Some times the old trucks are easier to get going again than some of these newer ones with computers and software galore. Certainly a learning experience for them, glad its sortedš
Think theyāre as lucky theyāre driving a Toyota, their 4x4s are more common than anything else. The wait time if they had got a salvage part would have been 6 to 8 weeks. It also means I donāt have to drive over 3,000kms in my temporary Chinese ute. 
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The advantage of an old landroverā¦ all you need is a 13mm/1/2" spanner and a hammer to fix anything 
JC that sounds a damn long drive - good luck.
Glad you didnāt say a new Landrover
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Iāll wager part of you was looking forward to that drive !
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Youāre correct, firstly it would have been a pleasure to ārescueā my granddaughter (I love her to bits) secondly I would have had an opportunity to see a part of Aus I havenāt yet. The bit I wouldnāt have liked is driving our current temporary car (Chinese 4x4 ute) as itās a slug.
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Of course if you had a āproperā new defender you could just go as the crow flies, cut cornersā¦ā¦ā¦and get rescued yourselfš
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Funny I have a friend who has one he loves it, so far heās had no problems. Iām still waiting on new Ford Everest to be delivered you canāt put in a good word for me.
No needā¦.ex Ford director when we owned LRā¦ā¦.they like doing their own thing at LR, nuff said. The Ford guys in Oz do a great job on Everest/Rangerā¦ā¦.they stayed up all night to talk to us in UK and US to get the job doneā¤ļø
Itās getting rave reviews here, problem is they keep delaying it release. Was meant to be August and was put back till today but it seems theyāre missed that as well. Weāve had ours ordered since July and delivery wonāt be till February.
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Probably supplier park problems at the Thailand plantā¦ā¦the sequencing of deliveries from overhead conveyor linesā¦ā¦just in time is amazing to see. But of course does not help youš„
Trouble is Mrs Pete wonāt get over me selling her Merc while sheās the LDV ute. 
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Pick them up next weekend, so they should be up and running on Monday week. Also it seems Witch Hat have completed my Morgana XLR cable but I still donāt know if itās been dispatched. Think they probably need to revise the way they communicate with customers, the odd email keeping you in the loop might save them a lot of hassle.
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Thatās great news and I agree about WHās communication - it starts off firing when you make an enquiry and then drops right off after they have your money. Iāve still no idea when the Morgana is coming.
In other news, the Superlumina speaker jumpers are finally in the post from Canada, and the second hand Star might even be here today going by the courier tracking.
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Happy days, the Star should be fun.
I did ask Witch Hat if they needed a connect/distributor here but they werenāt interested. The cables look good theyāre great value but they just need to get that customer service thing right. People just need reassurance that things are happening.
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I must have missed your SL and Star purchases Mike
But donāt you have a Nova?
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Ah, yes the SL jumpers are used and I found a set for sale on-line when I had a thread running about speaker jumpers for systems where you use the SL speaker wire.
The second hand Star was an opportunity purchase and will replace the Uniti2 in the little games room (garage) that is next to the listening room/office. I procrastinated quite a bit about how to get that system best set up to interface with the music, TV and Blu-ray set-up from the NDX2 set-up in the next room and decided that getting everything onto the same modern streaming platform was the best way to go. Now we can watch the big TV whilst playing pool and have surround sound (well surround sterna 
). It just gets it all very tidy and Pete had thought the Atom was a step up from his Uniti2, but it was just a good deal came up on the Star and I quite like the idea of playing CDs on it, as all the CDs are on shelves in the games room. Hopefully selling of the Uniti2 and my spare Heed stuff will cover most of the cost (the used market is a bit quite here at the moment).
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Good one , I bought my brother a Star and he loves it
Did you keep your little A60 amp ?
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Yes, thatās still here. Would make a nice amp for Miss Mike when sheās older.
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