Where did you buy this RR from?

My local garage have just replaced the steering tie bar and top and bottom ball joints on both sides.Total cost Parts and Labour £300
Which knowing the difficulty of the ball joint replacement is good value,too bloody old to do it myself.

It seems to be the in thing with mot garages,Land Rover Oh we can make a killing here,
I put a Disco 2 into a garage and had several fails,one of which was dangerous accessory side bars not genuine parts,also the brackets holding are in a dangerous condition.
The side steps were dealer fitted and the dangerous bracket was the plastic coating had come adrift and was hanging down .
When I pointed out that several of the faults listed were not even mot items,I was told that it was none of my business as to what they chose to fail it on.
I them informed them that I would lodge an appeal they refused to give me an appeal form( illegal action) took the vehicle to a friends mot garage and they found only one of the items listed warranted attenbtion but not a fail.
Got the appeal form and the official tester said none of the faults listed were genuine and action would be taken.
For the next month they did not do mots,so you can sort out the crooks.

Any suggestions as to where to buy same at a sensible price.

It is strange that people are so in love with a vehicle that started life I think in 1948 and has not really changed much {Noisy,Rattly,Uncomfortable,unreliable,overpriced)
I started driving on the farm in a series 1 and at the tender age of 14 it was a great vehicle (1956) after that I have had just about every type of LR and several Range Rovers
and there is no comparison,the RR will go anywhere the LR will and looking back to the start of the RR,they used it to conquer the Darian Gap in S.America,dont remember them trying it with a LR.Go to France and see them using the P38 off road,then you realise it has something to do with macho man and his image.
I spent several years in Africa and LR were very few,only the Toyota Landcruiser could stand the pace.I bought one from a mine auction which had done 200000miles and driven by anybody on the mine.I had it for 3 years and never once replaced anything,thats why the freedom fighters like them they dont break.
During the 1970s I owned a garage and we rebuilt ex MOD LRs but never used one myself,the old Rangie was for me.
Paul

Gilbertd wrote:

When driving with the tailgate open I get pissed off with the constant beeping and the dash telling me the tailgate is open, so I always flick the latch closed with a screwdriver so it thinks it's closed. You only need to flick the latch on the lower tailgate that the upper would latch into.

THAT IS VERY USEFUL TIP.

Well my comment about being talked into joining this forum was a bit of fun,but joining was not,at last a group who have respect for each other,regardless of what is said.
Most of the LR forums seem to attract the moron factor who take pleasure in attacking anything they dont agree with.
Nice to meet such a nice crowd.
Paul

Symes wrote:

Hi Paul welcome I got td5 commercials at work --- yep don't like them But got a discovery 1 300 TDI 7 seater and I love it's simplicity no ECUs to mess up electric stuff is lights wipers horn ----- classic insurance too But my vogue is better yet worth less ,!? Wired that
The 300 was the last sensible vehicle LR made,no frills just a good work horse.
Paul

Well I am based in SW Wales,really to old to be playing around with Landrovers but I have owned various types and shapes since 1960 and drove them on the farm several years before that.
If only we could have a vehicle today as reliable and easy to maintain as the Series One,even a kid like me at the time could mend it when we did manage to break tsomething.
Currently I run a 1997 P38SE Read,A 1999 P38SE both 4L V8s and a Discovery TD5 which I think are rubbish.
Paul