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  1. 2nd September 2008, 04:27 AM #1
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    Sent the wife out to find a car she wants

    Let her loose to get a car/shopping trolley/family car, knowing full well she had her eye on a Subaru Outback premium 3lt model......today she brought home the papers for me to sign on the most "fabulous car she has seen and driven to date" and she said it was "instant love....." The guy said he would throw in tinted windows (pimp Black) and a Sat nav system (how good of him)




    As I know she doesn't like D3 shape the last place I expected was a LR dealership but what a girl did it all by herself and all I have to do is sign.

    If he extends the factory warranty as well I will seriously consider it but what other things do you guys recommend we suggest from the dealer knowing how well LR supports its product in Oz.
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  2. 2nd September 2008, 04:31 AM #2
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    Don't touch it. Too complicated, the lucas electrickery will drive you mad, not to mention the air suspension issues and the risks of being stranded when the suspension fails.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteD3 View Post
    Don't touch it. Too complicated, the lucas electrickery will drive you mad, not to mention the air suspension issues and the risks of being stranded when the suspension fails.

    Hence the line "If he extends the factory warranty" should hold its value a bit better than the garden variety D3 and the only dirt it will see is the lawn when it gets washed... I would'nt risk getting stuck in the bush with it or tearing off its plastic belly and if the suspension does fail then it just looks pimped.....besides by 2008 they should have most issues resolved even with pommy electrics and all that said its her shopping trolley choice..not mine
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    I've not heard of many real problems with them, just go for it
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  5. 2nd September 2008, 07:18 PM #5
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    Well I suppose it is a Land Rover of some sort......but exactly What ??
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    Quote Originally Posted by 51jay View Post
    Well I suppose it is a Land Rover of some sort......but exactly What ??
    Its a D3 in Yuppie clothing, is all
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    Forget the tinting & satnav,what about front & rearlockers instead......er elockers dont they call them on those latemodel full of electrickery things
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    Come down to Poppo on the weekend and see just what they can do.
    Sign up before she changes the mind
    She got over it pretty quick last time you tipped her shopping trolley over didnt she
    Do it man
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    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteD3 View Post
    Its a D3 in Yuppie clothing, is all

    That IMHO looks a heap better than the goldfish bowl designed by a cubism movement artist that LR call a D3?

    If you really want to drive a high tech box on wheels D3 owners should have just bought TD5 Defenders.
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    Eeeerrrrgh
    Looks like something an unmedicated schizophrenic would design.
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