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ROAD TAX RIP OFF!

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Wireless:
Seems I need to knock the idea on the head, my 3.9 Disco is worth about £2500 tops, and the cheapest LPG Multipoint Fuel Injection is £1100 + VAT, and the Prins System is £1400 + VAT.

Maybe when I invest in a Rangey 4.4 I'll do it.

Ho hum.

Range Rover Blues:
One of the problems you are experiencing is because of the way the gearbox is set up.  At 53mph it should lock up in 4th gear, some call it 5th gear which it seems like when driving.
At 50-55 you are hovering around this change point all the time so you will find it shuttles up and down the gears, plus if it is locked up then it will change straight down to 3rd, which comes as a shock as the revs shoot up .

If I'm dragging a big load up a long hill then I'll pull back into 3rd to stop the box trying to change up if I lift slightly as it seems to break the rythem, plus leting the engine build up revs prevent the liners overheating as more air is running through the engine.

Wireless:
Yeah, speedo indicates faster but gps says it locks up at 49mph, hence I normally tow at 50/51mph on my current tyre pressures (235/70 16) 26psi front 34psi rear, but these may need to be higher if you check my Tyre Pressure thread elsewhere.

If I up the tyre pressures the rolling road resistance will go down, I might get better mpg that way, I may try 28psi front and 38psi rear, which are standard pressures for 205 x 16 tyres.

Not sure I should try 30psi front and 46psi rear, seems a little over the top.

Range Rover Blues:
I go for about 28/36 but then the RRC can't carry quite as much as the Disco.. I find it heyr are too hard I can't stop in the wet :-.

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