer of the red Vogue SE to get back to me to say he has fixed the oil leak on it and then resume that deal.
Oh the joys of P38 hunting eh!!! LOL
Oh the joys of P38 hunting eh!!! LOL
stuu
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I did consider it onceThere seems to be a theme here,have you thought of taking the divers boot off your right foot?
gold rover
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Not quite D to R , but I once did 3rd to R, in a 'special duties' Range Rover.i know someone who managed to kill an autobox, never put foot on the brake when shifting to D or R and would shift between the 2 while still in motion
I was on a Close Protection course and doing the 'get the hell out of here , we've been ambushed' drill. So out of the blue a car blocks the road, shots fired. The accepted action was slow down, into reverse and j-turn. However, in my 'eagerness', I just slammed from 3rd to reverse. Ohhhhhh you should've seen everyone's faces
gold rover
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I've never tried it in an auto. I suppose brakes on , reverse selected, then neutral as you throw it round , putting it in to semi-auto to go forward, before going back into auto? Sounds complicated. All of our 'special duties' vehicles were manual. So never had to try it
gold rover
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There are several solutions, I was only relating that one as it tied in with the conversation. Who did you do your Close Protection course with?
Dopey
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Virgin Atlantic.... (I know but true) they sent me on a weeks course, and I used to drive mainly Arabs about the UK
gold rover
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How do you do a J turn in an aeroplane
My course was slightly longer than a week. The driving element alone took about that, if I remember correctly. Got to say it was worth it , for all the gucci gear alone
