Spalding May 3rd 2008 ( Read First page )

[Sx Nutta]

Its like a tank, well its big enough, must watch out for the 5 brakes, lol

[hybrid_hex]

5???

[Sx Nutta]

5???

1 on each wheel, and one on the drive shaft lol 

[hybrid_hex]

AH!! Im used to working with 8 thats all!

[Jason]

My guess is Sx is buying a Land Rover, Disco or Range Rover
Only vehicles I know of that have a brake on the drive shaft (back of the transfer box)

Jason 

[Sx Nutta]

My guess is Sx is buying a Land Rover, Disco or Range Rover
Only vehicles I know of that have a brake on the drive shaft (back of the transfer box)

Jason 

Jason give yourself a pat on the back, you got the correct make, I am going for a Land Rover 110 County, or a Land Rover Discovery 300 TDI

[Jason]

I got the 300 tdi disco simply because I could get it for half the price of a defender or county (or get a newer one for the same price

Might be worth bearing in mind that the Safari type versions that have 11 + the driver seats are classed as minibuses and I think they are gonna be hit for this new low emision zone thing £200 a day to drive in greater london means you'll have to take the back seats out 

I also get 30 mpg out of mine (except when it turns really cold) and am thinking about using 30% r***eseed oil (asier that make your own bio diesel ) and don't need to store the methanol (check out Car mechanics mag about 3 months ago had a whole article about it

Jason 

[Sx Nutta]

Thats good milage on the 300tdi

[Jason]

Most of the people I know that have Disco 300 TDI's get either that or close to

I had to do a run to past Oxford towing the horse in a trailer (50 mph all the way) then a dash back and a week later the same but the other way round

I averaged 35 mpg so if you keep the speed down you can get some really good milage but hen if you put your foot down it drops to 25 or so 

Jason 

[theonlysilenthunter]

Ok what has this all got to do with Spalding and getting there? 

[Sx Nutta]

To do with fuel consumption for a landie, as one may go to spalding, if I get it in time or not

[Trixter]

landies drink money i heard, i nearly got a lil suzuki awhile ago wish i had done now was a 997 cc only had to seats init woulda cost me sod all to fill up im payin like 50 quid now to fill up my escort not happy lol its a great con, i really want a toyota hilux pick up truck but i dont think that will be happenin now cause of inflation robbin  's fuel companys

[Sx Nutta]

Rob, bio desiel is the way to go, flush the engine clean, then use cooking oil, 997ml to 3ml of non kerosine based white spirit!! Leave for a week, then its good to use!!

[Spud]

Is gas cheaper? My friend drives a gas landrover, smells a bit tho.

[Sx Nutta]

Are we talking about LPG (AutoGas), which costs about £2k to convert a car to, then is about 50p a litre

[Spud]

No idea. All I know is that i'm not allowed to try and reverse in it again 

[Dark Knight]

On the 3rd of May 2008 is the Spalding's tulip parade. It's the 50th parade and there should be lots of people there.
The parade is a about 3.5 miles long and at walking speed .
There'll be lots of stop/start has the bigger float get struck on the route .
The parade start about 2pm giving us time to bock about before hand .
It finishes in Sir Halley Stewart Field.
Being the 50th I'd say the local press and TV should be there at least !?

I've been in contact with them and it sound like they'd love us to take part. ( Well we'll do it for free, They'll have us   )
They've ask if we could carry some flag at their " World Tulip Summit " on the same day !?
There's at least 11 flags and I'm going to help work out the best way to carry them .
I know people don't/can't comment this early but ...
I think they'd like just the bockers with flag in parade plus a couple extra ( I'd be happy if we could find 12 -15 ) I think they'd stop morethan about 20 of us going in the parade. If there's a lot of us I'll do my best to get us all in bit stupid if they say no, Has we'll all have to get through town anyway ?

Just to point out we don't need a theme we going to carry the summits flag for them. As far as I know it fine to dress normal ( bockers ... normal LOL ) !

Here a link to their site
http://www.flowerparade.org/contact.htm

They may want pictures of the flag bearers so please tell me so you can grab a flag, even if it's a maybe 
Don't panic if your new or not very strong and don't think you can handle a flag a bock that far you can alway share ?
Or if you just want to join in the parade still add your name, you could always hold it to give someone a break 

Names down for flags ( Still sorting this out but their thinking [ 2 yards ] so there thinking big !? )
Stronge maybes
Dark Knight, Carma , SX Nutta , chocl8 , dr. delicious , trixster , Spud , Charlie B ( +1 ? ) , Tok , theonlysilenthunter
Maybes
gillybert,kiyabob and jnr and nephew , zefee

If you need more info or I've missed your name off or you can make it reply to this topic 

[Jason]

Trixster
The wife has a Suzuki sj 410 and the diesel disco is almost as good to run price wise (I know it sounds amazing but we tested it out
Her suzuki is off the road at the moment (body rot) and we have only noticed a rise of about a fiver a week as she does 150 miles weekdays and we do about the 100 on the weekend thats only about a 10% rise and all that luxury and safety not to mention the extra performance is well worth it

Sx
Tinley do a DIY gas kit for about £800 and they do one for Diesels (improves Mpg and performance but a little hard on the engine if you push it)

Jason 

[Trixter]

O i nearly bought a Sj 410 one i looked at was a petrol tho how much body rots it got and is it going to be costly to repair it zuks are normally ok i think to fix there abit like fords can use any part from another ford to fix one lol fords are great for that love my ford i dont think i can sell my escort think ill run her into the ground love it lol

[Dark Knight]

PLEASE NOTE ! THEY SAY ONLY 12 IN PARADE !!
So far we have 11 coming and a couple of maybes !
They say more can join afterward 
I may push for more in the parade 20ish on the grounds that some are coming a long way to be in the parade. Also that we can't bounce and do flips if we have flags in our hand therefore we want more with us !
So if they give us a limit of 20 or less I'm going to say that's all that can come !
What do you think ?

What they said ( I'm Andy LOL )

Dear Andy,
                 we can only have the 12 in the Parade, BUT we have an event going on in the town centre at Sir Halley Stewart Field.  The organiser would like some to be there to entertain the crowds.  We could have quite a few there.  Just let me know how many and I'll find somewhere for them don't worry
 
Chris E

[Gixer]

Put me down as a Maybe - it may clash with a big troop at the National Space Centre but if not I'll be up for it   Shall I bring my bocks or my Armour???   

If I drive there I'll have room to bring 2 with me........

[theonlysilenthunter]

Well if you do drive there, any chance of getting a lift and sharing petrol costs?

[Dark Knight]

At the moment their only letting 12 in Parade 
I've got a list of about that now !?
I'm going to say we need extra so we can share the flags out .
It's a 3 mile walk and so I'm going to say we need 15 if someone doesn't come then we have back-up.
They say more could come to the field afterwards but I thinking that those who come want to be in the parade.
If they give me a limit then that's really the Meets limit too !?
If you get my point 
Not to say if anyone wants to do a meet that day we can't meet up ! Just there's just a small group in the parade 

[Sx Nutta]

National space center? You are not talking about the one in Leicester

[Gixer]

Yes we do regular Troops there, I think that weekend in May is the scifi weekend so I may be Ghostbusting there.  But we'll see, I may be tempted to Bock instead as sometimes the NSC troops are a bit dire....