Another nice day, however with several days of rain forecast ahead, and so I decided to take the Land Rover on an even more sustained highway run at lunch time. This, to the farm where we pick our strawberries in the summer.
The run is about a half hour at 80 kmh. It's the first time I am conscious of just how loud a Land Rover interior is at that speed. Not quite deafening, but you can shout pretty loudly before you hear yourself!
There was also a substantial gusting headwind on the way back - the sound of the air being pushed away from the flat windscreen adds to the noise, too. Driving a Land Rover definitely feeds all of your senses to a very great degree.
Only noteworthy event: halfway there, the mirror fell out of the rear view mirror frame. The crash of breaking glass was louder than even the engine noise. Turns out the mirror was just glued into the frame, and I guess 50+ years was the limit. And so, I made my way back with wing mirrors that are useless and a non-existant rear view mirror. Not exactly safe, however, but this is what these shakedown drives are for, and in the end it's just another problem solved. Anyway, I've ordered a new mirror from 3 Bros. and hopefully the new round wing mirrors will arrive from the UK soon.
The after-drive check showed everything else ok, but the radiator did smell very hot when the hood/bonnet was opened (although indicated temperatures were good). Will keep an eye on that.
