This must be embarrassing for Land Rover

**4bee** · 2nd November 2020, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by scarry

Hand brake didn't work either?

When I was a youngster,on Fraser Island,we had issues with sticks getting caught around, and breaking the brake pipe, on Series vehicles, particularly on the rear.Used to drive around for weeks before the parts could be flown in, that is, dropped in a sack out of a low flying aircraft.
That was only if they didn't have anything else to drop off, if they did, they would land.

Gears and the handbrake were the only form of brakes

Now what was this thread all about?

Ah,Land Rovers,so we are still on topic.

For now, but give it 5.

**Red90** · 3rd November 2020, 02:20 AM

Still not fixed. There are starting to talk about getting a refund....

**scarry** · 3rd November 2020, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by Red90

Still not fixed. There are starting to talk about getting a refund....

Someone on here has had their D5 off the road for three months with issues so far,so 21 days doesn’t seem that bad

**Robmacca** · 3rd November 2020, 03:44 PM

I see the US Lemon law kicks in after 30days... Pity that law doesn't apply here in Aus...

**Tombie** · 3rd November 2020, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

A Caterpillar D4 would be suited to the task of towing such a big boat. You may have problems with the road authorities.

Thinking small mate... a D10N is the go

**Bigbjorn** · 3rd November 2020, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Tombie

Thinking small mate... a D10N is the go

The original poster suggested a Land Rover D4. I corrected his thinking. A 10 would be a bit of overkill. Probably overwidth and needing permits of all kinds and a bit hard on bridges in most shires.

**Tombie** · 4th November 2020, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

The original poster suggested a Land Rover D4. I corrected his thinking. A 10 would be a bit of overkill. Probably overwidth and needing permits of all kinds and a bit hard on bridges in most shires.

Much nicer on the operator though....

**AndyG** · 19th November 2020, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by barney

Someone may have said this before, I couldn't be bothered going through all the posts, but when you have 90 odd computers networked together, the likelihood of a glitch is multiplied.

I watched the video the other day, they had a check engine light come on! the dealership took the car and reloaded the software but it obviously was a partial update the wasn't compatible with the rest of the system (we have the same problems with the catering equipment we sell and service). Sometimes, if the firmware versions don't match, they won't communicate properly.

It's possible that this was the mistake the techs made at the dealership because it would not communicate with the camera system.

You have to remember that these guys in land Rover workshops are predominately mechanics. That is their trade, but the world is changing and so are cars.
These mechanics need to be more than just mechanics, they need to understand networking systems and how to maintain them.
As I have had to do as an electrician, working as a catering equipment technician.

Ha ha this reminds me of installed a POS system, could not get the scale talk to the till,. Throughout all this the butcher leaned against the wall,. Went home , next day it was all working. The butcher had fixed it, ex auto sparky. So I hired him

**4bee** · 19th November 2020, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by AndyG

Ha ha this reminds me of installed a POS system, could not get the scale talk to the till,. Throughout all this the butcher leaned against the wall,. Went home , next day it was all working. The butcher had fixed it, ex auto sparky. So I hired him

Obviously a good choice.

One of my old Bosses would often say "If you want something ****ed up give it to a Plumber to do"

Oddly enough, a number of times he was right.

**scarry** · 20th November 2020, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

On Toyotas and towing, there was an amusing discussion at a workshop on towing at the Let's Go Brisbane Caravan and Camping show at the showground today.
One of the speakers, who runs a training company, asked how many people there had Toyota 200s, and several hands went up.
He and another speaker then spent about five minutes detailing why the 200 was a poor towing vehicle which only had a payload of about 600kg, so after allowing for a caravan towball weight of say 200kg, a bullbar, fridge and 3-4 people with luggage, the 200 would be overloaded and illegal.
The 200 owners did not look happy.
He also said Land Rover were the only make which did not need sway bars when towing.
I barely resisted the temptation to mention our Defender's 1000kg payload.
If you go to the show I recommend the towing workshop. It was interesting.

Lucky you didn’t mention the Puma,as they may have piped up that it has a worse published CO2 emissions rating than a late model 200

Yes I know,they must have worked out a way to fudge the figures

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