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marc
Member Since: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 169
  
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| How long to fix a small problem!!!!!!!!! |
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Hi,
I am slightly annoyed!!!
My car went in last Wednesday for a clutch seal to be fitted (after taking my car in the week before for some issues I had), and on Wednesday evening I got a call to say that I couldn't have my car back as it they are going to take the gearbox out to fit the seal (remember that this seal is worth only £20), so I got a 1.8 petrol Freelander for the evening.
O.K. so far as I wasn't that bothered because it was only for one night...... keep reading 
On Thursday I turned up in the evening assuming that my car would be sorted out (as I was told it would be) only to find that it was still in the repair bay as Land Rover had sent the wrong parts!!!!! So low and behold I was given a different Freelander (Diesel with leather seats so a bit better than the last one) for the evening. I was told that my car would definitely be sorted out for Friday evening.... have you guessed yet???
Anyway Friday afternoon came and I rang them at 3 o'clock to be told that the 'technicians' are having problems bleeding the system, so I have had to have the Freelander over the weekend...... AAAAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!
So I have had to put up with a noisy and bumpy Freelander all weekend... but the ironic thing is that the Freelander is actually nicer to drive than my Disco 3 due to its smoother gearbox (I can actually get this one in to first gear  ) and its smoother power take up, and accelerator action.
So in total it will have took them 4 days (and how much is their labour rates?) to fit a £20 part.. 
Sorry to have ranted but I feel a bit better now, although whats the betting that I won't get mine back tomorrow???
Cheers
Marc Disco 3 now gone!!
Discovery 3 S spec 2.7 V6 Diesel.
Previous Car to D3: Seat Leon Cupra R with a nice 280 bhp...... Sad to see it go 
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 16th Oct 2005 7:46 pm |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
Posts: 6463
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Marc, sounds more like dealer excuses in fact, which is more the case. Totally unforgiveable.
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| 16th Oct 2005 7:50 pm |
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marc
Member Since: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 169
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Well I just picked my car up and it is nice and shiney although I need to find all the bits that have been moved from the centre console, Presumably when they took the gearbox out.
Cheers
Marc Disco 3 now gone!!
Discovery 3 S spec 2.7 V6 Diesel.
Previous Car to D3: Seat Leon Cupra R with a nice 280 bhp...... Sad to see it go
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| 17th Oct 2005 12:23 pm |
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marc
Member Since: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 169
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Oh yeh I forgot to mention.... How I missed my D3... what a difference it is to the Freelander. 
It felt like I was driving a monster truck because of the difference in height and is so much quieter..... oh how I am glad to have my D3 back
Its very much a chalk and cheese difference
Cheers
Marc Disco 3 now gone!!
Discovery 3 S spec 2.7 V6 Diesel.
Previous Car to D3: Seat Leon Cupra R with a nice 280 bhp...... Sad to see it go
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| 17th Oct 2005 12:32 pm |
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Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
Posts: 16295
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Does the gearbox seem any better Marc since the surgery? The End
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| 17th Oct 2005 2:42 pm |
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croyde
Member Since: 17 Aug 2005
Location: SE England
Posts: 459
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Had a Freelander loaner when ours was in for a fix. What a horrible little car.
We were very unimpressed especially as my wife originally wanted me to get one. Boy is she glad that I didn't now.
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| 17th Oct 2005 10:12 pm |
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marc
Member Since: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 169
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Slimer wrote:Does the gearbox seem any better Marc since the surgery?
Slimer,
Sorry for the time taken to reply.
It seems as if the gearbox is a bit smoother although I am not very confident how long it will last for 
The very annoying jerking from the accelerator is still very evident
i.e. coasting in first gear (in traffic for example) when I accelerate (no matter how smoothly or slowly I accelerate) the whole car jerks as if I have just floored the throttle....... I am hating driving the car in traffic due to this very very very annoying problem... aaarrrggghh
Sorry but I am just a little annoyed.... could you tell??
Cheers
Marc Disco 3 now gone!!
Discovery 3 S spec 2.7 V6 Diesel.
Previous Car to D3: Seat Leon Cupra R with a nice 280 bhp...... Sad to see it go
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| 18th Oct 2005 6:49 pm |
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Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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My gearbox seems to vary like the weather, sometimes it's as smooth as a very smooth thing, other times it's very stiff (like a very stiff thing  ) Something is obviously not right but I've decided to live with it until the first service and (if it hasn't broken by then!) book it in for as long as it takes for the dealer to establish what's wrong and fix it. I suspect something is loose or at least looser than it should be but I suspect they're going to have to strip it down to find out what it is
Mine can be a little jerky in traffic, slipping the clutch a little bit more than should be neccessary seems to help.
We can do a comparisson in Wales of stiff and jerky things  The End
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| 18th Oct 2005 7:02 pm |
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marc
Member Since: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 169
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Slimer wrote:We can do a comparisson in Wales of stiff and jerky things
Slimer,
Yes I will look forward to that
I thought that it may be a good idea to take the car in after the Wales weekend so that I can discuss (and hopefully check) what other peoples Discos are like... oh and also if I took my Disco in to the dealers now, chances are that I would not get it back in time.... judging from the last time it went in 
Cheers
Marc Disco 3 now gone!!
Discovery 3 S spec 2.7 V6 Diesel.
Previous Car to D3: Seat Leon Cupra R with a nice 280 bhp...... Sad to see it go
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| 18th Oct 2005 7:16 pm |
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