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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 |
FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
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16th Jan 2017 9:19 pm |
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Past master Member Since: 30 Jun 2010 Location: Isle of Ely Posts: 2710 |
I've had far too many punctures to count, but never, strangely, on a Land Rover. Although when I changed the tyres on my first FL2 two of them had nails in (and I do check regularly!).
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16th Jan 2017 11:45 pm |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
I've had a few dozen over the decades, virtually all in the city, mostly from builders dropping screws onto public roads..... Dickheads! Over the decades I have had 2 tyres on different cars disintegrate (tread came away from side wall) on city roads within 5km of home. Each were good tyres. I always check the spare tyre for air pressure, a bit more lazy these days as it takes very little time to pump up flat tyres! I have a full size spare, tyre repair kit, 2 additional electronic tyre pressure gauges for averaging readings, & proper tyre compressor onboard with 2 high volume computer cooling fans! Better still the compressor is ice cold located under the seat & not in the engine bay (if one could actually find the room) as I always use the air conditioning. I am thinking of plumbing the the compressor into the air conditioning with a few simply pipes. The colder the air supply to the compressor the better!
A 6th wheel option!
Last but not least, 3/4 inch drive T handle https://www.kincrome.com.au/sliding-t-handle-3-4dr-475mm. plus extension https://www.kincrome.com.au/extension-comb-3-4dr-100mm Plus 6mm thick aluminium tread plate to spread load for jack with stainless steel hex bolt to key into jack base.
Sheet of plastic for the ground if needed. 2 orange safety vests. & builders leather gloves to save knuckles winding up the jack (most important) & to avoid brake dust from the wheel. These are worth their weight in gold ten times over! Chuck a pair of builders leather gloves in the wheel well even if you are too bloody lazy to do anything else! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device! Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18 |
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17th Jan 2017 12:46 am |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4103 |
I had one puncture in three years on our FL2 and I've had two punctures in 12 months on our Evoque. One I noticed while on our drive so I took the wheel to work and repaired it. The other I got on the last day of our holiday in the Peak District. That was in a tyre that had covered about 300 miles and was unrepairable. Got home on my space saver spare.
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17th Jan 2017 6:46 am |
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Walruslike Member Since: 08 Sep 2016 Location: Australia Posts: 47 |
I think I've averaged a flat every five years or so. Been driving for forty plus years. Sometimes it's been on a trailer or boat trailer. Wouldn't be without a spare. Never needed roadside assist apart from once when in my twenties I locked the keys inside the car.
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17th Jan 2017 9:19 am |
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axle Member Since: 11 Sep 2016 Location: South Yorkshire. Posts: 1053 |
Back on track, well sort of, I use my spare wheel space for an LPG tank. Common sense isn't very common.
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17th Jan 2017 10:45 am |
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RealBeale Member Since: 13 Jun 2016 Location: Birmingham Great Barr Posts: 910 |
Talking of spare wheels and MOT's - I had an advisory for having "No spare wheel" last year on my Freelander 1 racer. Strange thing really as it's fixed inside the vehicle in the load area and you cannot fail to see it without even opening any doors. I was told that as it "normally" lives in a carrier on the tailgate and that's no longer attached, then effectively it's "missing" as it's not where it should be. This begs the question - why were there no advisories for the "missing" rear seats as these were removed to fit the roll cage.
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18th Jan 2017 12:39 am |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
If it was stored on the left side of the car! A spare wheel is a bit like house insurance. None of us need it until one of those inconvenient situations happens! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device! Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18 |
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18th Jan 2017 1:46 am |
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