Well late yesterday afternoon I received a call from Land Rover Australia. They advised me that they are very concerned about all the troubles of had with the vehicle but they won't be replacing the vehicle. They explain the delay in ringing back when they said they would was caused by the land Rover customer service people swapping companies!
I was asked what would make me feel better about the vehicle (which is very hard to answer when they've already told me that they won't be replacing it!)
Basically replied I'm after a vehicle that I can trust and that my trust in this one is pretty much gone after all after all of the problems. I have said that I also have concerns about what's going to happen with further failures now that the warranty has expired. At the moment the only thing I can suggest is that they extend the warranty coverage but I don't know how feasible it is.
The Land Rover Australia representative was very nice and appeared to be understanding and said that they would see what could be done about that but would have to get back to me. They have offered for me and the family to go on a Land Rover experience where apparently you get to drive Land Rover's!! I enquired if they had tow truck standing by or if I would be driving somebody else's Land Rover to get the experience of what a reliable one was like ! (And then I apologised for being a smart arse but) the lady was very understanding so I still await to hear whether the car will be completed testing by Anzac Day when I am in town, obviously they won't know until closer to then but hopefully something will of been achieved.
She said that they are hoping to restore my faith in Land Rover vehicles as soon as they can, I advised them that at the moment I trust by 1956 Sieries 1 more than the 2012 as I know the 56 will get me home and I know it has no brakes but that I can be secure knowing that's all that wont work!
At Melrose I Drove Emmas 90 and was very impressed with the SVX chip and the way it improved the car along with the other modifications, that 90 is a flash unit and Emma and Mike have done a very good job with it.
I hope one day soon I can start thinking about improvements instead of just praying the thing will make it from A to B. ( instead of A to T. T being a Tow truck!) We'll see I suppose!
