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micalee

Member Since: 24 Apr 2014
Location: Warwickshire s
Posts: 241

2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Stornoway Grey

Annoyed RRS Owner Parks Car at Dealership

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A rather annoyed Range Rover owner in Colchester, England was so annoyed with all the problems his vehicle (and wallet) have been through he decided to list them all on said car, and park it in front of the Land Rover dealer from which it was purchased.

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Last edited by micalee on Mon May 05 2014 8:46pm. Edited 1 time in total

Mon May 05 2014 8:40pm

jim4244

Member Since: 16 Feb 2012
Location: No
Posts: 1210

2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Santorini Black

Good for him!

Mon May 05 2014 8:42pm

simple1

Member Since: 15 Jan 2006
Location: Somerset
Posts: 1657

2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Cairns Blue

Sounds like my old car, except mine would read 27 ball joints, 3 seat frames, four turbos, lost count of bushes and drop links,
Think my protest was better achieving end goal. 2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

Mon May 05 2014 9:39pm

martyn05

Member Since: 13 Feb 2014
Location: Derby
Posts: 324

2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Bonatti Grey

Fair play to the guy, what was the dealerships response ?? 2006 RRS SC Bonatti Grey (the 55th car/van I have owned)
2005 GSX 1400 K5

Mon May 05 2014 10:08pm

RRSTDV8

Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 8976

2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Orkney Grey

That was about 5 years ago... 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Mon May 05 2014 10:18pm

SPX

Member Since: 26 Dec 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 587

2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HST Java Black

Always strikes me as being odd how worked up people get about cars (and maybe life in general).

If I've ever been unfortunate enough to buy a vehicle that was troublesome (most of the Audis I seem to buy are pony and trap) and the enjoyment of owning it becomes greatly diminished because of its unreliability, I suck it up, get it repaired and then sell it.

Then life goes on.

Mon May 05 2014 10:21pm

designboy

Member Since: 03 Feb 2014
Location: whitehead co antrim
Posts: 338

2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Lux Stornoway Grey

It only takes a few minutes extra to pick a nicer typeface and placement for the text. I think the bigger crime here is the sign writers. I'd have parked it there next funny this looks exactly how I bought mine. Same colour and trim options lol.

Mon May 05 2014 11:19pm

simple1

Member Since: 15 Jan 2006
Location: Somerset
Posts: 1657

SPX wrote:
Always strikes me as being odd how worked up people get about cars (and maybe life in general).

If I've ever been unfortunate enough to buy a vehicle that was troublesome (most of the Audis I seem to buy are pony and trap) and the enjoyment of owning it becomes greatly diminished because of its unreliability, I suck it up, get it repaired and then sell it.

Then life goes on.

The art is not getting worked up, it's about getting value and service from dealer. If you have just written a cheque for £60k, it's somewhat hard to suck it and get rid especially when you have replaced two previous cars in 18 months with unsolvable faults. 2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

Tue May 06 2014 5:22am

muddywheels
Milk Float Man

Member Since: 30 Jun 2010
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire
Posts: 5637

Well said Simon

Some owners work hard and save to buy a dream car and can't afford to change for another especially taking into account steep depreciation and price hikes Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Tue May 06 2014 7:50am

SPX

Member Since: 26 Dec 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 587

simple1 wrote:
SPX wrote:
Always strikes me as being odd how worked up people get about cars (and maybe life in general).

If I've ever been unfortunate enough to buy a vehicle that was troublesome (most of the Audis I seem to buy are pony and trap) and the enjoyment of owning it becomes greatly diminished because of its unreliability, I suck it up, get it repaired and then sell it.

Then life goes on.

The art is not getting worked up, it's about getting value and service from dealer. If you have just written a cheque for £60k, it's somewhat hard to suck it and get rid especially when you have replaced two previous cars in 18 months with unsolvable faults.

