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Ecosse
Member Since: 07 Jan 2005
Location: Grampian, Scotland
Posts: 889
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| Overall Impressions of Discovery 3? |
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Having just completed a NOP survey, I thought it might be interesting to try to work out how I would summarise my overall impressions of the Discovery 3 based on my personal experience as an owner/customer of Land Rover but in just a single paragraph of under 250 words (sounds like one of those competitions on the back of a cereal packet  ), and I came up with  :-
"An excellent vehicle overall that is a huge advance over Discovery II in terms of refinement, performance and features BUT from my experience of my vehicle has been let down on 3 important areas: (a) poor factory QC and items not then picked up at PDI; (b) a variety of electrical/software problems & glitches that have unsettled my confidence in the vehicle in view of LR's failures/refusal to resolve them; and (c) experience of a quite unacceptably poor level of client care from LR Customer Relations Department to an extent that I would have regarded as totally unsatisfactory even for a manufacturer of low priced consumer goods never mind a high value car. If Land Rover could resolve these issues it would be a vehicle I could wholeheartedly recommend to anyone, but while these remain unaddressed by the manufacturer I would remain cautious about recommending the vehicle to friends or family"
Haven't counted them but I reckon I must be under 200 words!!
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 28th Apr 2005 5:46 pm |
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Dom Harvey
Lord of the Four Fingers
Member Since: 15 Apr 2005
Location: Dorset
Posts: 7454
  
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Ecosse, very succinctly put why don't you forward it to the CEO at LR headquarters I'll put my name to it and I'm sure many others would too.  2004 Discovery 3 - gone
2006 Discovery 3 - gone
2008 Discovery 3 GS - gone
2011 Freelander LE Special Edition - gone
2007 Discovery 3 XS - gone
2012 Discovery 4 GS - current
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| 28th Apr 2005 6:10 pm |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
Posts: 6463
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Ecosse, you know I am with you on this even though I appear to be getting some positive contact with LR now. However, I have no actual results and any repairs I have done by my own means at my own cost.
My opinion:
Vehicle in principle is excellent
LR-CS initially was non existant, but in my case slowly moving forward now
Vehicle electrics are of great concern to me
Finish not too good- Several important grommets left out-replaced by me
External plastic trim is already fading after 1 month
Vehicle build, a little shabby under the skin
Further orders by me have now been put on hold
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| 28th Apr 2005 6:26 pm |
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cmyers_uk
Member Since: 10 Apr 2005
Location: Near Bristol, UK
Posts: 433
 
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Obviously only having the car for a week, my experience has been different.
"Excellent vehicle, massive step forward in comfort, drivability and economy over the D2. Excellent dealer couldnt have made the experience of buying a landrover any better. I would happily recommend this car to anybody."
The car was just built and has the latest software.
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| 29th Apr 2005 9:41 am |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
Posts: 6463
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Dealer is replacing all external plastic trim which has faded in less than 2 weeks  My dealer is superb.
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| 29th Apr 2005 2:44 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
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Anyone read the LROI feature of DS3 in the Sahara. Vince Cobley had to limp home with an electrical fault on the injecters and the other one had a transmission error, which was cleared by rebooting! They concluded that the car is awesome and they were sure LR would sort the electical glitches. DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 29th Apr 2005 6:05 pm |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
Posts: 6463
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They should have read the forum before they left. 
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| 29th Apr 2005 6:16 pm |
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DiscoMad
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Posts: 190
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BN,
On the topic of external trim, I noticed mine has weathered a little, but this weekend, in between the rain, I applied Autoglym bumper care (the green stuff) and this really brings it back to the original colour with a nice waterrepellent finish.
Its possible that LR have been fruglal with UV filters in the plastic and this now means a monthly application of treatment (which usually contains surface UV filters) to keep them looking good.
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| 3rd May 2005 10:56 am |
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