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DiscoEddie
 


Member Since: 23 Jun 2011
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Posts: 12

Wales 2009 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Santorini BlackDiscovery 3
Detachable Tow Bar

A warning to all who have detachable tow bars on discos and range rovers and others I expect.
I have learnt the hard way that it only takes a smack with a hammer to remove lock. Locks can be obtained easily, item then sold on, nice little earner.
Last month whilst Caravanning in Kent I had mine pinched by some low life's. I don't have personal mobile Wi-Fi so a visit to the local L/R dealers was required.
This set me back £540 which I had to fork out to get our caravan home. They had stock by the way witch tells me that this happens quite frequently. In fact the young lady said that it happened to a Range Rover the week previously, they did the cowardly act whilst children were sat in the back.
Anyway the moral of the story is to take Tow bar off when not in use, not like me who left it on for the benefit of anyone who got to close.
Eddie
 2009 Disco-3 HSE
2011 Elddis Crusader Cyclone 
 
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rrhool
 


Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4398

United Kingdom 2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Zermatt SilverDiscovery 3

Have a read of the many posts on here about
stolen towbars, and the advice to always take them off! You're not the first, and won't be the last. Thumbs Up
 Richard


D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.



Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone 
 
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peter.green
 


Member Since: 26 Aug 2015
Location: South killingholme Lincolnshire
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United Kingdom 

Plus the fact that I wouldn't trust a detachable as far as I could throw it. First thing I did was buy a witter fixed £179 now it wont come off while towing or get pinched Thumbs Up
 Land Rovers don't leak they just mark there spot
1973 Land Rover Series 3 110 safari Gone but not forgotten
1990 Discovery 200Tdi Gone thank god
1996 Discovery 300Tdi sadly missed (still going strong but not with me)
2003 Discovery TD5 Gone to LR heaven
2004 Discovery TD5 Gone to Aberdeen hope it likes it there
2005 RRS HSE Rimini Red (my Disco 3 in a posh frock)
Think I see a pattern here 
 
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Desb
 


Member Since: 04 Oct 2018
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 50

United Kingdom 2016 LR4 3.0 TDV6 Landmark LE Auto Santorini BlackLR4

Had my tow bar stolen whilst parked at Royal United Hospital Bath.
The vermin took the spare wheel as well. When I bought the vehicle (new) I was offered and purchased wheel and tyre insurance which does not cover theft. My gripe with LR is they were fully aware of the theft issue and did not mention or warn me there was an issue. All they said about the lock on the tow bar was it only deters honest theives.
  
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Well known fact that the removable tow bracket is ‘removable’ It has a lock, but it’s just a basic deterrent. When not towing, make use of its ‘removable’ feature for complete peace of mind.

For spare wheel protection, there is only one answer, and it’s an RLD protector plate. It makes it virtually impossible to get the wheel off.
  
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ianm27
 


Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: Hertfordshire
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England 2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 GS Auto Orkney GreyDiscovery 4

Desb wrote:
honest theives.


Rolling with laughter what the Censored is an "honest thief" ?? Rolling with laughter
 Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
Limo Tint
Blackvue front & rear dashcam
Cruise control switch pack
Bodsy's remote for FBH 
 
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