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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2734  
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D250 to D350?
How much do they charge for that. l know it's the same engine, so it should be okay. |
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1st Jul 2024 6:11pm |
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| beeftinkler Member Since: 13 Apr 2024 Location: Truro Posts: 31
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£440 (£520 with the driver assist reconfig).
LR wanted £3.5k for the D350... |
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1st Jul 2024 6:17pm |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2734
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Yes l ordered a D200 and then was told it had been discontinued and l had to have a D250....an extra £3,000
Easy money for LR. You can see why they did it. Even the salesman admitted it cost them "nothing" extra over the D200 to make. Take it or leave it l was told. We've got dozens of people who will take your order. I don't want to be the first to take the D300 or D350 upgrade though, after a disastrous £400 "Alive" remap on my Defender TD5 that cost me a further £125 for LR to reset the ECM back to standard settings. |
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1st Jul 2024 7:53pm |
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| beeftinkler Member Since: 13 Apr 2024 Location: Truro Posts: 31
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At this point you tell the salesman to F off, and find another dealership.
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1st Jul 2024 7:57pm |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2734
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They were all the same back in 2022. The Commercial version had an 18 month lead time and had l cancelled my order l wouldn't have been able to get it any cheaper anywhere else.
Plus l would have gone to the back of the queue and had to wait a further 12 months.....which l couldn't do because l had to register the vehicle by March 2022 to qualify for the govt "Super Deduction" tax reduction. Breathe in....and that meant l was able to claim 130% of the cost of the Defender against my profits. |
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1st Jul 2024 8:04pm |
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| beeftinkler Member Since: 13 Apr 2024 Location: Truro Posts: 31
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You should have offered the salesman £50 for his 9yr old Seat Ibiza
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1st Jul 2024 8:08pm |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2734
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That wasn't all.
l signed the order at £47,000 and later agreed to pay the extra £3,000 for the D250 A couple months later the price of the vehicle went up to £54,500. Take it or leave it l was told. The fact that l had signed the order and paid a deposit meant nothing, apparently. l also had a grenadier order in my basket, sadly not verified. l looked at sacking the Defender and going for the Grenadier. But then lneos increased the price from £51,000 to £65,000. So that went out of the window and l stayed with the Defender Last edited by lightning on 2nd Jul 2024 6:26am. Edited 1 time in total |
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1st Jul 2024 9:15pm |
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| beeftinkler Member Since: 13 Apr 2024 Location: Truro Posts: 31
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My best mate has a £80k Grenadier which he got in March, and has had use of it for a month whilst they try, and try again, to fix the safari sunroof from leaking #shower
You should share your experience with Land Rovers’ socials; they adore bad press. I’d have pulled the plug and bought a G Wagon |
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1st Jul 2024 9:24pm |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2734
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l like the G-Wagon and did look at them, sadly at well over £100,000 it was out of my reach.
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2nd Jul 2024 6:26am |
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