Where do you guys take your cars for servicing, main stealers or inde's. Reason for asking is that I'm on the verge of owning my first RRS, (1st edition), and it will need a service when I get it.
I'v been used to owning bmw's and generally steered clear of main stealers, always gone down the route of well established inde's, mostly ex bmw techs. anyway, but a damn site cheaper and more approachable.
Better still, if any of you are from around the Glos. area and can recc. one then that would be great.
Thanx,

Steve personally I always use the dealer, but the dealer I use isn't like all the others he is a really good guy. If you do buy it I would use the dealer the 1st time.

Some of the guy's on here have used someone in Guildford, they are supposed to be really good, I am sure someone will come on and tell you who they are.

Are you near completing on the 1st addition you were talking about before??

Yes I am, deal has been done verbally, just need to get some paperwork sorted out and then off to fetch it, (as soon as the snow has cleared ).

You don't need to wait for the snow to clear, even with the S/C, just push the TR knob and select Grass, Gravel and Snow and drive! If the going gets very tough then stop, go into N press the Hi/Lo button to go into Low Ratio, after the ping select D and shift the selector into the M/S +/- and manually shift through the gears! You get far further than most other brand of SUV.
Of course if your tyres are nearly slicks then you won't get any further than an X6 would............................. 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

It's not the getting back that's the problem, it's the getting there, tried to get out today in the X5 and it was an absolute waste of time, that's the trouble when you've got 20" rims with low profile tyres on a pretend 4x4, ( thought I would say it before someone else ). The only other choice is my partners st3, don't even go there.

20" wheels and Low profils on the RRS in snow, drove home through 10-15 cms on 22nd Dec on the M74 when it appeared only Land Rovers and Ford Focuses on winter tyres seemed to be moving, everything else was stopped and sliding.

A good buy when you get the RRS home will be a 2nd hand set of wheels and a set of Ice and Snow tyres to go on them, makes a car that is already good in snow even better! 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

been snowing all day in Sheffield, sat it out till 3 when everyone else has got to work, got home or abandoned and had a very satisfactory drive home in deep snow passing transits, subaroooos and ordinary motors all falling by the way side. 20" low profile conti's and not a problem, awesome  purple people eater

There are no good days, just some days that are not as bad as others!


Gone RR 4.0 P38 Autobiography MY99 Red ( money pit)
Gone RRS MY06 2.7TDV6 HSE Rimini Red
Gone RRS MY10 3.0TDV6 HSE Bali Blue with lots of bits (never grew to love it)
Here Now - 3.6 TDV8 FFRR OVERFINCH Stornoway Grey - loving it x
My work car Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDci Zetec auto Estate in Silver

i had a fortunate experience at Stratstones Newport where by the young lady on the phone quoted me 399 all inclusive for a B service.. fortunately my lines are recorded.. later they tried to bill me the correct price of 594, but in fairness when I protested they did put it through at 399 - which is a really good price for a TDV8 at a main dealer franchise

I have been qouted £420 for a 75K mile service, not that the car has done anywhere near that,(25K), I take it that for the age of the car that is an average sort of mileage.
This was a main dealer, but with discount for a certain age vehicle, is this good.

Steve that sounds about right for a standard service. While you are there ask if they would look up the service history for you on the LR service system - especially ask them to check the cam belts are not due for changing. 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 would the cam belt need changing after just 25K miles?

Because many are also time related too! My Defender had it's cambelt changed at 7 years old and 54000 miles because Land Rover say it should be done at 7 years or 72000 miles whichever comes first! Another 7 years and only 20000 miles later it is due again this year...................... 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