Me too Josh.... falls from horses can be nasty!  

Has this died on its a$$e ??

or

are the bestest ever bunch of LR owners on the planet going to speak up and be heard.............rather than Mork calling Mindy..........its Wonka calling Wokka..........nanou nanou?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbEBErvW-Uc

LMAO....great memories.....dreadful music!!  My Gladiators:

RRS S/C HST - respect of the highest order
Freeloader 2 SE with all the toys - my baby RR
Merc SL55 AMG - Tarmac ripper!

Disco3 - Gone
Defender 90 TD - Gone
FFRR Vogue - Gone
BMW X5 4.4 - Gone
LR Defender 300Tdi - Gone
LR Defender 2.5 PETROL - Gone

Just out of interest how many people contacted Watchdog ??  My Gladiators:

RRS S/C HST - respect of the highest order
Freeloader 2 SE with all the toys - my baby RR
Merc SL55 AMG - Tarmac ripper!

Disco3 - Gone
Defender 90 TD - Gone
FFRR Vogue - Gone
BMW X5 4.4 - Gone
LR Defender 300Tdi - Gone
LR Defender 2.5 PETROL - Gone

will_wonka wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbEBErvW-Uc

Mork and Mindy - now there's a blast from the past. Wasn't that on after Metal Mickey on a Sat teatime? 

shmoogle wrote:

Mork and Mindy - now there's a blast from the past. Wasn't that on after Metal Mickey on a Sat teatime?

i hear his egg had a hairline crack which they said was an inherent design of the egg and wouldn't do a thing about it

will_wonka wrote:

Has this died on its a$$e ??

or

are the bestest ever bunch of LR owners on the planet going to speak up and be heard.............rather than Mork calling Mindy..........its Wonka calling Wokka..........nanou nanou?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbEBErvW-Uc

LMAO....great memories.....dreadful music!!

npinks wrote:

i hear his egg had a hairline crack which they said was an inherent design of the egg and wouldn't do a thing about it

I have contacted both Watchdog and Autocar ad have noresponsa from either.

Mac

Just had mine in for the front end knock and the stealer has replaced the front end anti-roll bar bushes even though I told them that replacing things like that wont help.

Trouble is I dont have the RRS back as they were also going to replace the transmission box but decided to replace the oil in the box instead as LR said that would cure the fault

The stealer said that the box was better but still had a noise so I refused to accept the vehicle back from them.

Aint LR a complete bunch of f wits

Has anything been decided about the trip to LR HQ  Gas, grass or ass - nobody rides for free!!

Oh dear

I think the whole LR visit has died on it's a$$.............it has gone mighty quiet  My Gladiators:

RRS S/C HST - respect of the highest order
Freeloader 2 SE with all the toys - my baby RR
Merc SL55 AMG - Tarmac ripper!

Disco3 - Gone
Defender 90 TD - Gone
FFRR Vogue - Gone
BMW X5 4.4 - Gone
LR Defender 300Tdi - Gone
LR Defender 2.5 PETROL - Gone

will_wonka wrote:

Oh dear

I think the whole LR visit has died on it's a$$.............it has gone mighty quiet

Japseroony wrote:

will_wonka wrote:

Oh dear

I think the whole LR visit has died on it's a$$.............it has gone mighty quiet

Well lets try and resurrect it then as the problem aint going away

OK. An update on this subject, at least from my experience. I too had the knocking...bad. Dealer tested and suggested ball joints were the issue. Ball joints replaced and now the "knocking" is gone. There is still a small "knocking like" sound that I can barely hear. Dealer advised that dry ball joints are the problem and they will be updated soon, new models and us getting them fixed, with "wet" ball joints. I guess this means "greasable". Either way the dealer advised I'd probably need new ball joints every 6 months regardless of how I drive the car.

I really love this car, in fact I'd say it is the best car I've ever owned on a number of fronts, but, it sure does have some design issues. I know it weighs 2.7 tonne and that is partially to blame for terrible tyre wear and possibly suspension issues, like wearing ball joints, but, these things are designed by engineers...right, not hairdressers. For all these things to become apparent after introduction suggests very poor pre-release testing. Or, maybe they thought all us suckers with a few $$ would just pay up and put up. On top of all this I'm told I'll have to pay for a wheel alignment every 3 months to even get 30000km out of a set of tyres!!

I have no issue with things failing under warranty and getting repaired, FREE, under warranty. My issue is that I will have to pay to get these things fixed when the warranty runs out, through no fault of mine, but, rather, bad design. 2006 Black/Alpaca, Hi Ice, Dynamic Pack, 19" wheels, Clear Pack...