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The guys talk about future adventures and why Land Rover ownership doesn't have to be serious.Next up on the sofa is Jubilee Lorne, the driving force behind the Larry the Land Rover social media account. From camping out of a 90 with her family to using techniques to get the very best deal when buying a Land Rover to her top festival essentials, Jubilee's enthusiasm is infectious.Finally, Johnathan East joins the boys on the sofa to talk all things engine conversions and running a Land Rover business on the Isle of Wight. Johnathan explains the importance of the new generation of gearboxes when doing engine conversions to Land Rovers, sourcing donors, Series trucks and more.As always, we love to get your feedback and questions, so send them over! 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They make off-road tires, and the host is saying the specific tires they liked were discontinued.","sourceStartTime":2369.1,"sourceEndTime":2371.2}},{"id":511438,"startTime":2378.1,"endTime":2381.4,"type":"term","title":"400 horsepower","url":"/glossary/400-horsepower","quote":"But yeah, I mean, like you say, use it hard, use it. Yeah, I will use all 400 horsepower. And then give it to someone to clean it up.","canonicalId":"term:400-horsepower","priority":0.4,"confidence":0.6,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Horsepower is a measure of engine power—how much work the engine can do per unit time. Saying they’ll “use all 400 horsepower” implies the vehicle has a high-output setup and they’re planning to exploit it in off-road driving or hard use.","simplifiedExplanation":"Horsepower is a number that tells you how strong the engine is. 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