Land Rover: Poor Quality & Worse Than Daewoo?

LOL, Daywoo have been in the motor market for 2 years or so, Landrover since the 1950s. What kind of disrespect would have them put them in the same sentence :)

Now... who is the better band out of Pink Floyd and Coldplay?

Are you sure they said durablility and not build quality? LR are famous for poor tolerances, but how many Kia sportages will you see driving across the dessert on 30 years time with no oil in the gearbox???

Don't like either of them.

Fair point. heres another. Since when did Daywooo make offroaders?????

Right then, off to buy a Daewoo!

alt.fan.daewoo anyone?

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 '77 101FC Ambulance '95 Discovery V8i

Awwwww.....My IIa's 39 years old and I've just got it running nice. Can't I keep it a lickle bit longer ?

PLLLLeeeaaasseee!!

Lee.

No, it's crap and not durable. Go and buy a Daewoo now!

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 '77 101FC Ambulance '95 Discovery V8i

Coldplay and Daewoo have been building cars since 1972 and using the Daewoo name since 1983. They've been sold in the UK since 1994. Mind you I still prefer my Series III to any Daewoo

Cheers

Bill

Errr since they bought SangYong in 98 ???

Cheers

Bill

"Lee_D"

Bugger! I have to fiddle with mine for another two years before it runs nice? Shame the chassis will fall off it before then :-(

Naaah - old LR products run because sad buggers like us are willing to get the spanners out, folks with new vehicles are (unsurprisingly) not willing to do so and expect the same 'I buy it from the dealer and it runs for three years without me checking sod all' as their last new car. Unfortunately LR have not yet caught onto that one.

Graeme

"Moving Vision" wrote in message news:A72Pe0GKEFD$ snipped-for-privacy@movingvision.demon.co.uk...

Landrover's construction methods that make them more attractive than other manufacturers' are also the ones that lead to a lot of manufacturing faults. To give some examples:- The body being bolted together rather than welded means it is easy to modify (for example from soft top to truck cab to hard top) or repair in the field, but also more likely to show poor panel fit, leaks and rattles. The alloy bodywork lowers centre of gravity, and makes surface scratches immaterial - but is harder to repair and conceals rust in underlying steel components. Landrover uses detachable swivel housings so they can be replaced and so the front and rear hub components are the same, where Toyota for example has them integral with the axle housing so a scored swivel housing means a new axle housing. The simple fact is that Landrovers are much more repairable than their competitors. Whether you weigh this above the drawbacks of having this type of construction is up to the buyer, but is certainly not even considered in the type of survey reported, quite apart from the dubious methodology of the survey. Also not considered is the suitability of vehicles for particular purposes. At the same time, Landrover as a company has a lot of problems. Probably the worst is customer service, in my experience, but a close second is poor durability of the plastic used extensively since the series 2, a lot of which disintegrates when exposed to sunlight for a few years. Mind you, almost any manufacturer has their own problems. JD

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 23:14:18 +0100, Alex made me spill my meths by writing:

Mmmmmmmm 3.9 litres....... . . . DOH!

Ok...but the landrover new cost £750....... and now it's only worth between £1500 and 2000....look Ok I never was much good at maths ...can someone help me with this depreciation thing so I can start pricing up my next washing machine.

Lee

DAVIES PAY ATTENTION!...it's 4.2litre ...repeat after me . 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2

;-)

Lee D

-- Project Percy - Jaguar 4.2 and Auto in to Series IIa 88 see it @

alt.fan.landrover hall of fame -

Only 4.2? Why didn't you fit a 6.75 from a Roller?

Alex

Hi!

I think bits start go wrong or drop off Land Rovers early in their lives , but other cars catch up and overtake over time, so after 15 years a Land Rover seems like a durable option, when most other vehicles are headed for the scrapyard.

Cheers, Professor "The head gasket on our VW Golf 1.4 failed after less than

I've had horrible experiences with Volkswagens in the past few years. Electronics that failed, locks that failed, it burns through lightbulbs faster then you can imagine, arrogant sales and technicians and overpriced. For me no more VWs.

Martin

The £50 spending money Mrs D gave me wouldn't strech to the Roller but did buy the 4.2 Engine, 3 Speed box , radiator, oil cooler and all the bits that make an engine go brum.

However...I may be looking to put something a little more substantial in the

I jest not. Bargains are there to be had....you've just got to bide your time.... I've got £2.50 towards the paint job..

:-)

Lee