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    Quote Originally Posted by gromit View Post
    Strange that the dealer said they didn't own the vehicle at the time or does that just mean it's on finance to the dealer until it's sold so not 'effectively' theirs ???

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    The Queensland dealership the car was bought from said it didn’t own the yard at the time.

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    They said they didn't own the yard it was sold through at the time

    Lots of people buy from Victoria and ship to Queensland so it doesn't surprise me they went the other way

    Bit sad all round it has to be said but doesn't surprise me 1iota to be frank
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumbles View Post
    The Queensland dealership the car was bought from said it didn’t own the yard at the time.
    That's not exactly how it reads in the newspaper article......


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    The great majority of cars on a dealers lot (whether new or used) are under finance. (My BIL's son used to work for one of the finance companies involved in this sort of stuff.) Generally the first month is interest-only, then the payments start going up every month thereafter.

    Because of the above, dealers are more likely to accept a deal in the week prior to the payment being due, than just after. This is just one of the lurks car brokers like John Cardogan use, to get good discounts on new cars. They (autoexpert.com) will shop around for you, and get the best price for the car you want, delivered to your door, with a full tank of fuel. They told me that the car may come from anywhere in Australia.

    I would hazard a guess that this is what the story was here, with the car being sourced from a Qld dealer.
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    How is this post remotely 90 110 130 Defender County related ???????

    Should it not be moved into general chat or anywhere besides here ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DazzaTD5 View Post
    How is this post remotely 90 110 130 Defender County related ???????

    Should it not be moved into general chat or anywhere besides here ?
    It's one of the Defender crew bragging about how the Defender is much more reliable because it is so simple (again).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Geedublya View Post
    It's one of the Defender crew bragging about how the Defender is much more reliable because it is so simple (again).
    What defender?ultra reliable Defa

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vern View Post
    What defender?ultra reliable Defa
    The new one,you know the one thats coming sometime in the next decade or so,maybe.

    LR dealers have definitely given the brand a very bad name many times,i don't know how they get away with it,maybe for not much longer,it appears.

    I know from a very good source,the local dealer around here had 5 new vehicles they couldn't fix,and the owners wouldn't return their loan vehicles.

    if you put this sort of thing into perspective,looking at volume of sales,LR sell around 12 000 vehicles a year in Aus.

    Some brands seem to have a lot less issues,and sell over 18 000 vehicles a month.

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    Haha

    I drove a loan car from JLR for 3 months. While waiting for repairs done on my defender.

    The 10 as immobiliser melted and almost started a fire. Jlr done the investigation and concluded it's a faulty part that started the fire.

    I waited 3 months. They fed me lots of bull****. To the point I sent email to UK headquarter, enclosing the log book of my interaction with JLR Australia.

    By the time I got my defender back, the battery was dead because the truck was sitting in their yard for three weeks. Dealer ask for $800 for a new battery.

    I was thinking of buying a D4 but nah no way. I would rather die


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    Quote Originally Posted by scarry View Post
    The new one,you know the one thats coming sometime in the next decade or so,maybe.

    LR dealers have definitely given the brand a very bad name many times,i don't know how they get away with it,maybe for not much longer,it appears.

    I know from a very good source,the local dealer around here had 5 new vehicles they couldn't fix,and the owners wouldn't return their loan vehicles.

    if you put this sort of thing into perspective,looking at volume of sales,LR sell around 12 000 vehicles a year in Aus.

    Some brands seem to have a lot less issues,and sell over 18 000 vehicles a month.
    The one that is coming in 2019/2020? As it always was.

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