Thread: Now Own A Patrol But Thinking Defender

Originally Posted by RMB3218

As someone who has 3 Defenders from a 1950ish to a 07 Puma (which I no longer have) and has also had a couple of Patrols, stay with the Patrol. I can almost live with the poor build quality of a Defender but not with the lack of backup from Landrover Aust

You should read the Patrol Forum. The very worst complaint from Nissan drivers is the way they are treated by Nissan if they have a problem.

Originally Posted by RMB3218

As someone who has 3 Defenders from a 1950ish...

That's pretty amazing! Your "1950ish" Defender is from 39 years before the Defender existed!

Pat,
your comments re Nissan dealers are unfortunatley more close to the truth than not. But this doesent include all the dealers. There is a very good Nissan Dealer in Mandurah which is where I purchased my Nissan from. I remember I had an issue with the egr valve and a Nissan Dealer close to Rockingham but not Mandurah didnt want to know and this was after 3 attempts at getting them to fix it. I was spoken to in a gruff and standoffish manner by their service manager and now only go there to get Filters. Which is a shame as they are closer than the dealer in Mandurah. Funny thing was Mandurah had my car for 2 weeks and didnt give up trying to find the problem and treated me well. So much so I ended up spending an extra $900.00 on servicing and a snorkle. Rockingham Nissan would have got the business but because of dick headiness they didnt and they will never touch anything I own again. The silly thing was I was at one stage going to Purchase a new car through them but the bad thoughts just wont go-away so I will give it a big miss.

Now finding myself wanting a Landrover most likely I will buy a slightly used second hand or demo and chase a aftermarket mechanic to do the work ie servicing etc. While I am here is it possible to have anyone other than Landrover work on the car to do servicing? Obviously they will be a reg mechanic and factory filters be used. Can we do this?????

Originally Posted by maysy1

....is it possible to have anyone other than Landrover work on the car to do servicing? Obviously they will be a reg mechanic and factory filters be used. Can we do this?????

This is fine. Keep all the receipts. They will need a bit of specialist gear to do it properly (to read the electronic codes etc).

There are a few posts here on the topic, so a quick search will find you a bit more information.

The european cars in Kal are serviced by the local independant Ultra Tune service centre,my L322 goes there as did the disco and I rate them higher than any dealer I've been too. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

The european cars in Kal are serviced by the local independant Ultra Tune service centre,my L322 goes there as did the disco and I rate them higher than any dealer I've been too. Pat

Your a mechanic and your cars get serviced elsewhere?

Have you ever looked under the bonnet of an L322......

Originally Posted by rovercare

Your a mechanic and your cars get serviced elsewhere?

Yep,after spending all week fixing other peoples POS and saturdays as a soccer ref or teaching cricket that leaves me sunday,all I'm interested in doing is going shooting. Pat