Disgruntled Land Rover owners?

Submitted: Thursday, Nov 27, 2014 at 12:29
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Hello,

I'm not wanting to start a fire here but I came across the following post by a friend of a friend the other day and was curious to see if this is just an exception to the rule that Land Rovers are very reliable and excellent vehicles. There were quite a few comments agreeing to the post however I do not have time to black out names etc so you will just have to take my word for it. I've always aspired to owning a Land Rover but they have always been out of my reach price wise. Could it be that the newer generation of Land Rovers are not all they are cracked up to be or is it simply just that there is the odd lemon (like any vehicle manufacturer) going around? Apologies for some of the grammar it's a cut 'n' paste job.

"I see the Defender is on its way out.....big mistake, it's the only one worth keeping now.
Pfft...I wish we still had our Landrover Disco 4, best car we had for 10 years, but then the sh** hit the fan, collectively and explosively. ..
When the gear box and air compressor and a few other things that chose to all go together ($45 000) become more expensive to replace than the car is worth...it's not worth it, we had to cut our losses and run, ......fast.
We always thought that Landrovers were supposed to be built for longevity and were robust?
When we bought the car for $105 000AU for top of the range, we were happy in our investment and expected to have the car for many happy years and pay for itself. We were safe and happy in the knowledge that the car was a good one, and would be around longer than it was (10 years) .....boy, watta-mistaka-to-maka.
Instead they've made the Landrover w**ky and fragile.
Landrovers' thieving culture of replacing a whole system instead of fixing the minor faulty part with-in that system is its biggest downfall, and Landrover now has workshops full of intellegent pink fingered computer geeks instead of good, intellegent, real mechanics - not good for job creation, the economy or the owners of the vehicles....
Landrover have put themselves in this situation and now have to charge long-suffering owners for their over-priced replacement culture.
I have noticed a huge surge of 2nd hand discos on the market all of a sudden, priced at $15000(AU), that's a joke.
Landrover, you've shot yourself in the foot.
Although it pains me to say it (because we loved the car so much) .....We are UN-happy ex-Landrover owners, and it's all because Landrover has lost its way (ironic for a 4X4).
Re-visit the Defender route, within the whole range and you will have happy customers again.
(dare I say it....even JEEP......have learned their lesson)
For our part...we've learned our lesson.
We've gone back to basics. Now we are the proud owners of an Isuzu M-UX (totr). Fewer bells and whistles, but still 7seats and 4x4, and does 7L / 100km....she goes like a Trojan horse and also has a tried and trusted D-Max engine.
I am comforted to know that IF (and not when) something goes wrong, the replacement will be quick (not told that they have to ship in the new computer component, will take 3 weeks and you're stuck with your finger up your arse 'till then) and I won't be charged a kidney either.
Isuzus after sales service is streets ahead and the customer is king - unlike the shoulder-shruggers at Landrover and the petrified knobs at the top, sitting in their pouffy chairs who have lost sight of the essence of Landrover"
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