I think not: Ramblers Association - Footpaths - Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 Restricted Byways were what used to be called 'RUPPs' - Road Used as Public Path, but this was an ambiguous name and never clear about whether vehicles were allowed. So the guvmint turned them all to...

A friend of mine says he really rates the PSA XUD (peugeot/citroen) engine - and if he had a Landy he'd think about popping one in. I'm not sure if that's even possible or easy or what.... Linkage: PSA XUD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

First time I stopped in mine I pulled the knob out and then pushed it back in again, and then couldn't get the key out! Fiddled with it for a while before pulling the knob out again which released the key. So you can't take the keys out without pulling the knob and stopping your engine. Thanks...

Yeah, tis a 1983 Series 3. Keyhole is on the left of the steering column with a cut-off pull-switch just next to it. Ooh, is it a steering lock too? Should I just jiggle the steering wheel when I turn the key? If so, then I'm doing it unconsciously most of the time...

After filling up with diesel this morning, and sitting on the forecourt ready to go, I couldn't turn my key. I jiggled it, wiggled it, stuck it in and out a few times, prodded the cutoff knob - nothing. Wouldn't budge. I'm not sure what eventually happened, but I must have said some prayer to...

Its taken me a bit of time to reliably find first on my S3 - I was going over into reverse sometimes. Push left, hit the gate carefully, and then just back central a touch and then up. On my learner car it was hard left and hard up for first gear, with a locking ring for reverse. Ah, I was...

Yes, I've now got my S3! Woohoo. My first car! A 1983 88" Station Wagon from Liveridge 4x4 conveniently close to my parents' place in Redditch, where I am now with "Boo" (for that is her name) parked on the drive next to my Dad's Renault. Thanks for whoever suggested Liverpool Vic insurance -...

As a treat for passing my driving test (last year at the ripe old age of 40) some friends of mine paid for me to have a go at a 4x4 place in Cumbria. It was the one thing that kept me doing lessons, knowing that I'd be off-roading as soon as I passed my test. Then the guy there didn't bother...

Oh what jolly lights. Anyone looking for the authentic Lightweight Army LR First Aid box might want one of these: Footwear, at Gr-Rd Taylor - BRITISH ARMY "LAND ROVER" FIRST AID TIN (EMPTY) Just not sure why its in the 'Footwear' section. I was just looking for jerry cans and ammo boxes.

At my age I know thats not true anymore! Shame my 30 years of bicycling don't count - I've had one smidsy ("Sorry mate I didn't see you") hit me which bent my back wheel, and one broken elbow when falling off cos my front fork broke. That's road experience for you! Just got a real good online...

So esure are saying they think you're going to cause over 3000 pounds worth of damage to other people's cars in your first year of motoring! If I paid that much for 3rd party insurance I'd be driving like a dodgem car just to get my money's worth...

Yes, but it also says its used on oilrigs - which are metal structures that produce large quantities of oil... So that rules in series vehicles :rolleyes:

Confucious.com (no hang on thats the chinese philosopher) confused.com lists the AA as 'Unable to quote for more than 5 seats' - spose thats okay for your pickup but not for my 6-seater station wagon :mad: I suppose I'll have to try and find a wife with some points on her license, but I think...

I already live in Lancaster... Oh, you mean the insurance company :) Yeah, they came up pretty high on dazed-and-confused.com (oh no, thats a Led Zeppelin track), so I shall try calling to see if they can do better... I think I can just squeeze a SWB Landy into my back yard so I can tell them...

I suppose if I'd passed my driving test 20 years ago and not waited this long then I reckon I wouldn't be paying that much. There can't be much data on new Landy-driving 40-year olds (the midlife-crisis vehicle of choice being a slightly more sporty number, I imagine) so I was expecting a bit...

And then another friend of mine says 'Don't believe those ads in the Landy mags that say they can do cheap specialist land rover cover'. I don't know who to believe :mad: There was an article in LRM about a 17 year old kid who seems to have built his own souped-up off-roader Landy from scratch...

So I tried confused.com to get an idea of the kind of price its going to be to insure me, and first I'm surprised at the range - from around 300 to 1500. Yikes. Are insurers so bad at assessing my risk that they differ by a factor of five? And then I try Sureterm, as mentioned by someone in...

Well, I originally learnt to drive in a 1953 Morris Minor (in 1983), so I had the joys of double-declutching, torsion bar suspension, and of course rust, to deal with then. Hopefully I'll only have rust to deal with in Boo (yes, she's got a name already). I relearnt and passed with BSM in a...

Well, I finally did it. At age 41, after passing my driving test only last year, I've got a Land Rover. My first car. Its a SWB S3 station wagon with the standard diesel, overdrive, FWH. Currently Liveridge4x4 are sorting out the little problems with it (some new springs, new door) but then...