sportcoupe
Member Since: 29 Jan 2017
Location: Savannah, GA
Posts: 53
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Build date is Friday June 9 for me.
Does anyone NOT have a Friday build date?
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 17th Feb 2017 1:31 pm |
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armalites
Member Since: 17 Aug 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 1918
 
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It's the dawn of a new era, "Ah yes sir that's what we call a Thursday afternoon car"  IID PRO
MSV Extreme
Nanocom One
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| 17th Feb 2017 1:41 pm |
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hessel
Member Since: 13 Dec 2008
Location: worcestershire
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Mine also is a Friday build date. 3 march 
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| 17th Feb 2017 2:08 pm |
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Dusty
Member Since: 23 Sep 2013
Location: London
Posts: 1022
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As Land Rover are making so much profit from the D5, they are trying out a new shift pattern
1 day on, 6 days off  Discovery 4 HSE
SDV6
2015
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| 17th Feb 2017 2:37 pm |
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dgoodshi
Member Since: 25 Mar 2014
Location: London
Posts: 1
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I had a Friday build date as well, but it turns out that they are not all built on a Friday... I was told that they can be built on any day in the week ending that Friday - I went on a factory tour on Wednesday and there were plenty being built, probably 1 in 3 vehicles coming off the line that I saw.
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| 17th Feb 2017 6:13 pm |
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CraigP
Member Since: 22 Feb 2010
Location: East Yorks
Posts: 41
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Case1 wrote:Mine actually slotted for Friday 17 March.
Maybe the build slots start on a Friday even though it might not actually be built until sometime during the following week.
Another one for the 17th yours a SE? Also 3litre
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| 17th Feb 2017 7:15 pm |
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mse
Member Since: 27 Jun 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2707
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J77 wrote:I'm prepared for the tax hike, but there is a slim chance it will be ready just before the tax hike.
If yours is built on the same day as my Range Rover, 10th, then if your dealer is any good, it will be ready and issued in a week, mine will be Mike
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| 19th Feb 2017 10:38 pm |
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J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6272
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Yeah, they're usually pretty good at getting cars PDI'd and out within a week. 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
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| 19th Feb 2017 11:54 pm |
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lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
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Excitement mounting for all you Guinea Pigs then  D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
Now demoted to a VW
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| 20th Feb 2017 12:13 am |
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mse
Member Since: 27 Jun 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2707
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J77 wrote:Yeah, they're usually pretty good at getting cars PDI'd and out within a week.
Especially when the PDI is more...yep its a car, than actually checking anything Mike
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| 20th Feb 2017 12:23 am |
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J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6272
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lespes wrote:Excitement mounting for all you Guinea Pigs then
I've had less trouble with new models than with existing ones 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
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| 20th Feb 2017 12:41 am |
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J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6272
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mse wrote:J77 wrote:Yeah, they're usually pretty good at getting cars PDI'd and out within a week.
Especially when the PDI is more...yep its a car, than actually checking anything
Sometimes I wonder with some dealers if they even look at the car at all. 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
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| 20th Feb 2017 12:42 am |
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mse
Member Since: 27 Jun 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2707
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Agreed...I dont think they do, even if they are fitting things.
All my D4's had something from the PDI check or the jlr pdi requirements (eg something not done at build) not done by the dealer...i make a bit of a joke with them every time. Mike
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| 20th Feb 2017 8:54 am |
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
Posts: 10442
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It still takes about 6 to 8 weeks to process from build then to Gaydon then onto the dealers.
Transportation issues are abound as well, lots of new March 1st vehicles going out from Gaydon not just D5's In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 20th Feb 2017 9:08 am |
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
Posts: 10442
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lespes wrote:Excitement mounting for all you Guinea Pigs then
Im quite looking forward to it actually  When I got my first D3 in 2004 there were loads of issues. They all got sorted dealer and Land Rover were great obviously. Bizarrely it felt like I was part of the on going development. In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 20th Feb 2017 9:22 am |
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