Thread: It is a funny old world for JLR.

Originally Posted by Disco-tastic

Haha the irony in that spelling error

Typical Englishman, spelt as pronounced but seem to be a number of different spellings in Australia Why are English people called Poms? - Quora

Prisoner Of Mother England (POME) rather than 'apple' in French.


Colin

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

They are building our new subs - wonder if they know where to fit the drain plug.

Cheers Ean

And if their Sub & Car Design Divisions get it all arse about they may think it should be on top to actually allow water to enter as per Land Rover.

Originally Posted by gromit

PSA purchased Opal and have to continue making the current Commodore although I'm not sure why because they aren't selling too well.
If they purchased Land Rover it wouldn't affect me because I'm not really interested in any of the current cars and especially, from pictures so far, the new Defender.

As Gavin mentioned.....being a pomme there isn't much love between the English & French (for some reason they don't like us bringing up the Battle of Agincourt)
Battle of Agincourt - Wikipedia


Colin

PSA are currently on hold with the new Commodore - there are still 2017 models stacked up in paddocks waiting for Holden to sell them. They suspended production in around November and I don't think another has rolled off the line since - certainly not as a Commodore bound for Aus, but I'd imagine it's a platform for other vehicles they produce elsewhere too. It is an unmitigated disaster for Holden who are keeping this as quiet as possible.

Maybe they are ashamed & feel guilty, so maybe if they returned all their ill gotten money they received from Australian Taxpayers before they pulled the plug, may just relieve some of that guilt.

It is obvious now read in hindsight, that there was not enough thought given to repercussions from loyal Australian purchasers who for years had supported the 'Goose that had laid the Golden Egg' & so is why today( based on the above post) they find themselves in the ****.


Just sayin'.

If they do buy JLR it will be down hill from then on . If you think JRL after sales service is bad it is only going to get worst. I bought a Citroen C4 about 8 years ago , the whole period of the warranty could not get the dealer to fix any thing under warranty . Once it the warranty finished they started finding all these faults I had been complaining about the last 3 years & wanting to charge me for them. Went else were it was a different vehicle after that. Only kept it another year .
As for the new Commodore my son in law hired one last month in Melbourne for a week ( he is a real Holden fan) said it was the worst car he had ever driven . Said it was very unstable & kept wondering all over the road . He is not sure it he will buy another Commodore after driving that one.

Originally Posted by Eevo

at the least the germans fight in a war, the french just surrender.

According to historian Niall Ferguson: "of the 125 major European wars fought since 1495, the French have participated in 50 – more than Austria (47) and England (43). Out of 168 battles fought since 387 BC, they have won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10", making France the most successful military power in European history.[1]


Military history of France - Wikipedia

come in spinner....

Originally Posted by sashadidi

According to historian Niall Ferguson: "of the 125 major European wars fought since 1495, the French have participated in 50 – more than Austria (47) and England (43). Out of 168 battles fought since 387 BC, they have won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10", making France the most successful military power in European history.[1]


Military history of France - Wikipedia

last 120 years. 4 defeats, zero wins.
last 150 years, 5 defeats, zero wins.