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Author Message   Bandwagon (Bandwagon) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 01:18 pm:    I have noticed a large increase in stupid questions over the last month. And I think it is due to the large amount of pousers that are buying landrovers. As land rover sales went up so did the stupid questions.And another thing is all the people that post general shit in the technical section is stating to bother me. Also whats bothering me is the pussies out there that are on here that don't take the vehicle off road and post shit like "Where is the plug to drain the oil or my sunroof stopped working" To those people I hope the dealership screws you over and over and over. One year ago I could sit here on Discoweb for 5 hours and read every post and find some kind of insight in what everyone said, I miss the awesome flame wars we used to have. Now I can barely stand 30 minutes of Discoweb because of the stupid shit people ask and say. I hope Discoweb starts getting better. Just had to blow some steam having a really bad day at work   the Big Daddy Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 01:31 pm:    How do I engage the CDL on my Rover?   Eric N (Grnrvr) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 01:50 pm:    well, gee, big daddy, what kind and year of rover do you got?   Paul Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 02:07 pm:    Big Daddy, I think you pull on that shaft in the middle...........................   Greg French (Gregfrench) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 02:08 pm:    Easy...Just remove the link from your "Favorites" folder. We'll miss you!   Prescottj (Prescottj) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 02:09 pm:    You now it is bad when you are talking about mods and a guy jumps in and says my mods include rear taillight protectors,sunshade tinted windows, land rover steering wheel badge, wood grained panels, side running boards and cheetah wheel cover   newbie Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 02:11 pm:    we just bought a new 2003 Discovery and my wife likes the looks of those bar things on the front that you see on Suburbans and Expeditions. Everyone seems to have one and our Discovery doesn't. Can the dealer obtain and install these?? Also would a winch be helpful on days that it snows?? Thanks. newbie   Jack (Olered) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 02:38 pm:    What I know I learned from DWeb. Now, it can be tiresome reading the same threads over and over but sometimes there's something new to learn. We're always learning and trying different stuff around here. Maybe the tech board could be expanded to specific folders i.e. Lighting, Tires, Suspension, Bumpers, etc. I think that most people do not complete a search before posting (I'm guilty). Just a thought. I'm happy either way...   Bandwagon (Bandwagon) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 02:52 pm:    another problem is people who fuckin post a problem right away and don't even look at there rig before they start to fix a problem. I mean diagonosis is one thing but when a switch stops working and you post your question and the only thing wrong is a blown fuse is just ridiculos. But Jack I do somewhat agree with you and I am always happy to see questions that deal with mods like what problems am I going to run into when installing a lift.   Dana Giles (Dana_G) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 03:03 pm:    Every bulletin board I've ever been on inevitably faces this issue. All the ole timers start whining about newbies asking the same questions over and over. It's like your favorite underground band making it big time, you hate all the new fans because they aren't 'real' fans. It happens, get over it. This is supposed to be a resource for Disco owners, there are Disco owners of all experience levels. To some, checking a simple fuse is actually adventuring into unknown territory. Some simply don't have the slightest idea how vehicles work. We should not sit here on our high horses and scoff at them, but perhaps attempt to educate, and in the process we may just convert them from mere owners to enthusiasts. If you are truly bothered by it, direct them to the search button, or just don't read it! Is this enough of a flame for you bandwagon???   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 03:37 pm:    LOL. There is always the, now classic, "can I fit the '03 headlights into mine?"   the Big Daddy Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 03:42 pm:    Oh,... I think I pulled Greg French's shaft.. Maybe thats why it won't engage..   Greg P. (Gparrish) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 04:03 pm:    I think he was talking to Bandwaggon, and not to you Big Daddy, but I can't be sure of that.   Greg French (Gregfrench) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 07:40 pm:    Big Daddy...I was commenting on Bandwagon's post. Not yours. Sorry for the confusion. (You can still pull on my shaft if you want...but I have already been engaged. I don't think it would work out!)   