JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 So today is the first time in probably 15 years I’m going on a train so I thought I ought to document the attempt of me getting to Ipswich and probably ending up in Leeds. Got mrs JJ to drop me off at the local bus stop in Swaffham where I’m writing this. Next stop Norwich bus station. Six-cylinder, Dan302, Low Horatio gearbox and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 First two things to note. Bus prices have gone up. Jesus Christ, when I used to get this bus as a teenager it was about £1.80. Secondly, wow, buses are nicer than they used to be. Last time I used a bus there was an ashtray here, look at this new fangled technology. Vince70, privatewire and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Just noticed this is a phone holder so you wirelessly charge your phone whilst watching a film with the free Wi-Fi onboard. Massively impressed. mat_the_cat, Cord Fourteener, Fat_Pirate and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Presumably this bus, Good luck with the collection. (I'm not psychic, tells you the bus details on the ticket). Cord Fourteener and JJ0063 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 minute ago, busmansholiday said: Presumably this bus, Good luck with the collection. Are you lurking in the bloody bushes or summat? 😆 Cord Fourteener, Fumbler, Shite Ron and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 £6.20 👀 I've bought a few cars cheaper than that. Which reminds me that I'll have to update the cheapest cars thread. Chodest of chod speed. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 17 minutes ago, busmansholiday said: Presumably this bus, Good luck with the collection. (I'm not psychic, tells you the bus details on the ticket). Haha, yes! 7 minutes ago, Agila said: £6.20 👀 I've bought a few cars cheaper than that. Which reminds me that I'll have to update the cheapest cars thread. Chodest of chod speed. Likewise! 😂 Leg one done, time for a slash then the train. Six-cylinder, Cord Fourteener, Dave_Q and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Piss has been pissed and I’ve found a train. I’m like a rabbit in headlights. I hope it’s the right one. here is the weapon of choice. Is there a range of trains from chod spec to executive or is a train a train? djim, Cord Fourteener, privatewire and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Appears to be heading in the right direction anyway! Six-cylinder, Fumbler, Cord Fourteener and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, JJ0063 said: . Is there a range of trains from chod spec to executive or is a train a train? There certainly is. You've a shiney modern bag of shite, enjoy the "seats" as they are generally reconed to be like sitting on an ironing board. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Just now, busmansholiday said: There certainly is. You've a shiney modern bag of shite, enjoy the "seats" as they are generally reconed to be like sitting on an ironing board. I can see the resemblance! Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, JJ0063 said: Is there a range of trains from chod spec to executive or is a train a train? It has wheels and seats. Looks trainy to me! JJ0063 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Chod speed. I went to Norwich on a train, then left on a train. It was also a collection. I didn't realise the front of the station was that pretty! JJ0063 and BertiePuntoCabrio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said: Chod speed. I went to Norwich on a train, then left on a train. It was also a collection. I didn't realise the front of the station was that pretty! I did buy a return as it was the same price but really hoping I don’t have to use it… Yeah it’s quite a posh looking station isn’t it! privatewire and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 I can see Ipswich football club so at least I’ve gotten off at the right stop. Now to wait for a collection from the seller. Six-cylinder, BorniteIdentity, Cord Fourteener and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Nice day and it’s only a 25 min walk to decided to do it on via foot rather than wait to be picked up. MJK 24, oldcars, GeordieInExile and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Collectioned now to drive home! gm, Cord Fourteener, GeordieInExile and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Says he doesn't want a modified Disco 2. Gets a modified Disco 2. You truly are a shiter. 😁 HarmonicCheeseburger, Flat4, Vince70 and 6 others 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Supernaut said: Says he doesn't want a modified Disco 2. Gets a modified Disco 2. You truly are a shiter. 😁 True 1 hour ago, JJ0063 said: Collectioned now to drive home! At least you'll be the cnuk shining headlights into the eyes of us mere mortals 🤣 Well boughted, may only tsunamis and Moses stop you from proceeding. Edit: and the occasional reliability issue. privatewire and JJ0063 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Usually it’s “chodspeed” getting TO the collection area. Chodspeed getting back home…… etc. Cord Fourteener, HarmonicCheeseburger, JJ0063 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I don't get all the hate for the D5 lumps. My parents had a Disco 2 with the D5 in it for several years. It was fine... until the chassis rotted away so badly the MOT station condemned it. