1. Andi1

    Hello. I'm a noob.

    Well next time you could just stay at our place. We have an extra room along with an extra car :) I'll just trade you for some tedious wrenching in the garage:D
  2. Andi1

    Hello. I'm a noob.

    Sorry....It's my dream Land Rover. I know about the Rovers...but us Americans love to short cut on our words and use lots of abbreviations in our writing. We always say Rover or Disco instead of Land Rover and Discovery or Yoda instead of Toyota and MBZ or Merc instead of Mercedes Benz or...
  3. Andi1

    Swiss Land Rover Disco II PARTS sites?

    Oh also if anyone knows some good indy techs,"mom and pop" or "shade tree" garages in or around Bern,Switzerland...please let me know. All I know of Rover shops is the all Land Rover shop in Spiez...but hates Disco's and the Ford/LandRover/Subaru garage in Ostermundigen that seems to only like...
  4. Andi1

    Swiss Land Rover Disco II PARTS sites?

    So a week before I purchased my disco I ordered a basic service kit and some things here and there from a site in the UK called Famous Four. When my package came to Switzerland I was charged another shipping fee or Tax of 140CHF when I picked it up at the post office!! I was told by the Post...
  5. Andi1

    Hello. I'm a noob.

    Last night was my first night with the Disco and I took her up high to the top of a small mountain near Bern to take some pictures,play little in the mud and learn some newer features that I did not have on my Salty Disco II back home. Not before long it started to snow like crazy...a surprise...
  6. Andi1

    Hello. I'm a noob.

    I drove it with Texan plates for the first year then brought it to a Land Rover Garage in Spiez to see what all has to be done for making it EU ready. I was quoted over 7,000CHF in parts and service including the price of registering,tax and so on. I might send it back home and then instead pick...
  7. Andi1

    Hello. I'm a noob.

    No, but I could share some of my über taxes and bills with you...thanks for the welcomes.
  8. Andi1

    Hello. I'm a noob.

    Oh I forgot to mention I also have a 1997 Land Rover Defender 90 V8...except it's still rocking Texan plates and I'm having a tough time registering it here in Switzerland so I'm towing to my girlfriends ranch in Germany this summer and making it an offroad only weekend fun truck until my dad...
  9. Andi1

    first time introduction

    Sweet I joined today too.
  10. Andi1

    Hello. I'm a noob.

    Just wanted to say hello to everyone! I'm "Andi1" and this is my introduction: I bought my second Disco II today in Switzerland. My first Disco was 2002 model,4.0 V8 dark green and rocking the three amigos. I left it back in Texas and missed so much that I had to get another one. Today, on a...