RE: Land Rover Heritage is go!

[Clivey]

sparkyhx said:

I wonder if the 30% missing are predominantly Disco onwards. i.e. too expensive to repair

It's all about market value; if the vehicle in question was a classic Ferrari, no-one would bat an eyelid when a big bill arrives. The thing is, for my requirements the Disco 2 is as close to the ideal vehicle as possible and so I don't mind spending on it. - The only UK-market replacements I'd consider would be a D4, Range Rover TDV8, or 100/200 Series Land Cruisers, all of which cost significantly more to buy.

[DonkeyApple]

Great news.

The interesting bit though is that the really scarce parts that make restoring an early Classic nigh on impossible at present are not the parts originally made by Land Rober but those outsourced such as the fabrics.

[Bodo]

I often buy new-old-stock genuine parts for my Series II, whenever available. They smell and often have battered packaging or wax paper when the origin from MoD surplus. They are never available at official LR outlets though, as it is simply not economic to store parts for decades.

The genuine parts at LR -if available- are ridiculously expensive, and would make, for example, replacing one side door the car an economic write-off.
Why would anyone with an interest in agricultural machines search for a glossy showroom with a display of a footballer's wife promoting equally glossy suburban brat carrier cars to source parts for his rattling, smelling loud machine for a price that is neither competitive nor representing any value that comes close to reality?

Porsche are reducing service charges for older cars, but are still very expensive. Mercedes is doing better, giving a significant rebate on servicing and parts for older cars; where that parts were originally more competively priced than, for example, VW's.

JLR is on the wrong path trying to bend an unconnected heritage around their lifestyle products without creating actual value for the maintenance of the 30+ yr old fleet.