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Yea they said that as well actually, make a £40k car bolted together by hand or get a robot to make a £100k car. Long and short of it, no they're not 'proper landrovers' as we know them they've just joined the big SUV brand lineup, but it comes down to £'s profit per car coming off the production line. LR have always been something quite unique but now, impressive yes, unique no. Will the brand have the same image in a few years time? Sorry, a diversion from original post

When I looked round the Solihull factory, they admitted, their words not mine 'why make a £40k car for farmers when you can make a £100k car for city boys'

I salute you for your bravery sir! That was down hill, with the wind behind you though right? Mine would probably only reach that if it was parked on the eurostar.

I've got an 02 jimny. Yes they are scary at motorway speeds, and motorway speeds being 55mph in a jimny! But the older type develop 'death wobble' which your other mate likely had (mine has) if fixed makes a massive difference. The OP originally asked about a lower tax runaround alternative to the pickup he already had. The jimny is great, cheap local runaround, incredibly reliable, cheap parts, fun to drive and amazing offload. I havn't tried more than 750kg unbraked towing. Its fine for small stump grinders etc. If OP wants a luxury vehicle to regularly tow 3.5t then don't go for the jimny, but be prepared to pay a lot more tax. Everyone's requirements are different.

A lot of upvc fascia/gutter suppliers run them, long lengths but lightweight. Looks like that one is owned by dab tho who do construction in acaffolding

Unfortunately, sadly unbeknown to her 6 months ago he asked someone to stop and they didn't, which very nearly killed him. When he asked this person to stop and she didn't, experience told him his life was in danger and asking people nicely who don't obey can kill you. If you nearly get killed, next time you're in that situation instinct and training tells you to act. Very sad, hindsight is a wonderful thing. As @Squaredy says, whatever country you're in, just do what an armed under pressure cop tells you, whether you agree with it or not. Its the person without the gun who unfortunately is the loser. Like when a pedal bike carves up a lorry on a busy junction. If there's a collision, whoever is in the right or wrong, the bike is always the loser and there's no round 2.

We know the track record of the BBC on reporting on American news... sometimes or memories are better than they hope. Not saying article is right or wrong, just you're probably looking at the wrong place for accurate information if you're trying to get an understanding of the facts around the shooting.

I remember being told as a kid at school that we'd run out of oil and coal by 2000. That was all they were harping on about, running out. Then when that deadline came and went and we had more than ever before they start going on about the emissions crap. When they find that's half fabricated it'll be something else.

Block an entire countries air defence systems, send up 150+ aircraft, land in the prime ministers garden and walk off with him without losing a single man. A lot of countries are watching I reckon! Where do we apply!😂

Sorry?? There's no way the bloke wasn't well up there in the drug trade, making billions running them into America. A through and through criminal. When America started bombing the boats, a bloke I met who just been to Trinidad said there was suddenly a lot of high powered speed boats moored in the harbour too nervous to make the crossing. Speaking of Trinidad, news sites don't mention the state of emergency the country was in due to organised crime being out of control - since Venezuela dictator gained more control over the island. A lot of celebrations there and Venezuela when America did the job

Don't think it'll be a kubota engine if its petrol either?

Looks like the kind of industrial estate a chainsaw wholesaler would have a warehouse😅

Update on this one, new genuine stihl coil and it runs like a dream. Since the old one worked (until you connected to the plug!) Possibly some surface rust making a weak earth. I'd tried to clean it up but made no difference, so maybe it just had enough and retired. Thanks for the suggestions and advice as always👍

Maybe I just had a bad one. Always kept it clean and sharp, carb clean as a whistle, filters replaced when needed. Still looks like a nearly new saw as hardly done any work, every time I have job it could do there's a new reason it won't run, pull the 361 out and off you go. I might get it running, sell it and go battery with 12" bar. Smaller and cheaper the engine the more problematic I've always found.