Sean Hanagan (Seanh) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 10:31 pm:    Does anyone know where I can get a wood dash kit for a D90? My wife thinks they look cool. Bandwagon, Your job must suck ass!   muskyman Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 10:50 pm:    sean, please search . . . . . <-----------lol   Dee Cantrell (Discodad) Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 11:03 pm:    OK I just bought a new set of diff-guards how do I install them?   gp (Garrett) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 07:52 am:    it burns when i pee? is this normal?   the Big Daddy Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 08:03 am:    Only if I'm pulling your shaft Garrett.......   AdrianS Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 08:54 am:    I went off-roading for the first time this past weekend and when I drove over a large rock and my back tire looked like it was going to fall off. (see pic)Is this normal? Will this happen all the time?   Adrian Strata (Adrians69) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 09:12 am:      gp (Garrett) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 09:49 am:    you're very lucky. could have been much worse. your dixon-bate recover point coter pin chain seems to be hanging down. these have been known to get hung up on logs, rocks, small pebbles, etc. and tear entire front ends off of trucks. next time lets be a little more careful. just be glad no one was injured.   Rans (Rans) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 10:02 am:    Know what burns my ass? (besides Big Daddy!) When whiny complainers hide behind made up names! Other than that, this is a hilarious thread! By the way, what does CDL mean? and why doesn't my '99 Disco II have it? Also, why does a D1 roof rack on a D2 truck make someone look like a poseur?   AdrianS Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 10:11 am:    What is a dixon-bates and how many should I have?   Tom Rowe Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 10:26 am:    CDL is short for Comercial Drivers License. You need one of those if you are going to drive your Land Rover on TV.   Tom Rowe Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 10:28 am:    PS. if you're just driving your Land Rover on the radio, the Feds recently rulled that a CDL *learners* permit will suffice. PROVIDED you aren't driving with cross drilled brake lines or piston return springs. I guess it's the added power thing or something.   BMc Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 10:36 am:    question... if you guys already know everything about 4 wheeling then why are you on this sight? you guys sound like the same winy kids that take there ball and go home when the game isnt played the way they want. It sucks to want to learn and your still made fun of... but hey that just makes it that much more fun. ok I added some fuel... lets keep this fire going   KJ Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 11:24 am:    ROTFLOLOLOL! Now, this thread is a LOT better than so many of the hot-air driven threads we've had on this site lately. Sorry you were having a lousy day Bandwagon, but without your lousy day we wouldn't have this little gem. Now, a serious question: Which do you boys find works best, Midol or Midol PM? Karen   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 11:27 am:    can't have your yin without your yang, Mr. Bandwagon...someday you'll realize that, and your life will be simpler.   Bryan Crosby (Bcroz) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 11:31 am:    so, if I get my cdl learners permit, you'll go home and play with your balls? i'm confused   AdrianS Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 11:43 am:    I'm just a yernin for some learnin. One thing I learned that works all the time is to give a nice loud "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOGGIE" when offroading. JRoc taught me that.   Bryan Crosby (Bcroz) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 11:48 am:    the midol thing brings up an interesting philosophical point, that being, if a woman needs midol and there isnt a man around to whine to, does she really have pms?   Brian Friend (Brianfriend) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 11:58 am:    What do they mean when they say go as fast as possible and as slow as nessisary?   Tom Rowe Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 12:02 pm:    Karen, either works just as well.... Her: You bastard!!! I'm out of Midol. Get off your lazy ass and go get me some! Me; Oops, sorry dear. I'll be right back. 3 days later: Me: Here, sweetie, I got your [insert whichever I grabbed]   Bryan Crosby (Bcroz) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 12:10 pm:    The manager of a general store is teaching a new kid how to sell customers more than they actually need. “I’ll show you what I mean,” he whispers as a guy walks in asking for lawn seed. “Here you go,” says the manager. “And you’ll be wanting a lawn mower, right?” “Why’s that?” the guy asks. “You’ll need to cut the grass after the seeds grow.” Amazingly, the guy buys one. When another man enters and asks for a pack of Tampax, the manager winks at the boy, who says, “Of course, sir. And I suppose you’ll be needing a lawn mower?” “Why would that be?” asks the puzzled customer. “Well, your weekend’s screwed, so you might as well mow the lawn.”   