Touch wood................

The car I drive is generally changed every 90 days. I've been with LR for 9 years therefore that's 36 different LR's in 9 years (plus a few others in between) and I have only broken down once, which was a Disco 2 TD5 which blew a hydraulic pipe to the autobox on an autoroute in France on the way back from Le Mans.

I don't think that's a bad record really. The pipe was poorly crimped at one end, and you can bet that LR don't make their own pipes and that it was a component supplier that let them down.

James

Charles Hurst Park Royal wrote:

I don't think that's a bad record really.....

Merc sold me an SL500, which they claim had not been involved in any accident, it was 2 years old. I noticed the back end kicking out over bumps (should be happening as SL's have air suspension and not shocks) and they put it up on the ramp, underneath the whole front section was brand new - they tried to get it on a jig to check the alignment - it was so far out, they wouldn't let me have the car back and gave me my money back. Now if I had an accident, would they have owned up? And ever Merc dealer I've been into since, have treated me like crap - such a shame, because I love CLS's and SL's

Well the EGR valve will not be in until Thursday as they are all out of stock due to unprecedented demand (surely this tells Landrover something)

Still the LRA car has arrived....a Jaguar XK Soveriegn 2016 RRS 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography Dynamic in Montalcino Red and Stealth Kit

My experiences with the Merc dealers in Central Scotland is that to a man they treat you like a heap of dog dirt, unless of course you park outside the showroom window in a Merc. Sorry but having been told twice by Merc dealers to my face that I couldn't afford to buy a Benz (despite at one time driving a year old V8iES Disco1 and on the 2nd occasion a TD6 FFRR) I will NEVER EVER cross a Mercedes Benz dealers showroom door threshold again. The local dealer tried for years to get me back into their showroom by inviting me to new car launches and
offering demos, I took the attitude that they didn't need me as a customer. The best dealership experience I had was with Subaru who were so keen to sell me a car that they brought 2 different Legacy Estate models and an Imprezza hunchback to my house for me to test, all on the same day! Saab let me have a 9-5 Estate for 4 days to test too which was nice of them. Despite this attention I stayed with Land Rovers even though the local dealer couldn't offer quite the same sales enthusiasm! 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

Why do Merc dealers have such a supremist attitude? Like they couldn't give a toss whether they got your buss or not? I had one dealer, who I gave £500 deposit to, based on him getting trade in on my old GT, he hadn't come back to me for 10 days - he said oops, he forgot! that was Ipswich...Merc customer care called me back recently after they sent me some blurb, i explained all the probs and she said she could understand why I wouldn't come back. Am not ever sure Brooklands are any better...although I hear good things from autocar who service their loan cars there - but then again they would get good service wouldn't they!!!

brooklands are just as bad, my car was great but when i used to take it there they made me feel like they were doing me a favour, never felt like this with land rover, it doesnt matter wot car you buy your either lucky or not you hear about LR probs because of forums like this other car owners dont talk as much, they r generally owned by enthusiasts if you get my drift

Tim in Scotland wrote:

My experiences with the Merc dealers in Central Scotland is that to a man they treat you like a heap of dog dirt, unless of course you park outside the showroom window in a Merc.

Trust me Tim, that makes little or no difference. When I had a C320 they still treated me like pavement pizza on the sole of their shoe

Made me buy a BMW which I cannot fault either the car nor the service I received.

Besides, the BM was STREETS ahead in both driving and quality terms, not to mention visually Runner up - 2009 Best Avatar Award
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06 RRS TDV6 HSE, Java/Ebony, PTI, Running Boards, Privacy, S/C Grille/Vents, Stormers, Tasmods - GONE - (

Unfortunately I'm having the same problem with the Land Rover dealership here in Cyprus (they also happen to have the BMW dealership which might help with the I'm-superior-to-you-in-every-which-way attitude). I pulled up to complain about them forgetting to fit new brake pads on my old Range (the sole purpose the car went into the shop and for which they charged me through the nose for). I ended up asking about a new RRS supercharged and he pretty much laughed in my face and said that that might be just a little out of my price range; all this with my 2004 Mercedes Benz SL55 AMG right outside his shop window...

Some things will just never make sense to me...