Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
My car in the Britpart 2019 Calendar
Yes, it's "that" photo, the same photo that made the 2014 calendar on here
Depressing lack of D3's/D4's though.....come on everyone, many of you have some fantastic shots of your cars, let's get a few more Discoveries in the 2020 one
https://www.facebook.com/200685386649559/posts/2215652451819499/
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
4th Dec 2018 9:07 am
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
Congratulations, it is one of my all time favourite Discovery photos DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
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4th Dec 2018 9:54 am
epninety
Member Since: 12 Oct 2012
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 329
Great photo, but I'd be worried that any association with **itpart would hurt the future resale value
4th Dec 2018 10:15 am
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50979
Very nice shot there Euan 8)
4th Dec 2018 10:25 am
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26779
It is a fabulous photo. Really atmospheric.
I don't know what the problem people have with Britpart is? For us Series LR owners, there sometimes is not much choice. At least they are obtaining long out of production parts that are affordable, and without them and other companies that sell the same parts under a different brand, there would be many old LR's on the scrapheap!
They have a fine line to tread when it comes to marketing. They have to keep it affordable, and yet to tool up to make some long obsolete part, make it, and distribute must be very expensive.
4th Dec 2018 12:01 pm
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
Thanks all
I agree with Gareth, I haven't bought many parts for the Discovery from Britpart, but they're very useful for the Series 2a (not that it needs much)....it's horses for courses I guess. I did enter a couple of shots of my 2a also, but didn't have them in a high enough resolution for them to use. I'll make sure and avoid that pitfall next year.
Just waiting on my "prize" now, although I suspect a free calendar is looking favourite"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
4th Dec 2018 12:22 pm
Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
Congratulations Euan, it is a cracking photo Didn't even realise they ran a competition, I'll have to dig out some and send them in for next years calendar.Cheers Ian
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4th Dec 2018 12:46 pm
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
Wish I’d never told you Ian, that’s everyone else stuffed now "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
4th Dec 2018 12:53 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20855
Gareth wrote:
It is a fabulous photo. Really atmospheric.
I don't know what the problem people have with Britpart is? For us Series LR owners, there sometimes is not much choice. At least they are obtaining long out of production parts that are affordable, and without them and other companies that sell the same parts under a different brand, there would be many old LR's on the scrapheap!
They have a fine line to tread when it comes to marketing. They have to keep it affordable, and yet to tool up to make some long obsolete part, make it, and distribute must be very expensive.
The people who have issue with Britpart are the very same people who buy the cheapest of the cheap, then complain that it doesnt last as long as a genuine part
Britpart gave me an account 8 weeks ago, and I haven't ordered a single thing from Bearmach since...My D3 Build Thread
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Gareth wrote:
It is a fabulous photo. Really atmospheric.
I don't know what the problem people have with Britpart is? For us Series LR owners, there sometimes is not much choice. At least they are obtaining long out of production parts that are affordable, and without them and other companies that sell the same parts under a different brand, there would be many old LR's on the scrapheap!
They have a fine line to tread when it comes to marketing. They have to keep it affordable, and yet to tool up to make some long obsolete part, make it, and distribute must be very expensive.
It is becasue for years they have been selling carp, carp so bad it literally cannot do its job.
There is quite a bit of choice for series motors, its just sometimes you need very deep pockets for the other choices
To be fair if the part number has a G on the end its pretty tidy gear.
I have got britpart on all my three land rovers, but am selective in what I buy.
You know the old saying, years to get a good name and minutes to get a bad one, and its the bad one that people remember.
4th Dec 2018 7:19 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26779
Yes I agree there has been some ropey stuff in the past. I did buy a new BP door latch for my 2a and it lasted weeks before the thing jammed. Got another FOC and it’s still going strong 10 years later!
Just put a BP fuel tank and brake servo onto Betsy and I have no complaints so far. 🤞
4th Dec 2018 7:28 pm
epninety
Member Since: 12 Oct 2012
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 329
Maybe the people who have an issue with Britpart are those who don't get to bill their hours to someone else?
Britpart sells some good stuff. My problem is that it can't (in my experience) be relied upon to be good, even for the same part bought at the same time. No way to know if they have changed supplier for a given part at any point. I don't want to spend my day having arguments at the parts counter - I've got better things to do. It's generally just not worth the potential savings for the additional risk of having my weekend in the shed stuffed by the lack of one useable part.
I will fit britpart at times - like anything else it's a judgement call. you balance up the time/risk/availability/price etc. and make a choice. No aftermarket supplier is fault free, sometimes things will get through that shouldn't or just never get spotted. I've had plenty of rough parts from other suppliers too.
BP may have to 'keep it affordable' but I can't afford to buy cheap parts that don't fit or don't work, and I've seen enough examples to be wary. YMMV.
4th Dec 2018 7:35 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26779
You are right. Quality control could be better.
I have to be honest, I have never in 23 years of running Betsy, had to replace a set of front brake shoes due to them been worn out. They have always been killed by oil leakage from either a wheel cylinder or hub seal.
A lot of the offending cylinders or seals were BP. But latterly I used TRW parts from a well known on line supplier rhymes with haddock! They were cast iron construction rather than the alloy that I was used to, so I had high hopes they would last longer. Sadly not, got 2 years before one of them started weeping brake fluid onto the shoes.
At least the bits are cheap, and I’m pretty quick at changing it all now!
4th Dec 2018 8:10 pm
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
On the upside, I've just had an email from Britpart.....It's not a calendar as a prize, it's a hamper !
That's the wife's Christmas sorted "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
4th Dec 2018 9:34 pm
Oswiperus D3 Decade
Member Since: 02 Apr 2010
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Posts: 1600
That's a top result! Great pic by the way!Stu
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2022 Defender D300 SE Gone
D4 2014 XS Commercial - Gone
D4 2016 hse lux montalcino red - Gone
D3 2005 se java black - current
D3 2005 base manual - gone
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