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The BBC on Land Rovers

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mike142sl:
Well they have used the word ESTIMATED. Probably by two different people, or it could be a case of 93% of all such statistics being made up on the spot?  :doh:

redhand:

--- Quote from: mike142sl on May 15, 2008, 14:15:18 ---Well they have used the word ESTIMATED. Probably by two different people, or it could be a case of 93% of all such statistics being made up on the spot?  :doh:

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you could also argue that 90% of all the cars ever made are still in use today in one form or another. Seeing as most of them end up in a scrap yard and all the steel & alloys will have been smelted and reused the knife and fork you eat your tea with could well have started life as a J**P

I'd love to know where the figure of 70% of all landrovers came about though as it's fairly obvious that the figure was just invented by some one and has now become an Urban Myth.

thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: redhand on May 15, 2008, 14:29:16 ---I'd love to know where the figure of 70% of all landrovers came about though as it's fairly obvious that the figure was just invented by some one and has now become an Urban Myth.
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Absolutely right, and it's very shoddy journalism that the BBC and Land Rover mags just parrot this every so often without any reference to a source.  I'd wager it was made up by some bloke in a pub one night.

beast5680:
have you ever wondered how many vehicles are not on the road? i,ve been past 2 landrover dealers recently where their forecourts were stacked with new vehicles and the second hand park was also full thats a lot of metal thats not actually on the road :-k if you multiply that by every dealer and also take into account all of us that have their *project* in the back garden and the one i keep for spares etc theres a flippin lot of cars not actually being driven, then add every make of car dealer into the equation :-k(its stuff like this i ponder as i drive about :roll:) for every 1 car on the road there must be 10 sitting idle

Jake:

--- Quote from: beast5680 on May 15, 2008, 18:12:43 ---have you ever wondered how many vehicles are not on the road? i,ve been past 2 landrover dealers recently where their forecourts were stacked with new vehicles and the second hand park was also full thats a lot of metal thats not actually on the road :-k if you multiply that by every dealer and also take into account all of us that have their *project* in the back garden and the one i keep for spares etc theres a flippin lot of cars not actually being driven, then add every make of car dealer into the equation :-k(its stuff like this i ponder as i drive about :roll:) for every 1 car on the road there must be 10 sitting idle

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You need to get out more  :lol:
 ;)

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