FS td5 engine line

On or around Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:13:21 +0100, "Huw"
<hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>He is the main LR dealership. He also sells Jaguar, Mitsu and peugeot and,
>until recently, Rover.

interestingly, I passed a garage with a Rover/MG sign on it and said sign
had been covered over with a notice saying "watch this space".
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On Wednesday, in article
<d33c5d9f4d%[email protected]>
[email protected] "beamendsltd" wrote:

> Interesting... with a couple of exceptions independents cannot sell new
> Defenders (until the new EU rules come along that is), so I'd
> find your "local" LR main dealershp and ask them - you'll be put
> on the end of a (curently) 2 to 3 month waiting list for any model
> Defender, and a lot longer if you want a particular variant/colour/
> spec. The typical farm 90 in these parts is either a late 300Tdi
> (not many still working on the farm) or a new to 3 years old
> Td5 (i.e. still under warranty) - the gap being where other marques
> were tried. Double cabs etc are around here, but typically not used
> by farmers for daily farm work, and certainly not got dirty! Tyre
> company owners and hair dressers (seriously, not taking the ****)
> seem to quite like them.......

Farming, in general, is in a sticky patch. Profit margins are extremely
tight, especially considering the lack of control a farmer has over
weather, and how that can affect production. A good many farmers are
getting out of the business, leading to fewer, larger, farms.

So not all of those older Land Rovers will need to be replaced, and
those who do decide they need a new vehicle will be very careful of how
they spend their money.

For a comparison, I can remember when the biggest combine harvesters
went over the GBP 100,000 mark, and wheat was then selling for GBP 120
per tonne. The equivalent figures now are GBP 300,000 for the combine
harvester, and GBP 60 for the wheat. The other costs of growing wheat
have not shrunk.

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