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jermec - 12 Jan 2006 20:59 GMT Happened to be passing a LR dealer this afternoon, so we called in.
Sat in a Disco 3 and a RR Sport.
You can smell the money, can't you?
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Mother - 12 Jan 2006 21:08 GMT >Sat in a Disco 3 and a RR Sport. > >You can smell the money, can't you? I can smell the depreciation, it smells like wot Max rolls in when the fox has left it...
jermec - 12 Jan 2006 21:31 GMT >>Sat in a Disco 3 and a RR Sport. >> >>You can smell the money, can't you? > > I can smell the depreciation, it smells like wot Max rolls in when the > fox has left it... Your Max does that too? So does ours. Wouldn't like to let him in the back of that Rangie afterwards. To be honest, I don't like letting him in the back of the Defender when he's done that, but the RSPCA object to him running behind. :o)
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Alex - 12 Jan 2006 22:56 GMT >>>Sat in a Disco 3 and a RR Sport. >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >in the back of the Defender when he's done that, but the RSPCA object to >him running behind. :o) Couldn't you fit him with a set of doggie rollerskates or something? Failing that, tie him to the roofrack.
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Ian Rawlings - 12 Jan 2006 23:51 GMT > Couldn't you fit him with a set of doggie rollerskates or something? > Failing that, tie him to the roofrack. How about some CB mag-mounts on his feet, you could clip him on the side then, dashing along with his tongue hanging out!
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William Tasso - 13 Jan 2006 00:07 GMT >> Couldn't you fit him with a set of doggie rollerskates or something? >> Failing that, tie him to the roofrack. > > How about some CB mag-mounts on his feet, you could clip him on the > side then, dashing along with his tongue hanging out! mag-mounts on Land Rover?
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Ian Rawlings - 13 Jan 2006 00:18 GMT > mag-mounts on Land Rover? It's only the Defender and earlier ones that it won't work on, Disco etc are magnetic. Err, in fact I'm only sure about the Disco and am assuming the rangies are!
Anyhow, even with the Defender you could clip him on underneath, two paws on one chassis rail, the other two paws on the other. Simple!
Then there's the steel modulars...
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Neil Brownlee - 13 Jan 2006 09:07 GMT The Disco only has a steel roof, sills and arches...the rest is ally....just like the Range Rover it was based on....
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Ian Rawlings - 13 Jan 2006 09:46 GMT > The Disco only has a steel roof, sills and arches...the rest is ally....just > like the Range Rover it was based on.... Ah OK, never mind, I thought I was onto a winning business idea there..
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Alex - 13 Jan 2006 00:09 GMT >> Couldn't you fit him with a set of doggie rollerskates or something? >> Failing that, tie him to the roofrack. > >How about some CB mag-mounts on his feet, you could clip him on the >side then, dashing along with his tongue hanging out! I tried a Magmount on my landrover, but i had to take it back to the shop as it was faulty - it kept falling off.
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Ian Rawlings - 13 Jan 2006 00:19 GMT > I tried a Magmount on my landrover, but i had to take it back to the > shop as it was faulty - it kept falling off. Which landrover? I thought we weren't on about the ally ones?
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Alex - 13 Jan 2006 00:56 GMT >> I tried a Magmount on my landrover, but i had to take it back to the >> shop as it was faulty - it kept falling off. > >Which landrover? I thought we weren't on about the ally ones? If it's not made of ally and isn't on leaf springs, it isn't a Land Rover.
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Austin Shackles - 13 Jan 2006 10:57 GMT >>> Couldn't you fit him with a set of doggie rollerskates or something? >>> Failing that, tie him to the roofrack. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >I tried a Magmount on my landrover, but i had to take it back to the >shop as it was faulty - it kept falling off. I had a dodgy one, too. wouldn't stick to the roof of my Reliant Regal.
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Tom Woods - 13 Jan 2006 00:18 GMT >Your Max does that too? So does ours. Wouldn't like to let him in the >back of that Rangie afterwards. To be honest, I don't like letting him >in the back of the Defender when he's done that, but the RSPCA object to >him running behind. :o) I followed a big RV thing along the motorway last summer. He had a little tiny dog trailer on the back of it. It was basically like a little box with small air holes at the top with 2 wheels on.
I dont think i'd want to put an animal in one.
