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 I’m out |
HossBog
 Tue Jul 03 2018 3:31pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 21 · Views: 7887 · Subject: I’m out |
It’s a 2 door (Coupe).
In comfort mode it’s really very comfortable - I don’t mean comfortable for an rock-hard performance car, I mean genuinely real-world pot-holed UK roads comfortable.
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| I’m out |
HossBog
Tue Jul 03 2018 9:58am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 21 · Views: 7887 · Subject: I’m out |
| So after my 2016 RRS suffered the dreaded SDV6 engine seizure, after it took 6 weeks to get my car back, and after it subsequently dumped its coolant everywhere because the dealer failed to put a clip ... |
| One for those who have left L494 for something else |
HossBog
Sun Jun 17 2018 12:24pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 43 · Views: 20121 · Subject: One for those who have left L494 for something else |
| Well I’m reading this at the side of the road waiting for Land Rover assist, as my brand new replacement engine has lost its coolant and is overheating. This is the second roadside breakdown in 3 mo ... |
| Yet another crank failure.... |
HossBog
Sat Jun 02 2018 9:54am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 38 · Views: 19644 · Subject: Yet another crank failure.... |
Well, finally got my RRS back yesterday. Engine failed on April 27, collected it on June 1.
All seems fine bar the damage caused by someone ramming the offside headlight back in, and the most awful ... |
| Buying Approved Used |
HossBog
Sat May 26 2018 7:01am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 22 · Views: 8578 · Subject: Buying Approved Used |
| You can take PCP, negotiate a discount if it helps, then pay it off a few days later. |
| A new perspective. |
HossBog
Mon May 21 2018 8:35am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 6 · Views: 2468 · Subject: A new perspective. |
| Very nice, very ‘stealth’ and classy. |
| MY19 - September? |
HossBog
Wed May 16 2018 6:25am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 145 · Views: 43548 · Subject: MY19 - September? |
I had a 16.5 on order for build September 16 and delivery October 16
I don't remember the exact date but I'm sure it was August they released the MY17 so I cancelled the 16.5 and waited for the MY1 ... |
| Yet another crank failure.... |
HossBog
Thu May 10 2018 12:30pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 38 · Views: 19644 · Subject: Yet another crank failure.... |
The wait is for fitting - although it was an ‘indicative’.
They acknowledged the point about a Disco or RRS loan car - simple prob seems to be they don’t have any to hand. They have a RRS whi ... |
| Yet another crank failure.... |
HossBog
Thu May 10 2018 12:08pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 38 · Views: 19644 · Subject: Yet another crank failure.... |
| New engine has been ordered, should be all done and back with me by the end of May... |
| Yet another crank failure.... |
HossBog
Fri May 04 2018 8:02pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 38 · Views: 19644 · Subject: Yet another crank failure.... |
I read ‘2 weeks’ and thought ‘that’s not so bad’.
Then I read ‘to get approval’!!! 
It’s taken a week already to get it diagnosed....I’m never going to see it again.
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| Yet another crank failure.... |
HossBog
Fri May 04 2018 2:18pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 38 · Views: 19644 · Subject: Yet another crank failure.... |
| So for anyone who read my ‘breakdown’ thread - just had it confirmed by the dealer, the engine has seized. MY16 car, 19k miles, seems to be in line with others that have suffered from crank failur ... |
| What happens when you break down... |
HossBog
Thu May 03 2018 3:58pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 12 · Views: 4376 · Subject: What happens when you break down... |
Sorry to hear that Syl...at least I’m not alone though.
Still no update on mine.... |
| What happens when you break down... |
HossBog
Wed May 02 2018 3:39pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 12 · Views: 4376 · Subject: What happens when you break down... |
Guy Salmon still haven’t even looked at it. I’m now told tomorrow or even Friday....so it’s been sat at the garage for nearly a week (or even a week if Fri) before they even look at it...
At ... |
| What happens when you break down... |
HossBog
Sun Apr 29 2018 8:57pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 12 · Views: 4376 · Subject: What happens when you break down... |
| That’s what I’m worried about... |
| What happens when you break down... |
HossBog
Sun Apr 29 2018 5:45pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 12 · Views: 4376 · Subject: What happens when you break down... |
| Also sending AA technicians who don’t know that much about the car and as the very nice guy who turned up on Friday also admitted - they don’t have the proper diagnostic tools. Also happened when ... |
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