We are moving back to the USA and since importing these cars is very complicated, I have decided to sell them. I am starting with the Series III... I'll sure miss them, such especial and great 4x4s.
Soon, I hope I'll have to report a new LR in the family on the other side of the pond.
Stay tuned.
PS: Link to external for sale ad: http://www.milanuncios.com/todoterreno-de-ocasion/land-rover-santana-series-iii-104385670.htm
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Series in the rain
I took the Series today in the rain, it's funny how water finds its way inside in one of these cars :)
It sure makes people turn their heads...
It sure makes people turn their heads...
Monday, May 13, 2013
X Encuentro Club Land Rover (Alcaraz)
Well, it happened again, we had a great meeting with Land Rovers from all over Spain (actually some from UK too) and as we hoped it was great fun.
The camping area was very nice, lots of room to walk around, good bar with food and drinks, even rural houses for a lucky few.
Me, holding the fort, I was controlling traffic at the beginning of the circuits:
The camping area was very nice, lots of room to walk around, good bar with food and drinks, even rural houses for a lucky few.
There was time for everything, even for some homework or a little nap...
Gus, doing the Survival Mechanics course (I could not assist, but I would love that, it's always good to get tips and ideas from others)
Trying out the circuits, this is the easy one:
Overall view of the circuit:
Me, holding the fort, I was controlling traffic at the beginning of the circuits:
On the radio, organizing a rescue, too much mud in some of the suggested 4x4 routes...
Traffic jam in Alcaraz?... I am wondering what could be happening??
Must be these guys! :)
We celebrated our annual meeting of the club in the town hall, and we cannot thank enough all the people in Alcaraz for all the help.
Mud concept #3
Back to the tracks
Stuck in the mud, although I eventually made it out of it by myself...
Nice background image of Alcaraz and us
About the right color already :)
One video of us having fun:
Overall, we had as much fun doing the Encuentro than planning it, I think most people liked it, and Alcaraz won the hearts of a lot of our Land Rover buddies.
I hope to find some pictures of when I did the extreme circuit, as I was kind of too busy having fun for photos. This is a little video we did at the very end of it:
Also, I still need to check everything, but so far it looks like some damage to the rear panel and some "death wobble" is all I got.
So much fun, I can't wait for the next!
Monday, April 22, 2013
Alcaraz, working out the "extreme" or rather very dificult trail for the National event
Lots of fun!
That sums it up, this is the more advanced route we are proposing for the Land Rover Nacional, in a few days.
Mud is what makes it extra fun to drive, it's very easy to get stuck somewhere as there are very deep ruts.
Also I finally replaced the Terrafirma kit, completely useless, shocks and springs are toast, here you can see comparison between driver side, passenger side and new same lift:
Shocks are soft as butter too. In a word useless, don´t waste your money.
I installed the snorkel from mm4x4, overall OK, but had a couple details I didn't quite like, the head is fixed and the lid to cover the old hole was too small, also a little mistake in the pattern supplied made me drill twice the same spot, but overall works OK and the Tdi seems to breath with ease now. Install was OK, but took me much more than anticipated, also it's cool that it hides the scratch some ass did in a parking lot some time ago.
In action:
And as mentioned before, here are the pictures of the route, yesterday:
This is just after leaving the road, to start:
Got stuck already, 100 m. down the path:
Not only me, of course :)
Helping with a smile
All this area is completely drench in water, very slippery:
Took a while to take the Patrol out, the front diff dragged like 4 or 5 meters:
Vado de la Nava:
Even more mud, big rock in the way stopped the Patrol:
The Jeep going through with ease:
One of the panoramic spots:
This is how it looked half way through the route, probably 100 Kg of mud on it :)
These are the ruins of an old Bull Fighting ring, nice place to explore.
I am sure, a lot of Land Rover aficionados are going to enjoy this route.
See you soon, the national is 10-11-12 of May
That sums it up, this is the more advanced route we are proposing for the Land Rover Nacional, in a few days.
Mud is what makes it extra fun to drive, it's very easy to get stuck somewhere as there are very deep ruts.
Also I finally replaced the Terrafirma kit, completely useless, shocks and springs are toast, here you can see comparison between driver side, passenger side and new same lift:
I installed the snorkel from mm4x4, overall OK, but had a couple details I didn't quite like, the head is fixed and the lid to cover the old hole was too small, also a little mistake in the pattern supplied made me drill twice the same spot, but overall works OK and the Tdi seems to breath with ease now. Install was OK, but took me much more than anticipated, also it's cool that it hides the scratch some ass did in a parking lot some time ago.
This is just after leaving the road, to start:
Helping with a smile
All this area is completely drench in water, very slippery:
Took a while to take the Patrol out, the front diff dragged like 4 or 5 meters:
Vado de la Nava:
Even more mud, big rock in the way stopped the Patrol:
The Jeep going through with ease:
One of the panoramic spots:
This is how it looked half way through the route, probably 100 Kg of mud on it :)
These are the ruins of an old Bull Fighting ring, nice place to explore.
I am sure, a lot of Land Rover aficionados are going to enjoy this route.
See you soon, the national is 10-11-12 of May
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