Ian Rawlings - 13 Jan 2006 00:46 GMT > I followed a big RV thing along the motorway last summer. An RV? What's that, isn't it one of those remotely controlled submarine things they send down to the titanic?
> I dont think i'd want to put an animal in one. Me neither, unless it was a fish. Or a small yappy dog.
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Tom Woods - 13 Jan 2006 10:12 GMT >> I followed a big RV thing along the motorway last summer. > >An RV? What's that, isn't it one of those remotely controlled >submarine things they send down to the titanic? American camper van (such as at http://www.rvusa.com/ ). Like an english camper van but twice as big!
>> I dont think i'd want to put an animal in one. > >Me neither, unless it was a fish. Or a small yappy dog. I doublt it would be yappy for long after being in one of them. It must be pretty scary being dragged along the motorway in a small woolden box at 60+ mph
Mother - 13 Jan 2006 11:33 GMT >American camper van (such as at http://www.rvusa.com/ ). Like an >english camper van but twice as big! Hmm.... pop-out sides and roof.... Hmm....
Austin Shackles - 14 Jan 2006 18:52 GMT >>American camper van (such as at http://www.rvusa.com/ ). Like an >>english camper van but twice as big! > >Hmm.... pop-out sides and roof.... Hmm.... You'll never get it to work...
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Badger - 19 Jan 2006 15:06 GMT >>>American camper van (such as at http://www.rvusa.com/ ). Like an >>>english camper van but twice as big! >> >>Hmm.... pop-out sides and roof.... Hmm.... > > You'll never get it to work... have you just isued Martyn a challenge, Austin? Teehee.
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Austin Shackles - 19 Jan 2006 19:00 GMT >>>>American camper van (such as at http://www.rvusa.com/ ). Like an >>>>english camper van but twice as big! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >have you just isued Martyn a challenge, Austin? >Teehee. 's traditional, innit. Any time someone mentions something unlikely such as that, someone says "You'llnever get it to work" or "it'll never fit".
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Mother - 19 Jan 2006 19:19 GMT >>have you just isued Martyn a challenge, Austin? >>Teehee. > >'s traditional, innit. Any time someone mentions something unlikely such as >that, someone says "You'llnever get it to work" or "it'll never fit". Cept of course, you're right - in this case.
It would mean rebuilding the entire back body as the way it is currently constructed affords 4 mini rollcages and a very high degree of strength (I've seen them rolled with little or no damage).
To build in slide out sides would mean a complete rethink as to how to maintain structural integrity. Essentially, it's probably something worth doing to a rolling chassis - but not an existing ambi.
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Steve Taylor - 19 Jan 2006 20:56 GMT > To build in slide out sides would mean a complete rethink as to how to > maintain structural integrity. RSJ. ;-)
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Dave Liquorice - 14 Jan 2006 14:52 GMT > American camper van (such as at http://www.rvusa.com/ ). Like an > english camper van but twice as big! There is an American camper around here that tows a twin axle flatbed trailer with a Ronage Rover on it. I wonder how many gallons it does to the mile...
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Derek - 16 Jan 2006 00:00 GMT >> American camper van (such as at http://www.rvusa.com/ ). Like an >> english camper van but twice as big! > > There is an American camper around here that tows a twin axle flatbed > trailer with a Ronage Rover on it. I wonder how many gallons it does > to the mile... And of course does he have an HGV (LGV these days) licence. Derek
Mother - 13 Jan 2006 10:01 GMT >Your Max does that too? So does ours. He'll roll in whatever he judges to be the worst smelling of stuff. A dead fish in Leamington led to a very uncomfortable drive back to Sheffield after the 101 club AGM last November.
Jonathan Spencer - 16 Jan 2006 15:43 GMT >>Your Max does that too? So does ours. > >He'll roll in whatever he judges to be the worst smelling of stuff. A >dead fish in Leamington led to a very uncomfortable drive back to >Sheffield after the 101 club AGM last November. Mine rolled in a dead sheep. After he'd dug it up. It had been buried a week, and was mighty ripe. ;-) An involuntary bath in the River Swale removed much - but not all - of the slimy grey stuff off him.
