Yes, the plate and first use can be different. It may be a dealer pre-registration to meet quotas, or it may be that a previous owner was William Leonard Orwell or equally obscure. I have an app now on my phone that actually lists fails, but not advisories. Not many of our works vehicles last...

I got one off ebay for my netbook, 5m long for 6 quid shipped free from http://stores.ebay.co.uk/ukdailybuy?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 this seller

Kent has loads of Lanes IIRC, If you don't mind the M11 Thetford Forest is nice, usually fairly safe for newbies too. There is no such thing as a short term project on a disco. Mines been on the drive a year but Im finally getting round to it.

My Haynes agrees, as I am sure my rave would if I could find the damn disc wallet.

Hi, from a fellow london resident. There are clubs out and about, I am a member of 4x4 response and we have laning trips and driver training days. A day in a pay & play site can be advantageous, lots of people around if you get stuck, and likely willing to offer help and advice, a good way to...

I have had my headliner in and out a few times, it is not a big deal solo, and would be a doddle with an extra body.

I wouldn't bank on it. No ABS, No traction control, no flexible plastic bumpers, none of the safety features taken for granted on the typical new driver's superminis. Insurance is based notpurely on the damage you can do to yourself, but damage dmage you can do to others. A defender is going to...

Bad fuel/air mix, over fuelling for whatever reason, nothing to do with oil, that would create bluish smoke.

Straight through pipes will not meet the type approval that the vehicle initially gained, thus it could get into potential trouble as regards insurance if not declared. I used to run V8 RRCs with rear box only and no trouble with plod/mot, but I ran them on the company trade policy being a...

I know externally the TD5s shared nothing in common with D1s, but are the internal measurements similar enough to allow me to put (bodge) a D2 commercial bulkhead in my D1? D1 bulkheads seem to be non-existent these days, but plenty of D2 ones knocking round fleabay, and at what I think...

Floods on the outsides to light edges, spots in the centre to light ahead. This where although looking ridiculous on a defender, the slightly curved bars can actually make sense in lighting a wider area better. I haven't gotten as far as front lighting yet, but the mere 7w work light is as...

LR headlights are often appalling. Try quality bulbs such as Osram Nightbreakers or Philips X-treme Vision. Do not try the HID conversion kits. They are not legal on anything that did not have them as OE installs, they have a mandatory requirement for washers and self-levelling mechanisms.

As is normal, DVLA are not much help, the actual regulations are here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/part/II/made Any MOT tester should be checking at every test. Not to mention, if involved in anything to do with the police wanting a word they can issue a rectification notice, a...

Not legal because plate and numbers are non-conforming.

Have a look for any alignment marks, that may be obscured by however many years of road grime. While there, look for any suspiciously less grimy areas that may suggest a balance weight has fallen off a shaft. As a rule of thumb, if it rotates, mark everywhere it changes to something else, so a...

You shouldn't be exempt at all I am afraid. From TFL themselves..... We have worked with Land Rover to establish which vehicles with the body type of 'Light 4x4 Utility Vehicle' are subject to the LEZ. Vehicles manufactured before 1973 are considered to be 'historic' vehicles and are exempt...

I'd love one of them, but living inside the M25 I can't afford the hundred quid a day or the work to make it compliant.

As is, your batteries should balance out at an equal voltage with no load, then as you state once the voltages drop enough the relay should click over and disconnect the pair. Personally I prefer a complete disconnect when the alternator is not running, that way if I do have a problem I should...

New bearings, then a wobble. If something new happens after a component change, I suspect what has been changed first. Some makes of bearings have poor quality control,Britpart last about a month of hard driving for me. Double check all the things recently changed, undone and re done. Ensure...

Please remember that your licence may well knock what you can tow down a great deal. If you do not have B+E you are limited to 3500kg, minus the maximum weight of your Defender, or a maximum of 750KG unbraked. People who first passed in the last 20 years or so do not automatically get +E on...