Do you suggest that the sane route is to continue to through money at a problem that in your own words can be 'unsolvable'? I've been there and learned the hard way that some vehicles just wont be reliable when you want them to and the biggest and loudest way to let the manufacturers know is to cease purchasing their products and let them know why. Businesses only care is the bottom line...

If potential mechanical/electrical etc problems worry potential car customers, they either need to buy a brand new one or one with at least a very tight warranty. If they can't afford either of these (and have to buy something older and leggier) then they will always run the risk of potential financial heartache.

Tue May 06 2014 3:21pm

SPX

Member Since: 26 Dec 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 587

muddywheels wrote:
Well said Simon

Some owners work hard and save to buy a dream car and can't afford to change for another especially taking into account steep depreciation and price hikes

I'm not meaning to come across that blase about troublesome motors, but I'd say that if you've had to stretch your finances that far to buy a car then you will always run the risk of these kind of situations.

I work very hard to fund my lifestyle (and wouldn't take being sold a duff car lightly) but I wouldn't work myself into a lather about it, life's too short to be spent chasing a car dealer for every last 'fault'; second hand cars outside of the manufactures warranty can be a lottery...

Tue May 06 2014 3:32pm

Andi

Member Since: 26 Jan 2014
Location: Here & There
Posts: 263

Must be nice to just "suck it up".
Personally, if I had that amount of hassle I would be pretty fed up too. Unfortunately you are still coming across blasé!

Tue May 06 2014 4:10pm

simple1

Member Since: 15 Jan 2006
Location: Somerset
Posts: 1657

SPX, you did come across the wrong way and them continue the drift. So, tell me you'd be happy, walk in buy a brand new car, have continuous problems with it, buy yourself out of problem car by contributing further six grand only for that to go wrong. So manufacturer announces brand new V8 model so off you trott and pay out a further £22 grand a year later to buy yourself out of problem V6 and in to new ordered to personal spec car and four days later your back in the dealership with problems and being told that as LR gave a good will gesture to previous car, current shiney new one won't get any help. Can I respectfully suggest, you find out facts prior to firing off and acting like Harry Enfields alta ego ( you don't strike me as old enough to remember,) 2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

Tue May 06 2014 4:29pm

SPX

Member Since: 26 Dec 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 587

Andi wrote:
Must be nice to just "suck it up".
Personally, if I had that amount of hassle I would be pretty fed up too. Unfortunately you are still coming across blasé!

I don't doubt for a minute that the owner of the RRS in the OP will be fed up, I'm pointing out the amount of wasted effort there is in going to these great lengths and working themselves up into a lather and going on an attention seeking mission.

Tue May 06 2014 5:07pm

SPX

Member Since: 26 Dec 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 587

simple1 wrote:
SPX, you did come across the wrong way and them continue the drift. So, tell me you'd be happy, walk in buy a brand new car, have continuous problems with it, buy yourself out of problem car by contributing further six grand only for that to go wrong. So manufacturer announces brand new V8 model so off you trott and pay out a further £22 grand a year later to buy yourself out of problem V6 and in to new ordered to personal spec car and four days later your back in the dealership with problems and being told that as LR gave a good will gesture to previous car, current shiney new one won't get any help. Can I respectfully suggest, you find out facts prior to firing off and acting like Harry Enfields alta ego ( you don't strike me as old enough to remember,)

Found out which facts, yours or the five year old story of the RRS owner in the OP?

If we're on about your 'facts', and the above quote of yours is your experience of Land Rover vehicles, if I was you I wouldn't touch another with a bargepole! If I bought a circa £60k brand new vehicle and had 'continuous problems' with it, it'd be gone as soon as I possibly could! Why would anyone suffer in such a way and keep going back and giving the same company their money?!

Like I alluded to earlier, I usually have bad luck with anything from VAG (namely Audi, although the Q7 didn't cause me too much headache) so when I sometimes find myself buying a VW or Audi (I've got a Passat 2.0 TDi as a spare car at the minute and it's behaving very well at the minute) then I know at the back of my mind that I shouldn't with how bad my track record is...

Tue May 06 2014 5:19pm

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