Larry Solomayer (Solo) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 01:25 pm:    Do you know why it's called PMS . . . . . . . . . . . . Because mad cow disease was all ready taken   b Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 03:56 pm:    well this thread made a turn toward the stupid it should be renamed "Everyone jump on the PMS"   Bryan Crosby (Bcroz) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 04:39 pm:    blame it on karen. anyone else having a crummy day, we need someone new to flame   Todd Juneau (Toddxd) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:45 pm:    I must be one of the people "bandwagon" is talking about. I purchased a 97XD about a year ago after owning several Jeeps. I decided that there must be a better vehicle than Jeep, and LR was first on my list. Being familiar with the Camel Trophy events, I was excited to find an XD in mint stock condition. At the point of purchase, I very little about the mods that were available for Disco's or what they were really capable of. Needless to say, it took a year of driving it stock to finally decide to modify it. I was so impressed with the stock capabilities that I did not need to modify it for the trips I frequently took to Baja. After spending far too much time on DWEB at work, I got the bug to start adding the mods so that I could start joining the LR club trips. It was a result of all the information I read on DWEB that helped me set up my Disco with suspension, bull bar, sliders, etc. I thank all the DWEB experts for their knowledge and opinions. Now that my XD is ready to hit the trails, I am unfortunately experiencing other problems of which I have posted in the "technical" section asking for feedback on the problems. I may be wrong, but I thought that is what this site was all about? Then again maybe not, maybe some of the serious LR guys don't really want others on this board that can't weld or change a part out right on the trail! I have learned almost everything I know about my Disco from this site and have done all the mods either myself or with folks I have met on this site to my Disco. I would consider myself fairly experienced when it comes to off-road driving and making minor to medium sized modifications or repairs. Hopefully there is some patience and consideration for others like myself. I am sure the rest of you who are no doubt total experts on the Disco had to start from the beggining yourselves. Thanks DWEB...   Greg French (Gregfrench) Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 08:49 pm:    Amen, Todd!   KJ Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 11:55 pm:    Well Todd, that added NOTHING to the PMS thread! LOL! Even though you got us back on topic (hey, how long can THAT last???), I agree completely. I teach riding, so that means I repeat myself endlessly until my pupils "get it", and then I go on to the next endless repetition. Putting sound fundamentals on a student of anything is important, even if it makes some folks impatient. This site is about learning, sharing and goofin', and can only benefit with the addition of people new to the Land Rover "experience". Karen, blame away, Bryan   Dean Chrismon (Chrismonda) Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 12:06 am:    Hey my cruise went out, also I was wondering about a diesel swap....how am I doing?   Kim S (Roverine) Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 02:04 am:    To all who support the "newbies" ... well said. Those of us with kids experience simplistic, repetitive questions, sometimes with answers so obvious we don't know whether to laugh or pop our head like a zit. Hopefully we, more so than not, take the time to seriously answer the kid so that (a) they learn, (b) they aren't afraid to ask the next question, (c) and they learn how to teach someone else. One way you know you're knowledgeable is if other people ask you questions and respect your answers (i.e., take heed or come back for more). Unfortunately, the more you know, the wider the gap between you and a rookie. So, either smile and answer their question(s) or take some Midol and chill. Kim   Jack (Olered) Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 09:39 am:    just one more thing: Please just BUY a 2003 and keep your D1 as a D1. Be proud of your D1.   Tom Rowe Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 10:39 am:    Oh damn...you people. This had become a great thread, now Todd went and ruined it by getting back on topic. Of course it would be a newbie to Rovers who'd so something like *that*. ;-)   E Snyder Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 11:04 am:    I'm more put off by the "which fraternity were you in", or "how many of us are teenagers with Discos", or "how many safaris have you taken", or "why Barbour coats are so superior", or "what type of boat do you own", threads that seem to have shown up a lot on the general section lately. New owner questions are new owner questions, you'll always have'em. The more people who buy discos and wheel them, the more LRNA will see that is a viable market segment. People giving each other shit occasionally, who cares. But maybe we should start an "Ego Stroking" section, and then it would be easier to find the stuff actually related to Discos in the "General" section. My flaming .02. (bad day also, not as bad as bandwagon's) And while I'm bitchin', LEARN HOW TO SPELL! Who came up with the rule that no one writing on the internet has to spell shit correctly? Sheesh. OK, I'm done.   