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muddydisco:
in another thread i was reading, i was lead to this link which i think is pretty important,

i dont know if there are any other threads giving this exact link.

but i think that this affects every single one of us on this forum site and all other land rover forums,
by 2010 we might not even have the right to repair/modify our own cars anymore and i think i speak for all land rover owners when i say that this is unacceptable.

heres a link to their main page: http://www.r2rc.co.uk/landing/index.htm
and their petition: http://www.r2rc.eu/petition.php?lang=en

please sign it and help to make a difference, i have, and ive emailed it to everyone that will sign it in my e mail contacts.

cheers
Aaron

Sider:
    If I am reading it correctly, it says nothing about the private user doing his/her own repairs. It has to do with the right to use independent garages without invalidating the warranty. I have a feeling that the website is slightly biased and building a rather apocaliptyc vision of the future (for their industry).

    Although I agree that it is a serious matter, it is only a commercial matter. My feeling is that the EU will leave the regulation untouched, since doing otherwise would lead to a collapse of the court systems dealing with trade affairs.

In brief: What the regulation would do is allow manufacturers to invalidate warranties if the vehicle is serviced or repaired by anyone who is not licenced by them.

merlin617:
That is scary. I for one could not afford to keep my old Landy on the road if I had to pay a garage to work on it. I don't pretend to be a mechanical expert but have learnt over the years by taking advice from people who know more than me and by not being afraid to have a go. When I read some of the horror stories about some of the botched jobs carried out by so called professionals I think that the average owner is quite capable of maintaining their own vehicle. Admittedly perhaps not so much with the modern vehicles, but certainly the older ones Also it tends to concentrate the mind on the job your doing when you will be the one driving it and carrying your family about in it. I'm a great believer in the fact that no one will look after your possesions better than you.

lambert:
i may have miss read that but to me they are legislating against dealer only repairs being engineered into new cars by manuracturers, not against aftermarket repairers and home mechanics. i could be wrong tho.

carbore:
It interesting and something to keep an eye on but I agree the website is a bit scare monger and does not really convey what its all about, maybe I need to read the small print.

In some respects you could say that manufacturers should not have to honor a warranty if the vehicle is not maintained by them (or approved agents), after all thats the case with pretty much anything else (like PC's for example). However I think the EU legislation is broader than that, I think manufacturers are obliged to release certain info to enable after market suppliers and diagnostics. If they are no longer required to then the its much harder for third parties to produce parts, manuals or diags so costs will rise. 

Unfortunately in todays "Liability" and "H&S" society and fulled by TV Consumer programs like Watchdog the public and media seem to think unless its doen buy a big corporate its not safe (e.g. British Gas are safe, but local plumber is somehow dodgy, despite things like Corgi etc) The big corporates are more than happy to go along with this and have PR teams to appear on TV ans tut tut about things. 

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