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I just got back from picking up my new (for me) Discovery. On the way back my eldest was sitting in the front so while we were driving along I was using the electric seat mover to mover his seat around.

I had to go to the workshop on the way back to pick up some paperwork so when we got to the workshop the youngest asked if he could sit in the front. I said yes so while I was getting the paperwork the boys swapped seats.

When I got back in the motor the youngest presented me with the switch that moves the seats around. He had tried to move the seat but it wouldn't move because the ignition was switched off. So he tried pushing it harder until it fell off.

I had owned the car for the grand time of 21 minutes.
 
of course you didn't swear did you
 
No, I didn't swear. I try not to when kids are involved but I very nearly let my standards slip on this one.

The thing is, I have to be the unluckiest person alive where new cars are involved. The one before this was a Renault Laguna GT 205. Top of the range motor. There was a bit of a mix up with the delivery date for that one so I ended up collecting the car and going straight down to my friend in Cornwall. On the way down I picked up a Doberman puppy for him. The puppy threw up all over the car end even managed a bit of projectile vomiting so that I wasn't left out. Brand new car smell? not for long.

The one before that was a Kangoo van. I went into the carpark and looked it over, then I went back into the showroom to sign the papers. While I was in there someone drove into the back of the van. I probably hadn't owed it more than a minute when that happened.

The one before that was a Brava 4x4 pick up. I took it straight to work and parked it in the yard. Whoever it was that opened the yard up that morning had failed to latch the gate back. The wind caught the gate and smashed it into the wing of the truck. I'd owned that one about 45 mins.

There's something about me and new motors.
 
Buy 2nd hand mate seems your new car luck is non existant.

Must say though you have just made me and the wife smile with your tales.

spike
 
This one is second hand. It was my attempt at making the new car fairy leave me alone.
 
Worst bit is That I'm picking up a new 3.5 ton truck next week .... and I'm scared.
 
sheddy said:
Worst bit is That I'm picking up a new 3.5 ton truck next week .... and I'm scared.
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tell us where and when so we can be off the roads that day!
 
Aww unlucky! I feel for you :lol:
 
It gets worse. I took the center consul apart, repaired and refitted it, all done, no worries.

The wife broke off the other one today.
 
sheddy said:
It gets worse. I took the center consul apart, repaired and refitted it, all done, no worries.

The wife broke off the other one today.
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Get rid, its obviously dropping to bits.........or your whole family are part of the worlds strongest............:shrug:
 
not being funny or anything but it is a discovery these things breaking will be part of your life now
 
Am so glad someone else started, and sorry with your misfortune but *snigger* Land Rover *snigger*

We lost a customer last month to Land Rover, I wouldn't give him a 25% discount so he bought an older LR as "They're more reliable..." He popped in to say Hi next door while waiting for his LR to arrive next door on the back of a transporter :D
 
makes a note................

do not buy a camera from this man !!
 
I used to work for a garage selling cars and a week before i left ( i had already handed my notice in!) i had to pick up a rover Montego Turbo from Ipswitch to Banstead. I took a tape for the journey home and on the way the car broke down as it ran out of lekky due to a knackered alternator. I tried ejecting the tape but unknown to me the eject was electrically assisted. I pushed the eject button far to hard and it went ping and stayed in the tape player. I asked the mechanic to get my tape out which he did so when i picked the car up a few days later there was the tape and player sitting on the passenger seat. The player looked like it had a fight with a large screwdriver and lost! I just popped the player in thae car and took the car back.

I had a call a few weeks after i left asking me to go see the sales manager. i did and saw the player on his desk!!!! He was on the phone so i said i'd come back but never did!! Naughty naughty me!!:D
 
the trouble was - it wasn't a real Land Rover

this is a real Land Rover -- nuff said !! :D
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To the chap who said that I needed to buy a motorbike, will either of these two do?

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This was my first Landy:

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I haven't any pictures of the County but here's my third one, a proper off road jobby that I modified myself and used for punch challenge events:

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Had a couple of others since then, now I've got the Td5
 
terryuk said:
not being funny or anything but it is a discovery these things breaking will be part of your life now
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I almost replied with the same answer last night. But didn't have the heart. ;) Tis true though. Disco's can be a real pain in the arse. from a customers point of view. But good for us as a garage. :D
It becomes an adventure. :lol:
I am stunned at how loyal disco owners are towards Landrover. Last year I was stood in the local Landrover dealers and witnessed a customer (farmer) walk in and say to the salesman, "that bloody car is playing me up again. you better order me another one". :eek:
After he left the salesman told me that the guy was on his 9th Disco in as many years. All of them had been problematic. :cuckoo:
I know of no other manufacturer who could get away with this kind of thing. But this isn't isolated. I see it on the service side. Customers just keep throwing money at them.
As one customer told me: "its a Landrover thing". :cuckoo:

Kev.
 
oh yes can i have the one on the left to go with my ever growing collection.

Very nice mate, what the one on the right??

spike
 
The one on the left is Steven, he's the one that broke the switch .... sorry, you meant the bike.

The one on the left is an Aprilia RSV-R Edwards Limited Edition. They were supposed to have made 450, 446 of which were for sale worldwide. The one in the picture is the 451st one made. They built it because the one that I was supposed to have taken delivery of was dropped by the forklift as it came off the lorry in Holland.

The one on the left is an original V-Max, full power and somewhat modified from standard.

Top toys.
 
Here's another toy ... my 4 door mini!

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Some better ones of the bikes:

RSV-R

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V-Max

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Ducati

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I picked up the new truck yesterday.

They had forgotten to valet it. Never mind, if that's the worst that my new vehicle demon can throw at me then I'm happy, the dealers said that they will collect it tomorrow and valet it and as an apology they will also valet the Discovery.

We've spent the day driving around Kent and South East London in the new truck, lovely it is. Quiet, quick and comfortable.

Then, 24hrs and 10minutes after I picked it up, a bloke in a shogun drove into the back of it.

I kid you not.

I feel like crying.
 
I'd get an office job accessible by public transport if I were you
 
sheddy said:
I picked up the new truck yesterday.

They had forgotten to valet it. Never mind, if that's the worst that my new vehicle demon can throw at me then I'm happy, the dealers said that they will collect it tomorrow and valet it and as an apology they will also valet the Discovery.

We've spent the day driving around Kent and South East London in the new truck, lovely it is. Quiet, quick and comfortable.

Then, 24hrs and 10minutes after I picked it up, a bloke in a shogun drove into the back of it.

I kid you not.

I feel like crying.
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These things come in threes - I'd advise staying in bed for the next week or so.....:(
 
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