New Member!

[warbird]

Hi all,
Just joined & hopefully I'm picking up a 'T' reg Sport oil burner on Monday! I've only seen pictures but it looks good, its just had a replacement auto box fitted (well, within the last few months)
I'm just wondering what to expect, I want something to tow our caravan (at the moment I'm running a Chevrolet Astro day van for towing & its returning around 13/15 MPG so I hope the Frontera will do better than that!
We live in Bristol where I work with WW2 aircraft. Hope to see some of you when I'm out & about.
Cheers
Geoff
(warbird)

[Roo]

Geoff & To The World Of FOG!
Enjoy

[neal]

welcome mate im just down the road in somerset

[jontera]

welcome mate.

WW2 aircraft? that must be great fun and hard work. do you fly them? if you do that really must be exciting.
your new purchase will give you a better mpg my 2ltr sport gives me just about 25 mpg (when I drive her properly, could get nearer to 30mpg on motorways) there is a thread somewhere about people's mpg

[tazman]

Hi and welcome to the club

[Alchamist]

Hi and welcome along

[tom]

Hi and to fog

[Alfie]

Hi and Welcome to the gang

[andysd1]

hi and welcome to FOG

[warbird]

Thanks for the warm welcome! Should be on the road early tomorrow to go 'oop norf' to get it! the 150 odd miles back home should give it a shake down I hope!
I'll let you all know when I get home!
Cheers for now
Geoff

[spd wxm]

Hi . Theyre a good bunch on here and are always willing to help

[warbird]

Well, I picked it up, brimmed the fuel tank & drove it back to Bristol at motorway speeds 65/75 ish, brimmed it again in Bristol 150 miles later 16.5 ltrs = 41MPG!! WhoooHooo! am I happy, oh yes.
I know its not going to do that around town, nothing will ( unless its one of those two wheeled thingys that go through red lights on a regular basis!) but I'm well chuffed & its an auto.

so here it is, in all its blueness.................



Cheers
Geoff

[gregster]

wotcha mate, and welcome to FOG.

Nice lookin motor....

Laters
Gregster

[Sir-Doris]

Hi and Welcome to the Club!

[SPEEDBIRD 202]

Hallo warbird

and to the Forum

you like old Aircraft eh, check this out here Old Aircraft it might not be from the WW2 era, but it is still a great aircraft ............

Good luck with your 2.2 DTI

[Roo]

Hmmm I didn't know the Sport came In a Diesel

Nice LQQKing motor you have

[Sir-Doris]

Hi and Welcome to the Club!

Roo.. A series sports came in 2.5 and 2.8 disiesel form when they introduced coil springs.

[warbird]

Its a 2.2 DTi & auto! & I'm really liking it, the only thing I need to do is find out where I check the transmission oil so I'm going to look in the manual! (if all else fails, look in the manual)
It tows the caravan really well too!
Cheers
Geoff
Speedbird, I asume that that aircraft behind your Frontera is our old Concorde? now at Brooklands. It was kept for many years in the hangar next to ours (which has now been knocked down) minus the tail fin.

[horses45]

welcome to fog

[SPEEDBIRD 202]