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Mother - 16 Jan 2006 20:40 GMT >Mine rolled in a dead sheep. After he'd dug it up. It had been buried >a week, and was mighty ripe. ;-) An involuntary bath in the River >Swale removed much - but not all - of the slimy grey stuff off him. Quality! Max has tried this once, actually twice, first time, dead sheep half buried in sand at Renvyle beach (Connemara National Park, the best campsite in Eire), then again at the Welsh 101 UNOFFICIAL gathering last October - again, dead sheep half buried in the sand at Llanstephan (good call Austin, by the way - even though you got lost on the way to K Quads!).
Both times he was reminded that such behaviour tends to make his nose hurt.
The dead fish was enough to make us sell the Discovery... Tim? :-)
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Richard Brookman - 16 Jan 2006 21:51 GMT ...and Mother" <"@ {mother} @ spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
> Quality! Max has tried this once, actually twice, first time, dead > sheep half buried in sand at Renvyle beach (Connemara National Park, > the best campsite in Eire), then again at the Welsh 101 UNOFFICIAL > gathering last October - again, dead sheep half buried in the sand at > Llanstephan Zulu has a nasty habit of getting into the field, rolling in fox poo (and badger poo for added piquancy), then coming indoors unseen and hiding under the dining room table. We notice the gradually deteriorating ambience and eventually track it down to a guilty-looking dog. Hosepipe and Jeyes fluid last time. Took a week before we could watch TV in comfort again.
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jermec - 17 Jan 2006 19:48 GMT > Zulu has a nasty habit of getting into the field, rolling in fox poo (and > badger poo for added piquancy), then coming indoors unseen and hiding under > the dining room table. We notice the gradually deteriorating ambience and > eventually track it down to a guilty-looking dog. Hosepipe and Jeyes fluid > last time. Took a week before we could watch TV in comfort again. Hmm. Never had to resort to Jeyes fluid on Max or Mutley, his illustrious predecessor. I would like to report that despite the hype which put me off the idea, tomato ketchup or tinned tomatoes do a pretty good job of shifting eau de fox, essence of badger, and fortified cow poo.
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Richard Brookman - 17 Jan 2006 19:53 GMT ...and jermec spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>> Zulu has a nasty habit of getting into the field, rolling in fox poo >> (and badger poo for added piquancy), then coming indoors unseen and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > pretty good job of shifting eau de fox, essence of badger, and > fortified cow poo. I reckon Zulu would just try to eat himself. The only food or food-like substance that he is known not to eat is sliced cucumber. If I put tomato ketchup on his back, he'd dislocate his neck in an instant.
Hmm... worth a try.
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Austin Shackles - 16 Jan 2006 22:25 GMT >Llanstephan (good call Austin, by the way - even though you got lost >on the way to K Quads!). Actually, I was going the right way, but some git had removed the roadsigns. then I got misled by others.
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Mother - 17 Jan 2006 22:32 GMT >>Llanstephan (good call Austin, by the way - even though you got lost >>on the way to K Quads!). > >Actually, I was going the right way, but some git had removed the roadsigns. >then I got misled by others. We all believe that, honest... ;-)
Didn't make any difference though, mind it was funny that we left Lee at the Gas station and he'd arrived long before us!
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Simon Isaacs - 17 Jan 2006 20:13 GMT >>Mine rolled in a dead sheep. After he'd dug it up. It had been buried >>a week, and was mighty ripe. ;-) An involuntary bath in the River [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >The dead fish was enough to make us sell the Discovery... Tim? :-) we've got all this fun to come, local rescue centres are now flooded with unwanted xmas puppies, so time to go rescue one!
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jermec - 17 Jan 2006 20:37 GMT > we've got all this fun to come, local rescue centres are now flooded > with unwanted xmas puppies, so time to go rescue one! I am sooooo tempted at the moment to get Max a playmate, and then you go and post this...
I can't afford the money, I can't afford the new furniture, I can't afford the time, I want a puppy - repeat mantra until Labrador requires attention.
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Mother - 17 Jan 2006 22:50 GMT >I am sooooo tempted at the moment to get Max a playmate, and then you go >and post this... Stop that. MI bin thinking the same... Urgh...
