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m33ufo



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Venomator wrote:
m33ufo wrote:
Delivery anticipated October. The shame is that the spec is locked so far ahead of production.

Perhaps Ryan can put pressure on to have this changed in your circumstances and have them allow a bit of flexibility in the factory spec options in your case... Whistle


I have mailed him. Waiting on a reply.

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m33ufo



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doublea wrote:
Land Rover, flexibility... Rog, you know better than most about this subject!

As has been suggested already, phone round the dealers, it has been posted earlier today that there are landmark editions sitting in show rooms.


I'm pretty happy with the XS in comparison to a Landmark. If I could get JLR to let me spec amend the standard Boost wheels and perhaps a couple of other items then that would be even better.

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m33ufo



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m33ufo wrote:
Venomator wrote:
m33ufo wrote:
Delivery anticipated October. The shame is that the spec is locked so far ahead of production.

Perhaps Ryan can put pressure on to have this changed in your circumstances and have them allow a bit of flexibility in the factory spec options in your case... Whistle


I have mailed him. Waiting on a reply.



Unfortunately no flexibility - no changes allowed.

I've sent a final email asking if they can consider just a wheel change?!! I think I can guess the answer Sad
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Martin
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red
Worth trying the dealer to see if they will change wheels at PDI  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW
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m33ufo



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I was right Mr. Green not even a wheel change.
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m33ufo



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Martin wrote:
Worth trying the dealer to see if they will change wheels at PDI



Yes, thanks. Definitely worth an ask.
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red
Good luck. As it sounds like their stuff up, rather than the factory's, I would hope they would be accommodating.  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW
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It's hard to imagine that the factory can't accommodate a change of wheel spec a month before build but I can live with it. Was looking at the dual finish, thare a few new (delivery mile) sets on Ebay.
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2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Santorini Black
The dual finish wheels work well with the santorini black on my XS HT so should look good on your SW Thumbs Up

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Scotland 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black
A similar thing happened to me years ago, placed an order/deposit for a limited edition Focus RS.
4 months of asking for updates on my order and being fobbed off everytime they finally admitted that there had been an admin error and they hadn't actually placed my order.
Needless to say I kicked off, demanded to see the dealer principle and after a heated discussion and many calls they managed to find a cancelled order and diverted it to me.
I'm sure there may be a Heritage out there that the original purchaser has backed out and the dealership is still taking it for the showroom, don't deal with the salesmen, demand to speak to the dealer principle/owner you might have more joy even if it is just to get the wheel upgrade done by the dealership.
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my dealer is fitting some different wheels (i supplied and took them over) and taking off the supplied boosts


I'll just sell them on


but at least they will fit and torque my other on to save me the bother
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Martin wrote:
Worth trying the dealer to see if they will change wheels at PDI
If any dealer treated me like this I would be telling them what I thought of them and going elsewhere, there is no way they would get any of my hard earned... Shocked  Rog... Mr. Green
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m33ufo



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Vintagepaul wrote:
The dual finish wheels work well with the santorini black on my XS HT so should look good on your SW Thumbs Up

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Love that. Suits it perfectly.
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m33ufo



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Flyingfocrs wrote:
A similar thing happened to me years ago, placed an order/deposit for a limited edition Focus RS.
4 months of asking for updates on my order and being fobbed off everytime they finally admitted that there had been an admin error and they hadn't actually placed my order.
Needless to say I kicked off, demanded to see the dealer principle and after a heated discussion and many calls they managed to find a cancelled order and diverted it to me.
I'm sure there may be a Heritage out there that the original purchaser has backed out and the dealership is still taking it for the showroom, don't deal with the salesmen, demand to speak to the dealer principle/owner you might have more joy even if it is just to get the wheel upgrade done by the dealership.



I'm kind of over it. I've psychologically moved on from the Heritage HT to the XS SW and am happy with the move. For pretty much the same financial outlay I'm getting a better specified vehicle and a SW (more practical for me). Admittedly I won't be getting the pretty Grassmere Green paintwork and a few other nice little touches but overall I'm good with it.

I really want to enjoy the experience even though LR don't make it easy Mr. Green
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m33ufo



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Venomator wrote:
Martin wrote:
Worth trying the dealer to see if they will change wheels at PDI
If any dealer treated me like this I would be telling them what I thought of them and going elsewhere, there is no way they would get any of my hard earned... Shocked


To be fair, it's JLR who won't let me revise the spec of the wheels on an October build car. I haven't asked the dealer if they can help yet.
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