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Truscotsman
18th Dec 2003, 13:51
Hiya foks,

I'm Marti, im 31 and from Central Scotland. I'm not new to 4x4's but im new to british 4x4's, all my others were jap.
So this is my first 'real' 4x4, a dirty great v8 RR Classic and I love it! Only problem now is, I only had her 2 months and a boy racer in a VW golf stepped out infront of me at a roundabout and wrote it off...........anyway I'm currently rebuilding her. Shes a cracker, an 88/F classic with gen 54k miles on the clock with all the old MOT's to prove and a full RRSH. Its a 3.5 vogue EFI auto.......umm, thats me done babbling fer now, bye!
Truscotsman
18th Dec 2003, 13:59
umm, here's a pic lol
sneakypete
18th Dec 2003, 14:41
Hi Marti,

If thats the mess of your RR, what does the other car look like ...

Welcome aboard, this forum is full of good cheer, good people, healthy nutcases, helpfull people and 99% of the time very friendly.
Truscotsman
18th Dec 2003, 14:58
Well, his car almost got fully out of the junction (as you can see from the point of impct on mine) and I clipped the offside rear quarter panel of his. His car done a pretty little 180 spin and him and his friends had to clamber out of the passenger side, his door was jammed solid. Mine drove home, his had to be uplifted
sneakypete
18th Dec 2003, 15:06
Ooops.

I'll bet they all came out of the car wearing 'brown' cords
Truscotsman
18th Dec 2003, 15:08
It's not as if a Silver range rover is hard to miss ffs
sneakypete
18th Dec 2003, 15:22
I like the regi plate ....

from the angle you have taken the damage photo.

It looks like the regi plates reads ..... *RSE
Truscotsman
18th Dec 2003, 15:31
Regi plate reads F101 RSE, they're dinky lil regi plates, were like that when I got it, love em
Highway_Star
18th Dec 2003, 17:58
It'll live again! Mine looked a lot worse than that after an argument with a lampost (No I wasn't driving).

Is yours old enough to have a bolted together front end? If so your lucky! It took a mate of mine the best part of a year to put EGB back together in his spare time.
Truscotsman
18th Dec 2003, 18:37
Umm, I think so, its an '88 model. Last time I looked under the bonnet there was bolts holding the outer wings to the inners, but I was told that new inners require welding on, I'm unsure of this as I spent most of my 4x4 days in 'zukis. This is my first brit vehicle.
Highway_Star
19th Dec 2003, 01:43
They all have bolts holding the outer wings on! If you've got bolts holding the INNER wings on you're in luck, as repair is a big mechano kit! Otherwise you'll be needing a few spot weld drills........
DUNCIA
19th Dec 2003, 05:34
Shame, looked a lovely motor too. Never mind, think what might of happened in a Suzuki!
Truscotsman
19th Dec 2003, 08:47
Theyre weld on jobs, damn!!!!
Truscotsman
19th Dec 2003, 10:47
I wouldnt recommend sitting up til 2am drinking with yer friends on a school night................ouch!!!!!!!!!:behead:
maggie
19th Dec 2003, 18:31
welcome Marti another fellow scot....jings..there's loads of us:yay:
Truscotsman
19th Dec 2003, 21:32
H'lo Maggie,

Well we do have the terrain for it in this part of the UK, so why not own a brit 4x4 lol

:yay:
mad doc
19th Dec 2003, 22:05
hello

welcome

yep some great off-roading around here, twill be great to play when u get the rangie up and running again
Truscotsman
19th Dec 2003, 22:56
It was the reason I got her, the li'l zukis didnt quite have the pace, thet are incredibly nimble little machines, but when I got the rangie and hit a steep incline, I tended to use momentum in zukis case, but the v8 grunt doesnt move the ragie, it moves the earth under its wheels lol........what a buzz, and no fighting with gears, the auto box is bliss:yay: :yay: