After nearly 5 years of sterling service, and maybe 4 or 5 different configurations, it will soon be time to say goodbye to the dog van. My VW Transporter will soon be gutted for anything I can use on the next vehicle.
I had booked it into the garage to get the gearbox reconditioned, supposedly the last major mechanical fault on the old girl, but driving to work today the dreaded low oil pressure light.
Sadly on inspection her blood, as black as my own was leaking out over her rump sump. Factor in the bodywork would have been the next challenge to get sorted, just too much to spend out.
The old girl has never let me down but now its time to move on.
On the plus side, I'm going to look at a Land Rover Freelander tomorrow, looks good in pictures so hopefully just as good in the flesh.
"I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took a pie to the belly"
After nearly 5 years of sterling service, and maybe 4 or 5 different configurations, it will soon be time to say goodbye to the dog van. My VW Transporter will soon be gutted for anything I can use on the next vehicle.
I had booked it into the garage to get the gearbox reconditioned, supposedly the last major mechanical fault on the old girl, but driving to work today the dreaded low oil pressure light.
Sadly on inspection her blood, as black as my own was leaking out over her rump sump. Factor in the bodywork would have been the next challenge to get sorted, just too much to spend out.
The old girl has never let me down but now its time to move on.
On the plus side, I'm going to look at a Land Rover Freelander tomorrow, looks good in pictures so hopefully just as good in the flesh.
May she rest in peace.
"P.S. only Gary liberals have blunt knives."- AJ A shining light, to our brothers in arms...even in death, we are Diamond Dogs.
After nearly 5 years of sterling service, and maybe 4 or 5 different configurations, it will soon be time to say goodbye to the dog van. My VW Transporter will soon be gutted for anything I can use on the next vehicle.
I had booked it into the garage to get the gearbox reconditioned, supposedly the last major mechanical fault on the old girl, but driving to work today the dreaded low oil pressure light.
Sadly on inspection her blood, as black as my own was leaking out over her rump sump. Factor in the bodywork would have been the next challenge to get sorted, just too much to spend out.
The old girl has never let me down but now its time to move on.
On the plus side, I'm going to look at a Land Rover Freelander tomorrow, looks good in pictures so hopefully just as good in the flesh.
May she rest in peace.
Pieces...
"I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took a pie to the belly"
Yeah I've been looking at pictures and thinking it'll be tight. I've got 2 greyhounds to cart around and despite being able to fold up into small balls they can take up a surprising amount of room when they want to. On long journeys in the van they get up and stretch their legs while we are driving...
if I have to I'll just drop the rear seats, I'm used to driving a van anyway!
I would have have liked a disco but there aren't any good ones in my budget within reasonable distance, actually I'd have loved a defender but I want a little comfort now.
"I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took a pie to the belly"
Drives nice, but it does need a new clutch master cylinder (it wouldn't be right if I bought a fully working vehicle), but used that to haggle the seller down a bit.
"I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took a pie to the belly"
True about mechanical stuff, at least it should be a bolt off / on thing. Bodywork always lingers on like jabba's little friend.
They are permanent 4wd, something like 60/40 front to rear so it behaves more like a fwd but can push a bit too when it gets slippy*. Apart from that the only 4x4 "feature" is hill descent control which should help in winter if work gets icy.
* actually just read some more and it's got a viscous coupling to the rear, so if the fronts start slipping it senses it and locks the drive putting more to the rear wheels that aren't slipping. Or some thing like that...