My family (wife and 4 small kids) and I drove from Northern Italy via Helsinki into Moscow last year; in a Defender Puma 110 from 2009. I did all the driving and it was a 72hr stint for 4000km. I know what you mean with the surreal feeling when you finally arrive! Thumbs up for the big achievement and for cool good quality content.
Brilliant, great commentary all the way Will. Looking forward to the next video. I’m had similar issue with the steering wheel on my 96, particularly on hot humid days but after a few years it stopped and no more black crap coming off it.
Can’t you turn around and drive back for more content please!! I’ve really enjoyed watching this and proves that old Land Rovers, despite leaking and clunking with strange smells will keep on going! My lads just arrived back from his trip down to Greece in his 1990 Land Rover 90 county with a 150,000 miles under its belt and he did 4600 miles in a month .. he had a fuse blow,and slight manifold leak and lost a hub cap from the axle and had to divert to the west coast of Italy because JLR near Bari were extremely unhelpful.. all he wanted was a poxy plastic hub cap!!! obviously not interested now in the vehicles which made Land Rover what they are today.
We forget how good the UK motorway junctions are, the roundabout on top of, or below the main highway allows corrections of numerous f*ck ups and if you get it completely wrong it's easy to double back
I think this is a typical case of you prefer what you are used to. As a german I think the junctions on the Autobahn are perfectly fine and easy to use especially in combination with google maps. But I see how it might be difficult for foreign users who are not accoustomed to it and have probably lesser knowledge of german geography, but I think this would be the case for every Roadnetwork. The nice thing is they are always built the same and you could plan ahead which exit to take by compass direction or if you want to do a right or "left" turn on to the crossing Autobahn.
@@bohnito I think you have a valuable argument regarding what is familiar to you. As a German you know how to keep right or left. My point of the UK junctions was mainly the ability to correct errors without having to travel many miles or kilometres. If you miss the turning, you simple go around the round about again. My comment was based on a conversation I had with someone from Malaysia. I hadn't really thought about our junctions until it was pointed out to me.
@@harveysmith100 In regard of correcting an error they are not so terrible as it might seem on the first look. You can use them in an roundabout way. The only mistake you can not correct is if you take wrongly the first exit on to the crossing Autobahn. But you are right it is less optimal and especially way less obvious than an actual round about. And because it is all happening in quite fast moving traffic you have to think quickly and have a good image of the layout in your mind.
How would you do a roundabout on a German motorway if you allowed to drive as fast as you can? :D imagine to have a roundabout at all junctions when driving 160 or more km/h?
@@porcobene_media The roundabout on UK motorways/autobahns isn't on the main highway, it is above or below the main motorway so the through traffic continues at high speed
Great stuff - I was hooked on this series 🙌
My family (wife and 4 small kids) and I drove from Northern Italy via Helsinki into Moscow last year; in a Defender Puma 110 from 2009. I did all the driving and it was a 72hr stint for 4000km. I know what you mean with the surreal feeling when you finally arrive!
Thumbs up for the big achievement and for cool good quality content.
The series was a joy to watch. Thank you 👍
I really enjoyed this series, thanks for all your efforts.
Absolutely a fun project. I know you'll turn it into a beauty!
Really amazing. Loving the summary.
Incredible how you even found out the vehicle?
After your mot, wire your headlights via relays. You can use bigger gauge cable and get the full 12V at the bulb as well as saving your switch.
A brilliant series
Brilliant, great commentary all the way Will. Looking forward to the next video. I’m had similar issue with the steering wheel on my 96, particularly on hot humid days but after a few years it stopped and no more black crap coming off it.
I’m glad you mentioned the roof rack drag reduces mpg 👍
Can’t you turn around and drive back for more content please!! I’ve really enjoyed watching this and proves that old Land Rovers, despite leaking and clunking with strange smells will keep on going!
My lads just arrived back from his trip down to Greece in his 1990 Land Rover 90 county with a 150,000 miles under its belt and he did 4600 miles in a month .. he had a fuse blow,and slight manifold leak and lost a hub cap from the axle and had to divert to the west coast of Italy because JLR near Bari were extremely unhelpful.. all he wanted was a poxy plastic hub cap!!! obviously not interested now in the vehicles which made Land Rover what they are today.
They probably would have charged 100€ for the hub cap anyway.
good mileage
Is the alleged armour coming out ? Great series & adventure !
I'm in the UK and my steering wheel does the same in very damp weather.
Mine did too. I bought a nice small wheel and it's so much nicer to drive.
We forget how good the UK motorway junctions are, the roundabout on top of, or below the main highway allows corrections of numerous f*ck ups and if you get it completely wrong it's easy to double back
I think this is a typical case of you prefer what you are used to. As a german I think the junctions on the Autobahn are perfectly fine and easy to use especially in combination with google maps. But I see how it might be difficult for foreign users who are not accoustomed to it and have probably lesser knowledge of german geography, but I think this would be the case for every Roadnetwork. The nice thing is they are always built the same and you could plan ahead which exit to take by compass direction or if you want to do a right or "left" turn on to the crossing Autobahn.
@@bohnito I think you have a valuable argument regarding what is familiar to you. As a German you know how to keep right or left.
My point of the UK junctions was mainly the ability to correct errors without having to travel many miles or kilometres. If you miss the turning, you simple go around the round about again.
My comment was based on a conversation I had with someone from Malaysia. I hadn't really thought about our junctions until it was pointed out to me.
@@harveysmith100 In regard of correcting an error they are not so terrible as it might seem on the first look. You can use them in an roundabout way. The only mistake you can not correct is if you take wrongly the first exit on to the crossing Autobahn. But you are right it is less optimal and especially way less obvious than an actual round about. And because it is all happening in quite fast moving traffic you have to think quickly and have a good image of the layout in your mind.
How would you do a roundabout on a German motorway if you allowed to drive as fast as you can? :D imagine to have a roundabout at all junctions when driving 160 or more km/h?
@@porcobene_media The roundabout on UK motorways/autobahns isn't on the main highway, it is above or below the main motorway so the through traffic continues at high speed
you can mot on the chassis number i think i did that with some cars i imported from japan
Will when you do a ex mod vehicle they use to Mot the chassis number!