Its here...........let the glitch list commence

(05-11-2012 01:49pm)XFullFatTim Wrote:  What lessons do you need to drive an auto?

Make sure your seatbelt is fastened before you press the 'clutch'?

(05-11-2012 01:49pm)XFullFatTim Wrote:  You would surprised how many Evoque and Freelander owners buy a Defender as their 2nd car - agricultural it certain is but so much fun! Take you have a 2.2TDCi (the latest version as a demo) - it's a sleeved down Transit Van engine not the PSA/Ford Engine we have in the Evoque. First gear is almost unecessary on the road it is so short!

What lessons do you need to drive an auto?

I assume you are correct about the defender engine there's no designation on the back. I'm not sure its the car for me although its an interesting driving experience.

I did not fancy learning to drive an automatic in rush hour traffic. I guess I will have to have a go at sometime though.

(05-11-2012 02:06pm)NightFox Wrote:  Make sure your seatbelt is fastened before you press the 'clutch'?

Make sure your left foot is tucked away under the seat...!

Got the car back yesterday TV now works, tailgate works better too and the spare wheel is present now. Best of all the car had been cleaned inside and out.

The TV fault was caused by a connection under the seat that in the technician's words "is connected to one plug for cheap evoques and another for posh ones" and mine was connected to the cheap one when it should have been in the posh one apparently.

Tailgate got new struts and had to stay in overnight while a new control module was delivered. This has rectified the issue with it not opening fully sometimes.

Now get out there and drive it! You need to add some rattles to the work list so a few rough backroads should see that job done

(07-11-2012 07:06pm)XFullFatTim Wrote:  Now get out there and drive it! You need to add some rattles to the work list so a few rough backroads should see that job done

I'm driving it as much as I can. We are Off to Dundee tomorrow as it seems its the nearest waterstones to Aberdeen that has kindle paper lights in stock. So we will have probably 1300 miles on the clock in 8 days. I'm starting to think that my 12000 estimate for the insurance might be a bit on the low side

We went for a posh lunch today at eat on the green and it was like a landrover convention when we came out. A black pure, my dynamic, a FFRR and a freelander all parked in a row outside the restaurant!

What, where are the pics!!

(07-11-2012 11:15pm)Evo-king Wrote:  What, where are the pics!!

Oops, so excited with driving it I forgot to take photos! I'll throw the camera in the boot today and try to get some nice ones. Its a bit dirty though.

(08-11-2012 09:10am)eddkawasaki Wrote:  Its a bit dirty though.

So? It's a Land Rover, they are meant to get dirty

Ok Tim so it was not as dirty as I first thought

Here it is though