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  1. 7th January 2010, 08:21 PM #1
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    Missing badges on rear of D4

    Land Rover quality control "quirky"? Hmmm - if you ever needed it, here's some (more) proof. A few days after I picked up my 3.0 SE I noticed there were no model badges on the tailgate. Actually hadn't thought about whether there should be or not - but then saw another D4 with TDV6 3.0 SE branded on its butt. Checked the website, and yes, of course the pics show badges (SE, HSE etc etc).

    Asked the local dealer about this, and they said yep - some D4's have turned up with badges and some without! Apparently LR is "out of stock" of said badges at present, but will be shipping them direct to affected dealers using vin / chassis number records - which makes me think they know which vehicles missed out!

    Not holding my breath for them to turn up - and in any case, it ain't really a big deal. Doesn't change the way the thing drives. Food for thought tho!
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  2. 7th January 2010, 08:31 PM #2
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    Luckily they weren't out of stock of wheels

    What a joke,the least they could do is tell you.....
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  3. 7th January 2010, 08:37 PM #3
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    Mine's waiting for its RHS badge too but I thought it was because it was removed after being poorly applied, but maybe not!
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    I would call that a supplier issue, rather than a quality control issue. If they are sending the badges out according to VIN, then they know where the problem is.
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  5. 7th January 2010, 09:04 PM #5
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    Maybe they're really 2.7s!
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    On that score..... the early D3 V6's were branded "V6 SE"...... Mine just says "SE"..... while the TDV6 retains the "TDV6 SE" anyone have any idea why they changed?
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  7. 8th January 2010, 10:39 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Graeme View Post
    Maybe they're really 2.7s!
    Yikes! Better go take a look...

    In all of this I'm getting a growing feeling that one of the things many LR owners (secretly) like is this kind of crackpot quirkiness. As rmp has so sagely put it: "life's too short for boring cars".
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  8. 8th January 2010, 10:49 AM #8
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    Yep..........I kind of like the "quirkiness"..........but then again I spent lots of years working on British aircraft so I could be biased !!!!
    If the designers could put a nut or bolt in a really hard to reach spot....that's where they would put it.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by oldsalt View Post
    ..........but then again I spent lots of years working on British aircraft so I could be biased !!!!
    Quirkiness is one thing with all 4 wheels planted firmly on the ground....... but in the air...... not so sure!
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  10. 8th January 2010, 12:16 PM #10
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    Leave the OE badges off and get a new one made up "Toyota recovery vehicle" in the same style !
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


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