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, Supernaut said: I don't get all the hate for the D5 lumps. My parents had a Disco 2 with the D5 in it for several years. It was fine... until the chassis rotted away so badly the MOT station condemned it. A lot suffered with cracked cylinder heads, or blocks, between two cylinders. Another friend had one with electrical gremlins that locked him out with his young kids in the back, on a hot summers day…. They aren’t horrendous by all means, but as long as you can repair stuff yourself/afford it/be constantly fixing something all the time they’re fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintwth Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 One life, spend it fixing a landrover sierraman and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 id have use the other portion of the ticket (sorry) JJ0063 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 And home. That really wasn’t too bad of a collection considering it was bus, walk, train, walk, Land Rover.. Yeah I certainly didn’t want a modified one and in all fairness bar the bumper, this is pretty much standard - it’s not lifted, it’s got original alloys albeit with mud tyres (also came with another set of alloys with road tyres) and I’ve already found a standard front bumper in the right colour.. just got to arrange collection from Oxford! First impressions.. drives really nicely, it’s been remapped and certainly pulls well. Clutch is great (Brand new clutch recently fitted anyway) and even had half a tank of diesel in it. The worst thing I’ve found so far is the ignition barrel.. have to wiggle the key for ages until it finds it’s sweet spot and will turn. I’m sure I had a car like it years ago, possibly even a Land Rover, and it made it ten times better by spraying some lead spray in the barrel. overall, success. It was stupidly cheap to insure, I paid a low price in discovery 2 prices. Chassis is very, very clean and has never been welded either. I dare say I’ll never use it and sell it again in 4-6 months 👍 Now to order some seat covers as the interior is grotty. It does have a nice timber dash though. Coprolalia, LabRat, Six-cylinder and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 minute ago, hairnet said: id have use the other portion of the ticket (sorry) Don’t be sorry, that’s what it’s all about! It ticks every box of what I wanted and I’ve had so many of these I know them inside out and what to look for. We’re good. 👍 Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 47 minutes ago, JJ0063 said: And home. That really wasn’t too bad of a collection considering it was bus, walk, train, walk, Land Rover.. Yeah I certainly didn’t want a modified one and in all fairness bar the bumper, this is pretty much standard - it’s not lifted, it’s got original alloys albeit with mud tyres (also came with another set of alloys with road tyres) and I’ve already found a standard front bumper in the right colour.. just got to arrange collection from Oxford! First impressions.. drives really nicely, it’s been remapped and certainly pulls well. Clutch is great (Brand new clutch recently fitted anyway) and even had half a tank of diesel in it. The worst thing I’ve found so far is the ignition barrel.. have to wiggle the key for ages until it finds it’s sweet spot and will turn. I’m sure I had a car like it years ago, possibly even a Land Rover, and it made it ten times better by spraying some lead spray in the barrel. overall, success. It was stupidly cheap to insure, I paid a low price in discovery 2 prices. Chassis is very, very clean and has never been welded either. I dare say I’ll never use it and sell it again in 4-6 months 👍 Now to order some seat covers as the interior is grotty. It does have a nice timber dash though. Its shiny anyway, I hope you enjoy it! JJ0063 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Supernaut said: I don't get all the hate for the D5 lumps. My parents had a Disco 2 with the D5 in it for several years. It was fine... until the chassis rotted away so badly the MOT station condemned it. They’re brilliant engines if looked after. Head gasket is a really common issue and they don’t go in conventional ways (it typically won’t overheat if it goes) so can be a bit of a pain. I love them, have had lots and they’ve always done me well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 just make sure the rear of the chassis is still there!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, bezzabsa said: just make sure the rear of the chassis is still there!!!! It’s really there! Never been welded and is clean.. I was shocked! Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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