The CycleChat Large SUV Owners Club thread

[Jody]

Heritage is what's kept their brand prestigious and should be celebrated.

@fossyant whilst I have a slightly negative view on them, everyone who I know who runs a newer JLR vehicle rates them. As long as they were lucky enough to get one not plagued with warranty issues.

 

[Drago]

JLR vehicles are great. Until they're not.

My BiL is a senior nob on the design side and he won't own one. He's got some big Alfa V8 saloon thingy, which shows just how bad JLR products can be if an Alfa is considered a safer bet.

Sadly survey after survey had the brand languishing near or at the bottom, and for what they charge there is no excuse.

 

[Jody]

Fair assessment and especially given their cost!

 

[Badger_Boom]

@Jody
I've not read the article yet, I'll be taking the magazines to work, for meal-break reading
Regular/preventative maintenance, for a start, I guess?

A lot of luck too. I sold my first one at around 250,000 miles because the suspension and body required so much work that it was no longer worth investing in it (it wasn't the best looked after when I bought it, and in its early days I stinted on maintenance). The original engine was fine, and the manual gearbox still had was still on the original clutch.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Unbelievable mileage for that engine type.

£200k+ in diesel if he's doing around 30mpg

I’ve photographed the text & will add it when l get home from work
Internet here is appalling

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

@Jody

I’ve photographed the text & will add it when l get home from work
Internet here is appalling

I've not included the first page which primarily gave the background to acquiring it

It has had 4 engines though!

 

[Jameshow]

Friday 15th

I knew about the ‘million mile’ article, & was hoping to get the new edition of ’Truck & Driver’ would be in stock, I also bought ‘LRM’ out of curiosity

New edition
Gulf petrol station
Saville Road
Castleford


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What's his job to do those miles!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

What's his job to do those miles!

Seems to be delivering cars, on a tri-axle trailer

 

[Jody]

He definitely sounds like a careful owner and an engine every 200k doesn't sound too far off what you would expect. Hats off to him for keeping it on the road this long.

 

[Jameshow]

Seems to be delivering cars, on a tri-axle trailer

That's even more impressive then as it's under load for much of those miles?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

JLR (aka 'House Of Brands') don't seem to be interested in their history nowadays
Unless it's making money for them, like 'The Works'

As much as I'm not a fan of their products, I can't see Porsche, or Ferrari, turning their backs on marque history/pedigree?

From another article in the same issue

 

[DRM]

From another article in the same issue

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Confirms what I long suspected, that Land Rover have totally lost the plot, being no longer interested in it’s heritage

 

[Drago]

Buyers of £80k Defenders don't give a monkeys about heritage.

 

[Gunk]

Buyers of £80k Defenders don't give a monkeys about heritage.

Which is exactly what LR wanted to achieve, mass sales to buyers new to the brand or existing RR Sport/Discovery customers. The new Defender is a lifestyle product, it’s a status car. However I do quite like them, they‘re a great looking car and far more capable than most owners will ever experience.

 

[Gunk]

Confirms what I long suspected, that Land Rover have totally lost the plot, being no longer interested in it’s heritage

They haven’t lost the plot, they’re a commercial business trying to make a profit in a very difficult, crowded market.

The whole Retro styling thing from 25 years ago is over, buyers now want a cutting edge, contemporary product, not something that tries to look 50 years old.