Dealer support.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

My dealings with Barbagallo were good. I walked in to purchase a pair of weathershields, they had nil stock but got them in and sent them to Port Hedland at their expense. Price was reasonable too.

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The parts blokes are terrific. Cos & Dave always went out of their way to help me.

As for the rest..........

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Originally Posted by BMKal

As far as I'm aware, none of the dealerships in WA ever had anything to do with Ford - basically just another Barbagallo monopoly.

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The Esperance dealer was not linked to Barbagallo in any way and lost their dealership in early 2005.

Mind you, their sales staff at the time made Barbagallo look like gods!

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Originally Posted by BMKal

As far as I'm concerned, the best move that LRA could make would be to strip Barbagallo of all LR dealership rights, and give them to someone who is prepared to make a proper go of it, rather than just another string in his bow of "niche" car markets for city dwellers only.

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Aaaamen to that Brother!:D

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Originally Posted by Jamo

The Esperance dealer was not linked to Barbagallo in any way and lost their dealership in early 2005.

Mind you, their sales staff at the time made Barbagallo look like gods!

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I bought my Td5 Defender from Esperance as they gave me a deal which knocked thousands off the Barbagallo price. Actually the vehicle had never left the yard in Welshpool and the pre delivery was done by RoverTech.
I can't remember the name of the bloke I dealt with at Esperance via phone/fax/e-mail but they were pretty good to deal with.

My son went the LC200 way because of the lack of dealer support in the North and loves his ugly brute of a vehicle especially the large boat towing power of the V8 diesel.
I'll give it until the end of year and then assess what LRA has done (if anything) and then maybe I'll let my heart rule my head...again!:eek:
Alan.

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Originally Posted by away

I am ready to replace my D3. I tow a 3.5 tonne Kedron caravan and like to go off-road. This really limits me to the D4 and the LC200. I have been agonising over this decision for months.

On the one hand, I absolutely love the D3 even though it has had its issues. On the other hand I want there to be a dealer nearby when it has those issues. And therein lies the problem. Having authorised service centres around the traps is not the same as having a dealership that can do warranty work.

So, here I am at Karratha atm and the nearest dealers are Perth, Albany, Darwin and Alice Springs. Sheesh, that's 1500Km to the closest one.

On the other side of the coin, I reckon LC200's are butt ugly, lack character, ride poorly by comparison but......there is a dealer in almost every damn town in Australia.

I'm still torn but I'm sorry to say that the call from the Dark Side is getting louder and louder.......

Cheers

Russ

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Most of the country ''dealers'' can't fix a 200 series,if it goes into protect mode it will be put on the back of a truck,the bloke over the road from me has one and it's still using litres of oil even though it's had 4 mods done. Pat

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Originally Posted by Jamo

The parts blokes are terrific. Cos & Dave always went out of their way to help me.

As for the rest..........

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The bloke who owns Ultra Tune in town,he services most of the new LR's here deals with them,they are very good in getting parts here.I went through the Albany dealer for a service kit for the L322 and it arrived the same day,can't complain about that either. Pat

The mechanic who worked for Barbagallo in Kalgoorlie, Trevor, was fantastic, Do you know what happened to him, Pat? After Alf shut the dealership, I didn't hear where he went.


Alan, you must have encountered diferrent sales staff. They tend to change a lot here. I couldn't get any joy from them in early 2005. A mate tried to buy a Prado from them and he got so frustrated he went across the road and bought a pajero. The dealership has changed hands twice since then.

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Originally Posted by Jamo

The mechanic who worked for Barbagallo in Kalgoorlie, Trevor, was fantastic, Do you know what happened to him, Pat? After Alf shut the dealership, I didn't hear where he went..

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Trevor did a full service on mine just before they closed Jamo. I got him to go through everything as I knew it would be my last chance. He definitely was a very experienced and knowledgeable LR mechanic, and a nice bloke to deal with as well. He also used to service my D1 before I bought the D2 from them.

He told me he was looking at one or two positions in the mines, but hadn't made his mind up where to go at the time. I haven't seen / heard of him since.

The young bloke who was in sales was a mate of my son's. Shaun bought a Honda Civic from them when they had a bit of a range of Hondas in there as well. Don't know where he went either - Shaun hasn't seen him since the dealership shut down.