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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586   
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I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and let them sort this out, hopefully it is an honest mistake.
I'm going to speak to him again shortly... I'll let ye know how it goes. |
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20th Apr 2010 11:33am |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586 
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My 90 S SW has five boost alloys........... Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition
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20th Apr 2010 11:37am |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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Go see the dealer and take a print of this thread....Wave it under his schnozz....
 I'm with Peanut.... Name and shame and we'll know who to avoid!
As Alantd just mentioned on another thread 'Power of the internet' Good innit?  If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! Last edited by K9F on 20th Apr 2010 1:14pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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20th Apr 2010 12:48pm |
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| lrdxb110 Member Since: 09 Jul 2009 Location: Dubai Posts: 224  
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When I received my 110, I went to see it at the dealers came from the Uk with all steel wheels and my dealer replaced all 5 wheels with boost alloys. Your spare should be a boost alloy! Good luck let us know how it goes.
'08 LR Defender 110
'08 Mini Cooper S - Sidewalk '86 MB 500 SL '79 MB 450SEL 6.9 |
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20th Apr 2010 1:00pm |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586
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So... both the sales and service managers refused to budge. The salesperson tried to tell me that the service manager "seems to recall that the vehicles ship with the steel wheel as a spare", which is
 , as I saw the truck in person.
I said that this needs to be sorted, so he recommended that I speak with the owner, his boss, tomorrow - as he isn't in. I've spoke to him in the past, nice enough guy... but we'll see. I'm not very happy about this, very disappointed. I wasn't expecting this type of silliness. |
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20th Apr 2010 1:19pm |
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| peanutbob Member Since: 12 Feb 2009 Location: UK Posts: 304
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Is this a main dealer????
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20th Apr 2010 1:23pm |
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| bob neville Member Since: 30 Apr 2009 Location: Marbella Posts: 3248  
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Call LR customer service and ask them - they have been very helpful recently. When they confirm you should have an alloy spare pass that info onto the dealer and tell him LR told you.
Just had a walk round the dealer near me and all XS's have an alloy as a spare as does mine. Bob |
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20th Apr 2010 1:30pm |
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| MK Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Santiago Posts: 2448  
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I would not wonder LR would deliver a car with a different wheel (unique QC). Anyway, unacceptable. Get the alloy and keep the steel
 Puma 110" SW
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20th Apr 2010 1:34pm |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586
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No, not a main dealer. I even rang the main dealer that had it before the specialist reseller received it, and they also confirmed that all XS' ship with 5 wheels. I called LR customer service, and they could tell that it left the factory with boost alloys, but couldn't tell me anything about the spare - save that it had a cover. I realise that I should've checked right away when I got the truck in November, but after just having seen it in person a week or so prior to picking it up - I never though that they'd pull this on me. Not cool. |
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20th Apr 2010 1:37pm |
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| peanutbob Member Since: 12 Feb 2009 Location: UK Posts: 304
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I don't think XS models leave the factory with a spare wheel cover. Your cover has the 2nd dealers name on it anyway, so that was fitted later presumably.
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20th Apr 2010 1:46pm |
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| lrdxb110 Member Since: 09 Jul 2009 Location: Dubai Posts: 224
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Thats not cool at all! You should take up the matter because how would you be able to use the steel wheel at a spare if you do have a puncture, the steel wheel is fitted with Michelin tyres whereas boost alloys are fitted with general grabbers, I'm certainly sure the tyre size is different, correct me if I'm wrong?
 '08 LR Defender 110
'08 Mini Cooper S - Sidewalk '86 MB 500 SL '79 MB 450SEL 6.9 |
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20th Apr 2010 1:54pm |
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| lrmaniac Member Since: 04 Feb 2010 Location: Lisboa Posts: 762  
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All Land Rovers around here come with an alloy spare wheel ... even if we buy that as an extra (i.e. I could buy the E version (County in the UK I think) with optional alloys) we get 5 alloys not 4+1 steel wheel!
I know this because I asked when I choose mine ... Regards Joao '10 Land Rover Defender 110 CC '08 BMW F800GS '64 SIIA Forward Control '69 SIIA 109 ZA CKD _____________________________________________ You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you. |
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20th Apr 2010 2:00pm |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586
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No, they actually put the Grabbers on this spare. I'd never seen a black steel spare on a Defender before, I'd only ever seen the white metal ones. |
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20th Apr 2010 2:08pm |
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| lrdxb110 Member Since: 09 Jul 2009 Location: Dubai Posts: 224
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 That can't be unless they have taking your spare boost alloy and sold it off or exchanged for a steel wheel. General grabbers are only fitted to the boost alloys and michelins on the steel wheels, both are standard procedure directly from factory. All steel wheels are white like you said. You must demand for boost alloy back and keep the steel wheel as a 2nd spare '08 LR Defender 110
'08 Mini Cooper S - Sidewalk '86 MB 500 SL '79 MB 450SEL 6.9 |
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20th Apr 2010 2:14pm |
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