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Zilch

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Location: Sydney, sometimes the Whitsundays
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2010 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 HSE Fuji White

LR marketing in OZ - Sucks

Great news !! especially when LR are trying to make inroads in the ML and X5 brigade in OZ http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/range-r...1hctv.html

So we pay over the odds for the equivalent of an SE model, and i mean seriously over the odds, it cost us 60K of her majesties finest when you take in Conversion rates, and LR give us the finger in terms of including the updated models later this year.. Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

MY20 Defender 110 SE P400 Eiger/Ebony
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Wed Jul 13 2011 10:18am

mse

Member Since: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Warwickshire
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To be honest i would be pleased with that... Mike

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Wed Jul 13 2011 5:00pm

hydronic

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Wed Jul 13 2011 11:41pm

mse

Member Since: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Warwickshire
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hydronic wrote:
An at least our RRS's will still have a gearstick!

+1 Mike

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Thu Jul 14 2011 12:10am

Zilch

Member Since: 20 Mar 2006
Location: Sydney, sometimes the Whitsundays
Posts: 2835

mse wrote:
To be honest i would be pleased with that...

the paying over the odds for an SE based model

(more than you pay in the UK for an HSE me thinks)

or being left behind in terms of model release

ah, reminds me of a Monty Python BBC licence fee sketch

Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

MY20 Defender 110 SE P400 Eiger/Ebony
MY10 3.0 RRS TDv6 Fuji/Ebony/Anigre

Thu Jul 14 2011 12:24am

mse

Member Since: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 2916

Zilch wrote:
mse wrote:
To be honest i would be pleased with that...

the paying over the odds for an SE based model (more than you pay in the UK for an HSE me thinks)

or being left behind in terms of model release

ah, reminds me of a Monty Python BBC licence fee sketch

I think you are getting hte best combination actually - except the stupid tailgate - i dont see what the big deal is, all you arent getting for a few months is an 8 speed box and no gear stick.

Im sure everyone here pays more than i pay for an HSE Mike

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Thu Jul 14 2011 8:37am

npinks
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is the lack of 8 speed gearbox a possible indication that its not up to the off road use you Ozzy lot do?

Maybe its not up to the constant driving on corrugated roads and the off road expeditions that you lot do and is more suitable to school run traffic etc

Thu Jul 14 2011 11:19am

Zilch

Member Since: 20 Mar 2006
Location: Sydney, sometimes the Whitsundays
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surely it cannot be any worse than my current 6 speed box that does not have the inclination to know what gear to select half the time when cornering, slowing down for junctions, roundabouts etc, and that is on the black stuff, which contrary to what my fellow UK types may think, they do have here in abundance Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

MY20 Defender 110 SE P400 Eiger/Ebony
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Fri Jul 15 2011 4:44am

mse

Member Since: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Warwickshire
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Zilch wrote:
surely it cannot be any worse than my current 6 speed box that does not have the inclination to know what gear to select half the time when cornering, slowing down for junctions, roundabouts etc, and that is on the black stuff, which contrary to what my fellow UK types may think, they do have here in abundance

Just use the paddles - it learns very quickly Mike

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Fri Jul 15 2011 9:14am

Zilch

Member Since: 20 Mar 2006
Location: Sydney, sometimes the Whitsundays
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mse wrote:
Just use the paddles - it learns very quickly

Paddles

i wish Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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Fri Jul 15 2011 9:49am

mse

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Location: Warwickshire
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You should have got yourself some of those! Mike

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Fri Jul 15 2011 10:10am

2nd Rower

Member Since: 12 Nov 2007
Location: Upside Down
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npinks wrote:
is the lack of 8 speed gearbox a possible indication that its not up to the off road use you Ozzy lot do?

Maybe its not up to the constant driving on corrugated roads and the off road expeditions that you lot do and is more suitable to school run traffic etc

Very few Land Rover products are drivin in this way, most are just bought and driven around the metro areas like X5's and ML's etc. Although Land Rover push their off road history as a point of differentiation, the reality is they see their key markets in the family and poser markets - as these are bigger and worth more $'s!

Thu Jul 28 2011 10:56pm

garrycol

Member Since: 30 Nov 2010
Location: Canberra
Posts: 1068

2nd Rower wrote:
Very few Land Rover products are drivin in this way, most are just bought and driven around the metro areas like X5's and ML's etc.

I have stopped waving to Landrovers because they all seem to be driven by soccer mums who have no idea what they are driving - to them Landies is just a car to take the kids to and from school and dance lessons.

Garry 07MY RRS TDV6
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Fri Jul 29 2011 12:48am

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