DarrenH saying hi

[DarrenH_2.2]

Hello folks, i am darrenh (well i tried to be but that was taken, so i am version 2.2 !!)

i'm from kent and saw a '99 estate for sale back in may, thought hmm yeah, then promptly forgot all about it! the thread popped back to the top a couple weeks back so i started the ball rolling! i've owned vauxhalls since i passed my test in the 1990s but this is my first "big" griffon, although i have owned a defender before so not new to lumbering old offroaders!!

so anyway, i went up to look at the frontera yesterday and ended up buying it, then driving it 177 miles home ! its a 1999 2.216v estate, 77k miles, well looked after, good lot of history with it, just the standard model but it has the styling pack (oooooh!) i will put some pictures in the members rides but hello to everyone first

[stretch]

Hi Darren welcome to FOG

[4x4 bobby]

Hi bud, welcome to the forum. You will love your new purchase as thay get under your skin. You will end up driving round with a smile on your face and you won't even notice until someone say's What you smiling at????

[jellybaby]

Hi and welcome as bobby said they do get under your skin and the oil gets under your nail on the carpet etc.

[DarrenH_2.2]

thanks for the welcome

i forgot to mention i originally trained as a mechanic, then quit, but carried on as hobby in my spare time. welding, fabricating, spannering, have done all of my own work on my vauxhalls over the years so expect to see some scary (but hopefully not!) updates to the diary thread !

question for robfog, i see from the thread you linked its all a bit nod and wink hush hush, but where (geographically) are the woods? in essex ? i'm in north kent, medway towns, not too far away

[horses45]

Hi Darren and welcome to the forum