The Wild Rover

[Motown]

Well ive been here for a week now and have settled in well and despite having to sell most of my fleet (7 Rovers) before the move the SD1 made it to North Uist from Sheffield without issue. It was a nine hour drive with two fuel stops and then a five hour ferry ride the car has then got me to work and around the isles for the last week. It just goes to show despite having terrible build quality and being a forty year old Rover with the right maintenance they are perfectly reliable for daily use.

Quick snap at Loch Lomond my wife thinks it looks like an 80s press shot and she might be right!

 

The drive isnt quite as big as the one i had in Sheffield accommodating only one car but i dont think i could maintain seven Rovers out here anyway. I am having to wait two weeks for a set of new tyres 🤣

 

Perhaps i can squeeze a 4x4 with a green oval on there if i am lucky  

 

 

[Matty]

16 minutes ago, Motown said:

Well ive been here for a week now and have settled in well and despite having to sell most of my fleet (7 Rovers) before the move the SD1 made it to North Uist from Sheffield without issue. It was a nine hour drive with two fuel stops and then a five hour ferry ride the car has then got me to work and around the isles for the last week. It just goes to show despite having terrible build quality and being a forty year old Rover with the right maintenance they are perfectly reliable for daily use.

Quick snap at Loch Lomond my wife thinks it looks like an 80s press shot and she might be right!

 

The drive isnt quite as big as the one i had in Sheffield accommodating only one car but i dont think i could maintain seven Rovers out here anyway. I am having to wait two weeks for a set of new tyres 🤣

 

Perhaps i can squeeze a 4x4 with a green oval on there if i am lucky  

 

 

Wtf? How'd I miss this? New job?

[Motown]

5 minutes ago, Matty said:

Wtf? How'd I miss this? New job?

Not exactly ive been wanting to move to the outer hebrides for some time a position with work came up in Uist and they owed me a favour so i jumped on it. Came with some sacrifices though all but one of the cars have gone and the wife is worried il run off with one of the locals but iam not welsh so sheep arent that appealing to me! 

[bunglebus]

You're going to need a garage or that SD1 will dissolve in front of your eyes 

[grogee]

Well jell. That looks like a lovely place to live and a lovely way of driving about.

How snowy does it get up there?

[Motown]

10 hours ago, bunglebus said:

You're going to need a garage or that SD1 will dissolve in front of your eyes 

Plenty of underseal and regular maintenance it will be fine they arent nearly as bad as people make out. My previous SD1 was driven daily for almost 3 years and parked in all weathers the only thing that started to rot was the exhaust so it was prompted swapped out for a stainless one. 

[Matty]

2 minutes ago, Motown said:

Plenty of underseal and regular maintenance it will be fine they arent nearly as bad as people make out. My previous SD1 was driven daily for almost 3 years and parked in all weathers the only thing that started to rot was the exhaust so it was prompted swapped out for a stainless one. 

Matters little anyway. The rate you're moving at I'll give it 6 months before you've pxed it for a skidoo. Or a team of huskies 😁

[Motown]

9 hours ago, grogee said:

Well jell. That looks like a lovely place to live and a lovely way of driving about.

How snowy does it get up there?

Its hard to say the weather seems to be dictated by the Atlantic take yesterday for example 3 hours of sun followed by 30 minutes of rain and then winds of 70mph for the rest of the day 

[Motown]

1 minute ago, Matty said:

Matters little anyway. The rate you're moving at I'll give it 6 months before you've pxed it for a skidoo. Or a team of huskies 😁

I have debated with the wife whether i should swap it for a 4x4 with an autobox but i dont know anyone with a 4x4 who wants an SD1 🤣

[Matty]

Oh god, please don't!

[Motown]

8 minutes ago, Matty said:

Oh god, please don't!

Dont worry with roads like this its likely il hold onto it   

[Matty]

So have to ask (as I'm a nosy bastard), what lune of work are you in? I seem to remember that you used to be in the police. Just curious as to what job would lead to a relocation like that!

[Motown]

1 hour ago, Matty said:

So have to ask (as I'm a nosy bastard), what lune of work are you in? I seem to remember that you used to be in the police. Just curious as to what job would lead to a relocation like that!

Ten years in the army two of which were spent in the reserves brief spell in the police and prison service i now work for the MOD. My wife and three children make me utterly miserable so i fuck about with old Rovers and do a spot of archaeology as hobby now and then to perk me up abit. Am 6ft 1 with a 36 inch waist mucky blonde hair and blue eyes i like whiskey curvy women and good old fashioned rock and roll..... I hope that quenches your curiosity you nosy basterd 🤣

[Matty]

You currently single? Want to go for a drink? 🤣