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| SJM Member Since: 09 Dec 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 237  
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Looks good to me
 Simon
'11 Defender 110XS Utility SW '07 Discovery 3 HSE '58 Porsche 356A (not good off road) '59 Lambretta (not good on or off road!) |
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11th Feb 2011 1:43pm |
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| The Boy Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: East Northants Posts: 1459  
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Looks real nice Ade
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11th Feb 2011 1:45pm |
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| 18stone Member Since: 16 Dec 2010 Location: Mid Essex Posts: 137  
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Hmm. I think I'll decide once I've seen it in the flesh. D300 HSE 110
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11th Feb 2011 1:48pm |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5012
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Perfect
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11th Feb 2011 2:05pm |
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| TJ101 Member Since: 30 May 2007 Location: Taunton Somerset Posts: 3748  
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Would seam, a good few of the current defenders sold, seam to be members on here
Collect mine on Tuesday
Have fun with you new pride and joys California F1, 75th 110 "Kermit", 50th Ann V8, 90 V8 Hybrid, 55 Series 1 Main Brian James Trailer Dealer for South West UK |
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11th Feb 2011 4:38pm |
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| The Boy Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: East Northants Posts: 1459
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Well Ade? Are you a happy teddy bear?
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12th Feb 2011 8:56pm |
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| TC Member Since: 21 Nov 2010 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 715
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Don't be silly! He will be playing with it until at least midnight 
I would be! |
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12th Feb 2011 9:19pm |
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| The Boy Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: East Northants Posts: 1459
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We are still talking about the land rover right? |
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12th Feb 2011 9:21pm |
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| TC Member Since: 21 Nov 2010 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 715
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12th Feb 2011 9:33pm |
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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3149 
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If the grille has to be silver it should match the body, not be a different shade. I quite like the silver grille on a black vehicle but thats all, looks a bit daft on the others. 2011 110 USW
1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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13th Feb 2011 8:33am |
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| fishrider Member Since: 01 Dec 2010 Location: Cornwall Posts: 79 
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It looks great !
110 HT TD5 - 110 XS SW Puma |
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13th Feb 2011 10:11am |
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| 18stone Member Since: 16 Dec 2010 Location: Mid Essex Posts: 137
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Right, my heart rate has just slowed enough to put pen to paper, as it were.
After 5 weeks of over promising and under delivering (mainly on updates about delivery/build dates) the Sales Manager who I'd dealt with throughout, and who called me on Friday afternoon to confirm the appointment the next day, was mysteriously absent come 10.30am on Saturday. The dippy receptionist was unaware of our appointment and didn't know who we were going to have to see. The salesman who then dealt with us was efficient. Then we get to see the vehicle. The snorkel is fitted 1/2 inch too high and the curved wing-side profile of the base allows a finger to be slid underneath! A harbour for grime and corrosion let alone the possibility of wind noise and the asthaetics. The only fitter present had never fitted one before so 'couldn't comment'!! Now, of course, the upper bracket has been attached to the A-post and will require 2 more holes to be drilled once they lower the thing. They'll be hidden by the bracket but that's 2 holes i didn't need.  Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Sorry it's on its side. I can't be asked to fiddle around with it. The HINGED front light guards are the fixed type, screwed top and bottom!! The moulded spare wheel cover is 'out of stock'. They did at least manage to lay the rubber mats inside without a hitch!! Then the fun began. I left, with my son in the front passenger seat and my wife drove her 206 home. As requested by my lad, we listened to The Proclaimers on the way home, singing away. Between tracks and braking at junctions and queues of traffic there was an almighty knocking from the rear end. Rear prop/UJ/diff area. Slowing down in it's frequency as we slowed. It can't be heard at any greater speeds. It's so bad that my 8 year old asked me of we were breaking down!! We arrived home, 75 miles into ownership, and turned off. The loud metal-on-metal crunching and grinding from beneath the footwells was shocking. To demonstrate to my wife I fired it up again for it to happen on ignition too. Sounds really damaging and violent. So, a call to the salesman who vowed to make the Sales Manager aware on Monday (today) at 8.30. I waited, and waited. My wife then called the dealer and asked for him. 'He's on the other line'. In that case I'll speak to the Dealer Principle. 'One moment please. oh, hang on, Michael's here now'. Twenty minutes later he called me asking how I was as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. Apparently his wife had flu on Saturday so he had to stay at home to look after his child. Yeh, right. They are colllecting it at midday (it's 100 miles from them to me at work). The female driver who's coming to get it 'knows the vehicles so please demonstrate the faults' Reassured? No. And before the sexism police get busy on here it's because she's just a 'driver', not a mechanic. As I went through the issues (including a paint gouge below the rear door external hinge and a dent in the side panel betweent he body capping and the 'van' side panel) I noticed that the Defender brochure lists 'leather covered gear and transfer knobs as standard on the XS. Indeed, the photo on an earlier page shows them. The Sales Manager says he's never seen one with leather there. I said I have and it's advertised as a STANDARD fitment, not a dealer fit option. They go with the leather steering wheel and the leather seats.He's to investigate that too. Anybody know better? My wife hasn't driven it yet and is showing no interest in it while it's in this state. God knows what they tested for on the road test (4.3 miles on the odometer when I pulled away). At the moment I feel utterly deflated, in fact, devastated. The Sales Manager doesn't sound the same however. Updates to follow, if I don't top myself beforehand. Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  D300 HSE 110 |
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14th Feb 2011 10:24am |
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| daviec1 Member Since: 30 Nov 2010 Location: Ayrshire Posts: 246 
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This sounds like what our Yankee cousins would call a Lemon - nice to look at but leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.
If it were me, they would be getting 1 chance to rectify ALL issues, and failing that a full refund to you and take the thing back. Good luck. 2001 TD5 110 DCPU in Bonatti Grey |
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14th Feb 2011 11:06am |
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| party monkey Member Since: 31 Dec 2010 Location: Oxon. Posts: 1311 
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Really sorry to hear that mate....
Second what Daviec1 has said. Hope it sorts itself to your satisfaction Edit : Every second hand XS I've ever looked at has leather gear/transfer lever knobs, so reckon it's a factory standard fit Jon - 110 td5 [sold]. Currently Defenderless. |
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14th Feb 2011 11:12am |
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