robpenrose wrote:

Trailered Movements wrote:

Response vehicles have to be reliable, common sense says that product and franchise capabilities have to be considered in an overall package, why would any 'service' consider a vehicle that both isn't ultra reliable, or able to be competently fixed by its dealers.

Not knocking LR totally, but lets be honest, if your life depended on a vehicle getting to you ASAP, I'd much rather it was one that was boringly reliable as opposed to one that isn't.

Dave

So you want them to turn up in a Toyota Landcruiser then

 New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)

Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)

Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)

No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control 

nigethecat wrote:

As I landed at Heathrow just over a week ago I noticed that one of the airport runway cars was a new Defender! Alas no photo though…

i dunno why you moved up to Aberbeen, you seam to spend most of the time traveling back down the country