Thread: I have no more Land Rovers

Understand the dealer concern but have you had trouble with the D3, or was the prob just getting it serviced?

must be coming out weather!

ferno just spilled the beans as well!

looks like nice unit scot...

do ford build them or rebadge them?

Rebadged Mazda BT made in Thailand.

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

Rebadged Mazda BT made in Thailand.

Our friends have one and it's named "Bouncy" for obvious reasons (after the first ride).

I'm sure it will be reliable though

Hey Scott

Thats a bit of a bummer

I know exactly what you are saying re the level of service (or should that be dis service)?

These numpties up here have had it so good for so long that "Customer Service" is a forgein concept to them.

I think they feel its for those ppl down South that "have to work hard to keep the people coming in the door"

You'll love the BT50 it pulls like a freight train. One of my mates down South is using his to move his boat from his house to the boat ramp n back. Nothing wrong with that except it has a gross boat n trailer weight of 3.7T

Funnily I was told by Mazda that ford built them and supplied them to Mazda. The ute goes like a bullet, infact we got a Focus at the same time and the Ranger is better off the mark than the focus. The Ranger and the BT are the same vehicle its just that the base model in Ranger has more options standard than the BT and Ford did a better deal on the Land Rover than Mazda did. As a work ute the Ranger is good, Its no Land Rover but I wouldnt call it bouncy as far as a Jap ute is concerned as a mater of fact its quite smooth and comfortable compared to the others and the fuel consumption is amazing. It pulls a loaded trailer 90% of the time and there is always a few hundred kilo in the back give or take and it is already getting around the 8.5-9 k per litre, did a trip up to mission beach and back with no trailer and got 11 k per litre and that is with less than 3000km on the clock.

White D3, As for the getting Land Rovers serviced by the Townsville dealer, I had to argue with the service department that my D3 was a petrol because they were certain that it was a diesel because it was a V6 not a V8, that should set the benchmark with you. Only had a few things wrong with the D3 nothing earth shattering but the fact of the matter was that the D3 had to go as it is not what I would use for a workhorse for the business and it was just sitting there, I was going to get it serviced in Cairns but its just a waste of time the I cant afford these days, the main point is that I would not buy a new one for work because I cant afford to be let down by Land Rover and I have fought them before with my D2 which takes up too much time and energy, as I said PAG doesnt give a rats about us
This mainly comes down to once bitten twice shy

gees you go thru some cars Scott

sad about the D3

Send an email to the manager or better still see him in person,wait till there is people in the show room and let him have it. Pat