I much prefer a dark interior to a sea of beige as it must feel like sitting in the lounge of an old folks home.  94 Disco 300 TDI Gone
96 Defender 300 TDI Gone...Should have kept it.
2003 Freelander ES TD4 Gone
2002 Defender TD5 Gone
2005 Freelander HSE TD4 Gone
2015 Freelander 2 Metropolis Keeping for now!

IanMetro wrote:

Out of interest, I came across this statement about the over-supply of JLR cars, and probably why I can't find a parking space in my local dealers as they are packed with used (pre-registered?) cars.

Protesters complaining about the quality of their cars have been a regular feature at JLR’s Shanghai HQ and it’s understood that JLR is awash with models on airfields in the UK that had been destined for China but can’t be sold there due to quality reasons, although no one in the company will confirm this.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industr...ack-profit

I have been surprised that JLR are not having a push on petrol vehicles given that diesel is on its way out and the drop in sales. I am toying with getting a petrol DS and there are a few obviously pre registered available but quite expensive. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

GundogSD4 wrote:

I much prefer a dark interior to a sea of beige as it must feel like sitting in the lounge of an old folks home.

As opposed to the funeral home?  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

But beige is surely a fate worse than death  94 Disco 300 TDI Gone
96 Defender 300 TDI Gone...Should have kept it.
2003 Freelander ES TD4 Gone
2002 Defender TD5 Gone
2005 Freelander HSE TD4 Gone
2015 Freelander 2 Metropolis Keeping for now!

dorsetfreelander wrote:

I have been surprised that JLR are not having a push on petrol vehicles given that diesel is on its way out and the drop in sales. I am toying with getting a petrol DS and there are a few obviously pre registered available but quite expensive.

GundogSD4 wrote:

But beige is surely a fate worse than death

This chap disagrees

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 Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

tenet wrote:

dorsetfreelander wrote:

I have been surprised that JLR are not having a push on petrol vehicles given that diesel is on its way out and the drop in sales. I am toying with getting a petrol DS and there are a few obviously pre registered available but quite expensive.

Lifted from Parkers web site:

Despite this, running costs for the Land Rover Discovery Sport aren't anything to get excited about. Official fuel economy for the 250hp petrol that we drove is ranges between 28.3-30.5mpg – and on our spirited driving route we saw an average figure in the mid-teens.21 Nov 2019

And

The P200 claims between 28.5-30.8mpg and, during our time of testing, we saw an indicated 23.6mpg – from a 68-mile route that consisted mostly of country lanes with an average speed of 30mph.

Well at least it’s no better than the i6........just doesn’t sound as nice  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

He needs a few Cornish pasties...  94 Disco 300 TDI Gone
96 Defender 300 TDI Gone...Should have kept it.
2003 Freelander ES TD4 Gone
2002 Defender TD5 Gone
2005 Freelander HSE TD4 Gone
2015 Freelander 2 Metropolis Keeping for now!

 Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

[quote="IanMetro"]

IanMetro wrote:

I do wonder how many people buy a 'new' car which is really several months, or more, old.

I had a Vauxhall Zafira several years ago (please don't judge me, I needed it for a purpose )

I nicknamed it the clown car because after every journey something either failed or fell off, but the biggest problem was the alternator.

it was 2.2 petrol, that I discovered had been made in summer 2005 but wasn't sold until a year later as a new car, so it had stood in a yard for a year unregistered. The problem was that in that year Vx changed the specs and suppliers of various components, including the alternator, so the spares recommended by registration number searches wouldn't fit. It took a very good garage to dig deep and source a correct one.

IanMetro "I do wonder how many people buy a 'new' car which is really several months, or more, old."


..... and the technology contained within is even older. !

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Pajero ( w____r ) well don't know much about all these " experts " but my brother in law's spent more time over a pit than over any rutted ground.

So does that make the " experts " pajeros?



 If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

dorsetfreelander wrote:

I have been surprised that JLR are not having a push on petrol vehicles given that diesel is on its way out and the drop in sales. I am toying with getting a petrol DS and there are a few obviously pre registered available but quite expensive.