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Title: Is this serious?
Post by: pritch on January 19, 2005, 19:47:46
I've just done something like a 600 mile round trip in the Disco.  During that time it:





In short, it behaved perfectly all the time.

There's something wrong, isn't there?
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: muddysteve on January 19, 2005, 20:00:37
i dont think its as strange as you think mate, i was a bit worried when i got the disco about the reliability stories but i do a 50 mile round trip to work every day and the six months i've had it 90% of the money i've spent on it (excluding go juice) has been on bolt on goodies.

Out of interest has your disco got a resident spider? Mine has and i hear these are fitted at lode lane and improve reliability no end  :D

Steve
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: Dirty Gertie on January 19, 2005, 20:05:01
Quote from: "muddysteve"


Out of interest has your disco got a resident spider? Mine has and i hear these are fitted at lode lane and improve reliability no end  :D

Steve


 :lol:  LRS (or Land Rover Spider) is standard equipment, anyone who does not appear to have this refinement  can obtain one by writing to LR customer relations, alternatively, leave your Landy in a field for a few hours, they are self-installing!!  :lol:  :lol:

P.S. My LRS is called Esmarelda, and she lives in the dash!!
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: Paul on January 19, 2005, 20:05:35
Quote from: "muddysteve"
Out of interest has your disco got a resident spider? Mine has and i hear these are fitted at lode lane and improve reliability no end  :D


I've got one that lives in the drivers side door mirror,
It makes an apperance every time the heated mirrors are switched on. :lol:
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: Thrasher on January 19, 2005, 20:06:58
Yep,

It was nice to note that LR install them in *all* Land Rovers. Kanga has 2, Owl has one and Piglet has about 20 ;-)
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: Bob696 on January 19, 2005, 20:12:52
The LRS is also happy in a Susuki Ignis. Said spider moved house when transporting wheels from landy in the back so we KNOW it is an LRS (not sure the japs have got around to copying this refinment yet but when they do ........)
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: thermidorthelobster on January 19, 2005, 20:13:09
I've just had one move in, actually.  It's currently in residence just behind the driver's sun shade.  Sounds like everybody has one!
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: karloss on January 19, 2005, 20:13:37
T'old lass is home to loads of the damn things. Wouldn't mind but they live in the headlining and keep dropping down in front of your face (not that I'm scared or owt!). And what's more annoying than getting in the motor and having bloomin' webs all over your fizogg?? :lol:
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: pritch on January 19, 2005, 20:16:47
Quote from: "muddysteve"
Out of interest has your disco got a resident spider? Mine has and i hear these are fitted at lode lane and improve reliability no end


I think mine was removed by the previous owner, probably around the same time that he fitted the stupid smoked acrylic bonnet guard and wind deflector things on the front windows.

Either that or I had the Southern variant, and it couldn't cope with Northern temperatures.
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: MTyrrell on January 19, 2005, 21:44:27
Quote from: "karloss"
Wouldn't mind but they live in the headlining and keep dropping down in front of your face (not that I'm scared or owt!).


Same problem hear with the SIII, however i have a totally irrational fear of spiders :oops: which has lead to some rather interesting situations when driving involving me screaming like a girl at who ever it in the passengers side to "ssssssppppider……… There's an effing spider!!!"
I seam to have a homing spider in mine,  you can be 40 miles from home when you throw it out the window but it still finds it's way back.
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: Wanderer on January 19, 2005, 22:15:39
Pritch,
I've got the wind deflector on the front windows. Wouldn't do without one. It stops all the water running down my legs off the roof when the window's open.

Also got a bonnet one as well  :oops:

I suppose my LRS moves me back up the ladder or is that a web!

Ed
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: Dangermouse on January 19, 2005, 22:26:22
Well you see it's like this Landrover quality control dept put the spider's in the motor & then leave it in a field for a month, if the spider is alive & well after this time all is well, plenty of creepy crawleys have got by door seals to be lunch for the spider there for no one will suffercate because of lack of venterlation  :shock:
Ofcourse if the spiders dead the boys from quality control take the motor back to factory & wide'n the gaps a bit  :)


DM  :)


ps it's all true it was on watchdog
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: datalas on January 19, 2005, 23:16:37
they might as well do, land rover's quality control department don't do anything else, such as check the motor :)
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: Andy. on January 19, 2005, 23:29:27
I've one too.

It must live somewhere around the region of one of the rear work lamps, I see his web every morning  :D
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: SMason0877 on January 20, 2005, 08:51:52
Brings a whole new meaning to the term "MuddyWeb"  :lol:
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: muddyweb on January 20, 2005, 11:43:23
Careful now... that's Copyright ;-)
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: Guy90 on January 20, 2005, 12:46:02
Quote from: "Dirty Gertie"
Quote from: "muddysteve"


Out of interest has your disco got a resident spider? Mine has and i hear these are fitted at lode lane and improve reliability no end  :D

Steve


 :lol:  LRS (or Land Rover Spider) is standard equipment, anyone who does not appear to have this refinement  can obtain one by writing to LR customer relations, alternatively, leave your Landy in a field for a few hours, they are self-installing!!  :lol:  :lol:

P.S. My LRS is called Esmarelda, and she lives in the dash!!


I had a spider in mine. I killed it :twisted:  :twisted: I was bitten on the foot by one once and was in hospital for 3 weeks. The scar is still there.

Guy
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: Whitelandyman90 on January 20, 2005, 13:36:55
I've got one in the headlining, one in the drivers side door mirror and one who lives in the cubby box. I was thinking of evicting the one in the cubby box but it's an excellent deterrent when the other half tries to raid my Mars bar stash  8)  :D  :D  :D
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: Range Rover Blues on January 21, 2005, 01:11:42
I havn't got one :cry:
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: Dirty Gertie on January 21, 2005, 18:15:34
Quote from: "Guy90"


I had a spider in mine. I killed it :twisted:  :twisted:
Guy


BIG BULLY!!!!!! :P
Title: Is this serious?
Post by: muky-kid. on January 21, 2005, 22:46:38
:D  Heres one for you. When i had my other Blue Classic Rangie, whilst renovateing it the headlineing came out and i found a rolled up 1978 Sun or Daily Star news paper and after checking the date on paper and on log book it must of been put in by a Sollihull worker as the date on the paper was older than the registration date on log book by a couple of months. I kept the paper for a while for a keep sake but i cant find it now :( .
Beat that then. :D
DPG is my whitness, as well as my other mates at DPGs garrage.

As for the spiders, its a pity there not Money Spiders..... :lol:
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