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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018   
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 Click image to enlarge Richard Agnew (@theragers) Tweeted: Extreme levels of excitement in Agnew family this week as #Defender joins the clan. Will be running pre-production First Edition 110 D240 for 6 months. Stay tuned... https://t.co/OBWEY06l8J https://twitter.com/theragers/status/1223582838253068290?s=20 and Neal Gibson (@nealmg1) Tweeted: @theragers Pick up mine on Monday. Very excited https://twitter.com/nealmg1/status/1223590047997480962?s=20 |
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1st Feb 2020 5:38pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7906 
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Who are they then?
 James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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1st Feb 2020 7:09pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6092 
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^^ Crash test dummies.....
Sorry, Beta testers....  |
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1st Feb 2020 7:58pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3784  
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I'll have the house.
Pickles. |
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1st Feb 2020 8:02pm |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3289 
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Sure is. Nice gaff though. WARNING. This post may contain sarcasm. |
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1st Feb 2020 8:08pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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Land Rover Comms & PR Director & Chassis Senior Manager at Jaguar Landrover. Odd thing about the 2nd bloke, despite his job he couldn't get the LEGO Defender model working properly ~ he had a knocking in the drive train and wasn't happy to just tell himself TADTS so, and I quote "With the help of this YouTube clip I found one of the universal joints was 90deg out. All fixed, now on with the body." Bodes well for the engineering on the real thing...  |
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1st Feb 2020 8:20pm |
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| Sulisuli Member Since: 30 Oct 2016 Location: South west Posts: 4795 
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2008 SVX 90 2000 XS TD5 90 |
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1st Feb 2020 9:00pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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You would think that the Director of Comms and PR at JLR would know better than to blab on the internet that he is getting an early (and free to him) new car (albeit a pre-production car) when there are a lot of full price paying customers out there patiently waiting to get theirs. I’m sure if any of the test staff blabbed on social media that they had a new model sat in front of their house before sales started they would be dismissed immediately. I hope some low-life comes along and tests the security system for JLR and it ends up out in Pakistan or Zimbabwe ........... what an idiot that guy must be. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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1st Feb 2020 11:29pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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To be fair, and as you have pointed out, it is a pre~production model, so it's usages are probably very limited and it might even be classed as an extension of the vehicle test programme... at least for tax purposes
Someone has to do such work, and it's not a bad perk of the job, and you can't ever be criticised for being late to important internal meetings when the excuse is the company car wouldn't start/broke down. 
I'm more surprised he's photo'd it in front of a house, possibly his, with another vehicle clearly visible on the drive. |
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2nd Feb 2020 8:29am |
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| RDR Member Since: 27 Apr 2018 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 592
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If it’s like the d5 program the pre production ones can only be on the road until an exact date and then must be destroyed. Makes sense to maximise their usefulness. And if I were them I certainly wouldn’t let public or press have them for extended tests. 110 MY23.5 X Dynamic HSE
RR MY23 HSE PHEV D5 MY19 HSE - Now Sold D4 MY16 HSE Luxury - Now Sold D4 MY12 HSE - Gone D3 MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten |
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2nd Feb 2020 1:01pm |
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| 90 Dreamer Member Since: 13 Jul 2019 Location: Oop North Posts: 2154
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The tax write off cost of prototypes & pre-production vehicles is $$$$$
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2nd Feb 2020 3:37pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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I don’t object to him having a test car to run, but the fact that he is stupid enough to boast about it on social media - something his employees and junior staff are doubtless forbidden to do on threat of dismissal. He should keep his trap shut and not live a double standard that it’s ok for a director to boast he has an early car, but not for other staff to post photos and brag that they have a pre-production car sat at home as part of their work. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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2nd Feb 2020 4:32pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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On a slightly different note, has this been seen before out in the UK?
Click image to enlarge Andy Harris (@YTimesMotoring) Tweeted: @theragers We were teased at Christmas too. https://t.co/Q3PAwoy5X1 https://twitter.com/YTimesMotoring/status/...92640?s=20 |
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2nd Feb 2020 7:42pm |
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| Ads90 Member Since: 16 Jun 2008 Location: Cots-on-the-Wolds Posts: 809
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I've only seen 110s...
I do hope there is a delete option for that stupid square of paint on the rear window! |
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3rd Feb 2020 9:56am |
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