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Mother - 17 Jan 2006 22:50 GMT >>The dead fish was enough to make us sell the Discovery... Tim? :-) > >we've got all this fun to come, local rescue centres are now flooded >with unwanted xmas puppies, so time to go rescue one! Wait. Go a few times, don't take a new housemate home until you - and they, are absolutley sure. We walked past Max twice on various visits and made excuses (too big, far tooooo hyper etc) for not talking to him.
Then on the 4th or so visit I was sooo fed up with him making such a fuss I told him to shut the f.ck up. He stopped, sat, tilted his head and gave me 'a certain look' (a look that those who know Max will - erm, know!).
He was in the back of the Disco within a week - after we'd asked him to come look over Poggle Wood first and he'd expressed approval by not turning his nose up...
He was a mighty mad, and manic new arrival when he moved in, but like anything that has a pulse, will respond well if given the right attention, security, love and the odd beating to within an inch of their life... (erm, only joking about the last bit... honest...) Enjoy! :-)
The only real tip I can give is GET PETPLAN INSURANCE. It's saved me over 3K since the accident prone little bugger arrived. The vet thinks I'm a fussy old woman as I take him there whenever I think he may be in pain or otherwise discomforted (well, untill Max can actually 'tell' me, I'll guess, ok?), and Pet Plan will pay for any episode that costs more than 40 odd quid.
Oh, and get a decent lead, oh, and make sure s/he knows who's boss, and get a bed - keep to routine, get poobags, a good firm brush, clean teeth daily (yes, a bit minging, but worth it - and builds trust and stuph), and walk lots, and play and don't feed it crap, and get a Charlotte... Erm, you already have a brand of that... Enjoy... :-)
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Simon Isaacs - 18 Jan 2006 20:12 GMT >, and get a >Charlotte... Erm, you already have a brand of that... Enjoy... :-) I've already suggested that she should go walking with Charlotte at some of the shows.... Her comments were along the lines of she'd be dead before they got halfway round, given the monster marathons charlotte does!
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Mother - 18 Jan 2006 20:42 GMT >I've already suggested that she should go walking with Charlotte at >some of the shows.... Her comments were along the lines of she'd be >dead before they got halfway round, given the monster marathons >charlotte does! Depends on the show really. Eastnor has miles and miles and miles of really good walks (so she says - I guess she may also have found a chocolate factory nearby tho'). Mind, Charlotte always manages to souce decent walks at most showgrounds by at least the 4th year... :-)
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Tim Hobbs - 19 Jan 2006 00:58 GMT >>Mine rolled in a dead sheep. After he'd dug it up. It had been buried >>a week, and was mighty ripe. ;-) An involuntary bath in the River [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >The dead fish was enough to make us sell the Discovery... Tim? :-) You haven't, have you...
I want it back so much it hurts.
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Mother - 19 Jan 2006 09:26 GMT >>The dead fish was enough to make us sell the Discovery... Tim? :-) > >You haven't, have you... I was on the verge of doing so!
>I want it back so much it hurts. It's a good car - a few interesting issues have cropped up, but I think she wants to hang on to it I'm afraid.
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Tim Hobbs - 19 Jan 2006 14:20 GMT >>>The dead fish was enough to make us sell the Discovery... Tim? :-) >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >It's a good car - a few interesting issues have cropped up, but I >think she wants to hang on to it I'm afraid. So where did the fish come from? I wasn't one of mine...
What's cropped up? The arches were shot, but I didn't think there was much on the horizon apart from that.
If I'd been going to keep it I'd have had to do the arches and probably a respray to the roof and pillars - it was a "customer-facing" vehicle after all.
Volvo isn't long for this world.... :)
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Mother - 19 Jan 2006 19:21 GMT >So where did the fish come from? I wasn't one of mine... Pay attention at the back!
It's what Max rolled in whilst I was at the AGM and Charlotte was off walking him along the canal towpath...
>What's cropped up? The arches were shot, but I didn't think there was >much on the horizon apart from that. Done the arches ages ago - not resprayed, but it isn't public facing.
It's developed a very (very) severe shaking and juddering on the odd - unexpected occasion. Done all the usual stuff, wheels, s'pension, and all. May have everything at the front replaced and buy some new wheels...
I'm also, it would appear, becoming a lazy old fart, as I really could get used to driving an automatic now I've the ZF in Grumble :-)
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Austin Shackles - 19 Jan 2006 19:46 GMT >becoming a lazy old fart, "becoming" ?
