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Can't they be a bit more patriotic
Watching the news recently it appears that with the exception of the PM, UK Government ministers seem to be chauffeured around in foreign cars. Why can’t they be a bit more patriotic (and also reduce the balance of payment deficit) and use JLR products? Yes, I do appreciate that D4’s are used by the protection squads but everyone else seems to use BMW’s.
Can’t imagine the French or Germans using anything except their own products !
21st Jul 2017 4:24 pm
Rescue01
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I thought JLR were an Indian company Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
JLR are a British company. They just happen to have Indian owners who've stuck up for us internationally and domestically and financed all the cars you see now. The problem is that BMW and the likes kind of give the cars away to get sales. We don't as we have customers waiting.1972 Range Rover Classic 2 door V8
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21st Jul 2017 4:44 pm
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Perhaps they could drive around in cheaper cars - that would help reduce bills a bit too. We're all in it together...Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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21st Jul 2017 5:44 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Or use the buses.
21st Jul 2017 5:55 pm
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Or the new electric Black Cabs MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten
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21st Jul 2017 5:56 pm
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Or Boris bikes. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
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21st Jul 2017 7:01 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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RDR wrote:
Or the new electric Black Cabs
Buses are cheaper, remember its us that pay.
21st Jul 2017 7:03 pm
Hocks172
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Or just F-Off can't see for the life of me what they actually do apart from hinder each other!
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21st Jul 2017 7:05 pm
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Personally, I'd prefer to see the likes of BMW sell their wares at eye watering discounts to help pay for these cars and let the likes of JLR sell to retail customers at a price that means that they can afford to reinvest in the business!2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
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21st Jul 2017 10:19 pm
J77
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DSL wrote:
Or use the buses.
I ain't ferrying them around.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
21st Jul 2017 10:43 pm
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'We' subsidise the UK bus companies to the tune of between 35p and 60p per passenger journey ....someones lining their pockets
21st Jul 2017 10:50 pm
ruben D3 Decade
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I would have never thought a thing like that ... I suppose Rajoy should get on in Seat, which is a Spanish car..... Even if their owners are German? .....Everyone knows that the Santander bank is the most important Spanish bank also.... lost in translation!
21st Jul 2017 11:03 pm
ruben D3 Decade
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I think this kind of belief explains a lot of things happened recently .... I hallucinate with the level of ingenuity that they show to have some good people!! lost in translation!
21st Jul 2017 11:07 pm
EMcC
Member Since: 10 Jul 2015
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DSL wrote:
Or use the buses.
Looking at the age of some of them, they could use their bus passes
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