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Replying to: mark156 (Jul 31, 2006 5:42 pm) Land Rover always had the problem that most british companies had and that is under capitilzation. They had some pretty good engineers, designers and stylists but they had no money to work with. What just boggles my mind is that nearly all of the equipment, with the expeption of the vehicle's platform itself, the air suspension system, and the four wheel drive system, in the new Land Rovers comes from either volvo, jaguar or aston martin yet Land Rover still languishes last or near last in quality surveys. Jaguar has scored very good in recent quality surveys and volvo has done well too. Engines are Jag and Aston and so is the tranny. The safety equipment is straight from volvo. Denso makes our nav system along with many other systems. Bosch makes most of the rest of the electronics. The only persistant issue I have seen has been air suspension issues with early LR3s and Range Rover Sports. The air suspension system is incredibly complex and can sometimes trigger faults when they are not really needed. |
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Replying to: louiswei (Aug 01, 2006 3:17 am) You might want to watch the use of names like "thief" "criminal" etc.
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the truth hurts. |
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is a Dateline investigation. Someone needs to email them the story and links. Do you think re the Attorneys General in states now stopping such practices that there might be a lobby group on the part of dealers and BH participates heavily in those? Even though most (all?) other dealers wouldn't condone intentional practices like these, their voice is overwhelmed. |
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Replying to: jmurman42 (Aug 01, 2006 5:40 am)
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Replying to: jmurman42 (Aug 01, 2006 5:40 am)
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| Boy, only managed to stomach three of the rip-off stories! What a disaster. True, the clientele is not the one with the best credit or the brightest, but they've been punished enough by life as it is. No need to be taken advantage the ugliest way possible. Eww! | |
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Replying to: audia8q (Aug 01, 2006 6:02 am) It still puzzles me....if someone wants a straight forward, honest dealer to do business with, why buy from Bill Heard? If Bill Heard doesn't want the kind of customer who will try to "scam" them, why cater to that crowd? Reminds me of my late, great father's favorite saying..... "Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty but the pigs actually enjoy it." |
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Aug 01, 2006 6:07 am) Look at what has happened to some of the folks who blog. I'm not saying that his track record is pure, but as a dealer I do know that his lawyers are very very good and he has deep pockets...if he wanted to make an example, he certainly could.
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Replying to: graphicguy (Aug 01, 2006 6:31 am) Go to google type in "anti bill heard chevy" and click "I'm feeling lucky" and look at the first (alleged) quote under the picture.
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