Bandwagon (Bandwagon) Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 11:11 am:    E Snider Some people like bragging about what they got. I do. The first thing you do when you buy a new boat is call your buddy neighbor over for a beer to show it off. Fuck that's what men do so why don't you shut the hell up This is officialy a bad week   Eric N (Grnrvr) Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 11:25 am:    Man, sure wish we still had spell check around here. Ya, I can't spell.. Guilty.. But, then I never said I was smart like you all college grads around here with your PHDs and MBAs and other 3 letter titles.   Bandwagon (Bandwagon) Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 12:01 pm:    help I'm Stuck   Todd Juneau (Toddxd) Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 12:31 pm:    Ya, Ya, sorry for the serious post! Well, I feel better now. I love reading the posts on this board, it is pretty funny how people just get off the subject on random other topics! How can you have a bad day with DWEB around!   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 01:51 pm:    that was funny, bandwagon I wonder if the rocks are real, or just imitation rocks? they look like they are washed daily, along with the nicely laid tile, so at least they're clean rocks. you should have captured a LR salesman clad in safari gear in the background for the full effect, but funny nonetheless.   Prescottj (Prescottj) Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 02:51 pm:    "Where's my buddies Jeep Liberty to winch me out of this mess"   KJ Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 07:01 pm:    LOL, Enoch! That's about the fiestiest thing I've ever seen you post (uh-oh...fiesty..."I before E, except after C, or when sounded like A, as in neighbor and weigh....") If that's your version of a bad-day flaming post, you're as nice a guy as I've always thought you were. You're going to have to try harder ;) Oh, and they seem to spell "shit" pretty well, don't you think? Karen, sorry, couldn't help it, you cracked me up with that post   the Big Daddy Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 09:38 pm:    Enoch needs a hug! Are you and Mr. Boggs going to join us in Manhattan the end of March? The day after Robesoina. Evan   Give me your money (Darby) Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 10:54 pm:    He wouldn't have been stuck if he would have bought my lift kit   gp (Garrett) Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 11:18 pm:    enoch is not nice, but is damn cute. haha. funny thing i ran into him in the middle of nowhere WV (driving back to PA) on a sunday afternoon. saw a nice rover and turned around to see who it was. low an behold it was someone from dweb. funny stuff. save your hugs for me evan. i need one. driving solo to Maine tomorrow. meeting josh (from dweb) up there to do some skiing at Sunday River. but yet it all makes me a little!! so mark me down for V-Day at SCC. i think you know what happened. again. lol.   E Snyder Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 11:47 am:    KJ- Thanks! (I am DAMN cute.) Big Daddy- Is that Manhattan, Kansas? JK. What exactly is planned? Actually, I'm getting MA***ED on April 19th, so any rover events before are probably out of the question. Who knows, though. I'll talk to Mike, particularly about the spring trials. BTW, did you guys ever post the results of last fall's event anywhere? Enoch   Greg Davis (Gregdavis) Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 03:33 pm:    Karen, thanks. I've never been able to remember the second half of that saying. "...or when sounded like A, as in neighbor and weigh". That should help my spelling some.   KJ Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 11:06 pm:    Enoch, You MUST be cute because ALL the boys seem to be vying for your attention! Be careful though, you seem to be attracting some stalkers in the WV woods.....My gracious, no one has seen this much action since the "Richmond Chicks"! LOL! Good thing you're being taken off the market soon. Congrats! Greg, my pleasure. Now, please forgive flying clunkers from me, too? Karen   Andrew Clarke (Aclarke) Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 03:50 pm:    Being somewhat of a newbie myself, I've asked my share of stupid questions and humbly appreciated the answers. I also try to occasionally answer the stupid questions when they come up to leave the more knowledgeable people time to answer the really tough ones. My skill runs out around the point of "how do I defilibrate my magneto-nuclear flux inhibitors?" or pretty much any post with the words "Tr a nny" or "ste a lership".