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majorguk Member Since: 15 Nov 2011 Location: no where Posts: 100 |
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26th Jul 2012 9:34 am |
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 |
The FL2 generally speaking is the exception to this, I have heard many reports that it fairs better than the Disco et al (clutch/DMF and minor electrical gremlins notwithstanding).
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26th Jul 2012 10:24 am |
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muddywheels Member Since: 02 Oct 2007 Location: East Riding of Yorkshire Posts: 939 |
Of course these figures do not include under 3 years because LR assist deal with them and they would like to keep them quiet
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26th Jul 2012 11:28 am |
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Pedro Member Since: 01 Apr 2010 Location: Very near Pig Hill Posts: 449 |
Yes, but no point having a ' superior ' car if you can't use it !! When we had a week of heavy rain a couple of months back my FL2's wiper motor broke ( Just over 2 years old and 17,000 miles ) after one day of heavy rain. I then had to use my BMW (Original wiper motor and on 10 years and 140,000 miles) for 2 weeks whilst landrover went through the diagnosis / order part / fit part faff. Thankfully, despite heavy rain and local flooding, my BMW never let me down - meanwhile, the FL2 was unuseable !! FL2 HSE Auto Galway Green Evoque SD4 Auto Blue. FL1 HSE TD4 Manual Black - Gone. RR Classic V8 EFI - Gone |
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26th Jul 2012 12:06 pm |
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 |
Yes Pedro that is a fair point and you certainly have a good Beemer there but there are many cases where supposedly reliable executive cars like Audi's, Beemer's and Merc's have proven to be a nightmare for owners.
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26th Jul 2012 12:27 pm |
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Pedro Member Since: 01 Apr 2010 Location: Very near Pig Hill Posts: 449 |
Yes, unfortunately, all cars can have problems - my worst ever was a Toyota ! I do think that the drive for reduced emissions, lower weight etc has not helped and has caused cars to be overly - complicated in the wrong ways e.g. electronic handbrakes, DPFs etc and it may be that a more - detailed analaysis of the statistcs would reveal some interesting facts. FL2 HSE Auto Galway Green Evoque SD4 Auto Blue. FL1 HSE TD4 Manual Black - Gone. RR Classic V8 EFI - Gone |
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26th Jul 2012 12:39 pm |
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bigalf1961 Member Since: 14 Mar 2011 Location: manchester Posts: 846 |
at least l/rover havant had a major recall over sticking accelarator pedals and they looks as if they have taken l/rover as a group and not been model specific rainy-city
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26th Jul 2012 1:45 pm |
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oldgeezer Member Since: 09 Apr 2011 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 1302 |
"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-21...-year.html"
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26th Jul 2012 1:51 pm |
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Tigger Member Since: 30 Mar 2011 Location: L15KRD Posts: 2555 |
Personally, having had direct experience of Warranty Direct's own reliability, I don't think that they are in a position to hand out criticism about the performance of other companies and their products.
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26th Jul 2012 6:36 pm |
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landy19840 Member Since: 13 Mar 2011 Location: Non Posts: 1817 |
Daily mail= Racist in public so you don't have to be! |
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26th Jul 2012 7:12 pm |
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Big Hammer Member Since: 26 May 2012 Location: Dormerset Posts: 10 |
Had mine since March, 10,000 miles and only minor niggles, squeaky wing mirror being the major one. Had a misfire at low rpm and a bubbling noise. high speed run seems to have sorted that though. Tad concerned about tyre wear though, looks like new ones in 2-3 thou miles now. |
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26th Jul 2012 7:40 pm |
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Captain Worm Member Since: 12 Sep 2010 Location: Solihull Posts: 969 |
The problem is these figures are meaningless without putting them into context...
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26th Jul 2012 8:40 pm |
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Remoh1 Member Since: 11 Jun 2012 Location: Newport Pagnell Posts: 31 |
only had a quick look at the article but it looks like its based on number of cars insured by the warranty company vs number of claims. Says nothing about usage. My wife has a Honda CRV I have a freelander 2 she has had hers 3 years and it has broken down once due to a dead battery. I have had mine two months and had the RAC out once due to lots of errors on dash and non starter. Turned out glove box light switch had moved and light was staying on hence on board computer wasn't shutting down so flat battery. So on that info her car is as reliable as mine, however in 3 years she has done around 5000 miles in two months I have done 3500 miles so if mine keeps running for another month without a breakdown we will have covered the same number of miles and had the same number of breakdowns. but she will have had her car 3 years and me 3 months |
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26th Jul 2012 8:56 pm |
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heliosuk Member Since: 08 Oct 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 118 |
I don't think I have read so much rubbish for a long time. Typical daily mail **ss poor reporting as usual.
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26th Jul 2012 9:29 pm |
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