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wurzel0747:
Erm , Yes ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 Just because you are having good luck with yours .the ratio of vehicles to pressure cookers is still proof that Freebies are bad and I realy hope the bubble does not burst for you .
One more point , since the last post,  I have found that 98% of major garages will not touch my vehicle due to fact they can not guarantee that I wont be back in 1600 miles with the same problem.
Landrover even had the cheek to suggest that I was to blame because of my driving !
Inst adv motorist ,4x4  x country instructor.Police advanced driver means nothing then !
If you think I am showing off , then yes , I have probably done more x country and I do mean proper x country on nearly every type of terrain on the planet than 99 % of viewers to this site.
I say this as a fact not a boast , and to give my whinging a bit of backbone , I am not an ill informed boy racer who knows nothing.
So please believe me when I say that freebies are no good .
By the way , the disco we had required 3 engine replacements !
They aint that good when they are driven along  dirt tracks in KABUL !
Kensington high street maybe !
I am sure that this will realy annoy a few , if not all LR owners that care enough to read this.Sorry but I AM RIGHT ! ENDEX

Tigger:

--- Quote from: "wurzel0747" --- Just because you are having good luck with yours .the ratio of vehicles to pressure cookers is still proof that Freebies are bad and I realy hope the bubble does not burst for you .
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Do you know what the ratio / percentage of failures actually is ?  Obviously you have had some bad experiences... but there are a *lot* of Freelanders around which are running perfectly well.

I'm well aware of their faults, and I wouldn't proclaim that they are a perfect vehicle by any stretch... any more than I would proclaim that they are *all* terrible.  

FWIW, I would read your complaints with equal gravitas if you were a mum on the school run..  off road driving credentials shouldn't really come into the equation when we're talking about vehicle reliability.

Sider:
Tim, that was a very exhaustive reply, that saved me from writing my own, probably accompanied by a couple of expletives :D

landroverkeith:
well if u consider landrovers so bad u know the answer dont u..........

Sider:
And BTW, wurzel, I am a professional driver, and I do know more than one police trained "advanced" driver and IAM drivers who I would't let anywhere near my car, let alone allow them to drive it.

If you can't keep your vehicle maintained properly and it fails (and since you are telling us that all your landrovers are giving you troubles, I am inclined to believe that) don't blame it on the vehicle, blame it on yourself. Or on whomever told you you have the expertise to maintain a vehicle.

There are some lemons going around, but I am still to hear of the first LR model famous for its spontaneous combustion fits.

And before you reply irately, bear in mind that I am not an "advanced" driver, but someone who earns his living behind the wheel of 5 different vehicles on a regular basis, 2 of them Land Rovers, and who is responsible for keeping those 5 vehicles plus another 6 vans on the road.

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