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  1. 17th January 2005, 09:57 PM #31
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    The V6 diesel from the ford is the same as what is going into the Disco's, 4ltr. From what I was explained, ford's plan of attack was to push the Disco to the next level, an put one of their vehicals into the market to replace the Defender's. Don't quite know what they think will ever replace the defender, is that what the territory is for?.
    I don't ever see the territory as having a cult following that the defender has!
    Only time will tell, crossed fingers.

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  2. 17th January 2005, 09:58 PM #32
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    How many of us actually go to main dealers?

    I know my cars only go there for warranty / recalls only.

    Seeing there are many many non franchise dealers around, then we should be supporting the likes of these - just like British 4WD / Karcraft / British Off Road / KLR to name a few.

    If we can get parts though a Ford dealer then this would also allow LR to take the fight to Tojo / ****an all over the Country will access to Fords in most towns.

    ALL LR are doing are realising their most potential market and shaping their business to maximise this - good business sense in anyones eyes.
    I'm not totally happy about this, but rather this happen than LR pull out of Australia totally because of uneconomic business practices.

    Just my 10c

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  3. 17th January 2005, 10:07 PM #33
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    I am currently going to a Landy Dealer, when my warranty runs out in the next couple of months it will be see ya!
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    if they didn't charge so much
    maybe we would use them more 8O
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    Age old game the less business someone gets the more they charge to cover their losses, then they loose more becuase of their high prices.

    Seems simple really lower he prices sell more, only that way doesnt make you rich overnight like so many business people want these days.
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    Originally posted by LRHybrid100

    Just my 10c

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    I agree. Here's your 90c change..... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


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  7. 19th January 2005, 02:34 PM #37
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    The only thing the defender will be replaced with is another defender, Land Rover have made numerous comments during the release of Discovery 3, that the chassis which is the back bone of Discovery 3 was developed with the intention of using it for the Defender. Ford my not know much about land rover, but they are doing well so far and anyone with half a brain can see how popular the defender has been, christ it shaped land rover 54 years ago, they would be mad to cancel it out. It will be back bigger and better. All i can see ford doing is adding more models to the range to fill in the gaps created by customer demand, ie the RR Sport. Dont stress boys, defender will be back bigger and better. Matt
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    garthons at hurstville closed down last year and i thought that was strange as they were always busy and had great mechanics and heaps of experience.
    i find out now that have combined with purnell motors at arncliffe.

    so....im just wondering if all the experienced land rover mechanics just move on to the ford dealerships as more mechanics will be required by ford.



    and as you all know with a land rover you gotta know the whole car from a$$hole to breakfasthole to be able to work on it.
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    Originally posted by DEFENDERZOOK
    garthons at hurstville closed down last year and i thought that was strange as they were always busy and had great mechanics and heaps of experience.
    i find out now that have combined with purnell motors at arncliffe.

    so....im just wondering if all the experienced land rover mechanics just move on to the ford dealerships as more mechanics will be required by ford.



    and as you all know with a land rover you gotta know the whole car from a$$hole to breakfasthole to be able to work on it.
    It is more reasuring knowing someone who knows what they are doing, and are experienced in youre vehicle. Matt
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    yeah well ...with 45 or so dealerships closing down as mentioned thats a lot of mechanics gonna be lookin for work.

    i think they will be in demand.


    ask whoever it was that just did their heads on the v8 rangie how long it took to get them off. with a bit of experience both heads will be sitting on the bench within 30-40mins.

    can you imagine paying someone by the hour to learn on your car?
    the job will still get done but will take longer as they need to keep referring to the workshop manual. no different to doing the job yourself.
    experince however tells you where not to follow the manual to do a better job or to make the thing go better or last longer etc.


    i think these mechanics will be in demand or there will be a lot of backyard repairs happening on weekends.

    bonnets these days are so crammed that you cant see what you are doing like the good old days....you gotta know where everything is and do it by feel half the time. can only do that with experience.

    all we can do now is wait n see what happens.....
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