just had the 7 year service, including obligatory belt changes, $2.5K, that was at an independent..
Not sure if that is good or bad.. any comparison costs from Australian members (seems to be a
rare entity nowadays)

2nd R, in Melbourne 18th and 19th Feb, fancy a curry BK you are welcome if you catch a plane,
distance no excuse i am traveling from Hong Kong  Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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Wish I could bring the new SC Zilchy. Let me check my calendar for a plane ride.... Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2009 Buckingham Blue RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2010 Alaska White RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Gone - 2017 Chawton White RRS 5.0 V8 Supercharged
Current - 2010 Java Black RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Current- 2024 RRS P400 SE Dynamic

that would be an expensive curry BK then again if you can afford a new SC  Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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MY10 3.0 RRS TDv6 Fuji/Ebony/Anigre

Your India Takeaways don’t have very good service - we get free delivery a lot of the time now and here’s the lengths some takeaways will go to......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-ha...-to-france 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

I must admit it was hard to find a good and consistent Indian restaurant in Sydney, when you did
they closed after a while not sure about Melbourne, have to leave that to BK and 2nd to comment.

When i worked in the UK, i was 10 minutes from Brick Lane.. very spoilt for choice in those days Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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When I worked in UK I started off in Brick Lane just round corner from Aldgate East Tube... ‘‘twas in the 80s
Which independent did you use?

PS: there are quite a few good Indian Restaurants in Melbourne... I have tested a lot of them! RRS P460e
1983 2 door Range Rover ARB Bar X9000 winch ARB Rear Bar now semi retired.
Many big trips done in this one.
1982 Rangerover nearly restored.
22 Defender D250 with lots of stuff for outback touring
Nice 2013 Freelander TD4 manual (for daughter to learn on) with much better stereo compared with previous SD4 SE with Meridian which sounded bad!
2013 Land Rover Defender ute.

Ayers in Brookvale, used them on my old Rangie when it came out of warranty.. They are LR specialists

Cheers Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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I'll be nearly in Melbourne (Vic High Country) filming a trip for my and a couple of my mates overland travel mag. But would have been great to catch up otherwise.

I used Ayres in the past too, and my RRS was previously serviced by them. Andy
2005 RRS Black with a few bits added and some scratches.