Dead Discovery 3

Last week at a Landrover Main Dealer - Isle of Wight

The Demonstrator Discovery 3, in the show room - won't start.

Technicians CANT open the bonnet!
I quote 'well, the only Tech that's been on the training course if off
today..........................'

Vehicle pushed out of the showroom awaiting attention, with the bonnet still
closed.....!!!!!!

Lee

I passed some of these on a transporter today. They look bloody awful. The
Disco has had unique styling for years, it works and it stands out from the
rest because of it. This new thing looks like something the Japs would make.

Stu

"LEE ARGYLE" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Last week at a Landrover Main Dealer - Isle of Wight
>
> The Demonstrator Discovery 3, in the show room - won't start.
>
> Technicians CANT open the bonnet!
> I quote 'well, the only Tech that's been on the training course if off
> today..........................'
>
> Vehicle pushed out of the showroom awaiting attention, with the bonnet
> still
> closed.....!!!!!!
>
> Lee
>
>

On or around Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:16:09 +0000 (UTC), "LEE ARGYLE"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Last week at a Landrover Main Dealer - Isle of Wight
>
>The Demonstrator Discovery 3, in the show room - won't start.
>
>Technicians CANT open the bonnet!
>I quote 'well, the only Tech that's been on the training course if off
>today..........................'
>
>Vehicle pushed out of the showroom awaiting attention, with the bonnet still
>closed.....!!!!!!

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

and, more over, tee hee.

In message <[email protected]>, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> writes
>On or around Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:16:09 +0000 (UTC), "LEE ARGYLE"
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Last week at a Landrover Main Dealer - Isle of Wight
>>
>>The Demonstrator Discovery 3, in the show room - won't start.
>>
>>Technicians CANT open the bonnet!
>>I quote 'well, the only Tech that's been on the training course if off
>>today..........................'
>>
>>Vehicle pushed out of the showroom awaiting attention, with the bonnet still
>>closed.....!!!!!!
>
Well at least they knew which button to press to get the handbrake off.

>Bwahahahahahahahaha!
>
>and, more over, tee hee.
>



Well so Ford have not had an adverse effect on Land Rovers reputation
for build quality and reliability then.

Actually I quite like the look of the thing (Flame suit at the ready). I
was sent a brochure and CD from the local dealer and there are some
pretty impressive gismos. I see Solihull have finally accepted that
there is a place for an axle diff-lock, (electronically operated) And
especially for the Sainsbury's run there's a system for showing in which
direction your front wheels are pointing. The Satnav will navigate from
A to B even without tracks or roads. All in all pretty cool if you want
to use it in the Australian outback, the Sahara desert or the American
prairies, but a bit of an overkill for UK green laning me thinks.
--
hugh
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"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> writes
>>On or around Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:16:09 +0000 (UTC), "LEE ARGYLE"
>><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>>Last week at a Landrover Main Dealer - Isle of Wight
>>>
>>>The Demonstrator Discovery 3, in the show room - won't start.
>>>
>>>Technicians CANT open the bonnet!
>>>I quote 'well, the only Tech that's been on the training course if off
>>>today..........................'
>>>
>>>Vehicle pushed out of the showroom awaiting attention, with the bonnet
>>>still
>>>closed.....!!!!!!
>>
> Well at least they knew which button to press to get the handbrake off.
>
>>Bwahahahahahahahaha!
>>
>>and, more over, tee hee.
>>
>
>
>
> Well so Ford have not had an adverse effect on Land Rovers reputation for
> build quality and reliability then.
>
> Actually I quite like the look of the thing (Flame suit at the ready). I
> was sent a brochure and CD from the local dealer and there are some
> pretty impressive gismos. I see Solihull have finally accepted that there
> is a place for an axle diff-lock, (electronically operated) And especially
> for the Sainsbury's run there's a system for showing in which direction
> your front wheels are pointing. The Satnav will navigate from A to B even
> without tracks or roads. All in all pretty cool if you want to use it in
> the Australian outback, the Sahara desert or the American prairies, but a
> bit of an overkill for UK green laning me thinks.

Would suit me as a work vehicle down to the ground. My present LR product is
too flash so I have to make do [LOL] with my trusty Land Cruiser. When this
comes up for replacement [when it has over 200k miles or is written off],
then the Disco with those essential bits and pieces will be at the head of
my shopping list. Of course, by that time maybe the RR will be old enough to
become acceptable to my rather envy-prone customers.

Huw

In article <[email protected]>, hugh@[127.0.0.1]
says...
> direction your front wheels are pointing. The Satnav will navigate from
> A to B even without tracks or roads. All in all pretty cool if you want

Quote (paraphrased, though the last bit is almost verbatim) from LRO:
Not only did the Satnav place me correctly on my driveway, but it also
told us the name of the greenlane we were driving on. That's not just
clever, that's bordering on smartarse.

Cheers,
Aled.