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Lanoguard is my vote of choice at present. Really would stay well away from Waxoyl. I never really was a fan but the reformulation a while back has made it half the product it used to be. Used dinitrol in the past which is good stuff too, but honestly Lanoguard goes on easily, does a good job of keeping the rust at bay and is easy to top up every year or two with an hours work. It has the big advantage of being clear and does not form a skin which lets rust form unnoticed underneath. I've used it on both SUV's and lawnmowers, tractors etc and its worked well for me.

Read the traffic signs. It's in Southern Ireland and no-one gives it a second glance

When I'd looked at Freelanders previously I was surprised at the low tow rating on them. Circa 2000kg IIRC.

Volkswagen Tiguan 4motion is about the only one that has a 2600kg rating. BMW X3 come close, about 2400kg dependent on model.

Reading the article it seems all the commentators and politicians were concerned about was the new height alarm system in the tunnel causing tailbacks. Not one mention about it being overloaded, or any safety concerns.

You may well be right, but I was pleasantly surprised with mine. General pricing / comparison websites, best was around £380. Tried Direct Line £197. 👍 result. Then decided to put 23yr old son on policy cover - upped it to £510. 😧 Needed cover for him this year as he's getting married and renovating a house so made sense that he had the use. Next year I'm hoping to bring it back down < £200 (if he gets the house finished)

@Rich.M. Thanks for the shout out. Didn't find a Shogun, ended up with a 2009 Disco 3 commercial which has turned out to be much better than expected. The torque converter is on the way out, but the price reflected enough to budget a replacement when it finally gives up the ghost. So far its held up well and apart from a jerky lockup doesn't prevent it running and towing anything I hang on behind it.

I think you've got a flat on the splitter 😁

The GAP Diagnostic iid scanner is supposed to be the go to for all things LR. IIDTool - Gap Diagnostic (gap-diagnostic.com) Only problem is it costs £400. I've just bought a Discovery 3 myself so interested in the outcome of this. Like Pete, I'm not averse to spending the money if its well spent, but if there's something does 80% of the scanning this one does for 1/2 the price I'm all ears.

Figures ☹️ I can't see DVLA taking to it lightly, everyone would be at it. Daresay they would want some form of Type Approval for the vehicle. Just seems a shame as the Shogun simply seems to have the seats removed. The back windows aren't even changed out for panels. Probably the commercial Disco's are similar. Oh well, back to trawling the classifieds.

Good question Pete, I haven't yet looked into it. Like yourself, commercial insurance for me in a van used to be buttons but that was 15yrs ago so I might be in for a shock. No use if the additional insurance wipes out any saving on the RFL. Used to have transit with NFU at a good price, may be time to give them a call.

I've been looking to buy a SWB Shogun for quite some time now. I need it for utility rather than a car. Looking at adverts, they were sold as a commercial with the rear seats removed and resulting with a RFL less than 1/2 that of a car variant. I don't see that there were any other changes. How hard would it be to remove the rear seats and re-register with DVLA with the classification changed to commercial? Anyone done something similar before?

This is the same as mine. Broke down for the first time this week after 18yrs. Broke bowden cable off one of the handlebar levers. Had to rob one of one of the kids bicycles because of this lockdown hassle. Can't fault it, gone through some stuff in that time.

We had several pass through about 2 weeks ago. Residents have turned up this morning.

I have this one and it works well & pretty rapid through small stuff. I only use it at the yard for cutting at the saw horse. Keeps the noise down and saves the faff of setting the saw down running whilst loading up the saw horse. Has to be better for the environment and more importantly cheaper to run in this scenario. Off course, it would be next to useless for ringing up, but I've two Stihl's for that ? The only annoyance with the saw is the chain tensioner. It hasn't caused any grief so far, I just find it fiddly and seems to be a "weak link" I'm minded if anythings going to fail on the saw it will be that. I've recently bought into the Makita battery range for strimmer and hedge cutter and will probably go to the twin battery version of the chainsaw should this one ever give up.