2nd rower - do not let the b s grind you down and the words Pi** up and Brewery spring to mind

BAsically they're trying to ban you from every dealership in Australia so they can void your warranty when you can't get it serviced at a dealers!!!! What a joke. Current, M135i in Estoril Blue with more extras than the cast of Ben Hur.

535d m-sport Platinum grey and a few extras.... Gone

X5 3.0 sd in Space Grey, 20's, Dynamic Pack, Memory Pack, Media Pack, Tow Pack, Rear DVD, Panoramic Sunroof, Steps, 7 Seat Pack, Reversing Camera with moving lines, programmable park heat, etc etc etc - Gone

Range Rover Sport Santorini, privacy, dvd, towpack GONE!!!

Hi 2nd Rower,
I have always been incredibly wary about dealer service and prefer to service myself where possible. I recently did my own pads and front disks at a huge reduction in cost plus I know the job was done properly. So far I have been happy with Alto except for the price, but unfortunately they are pretty competitive in this department.
At 75000km I only just had my air filter replaced and judging by the increase in performance and fuel economy it would seem 75000km is too too long. I am going to keep an eye on myself in future. My orange engine light has come on a few times recently and I will ask Alto to download the fault codes and possibly repair myself it is something like EGR valves.
Poor service isn't exclusive to Landrover, I remember my father having nightmare servicing from Ford in the distant past with his company cars. We were forever fixing the thing up after a service!
I am lucky Alto are quite good and will be using them for the dealer stamp, but will take care of some of the other issues myself. If this wasn't the case I would be looking for a good independent now the car is out of warranty.
cheers,
Redrover TDV6, MYO7 Java with Ivory leather, 19 inch wheels

Hi All,

Been a while since I have been on the site...

A colleague has asked me for my opinion on RRSs and Melbourne dealers as he has come to understand I owned one.

He is looking at a My12 runout; and before I potentially point him in the direction of thsi site and this thread I wanted to check as to whether in the last 18 months the RRS had become more reliable around its common issues; and also whether the local official dealer netwok in Melbourne was any better positioned information and training wise to support and fix the car?

Ta
2R