ronp
Joined: 29 Nov 2006
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Admiring the way you're pursuing this ND 
Good luck with LR. .
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countrywide
Joined: 16 Sep 2007
Location: Sunny South Coast
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I am probably a bit thick, but why if the EPB needs so much servicing did they bother with it on an "Off Road" vehicle. What was wrong with a handle.
Is it perhaps they only found out it was a problem after they had the cars in service. If that is the case, it is a design fault which they have covered up with a lot of extra special services. It's like saying you have to replace the seats every 6 months if you bounce up and down off road, surely you should build better seats to start with.
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 7:12pm |
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Bodsy
Joined: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Sweet home ala shropshire....
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Countrywide, I think you've hit the nail on the head there
btw, a name like countrywide, are you anything to do with the company countrywide? Recently bought some Countrywide wellies & big bag of dog food from them if you are....  TDV6 HSE Black, Black Wheels /MTR's, Black RRS front/rear LR badge (tbf) Black Leather, Black Glass, Black TowB, Shiny Tasmods, Dull Mantec, White (& Orange) Reflective D3 Sticker, Black steering wheel badge, black air intake. Optima & Traxide dual battery setup.
Need black RRS wheel centre caps.
We D3, therefore we are..........
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 7:37pm |
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NoDo$h
Joined: 02 May 2006
Location: Decapod 10
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I think I may borrow that if I may Countrywide Don't Panic! Everything will be fine.... inflation is only 2.5% 3.0% 3.3% and the flying pigs are carbon neutral 
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 7:41pm |
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90BHP
Joined: 18 Oct 2006
Location: Half way along the road on the right
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Interesting that the FL2 I had as a loaner (while they finished painting my D3) has a traditional handbrake. I presume because the design team didn't want to build in any known duff parts !! "To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 8:02pm |
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ronp
Joined: 29 Nov 2006
Location: Over the Edge!!
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NoDo$h wrote:
"If the car is regularly passing through a ford it should be on the Arduous Service Schedule." and no, I haven't made that up.
The Arduous Service Schedule (We'll call it A.S.S. for short) involves services every 3,750 miles.
Service 1 is an oil change plus strip, clean, adjust and reassemble EPB
Service 2 is all fluids change, plus strip, clean, adust and reassemble EPB
Service 3 as 1, including strip, clean, adjust reassemble EPB
ND, I'm at Land Rover Experience tomorrow.
Their D3's must take a bit of pounding!
I'll ask them how often they have them serviced.
That'll be a good one to bat back to LR if it's non A.S.S.
I'll also ask about EPB performance -considering they're in water every day.
Will report back tomorrow. .
Morphy Richards 425w "Dual" Food Processor
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Only £19.99 at a store near you!
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 8:26pm |
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NoDo$h
Joined: 02 May 2006
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Cheers Ron. I think TFC mentioned they (EPBs) do get rather a lot of attention at LRE but would appreciate any feedback you can get Don't Panic! Everything will be fine.... inflation is only 2.5% 3.0% 3.3% and the flying pigs are carbon neutral
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 8:28pm |
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countrywide
Joined: 16 Sep 2007
Location: Sunny South Coast
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Bodsy wrote:
btw, a name like countrywide, are you anything to do with the company countrywide? Recently bought some Countrywide wellies & big bag of dog food from them if you are....
Sorry nothing to do with that company. Your laugh when I tell where the name comes from. As you may have read in another post I have just bought (delivery any day) a used TDV6 S Auto and there weren't any decent local one's when I looked so I had to search "countrywide" on the websites, so it kind of stuck.
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 8:59pm |
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Bodsy
Joined: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Sweet home ala shropshire....
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 TDV6 HSE Black, Black Wheels /MTR's, Black RRS front/rear LR badge (tbf) Black Leather, Black Glass, Black TowB, Shiny Tasmods, Dull Mantec, White (& Orange) Reflective D3 Sticker, Black steering wheel badge, black air intake. Optima & Traxide dual battery setup.
Need black RRS wheel centre caps.
We D3, therefore we are..........
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 9:00pm |
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countrywide
Joined: 16 Sep 2007
Location: Sunny South Coast
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NoDo$h wrote:I think I may borrow that if I may Countrywide
Of course you can. I still don't know why they did fit an EBC instead of a handle, the only time I would of thought it was of benefit is off road for hill ascents and things like that (but obviously not muddy, damp or dusty hills)
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 9:03pm |
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Adiver
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Bedford
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As I have mentioned elsewhere, mine has been in for some warranty work including the EPB issue and they fitted new shoes and a modified clip of some sort, under warrranty and at no cost to me.
Jon
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 9:47pm |
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craig
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
Location: Home of LR.
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Adiver wrote:As I have mentioned elsewhere, mine has been in for some warranty work including the EPB issue and they fitted new shoes and a modified clip of some sort, under warrranty and at no cost to me.
Jon
The problem is chap, is that some of us have had this done already and the park brake is failing again, again and again....
it is a recognised design flaw that LR are not (at present) prepared to do anything about, but are quite happy to fleece customers with for increased service costs for maintenance.
Personally i'd be happier with a ruddy great handle to pull on my left hand side and know it's gonna work. 
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 9:54pm |
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Adiver
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Bedford
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I see your point!
I only hope that I am not going to join you in the quest for a park brake that works, since mine seems to at the moment and there must be others out there that do too.
At this rate some of us should have dedicated parking places at the dealers!
How long do you think it will be, before someone designs a manual version useing the manual release cable point?!
Jon
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| Wed Sep 26 2007 10:05pm |
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NoDo$h
Joined: 02 May 2006
Location: Decapod 10
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Trouble is, you pull the cable to release, not apply. A Belgian racing team came up with a manual park brake on a car they prepared for the Paris Dakar recently Don't Panic! Everything will be fine.... inflation is only 2.5% 3.0% 3.3% and the flying pigs are carbon neutral
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