there good cars, the larger engines were far more reliable than the 1.8 or lower k series engined models,

from memory this same engine is found in the v6 landrovers,

Quite, should I asked what happened there (sorry curiosity)

No but the police charged me but the CPS dropped the case after we pointed to some obvious evidence on the photo's. The lad lived due to the fantastic efforts of the fire crews and paramedics. I wish him all the best as I know what happened, most have done what he did on here. I can't say any more on an open forum.

As for the stiff suspension there are two type's. My cdti had the softer and in my opinion the better set up over the firmer one as fitted to all V8. The buyer had the option but the default is the softer.

Steve.