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Geronimo '74 04-28-2010 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 5322034)
... One of them probably snuck over at night and loosened the lugs. :)

That's how I would do it.... ;)

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Originally Posted by HHI944 (Post 5322857)
Sounds fishy to me.
I've never seen a Rover where the lug nuts weren't frozen in place from rust.
Then again, I didn't know aluminum could rust until I bought a Rover. Still can't figure out how they made that magic happen :rolleyes:

ROFL, you must not like Rover's too much then.... :D:D:D
Thanks first chuckle of the day is yours. :D


Went karting yesterday, with the colleagues from work.
10 minute practice run.
10 minute qualifying.
20 minute race.

It was great fun, I didn't make the fastest laps but then again, I'm heavier than all the rest....

My neck's a bit sore though, them massive G forces are a beeotch....


Thursday guys!!!! Almost there!!


GOOD MOOOORNING!!!

porsche4life 04-28-2010 09:31 PM

Got the car fired and running tonight! Just need to put the bracket back on the airbox and a few other minor things.... oh ya.... and put the new Tstat in.... I farked up and forgot to put it in the new pump.... :(

RKDinOKC 04-28-2010 09:42 PM

The only thing I can figure is the wheel didn't snug all the way up when I re-installed it and torqued the lugs. The interesting thing to me is the design of the wheel and lugs would allow the lugs to be fully torqued to spec without fully snugging the wheel to the hub. One of the guys on a Rover forum says he always tightens his lugs with a big cheater bar to about 200 ftlbs making sure the wheel is snugged up, then backs them off and torques them to spec.

RKDinOKC 04-28-2010 09:48 PM

What you think is Aluminum on British cars (Jaguar also) is not Aluminum at all. It's a totally different material they call "Al u mini um." The metal it seems most like is the metal used on American cars we fondlly call "pot metal."

RKDinOKC 04-28-2010 09:51 PM

Sidney, sounds like the Porsche will be parked outside the motel room as planned. :)

livi 04-28-2010 09:56 PM

Morning, Breakfast Crew. SmileWavy

Geronimo '74 04-28-2010 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RKDinOKC (Post 5322890)
What you think is Aluminum on British cars (Jaguar also) is not Aluminum at all. It's a totally different material they call "Al u mini um." The metal it seems most like is the metal used on American cars we fondlly call "pot metal."


AFAIK Aluminum and aluminium are two names for the same metal.

I looked it up

There is no difference in the meaning. 'Aluminium' is the international chemical term recommended by IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), in line with other names of elements (such as sodium, chromium, cadmium). In the USA it is often written as 'aluminum'. The pronunciation also varies. When it is spelled 'aluminium' it usually ends with the sounds 'nee-um'. When it is spelled 'aluminum' it is ends with the sound 'num'

Geronimo '74 04-28-2010 09:57 PM

Morning Marcus

porsche4life 04-28-2010 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RKDinOKC (Post 5322893)
Sidney, sounds like the Porsche will be parked outside the motel room as planned. :)

Motel room? What motel room... ;)

As you guys have assumed..... I will not be at breakfast Saturday.... The after prom ends at 5 and is in Taloga..... I will be sleeping at her house afterwards....


Oh and.... Uhhh..... I will be absent from the bored meeting as well... I have a dive trip to Lake Tenkiller the 5th, 6th, and 7th.... So......Glen and Richard usually know where I stand.... Vote accordingly should there be a vote.... I'll pay you back in pictures from the trip....

Geronimo '74 04-28-2010 10:43 PM

We'll be wanting to see them prom pics too Sid, you know this...

porsche4life 04-28-2010 10:48 PM

I'll see what I can do G-rohnny-mo.... :p

Schumi 04-28-2010 11:06 PM

Prom ends at 5? AM?

Is that the afterparty?

My high school prom ended at like 2AM. And we weren't in Oklahoma.

Times have changed.

porsche4life 04-29-2010 04:45 AM

Yes 5 AM and thats the afterparty....

GH85Carrera 04-29-2010 05:06 AM

I remember long ago back when the world was black & white staying up to 5:00 AM. I don't think I have been up much past midnight in this millennium. The last all nighter I pulled was when Haley's comet first came back into view. I was in the astronomy club and we waited until just before dawn to see a little fuzzy blob in a 21 inch telescope.

Happy Thursday guys.

RKDinOKC 04-29-2010 06:03 AM

Aluminum - Aluminium...Are you sure the British know they are the same :D

Geronimo '74 04-29-2010 08:04 AM

Hey, they invented English, you guys must have misunderstood or something... :D

HHI944 04-29-2010 08:26 AM

Actually, I love my Rover. But it's too easy to poke fun at it. That said, I enjoy my Rover far more than any other vehicle I've owned. It has a unique style all its own.

RKDinOKC 04-29-2010 10:27 AM

The whole thing about the Rover AND the Porsche 928 GTS is that they are supposed to be expensive to maintain. However, I find the maintenance and repairs on both put together doesn't come anywhere near a new car payment/cost for just one car anywhere near the capabilities of either.

I like my 928GTS a bit more than my Range Rover Classic.

HHI944 04-29-2010 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by RKDinOKC (Post 5323663)
The whole thing about the Rover AND the Porsche 928 GTS is that they are supposed to be expensive to maintain. However, I find the maintenance and repairs on both put together doesn't come anywhere near a new car payment/cost for just one car anywhere near the capabilities of either.

I like my 928GTS a bit more than my Range Rover Classic.

My Rover has actually been relatively cheap to maintain, but the weirdest **** happens to it. The top door half on the drivers side just fell off one day, that was 'interesting' I'm still not entirely sure they didn't design this thing to leak oil either.

As for liking the 928 more, get a REAL Rover. RRC's are nice, but they are not Series or Defender trucks. If you ever want to scare the crap out of someone, take a corner hard in one. They'll freak out, but it won't flip. CoG is ridiculously low.

RKDinOKC 04-29-2010 11:45 AM

I just got the classic for something cheap but nice to haul junk around town and handle inclement weather instead of the 928. So far I am a whole $1900 into it including transport halfway across the country and having a good Rover mechanic go thru it to make sure there wasn't going to be any surprises in the near future.

It hasn't left any drips on the driveway in two months and all the fluids are topped up :) so it has earned a space in the garage.


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