Ruffin' It
Explorer
Big thanks
Thank you so much to all those that helped put the Trophy on this year AND to all those who attended making it another great experience. It was, yet again, one of the higlights of my year (even though I didn't get a chance to visit with a number of people that I was really looking forward to catching up with).
For those of you who were on the Southern overland route we (black Discovery) are doing fine. The decision to bail out on the route turned out to be the right one. By the time I rolled into the dealer, I was having to shift manually so I could keep the revs high enough to continue moving forward. We are still in Scottsdale as our Rover isn't expected to be out of the dealer until Monday. The diagnosis was a cracked coil. Much to my dismay, they also found a blown head gasket (an issue I have known about but could not get the LA Rover dealer to even look at because they would have had to fix it under warranty), a leaking transfer case, broken engine mounts (presumably from the very very shaky engine on the way to the dealer), and a dead windshield washer pump. I also found out the spark plug wires for a Disco cost $340 - uninstalled! In case anyone is wondering, the Rover dealer in Scottsdale is top notch. Charlie has been really great and they have done a MUCH better job than any dealer I have been to in Southern California.
On a side note, if anyone wants to buy a 2004 Disco, mine is for sale. Sure I'm asking more than it is worth (since I owe more than it is worth), but on the bright side it already comes with custom "pin-stripping" and dents to give you that instant trail cred you really want to have. :yikes:
Andrea says thank you to everyone and that she LOVED meeting all the wonderful people. You all are a much better group than we could have ever hoped for.
Tyler & Andrea
Thank you so much to all those that helped put the Trophy on this year AND to all those who attended making it another great experience. It was, yet again, one of the higlights of my year (even though I didn't get a chance to visit with a number of people that I was really looking forward to catching up with).
For those of you who were on the Southern overland route we (black Discovery) are doing fine. The decision to bail out on the route turned out to be the right one. By the time I rolled into the dealer, I was having to shift manually so I could keep the revs high enough to continue moving forward. We are still in Scottsdale as our Rover isn't expected to be out of the dealer until Monday. The diagnosis was a cracked coil. Much to my dismay, they also found a blown head gasket (an issue I have known about but could not get the LA Rover dealer to even look at because they would have had to fix it under warranty), a leaking transfer case, broken engine mounts (presumably from the very very shaky engine on the way to the dealer), and a dead windshield washer pump. I also found out the spark plug wires for a Disco cost $340 - uninstalled! In case anyone is wondering, the Rover dealer in Scottsdale is top notch. Charlie has been really great and they have done a MUCH better job than any dealer I have been to in Southern California.
On a side note, if anyone wants to buy a 2004 Disco, mine is for sale. Sure I'm asking more than it is worth (since I owe more than it is worth), but on the bright side it already comes with custom "pin-stripping" and dents to give you that instant trail cred you really want to have. :yikes:
Andrea says thank you to everyone and that she LOVED meeting all the wonderful people. You all are a much better group than we could have ever hoped for.
Tyler & Andrea