Hypothetical 101

hmm. I dread to think how much it would come too with all the fuel costs in aswell.

I dont really have so much of a problem with my 101 spending yet! But i find with the 101 that its easy to justify the spending as you get so much for the money :) I think i'm still in awe of the 101, so the money doesnt matter so much as i can still sit in it and smile (often while revving the engine)

I did manage that for a few years but then gave up about the time i got my first landrover! :)

I have a folder full of reciepts, and new stuff gets dropped in. I dont like to look at it too closely though!

I agree. Alex being an ex-101 owner has put himself on shaky ground with his argument. anybody else here without a 101 could try it though :)

I didnt know you had 3 of 'em! Did i miss the point when you collected a radio body to complete the set!

On or around Sun, 07 Nov 2004 09:41:36 +0000, Tom Woods enlightened us thusly:

he ain't completed the set, he hasn't got a vampire. :-)

In news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, Mother"

There's still the one that failed to reach its reserve recently

AJH

He'll need three of them - IIRC they operated in groups of 3 for signals intercept.

P.

On or around Sun, 07 Nov 2004 13:14:26 +0000, "Paul S. Brown" enlightened us thusly:

are the 3 left?

Not necessarily as they had a mile of cable on board on a reel giving them the option to mount an antenna quite some distance away (like a mile :0) ). By relocating twice then they have four directions to triangulate from just one vehicle. So by working in pairs they can very quickly and acurately triangulate a source without the need to move freeing up the third vehicle for the run down to the local chippy.

Lee D

Well, I've never had one, so I'd better take it I guess...

I did once count the total cost of my old 200Tdi Disco. It was something like this:

Disco 2750 Gearbox & steering 1100 Miscellaneous toys from Scorpion 800 (rocksliders, protection etc) Snorkel 200 Various repair bills (mainly replacement wheel bearings) 1000 Roof rack 100 Suspension 300 Tyres 150

I make that about six and a half grand, give or take. I sold it for about 3600 :) I had it about 18 months and did about 25,000 miles in it.

But what price the fun?

PS: All this is UK Pounds, but I don't have a Pound key on my Dvorak keyboard, and can't be bothered to fire up Character Palette :)

Thinking about this, a friend of mine bought a 3 door 200tdi Disco (for too much money IMHO) and spent a fortune on it. After a year, she consoled herself that she'd spent (very) slightly less on maintenance than if she'd have spent if she'd leased a brand new TD5 for a year! Some consolation!

He sounds an idiot to me. Everyone knows you shouldn't keep guns and stuff in the cellar. They go rusty. Keeping them under the bed is best :-)

So that's the problem with nuclear missiles then?

They keep them in a deep cellar and they go rusty!

Somebody tell Dubya - soon there'll be a Minuteman under everybodys beds.

P.

Yes, Tremors. You mean Burt Gummer. I've got all four films on DVD - the fourth is my favourite, closely followed by the first two (I really can't decide which of them I prefer), and the third last. But they're all brilliant. I love those films.

On or around Sun, 07 Nov 2004 22:36:43 GMT, Torak enlightened us thusly:

There're *four*? I've only seen 1 and 2.

So far, mine's been £5500 for the Landy itself, £350 for a military trailer, and about £60 for an AA inspection. My parents are paying for the first year or two of insurance and tax.

But now comes the interesting bit: a few modifications.

My plans are to build a centre console (OK, get the smithy to build it) to mount a stereo, comm radio, PA and - of course - mug holders. And a charger for my mobile. So I'm guessing that'll be another £500 or so.

Yup.

Tremors was set in Perfection, with the first appearance of the Graboids. Tremors 2 was set in Mexico, I think, and they had been called in to hunt down the Graboids. Tremors 3 added yet another stage in the Graboid life cycle, and was set back in Perfection. Tremors 4 was set a hundred years earlier, in the small town of Rejection, with one *Hiram* Gummer - a businessman who wouldn't say boo to a fly....

On or around Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:24:42 GMT, Torak enlightened us thusly:

cooo. something to hunt in the video shop. They never put 'em on telly, the buggers.

You're too late, a chappie called Blair has already become dictator.

Alex