FMV in the FAQ?

Sep 04, 2006 16 Replies

Hi all,



As a relative newcomer to the group I often feel I'm missing something out of my enjoyment of the posts when people refer to their vehicles with long standing nicknames. I have no idea what Morph is, or bURRt for example, but frequently hear them mentioned. I don't know if there's an FAQ for the group, but perhaps an FMV (Frequently Mentioned Vehicles) would be a useful addition for the uninitiated. Of course if pictures were also included it might be easier to recognise people at shows. I was at the Malvern show and it would have been nice to recognise some of the vehicles from a.f.l



Regards,



Dave.


Dave Gibbs uttered summat worrerz funny about:

:-)

Right then...crash course in some of the FMV's coming up...

Firstly and because I'm biased - I.e. they leak EP90 on my driveway ;-)

JLO - SIII Stationwagon that belonged to sis Percy - My IIa which had a 4.2 Jag lump and 3 speed Autobox Morph - My 101, once prototype ambulance, now prototype expedition vehicle ;-) Oscar - Our Current Disco (Not all that famous yet but likes to show his shine now and then) Alfie - Our old Rangie Classis now gone but not after much restoration work and imagery which needs sorting on my site. Reggie - My First Rangie V8 '83 , has alot to answer for!

All fetaure here (but for Reggie)

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Then theres Simon I's bURRt which used to belong to Tim Hobbs also resident and founder of the rule of tim (ROT) which prefixes some posts. Rule of Tim - It's not on topoic but someone in here is bound to know.. anyway bURRt lives here..

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Then propably the root cause of many a 101 affliction is gRUMble , owner Martyn Bailey aka "Mother" who lives just about here..

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There are many more out there, unfortunately some Landies have names that we must censor...this being a family newsgroup and all ;-)

Lee D

"Lee_D scribbled"

There are many more out there, unfortunately some Landies have names that we

How do I go about naming my Defender then?

Is there a convention to it?

SWMBO calls it the Beast, but only because of the size and noise it makes.

The registration ends in CDS so I thought about SEEDY'S ??

cheers Peter

Mine ends DJM, but I refuse to call her anything music related...

Stuart

I'm sure that'll degenerate into "cursed, dirty s*it-heap" one wet weekend...

|| "Lee_D scribbled" || ||| || There are many more out there, unfortunately some Landies have names || that we ||| must censor...this being a family newsgroup and all ;-) ||| || || || How do I go about naming my Defender then? || || Is there a convention to it? || || SWMBO calls it the Beast, but only because of the size and noise it || makes. || || The registration ends in CDS so I thought about SEEDY'S ?? || || cheers || Peter

Any name you make up will sound silly to your ears within a few days, even sooner to anyone you tell it to. If there isn't anything obvious, like bURRt or gRUMble or JLO, then I would forget about it. The Landy will let you know, all in good time.

There is a usual suspects gallery at

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(do that Clarkson important announcement voice for effect )- where you can experience the horror -and also a picture of sommathairy emerging from under a Rangie Peggy now replaced by Kato ( derived from x XX7ako) a 200 TDi Disco Now is a good time to describe your ride and whatmanuals you are short of for downloading purposesDerek

..and from me...

Piglet - 4.6 V8i Discovery - seen at

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(this one is for sale at the moment....) Bagheera - 4.2 Supercharged Range Rover Vogue SE - seen at
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Owl - 4.4 Range Rover Vogue - seen at
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Kanga - 2.5V6 Freelander - seen at
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On or around Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:37:21 GMT, "Derek" enlightened us thusly:

's out of date, mind.

FMV here:

Edward II - series III LWB, derived from the number. He's Edward II because when I were a lad we had EWD226K, also known as Edward. Edward II is

266K...

none of the rest are named, or not printably.

My 1984 110 V8 is variously known as "The Old Girl", "The Old Lady", "SWMBO"(!) or "Rovey-Land" (coined by daughter no. 2) - plus the usual unprintable variations.

Stuart

I've collected these here:

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Feel free to add your own vehicle.

Is the AFL FAQ still online or does that need a new home as well?

Andy

AndyC> Is the AFL FAQ still online or does that need a new home as AndyC> well?

Oh great, I'm replying to my own posts now. I posted that and then saw the new URL to the FAQ. I think it needs a bit of updating, though.

Please sir!

The link to my site is busted!

Please sir!

;-)

Lee D

Lee> Please sir! Lee> The link to my site is busted!

LOL

I can put a redirect on my own site, but I can't fix the others.

Andy

Andy I noticed you advocate the use of an OBD-2 reader for gearbox and engine diags does that allow you to reset the ECU and is that as far as you can go with the generic unit. Derek

|| ..and from me...

And me:

Tiggrr the 90-based V8 trialler:

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No Name Yet, the Series 2a:

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And a Disco II, also un-named:

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Derek> Andy I noticed you advocate the use of an OBD-2 reader for Derek> gearbox and engine diags does that allow you to reset the Derek> ECU and is that as far as you can go with the generic unit.

Yes.

For anything else you need Rovacom or one of the other diagnostic tools.

ANdy

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