MattC3156
Member Since: 15 Mar 2019
Location: Lee-on-the-Solent
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A quick update.
A nice silver 2015 HSE Luxury will be incoming next week. Gets it’s maiden towing voyage 6 days later 
Pics to follow once we pick “Doug” up.
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 3rd Apr 2019 8:27 pm |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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Great to hear this Matt
Where did you buy it?
I'll PM you with contact details.
Regards
Nigel Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
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| 4th Apr 2019 10:36 am |
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MattC3156
Member Since: 15 Mar 2019
Location: Lee-on-the-Solent
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Bought it from "Too Good to Auction" in Southampton - they're part of the Snows group down there.
Did us a decent deal on the p/x and some other bits and bobs that needed sorting (LR Service, MOT etc.)
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| 6th Apr 2019 8:45 am |
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denny crane
Member Since: 29 Mar 2008
Location: Warwickshire
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The issue for Land rover is that the V6 and v8 engines are manufactured by Ford Bridgend.
When BMW skid JLR to Ford, part of the sale agreement was that BMW would not warrant any engine failures.
When Ford sold JLR to TATA, they imposed the same sales agreement, that they would not warrant the Cleveland or Lion engines, so any failure of an engine has to come out if JLRs pockets , not Ford, the supplier. Added to that, Ford agreed to keep engines at cost price plus 10% until 2020, after that, market price, hence the reason JLR have built their own engine factory to produce 4 cyl inline and 6 cyl in line.
The issue of reman engines is quite a strange one, the v8 in the USA, the dealers prefer to hold onto the failed units as they can get more for them selling locally, so there is always a shortage of remains for V8s.
In some ways JLR are generous in any engine repairs as the cost fall on them Owner of a 2010 Discovery 4 XS.
Plus a Mitsubishi Outlander (don’t ask...)
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| 12th May 2019 9:01 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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I thought the petrol V8s and the supercharged V6 which replaced the V8 on D4 were Jaguar engines? I mean AJ41, AJ133 and AJ126.
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| 12th May 2019 9:18 pm |
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denny crane
Member Since: 29 Mar 2008
Location: Warwickshire
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Petrol engines yes, but all diesels were Ford/Peugeot Owner of a 2010 Discovery 4 XS.
Plus a Mitsubishi Outlander (don’t ask...)
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| 12th May 2019 9:23 pm |
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