Sharp Pointy Thing
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"From" is a big word in car adverts containing prices and it loosely translates to "for the Sh&^ model that nobody will buy with plastic seats, rusty wheels, skinny tyres and white paint"
With tiny writing underneath "model pictured is the dogs danglies"
I was once told buy a LR dealer that they don't give you metallic in this country because it's not as popular in other countries.......don't think it's true myself as every country I've been seem to like metallic paint too
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Hi Chris
I work for a finance broker so I speak A LOT of dealers. This month will be a busy month for any dealer so they should be able to subsidise a cheaper deal if you take before the end of the month and get it into this 1/4, in my experience it's all about the first and last 1/4's of the year.
-The first to get more allocation of vehicles for the rest of the year, to run special deals or just lower the prices a bit...depends of the manufacturer really
- The last to get their bonus!
In your (or anyone else's) experience, do you have any advice or suggestions about playing dealers off against one another?Chris
Personally I don't allow myself to get "brow-beaten" too much by other peoples prices unless they have a written quote / invoice. But I know a lot of others do.... but I get people all the time trying to play me off to others and I've heard it all I'd say
My advice for that would be, be very hard (not rude
) but hard, if you've made up a price than your telling them and they want to see proof of it, simply say "What do you want that for? I've told you how much it was" 
in a way that's offended your integrity. I'd be very surprised if they ask again. 
That's only for discount though as freebies are hard to prove anyway as they're usually "off-invoice"....
Be his best mate one minute.....and hit on the nose with something the next!
Good luck B)
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St Patrick's Day was the 15th this year, cause easter's so early it clashed with Holy Monday apparently
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...mr cautious
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.....or get a call to go and recover a mate.
yea like at 12:30am when you're happily tucked up in your girlfriend's bed....ey Tonka?!
I'll get you back!
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its true....jealousy is a terrible thing
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until your tyres don't rub....if that's why you want to adjust it?
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I rekon an early Disco...
Chris
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I think the fact that he knew how to drive one properly helped alot......
Which is a key in any 4x4.....even a 90:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LqBph0o8Asc
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Was that made of plastic...?
no, cheese
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Why does landrover have such a shallow wading depth. I noticed this when looking at the figures for the VW Toureg or whatever its called. It would be so easy for Landrover to just move the air intake up a little bit instead of sucking from half way down the side of the wing and suddenly have a better wading depth?
I think its mostly due to the new generation 4x4's Touareg, RR, RRS, Disco etc having air suspesion.
Does anybody know if "fixed suspension" 4x4's like the Hilux, L200, landcruiser etc are about the same as the Defender?
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Yea I've no doubt that they're using it cause it's free, its like the Police using Honda CRVs..they've no value as a 4x4, but they're cheap cause they bought out a new model.....
It would be good to hear Divster's views on this if he's around.....
his thread; http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=17479
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It is still based on a really carp Yank 4x4 (and I use the term 4x4 quite wrongly B)) isn't it?
Indeed it is....I seem to remember a Top Gear test with this, the "carp yank 4x4" its based on and the TD6 RR.......the two yank tanks just stopped working....
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I am. an I'll be taking a van from very near Malvern to Bath on Saturday, but I don't know how much room there is in the van
don't know if thats any help?
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you can kip in the back.
I've tried many a time and it never happens.....no matter how drunk you are, it always ends up being the front seat.
Leave it as it is.....hard top all the way!!
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Arh tis why you got more than the dealers get then....good work!
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cable tie it to the top face of the chassis well out of harms way.
That's what I did, not out of choice though....the wiring loom had a disagreement with the front prop!
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10%? I managed to get 13% of my 90XS
Depends on the franchise I guess....unless it was pre reg?
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There plenty of centres, I guess it depends where you're going? not sure about shows tho.
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Yes that's a fantastic price! works out to about 20% discount the dealers "margin" is only 10%, so it's certainly more than you'll get off one anywhere else.
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I feel for you!
I have very similar marks on my bonnet from where some t***s put a paving slab on there while it was parked in the street....don't know where they got it but it was huge and took 3 of us to lift it off!
in a way that's offended your integrity. I'd be very surprised if they ask again. 
OT Anyone in the motor-trade?
in International Forum
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mmmm I thought that, but how many vehicles in the scheme of things would go to those countries compared to the UK, US etc.....