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Gordo:
...who's been talking behind my back?  [-X

Just been trying to get the LR booked in to have the rear diff. propshaft seal replaced and nobody will touch it. "Normal" garage that the family's used for years ("We don't do Land Rovers") and a LR specalist won't either ("We don't do Freelanders").

Now should I be paranoid? Is this normal? Should I buy a Defender instead...?  :-k

<grumble>

V8MoneyPit:
That's crazy  :shock: The only justification I can think of is if it needs special tools to do the job that they don't have. Otherwise, they are obviously so busy, they can't take on extra work....... and I find it hard to believe a garage turning away business!

dxmedia:
I can well belive garages turning away freelanders. Nearly everyone I know in the trade keeps away from them if they can.

Gordo:

--- Quote from: dxmedia on July 27, 2009, 16:06:53 ---I can well belive garages turning away freelanders. Nearly everyone I know in the trade keeps away from them if they can.

--- End quote ---
Any particular reason? They're not all that different to other cars; 4x4 or otherwise.

dxmedia:
Just a pita to work on. Other minor things like the head gaskets being a service item on the 1.8's

Not the kinda car you want coming in on a regular basis since once a reputation is built up then all the pig jobs (jammed torque convertor, head gasket, that problem with the bushes at the rear end) start to come through.

Since people are keeping their cars on the road a little longer at the moment (recession or something) a load of garages round here are flat out and can pick and choose jobs. Best keeping the garage filled with the easy stuff rather than leaking about with the niggly ones.

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