For the first time in god knows how many years I am 'landroverless'
Bought, sold, modified and off-roaded most of the model range over the last couple of years but now moving off for a complete change and taking delivery of a Nissan Pathfinder SVE on Monday. Serious amount of car for the money, has every conceivable extra fitted so looking forward to a change.
Although as the saying goes................................I'll be back !! :-)
Keep checking the turbo on those matey, they pop for fun. But, a great car
What happened to the Disco 1? Is it still up for grabs?
Pathfinder will have a full warranty so no worries there.
D1 has been and gone
Going over to the dark side?
I guess so
Just really fancy a change, looked at a D2 TD5 and drove it but it just didn't 'float my boat' and prices are nuts just now, I actually found the D1
300tdi Auto a nicer drive if a little slower!The Nissan is a 2006 DCi manual SVE 7 seat with full leather, heated electric seats, sunroof, DVD Sat-Nav, reversing camera, Bluetooth integration, climate control, keyless entry etc, etc, metallic grey, brand new set of AT2 tyres on and all for £11k
Really excited about getting it. and hoping the claimed 35mpg+ is achievable
Andy
Our chairman had one for a while, he liked it! Unfortunately he had to be towed on and off the site at our Easter Interclub event!
That good :)
As always the small sprint is everything. My Waranty wasn't worth the paper it was written on, 3 claims and each dodged.. needless to say from here on I do my own services and fix it myself unless it is a specialist job.
Before my bunch would consider covering the turbo cost it has to be stripped down and inspected and then an engineer tell them what the issue is.. if it is wear and tear.. which ultimately it was then they wouldn't cover it. The work however is mainly in the removal and the refit which they don't cover regardless. Others were a CD Drive failure for the Sat Nav, excluded as it is grouped as "in car entertainment" WTF? , other issue is the dieing pixles on the OBC display on the dash... I need to get an engineer to say exactly what is wrong again.... they have yet they won't accept that, sent me to their recommended repairer who said he couldn't do it as he would need to plug it in to Landrovers gizmology - All horse shit as the cable is available for £50 and the repair and cable comes to £100 via the mail. With of course me striping down the dash and sorting it myself - All on the L322.
Oh and the breakdown in France, failed injector - we had to get it fixed over there quick, when we got back they wouldn't cover as they have to approve the repair first!
Wankers.
Lee D
Warranties are usually pretty shit, however I did get a payout when the head gasket went in the Rover K series engine in one of my cars (surprise surprise) as it was specifically covered. They do send out their own engineer once the car's been stripped down but once done, they paid for the lot.
What did worry me was that they covered the cam belt, but elsewhere in the warranty sheet it said that parts were covered but not consequential damage caused by the part failing, so if that was taken literally, they'd pay for a new belt but not the lunched engine that it caused.. I almost had that happen when the same rover K series (glad they're bankrupt) timing belt jumped two teeth for reasons unknown. There was no damage so no payout so I had to shoulder the 300 quid costs of getting the car and me transported and the inspections done etc.
So in the end I only saved about 550 quid for the head gasket failure, however I did manage this just four days before the warranty period ended!
TRAITOR
;-))
DieSea
I'm getting cover from 'Warrantywise' on the net, say they cover pretty much everything including premature failure due to wear and tear, not that cheap but for peace of mind will take out a monthly recurring policy
Andy
My folks had a similar problem when their (new to them) 04 Passat power steering pump let go in the south of France. No problem they thugh, covered under warranty, job done at the local VW dealer and claim put in and refused. Small claims threatened,ignored, and then served. Claim paid in full pluse expenses.
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