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v-lux wrote:Hey Ben,

You grace us with your presence at last!

How you keeping mate, glad to see you've finally come over to the light side of the force. he he.
Must swing by and have a looksee at your van next time i'm passing! Looks like you've made a good purchase from the pictures.

Be good to see you, it's been ages!!!

al

Hello hello!

Yep, fed up with spending money on a T5 that never felt quite right, much better spending money on something a bit more deserving! Kate really likes it too, which is rare for me buying a retro vehicle - the previous land rovers were not hits...

Give us a bell next time you're around, will be good to catch up, otherwise hopefully see you at one of the events. Got my T-shirt in the post too btw, ta muchly, saving it for a suitable occasion

Tinium wrote:
Yep, loving the sound of it, plenty of poke, resisting the urge to calculate mpg's

Always far better on a long run, what with two diffs to warm up etc. If you're in the 20's it's a good sign, mid-20's is quite common from good healthy engines. DJ's work well on LPG but that's a whole other bunfight

PS Make sure you get a fresh warranty on any engine re-work! What kind of mileage has it done since the re-con and by whom? Having said that most of the warranties out there are laughably short...

PPS Just noticed that your steering wheel's on the correct side too

silverbullet wrote:What kind of mileage has it done since the re-con and by whom? Having said that most of the warranties out there are laughably short...

It's done just under 8k since the re-con by the vw engine co - they offer 12 month unlimited mileage, but it's 18-ish months since they did the work. Will double check warranty on the new work, good idea, thanks for the heads up

silverbullet wrote:PPS Just noticed that your steering wheel's on the correct side too

Yep, was holding out for a RHD so that the sliding door was on the (correct) passenger side - all on-street parking round where we live, so wanted passengers/kids to jump out onto the pavement rather than into the main road!

12 months unlimited actually translates as: "We don't expect these engines to do more that 5k a year - just like your limited mileage insurance policy - in some old happy campervan that spends half of the year laid up. By then you'll be out of warranty. Byeee!"

A full re-con should be good for 20k of daily merciless thrashing at the very least. IMHO*

*T&C's apply

Ha!

Does explain why I prefer insuring campervans over every other vehicle I've had though, relatively(!) painless...

"The van's in really good nick - but your sills are rubbish!" - My MOT man does not mince words. Booked into CoastVW in June for another round of credit card battering, as they've gone too near the suspension to pass the MOT Should be good for a while* after this lot though!

(*bloomin hope so at any rate!)