Anti Land Rover Mechanics. Lazy? Ignorant? Other?

This is a good thread. I've been up here with my Landie and Rangie for quite a long time and it's at the point where I simply know I'm going to hear the usual stupidity when I go to a local business, it's that certain. It's not an "if" but a "when". And I do all my work myself anyway, so it's not like I'm at these places very often! One mechanic in Fitzroy Crossing used to greet me with, "We don't work on Land Rovers," whenever I went it - but I was always there with work Toyotas. Another mechanic there groaned about Land Rovers because he had done his apprenticeship in some rural area where all the farmers had them.

Here in Derby, one business couldn't replace the Rangie's windscreen and spent four hours trying and swearing and blaming it all on the make of car, so I figured it out via Youtube and did it myself. (It wasn't really that hard.) I needed some aircon parts when I was building a system for the Rangie and a local shop asked what the parts were for and I told him, so the muttered remark was, "Good luck with that,". A guy at another shop had to ask about the reliability of the Rangie, since obviously I was crazy for having one. A guy at a tyre shop asked, "How did you get to be so unlucky to own a Land Rover?". So now I'm just waiting for the next comment . . . it's like dealing with a cult.

Remind anyone who owns a V8 70 series LC that Toyota couldn't be bothered to widen the track at the rear as they had to do at the front, and thus made the car hopeless on sandy tracks, and see what they say.

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Originally Posted by johntins

Remind anyone who owns a V8 70 series LC that Toyota couldn't be bothered to widen the track at the rear as they had to do at the front, and thus made the car hopeless on sandy tracks, and see what they say.

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Not to mention injector, oil consumption, weak front diff.....the people using them in the mines were blowing up at how weak the front diff was. I actually read that on a Toyota forum.

Front suspension.

The parts place I work for doesn't even stock LR parts. When looking for stuff for my old D2 , same response , get a ......

..."we don't work on LR" because they are unreliable yet their business is fixing broken vehicles of any other make because they are " reliable"
What a curious collection of small people.

I don't lose any sleep at all when some plonker behind a counter believes I should suffer a gout of his ignorance.
I just smile and say
"no worries I'll get it off the net, just thought I'd try support a local business, but it's cheaper and faster than you guys and they don't mouth off at the source of their income."

I've also decided to take advantage of google.
Most businesses have review options associated with their site and I happily take the time to review the service provided accordingly.

It's cathartic and will cost these plonkers much more than my unwanted $.

I consider myself to be quite lucky that I can go to my local LR specialist in times of need, Fantastic service and bloody fast too.
I have NEVER seen a Toyota or Nissan in their workshop though [bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by trout1105

I consider myself to be quite lucky that I can go to my local LR specialist in times of need, Fantastic service and bloody fast too.
I have NEVER seen a Toyota or Nissan in their workshop though [bigwhistle]

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Of course you won't ever see a Toyota or Nissan there. Toyota and Nissan are far too reliable to ever need to go to a workshop for repair! :)

And I'm guessing from your location you mean Whyatts? They did my Disco's service on my recent big trip. Fast and efficient they were. They even gave it a clean before I picked it up.

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And I'm guessing from your location you mean Whyatts?

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That's the Mob [thumbsupbig]

And has anyone else noticed it's far worse than before the internet took off? I never experienced anything like this 25 years ago; quite the opposite, in fact.