I knew Freelanders had a bad reputation.....

I knew Freelanders had a bad reputation but I didn't know a lot of Independant Land Rover places wont even work on them!

Phoned up the guy who used to look after my 200 TDi Discovery to get him to sort the vibration/gearbox problem out and change the belts. He just said Sorry Mate I wont work on them, I said what not even servicing, he said yup not even servicing.

Apparently he's not alone? There are lots of other indys that wont work on Freelanders! Bugger! How am I going to get my damn car fixed? Sure I can do servicing but my spannering skills are limited.

I guessed owning a Freelander was going to hit the wallet a bit, but this was one problem I hadn't allowed for!

have yu read my long winded and verbose whingy comments - I have mentioned that point before. Deffo with HGF - lotsof places (including squeelers) wont touch hippoos with a barge pole.

Gulp. . . .

The Mad Hat Man said:

lotsof places (including squeelers) wont touch hippoos with a barge pole.

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Thats cos they're ****! fix one thing, summat else goes wrong and the garage gets the blame, see it every day, wont be long and i'll be quitting working on 'em myself......too stressfull

clutchdust said:

Thats cos they're ****! fix one thing, summat else goes wrong and the garage gets the blame, see it every day, wont be long and i'll be quitting working on 'em myself......too stressfull

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Mondeo - are ya listnin'?

The Mad Hat Man said:

Mondeo - are ya listnin'?

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Do i have a choice???

yer! - get me a beer an i'l shut up for a min or two.

clutchdust said:

Thats cos they're ****! fix one thing, summat else goes wrong and the garage gets the blame, see it every day, wont be long and i'll be quitting working on 'em myself......too stressfull

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Glad you mention the garage always gets the blame ! I wont do engine work on 1.8/2.5 F/L engines - only diagnostic work.All the garages I work for lose money on them,they are a pain in the a--e.V8's Tdi's and even Td5's are a much safer bet IMO.

The Mad Hat Man said:

yer! - get me a beer an i'l shut up for a min or two.

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Ha hahaha!

you shut up ???? dont think thats possible is it

eightinavee said:

I wont do engine work on 1.8/2.5 F/L

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I've got no choice, i work in a main dealer so whatever comes in, we have to sort, i need another job!!!

clutchdust said:

I've got no choice, i work in a main dealer so whatever comes in, we have to sort, i need another job!!!

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Oh come on clutchy !! wheres yer spine gone???

youll only be bored all day fixin Datsuns an the like....Go on!!! rise to the challenge mate

You can do it!!!!!!

mondo said:

Oh come on clutch !! wheres yer spine gone???

youll only be bored all day fixin Datsuns an the like....Go on!!! rise to the challenge mate

You can do it!!!!!!

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you can probably tell ive had a bad day? overworked, underpaid, ****e product, ****e diagnostic equipment, ****e garage!!!!!!!!!!!

had enough!

clutchdust said:

you can probably tell ive had a bad day? overworked, underpaid, ****e product, ****e diagnostic equipment, ****e garage!!!!!!!!!!!

had enough!

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You bin gettin shouted at ???

Soon be Friday clutchy

Hey up Clutchy. chin up old boy, Stiff upper lip and all that remember you're British!

mondo said:

You bin gettin shouted at ???

Soon be Friday clutchy

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no nothing like that, just too stressfull and i dont get paid no way near enough for what i do, they've upped the labour rate to £100 an hour and yet wont up my money. we have to sit in the tea room and watch a dvd with some ****ing **** from pendragon going on about how many millions they've made this year. talk about "salt" "wound" and "rub" ****in ****ers!

clutchdust said:

"rub" ****in ****ers!

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not always a good idea mate!

clutchdust said:

no nothing like that, just too stressfull and i dont get paid no way near enough for what i do, they've upped the labour rate to £100 an hour and yet wont up my money. we have to sit in the tea room and watch a dvd with some ****ing **** from pendragon going on about how many millions they've made this year. talk about "salt" "wound" and "rub" ****in ****ers!

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oh! Erm.......nuff said

anyone on here who works in a pendragon dealership will know what I'm talkin about

anyway, thats my rant over.................Hi guys, ya'll ok?

come over to the Gaylander - i'l get yu a redeye - not allowed to talk, so mite as well drink...