Yesterday I went to collect my new P38..it looks lovely.  Paintwork in
good nick, new engine sounds sweet as a nut, switched over to LPG no
problems, on the test drive everything worked as it should, EAS (which
was replaced completely 3 years ago) worked as it should, no
problems...so set off for the 200 mile drive home.

After 75 miles of dual carriageway, the dreaded happened.."EAS
FAULT"..the car continued to drive fine, but then it got worse..."EAS
FAULT: 35 MPH MAX"...and before I knew it I was sitting on the
floor..fortunatley some services were very close so I limped in.  When
I pulled in A Very Nice Man was there just finishing off another job
so as I am a member I asked him to take a look at mine.  All his
computer said (he didnt plug it in because he looked pretty useless)
was to check the fuses, which we did.  however when removing the fuse
cover it did have a distinct electrical smell.  So I then phoned for a
flatbed truck (which turned up within 15 minutes, very impressed) who
brought me home to face the music from SWMBO for buying "another heap
of junk!".

When I eventually got home I looked a but further..it appears that the
compressor isnt running as it should be, so I'm hoping that its one of
the relays that has burnt out, but without having another relay to
test it with there's no real way of knowing..unless someone on the
group has an ingenious way of testing it!  I've got the number of a
local Land Rover Mobile mechanic who can hopefully run Rovacom on it
to find out whats happened..

So it looks like the money I was going to spend on tarting it up a bit
will have to go on repairs.  Whilst at the services I phoned the guy
who I bought it off to ask him if he'd sold me a lemon, and tbh he
seemed genuinely shocked and gutted, and he called me a few hours
later to see if I'd got home OK, so I don't think he was trying to
pull a fast one, otherwise he wouldnt have bothered..

A not-very-happy Paul..