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Tim Hobbs - 21 Jan 2006 17:58 GMT >>So where did the fish come from? I wasn't one of mine... > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >all. May have everything at the front replaced and buy some new >wheels... It did have the usual swivel-pin shake, cured by Himself at the same time as the brake rebuild. Didn't have all the bushes done IIRC.
It also had an occasional 'burning smell' from the PAS, which I put down as a side effect of the swivels being buggered, causing the PAS to work harder (?). It certainly never came back after the swivels were done.
So many buggered Discos around now a front axle shouldn't be hard to find to strip and rebuild as a replacement. There was a bit more prop and diff play than ideal, so it would take a bit of the clunk out of the drivetrain too.
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Neil Brownlee - 13 Jan 2006 09:09 GMT Hmmmm,
Best keep quiet about my proposed purchase then. Suffice is to say it has a black badge, isn't a pre-19whenever they went green, and it's not one of those bloody footballers cars either (Range Rover Ripoff cheap crappy Sport)
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Derek - 13 Jan 2006 21:01 GMT > Happened to be passing a LR dealer this afternoon, so we called in. > > Sat in a Disco 3 and a RR Sport. > > You can smell the money, can't you? My god you've been in the showroom? check your pockets!
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jermec - 13 Jan 2006 22:54 GMT >>Happened to be passing a LR dealer this afternoon, so we called in. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Derek > ( role model for Victor Meldrew) We're quite safe. Nobody came near us. I don't think we looked sufficiently wealthy to be worth bothering with. They weren't actually waiting to wipe the seats down after we left, but I didn't feel enormously welcome. Never mind. One more dealer crossed off our "where shall we get the next service done?" list.
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Mother - 13 Jan 2006 23:43 GMT >We're quite safe. Nobody came near us. I don't think we looked >sufficiently wealthy to be worth bothering with. They weren't actually >waiting to wipe the seats down after we left, but I didn't feel >enormously welcome. A few of us seem to be making this into something of a 'sport'.
Tim, Neil and Charlotte have all done the 'tramp', whilst I of course, stood in a puddle and waited for the police to arrive, arf... ;-)
Main dealers are worth a bit of fun - I'd NEVER give them the satisfaction of seeing my money though.
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Simon Isaacs - 14 Jan 2006 17:53 GMT >>We're quite safe. Nobody came near us. I don't think we looked >>sufficiently wealthy to be worth bothering with. They weren't actually [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Main dealers are worth a bit of fun - I'd NEVER give them the >satisfaction of seeing my money though. caused a giggle when I turned up in the off roading Disco, the sales staff looked disgruntled at this shabby looking battered thing, while the mechanics had a good prod and a chat.....
Might have to try it in the 101 just to see what the reaction is.....
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beamendsltd - 17 Jan 2006 09:39 GMT > >>We're quite safe. Nobody came near us. I don't think we looked > >>sufficiently wealthy to be worth bothering with. They weren't actually [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Might have to try it in the 101 just to see what the reaction is..... I nearly bought a new 110 Td5 a few years back - until the salesman told me my then just 5 year old 140,000 110 CSW was "only fit for aution" and offered £1500 PX (it was worth around £7,000 on a forcourt at the time).
I visit the showroom (to tread oily mud on the nice carpets now that the spares counter is in there) and usually comment to him "still going" 6 years and 110,000 miles later.......
I just can't wait until I give in and buy a new one (well, it'd be an ex demostrator - much cheaper) - but not from them.
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Rory - 16 Jan 2006 06:23 GMT A few of us seem to be making this into something of a 'sport'.
Tim, Neil and Charlotte have all done the 'tramp', whilst I of course, stood in a puddle and waited for the police to arrive, arf... ;-)
Main dealers are worth a bit of fun - I'd NEVER give them the satisfaction of seeing my money though.
?? What did you get up too??
Austin Shackles - 14 Jan 2006 18:55 GMT >> Happened to be passing a LR dealer this afternoon, so we called in. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >My god you've been in the showroom? check your pockets! went into J.V.Like today, enquiring after disco seat bases, as the foam is giving up in ours.
nifty genuine accessory tent to extend the back of your disco III while on safari, for having drinkies at sunset, I assume. Complete with folding chairs and, for all I know, drinks cabinet.
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