Reading the HILARIOUS comments on an official Land Rover facebook post

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6 ай бұрын

Well the public destruction of the Land Rover brand is the gift that keeps on giving, and this time it's not even me that's throwing fuel (or batteries) onto the already well established fire that is JLR.
In this video we're taking a look at a recent Land Rover post on facebook about 'Well Being' features. There were 500 comments to choose from so here's a round up of some of the best (and funniest).
Enjoy!
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@GeoffBuysCars 6 ай бұрын

Please do hit subscribe. Unless you’re the sort of person who tows a horse around a field 😂😂

@noelward8047 6 ай бұрын

I have an image of the horse winning the towing contest Haha

@Chrisamic 6 ай бұрын

I'm subscribed but I don't own a horse, and I'm not sure my Jimny will tow one anyway. Does this mean I have to buy a Velar?

@matthewgodwin3050 6 ай бұрын

@@Chrisamic Nah mate. I'd stick with the proper four wheel drive car.

@GeoffBuysCars 6 ай бұрын

@@Chrisamicyes. On finance, just above what you can afford 👍👍

@MattinLapland 6 ай бұрын

I subscribed……But around these parts we tow reindeer 🤣🤣 Santa is weird he gets towed BY reindeer….. freaky stuff

@Makatak1 6 ай бұрын

A cop was interviewing a witness who saw 5 youths kicking seven shades out of an EV owner. The cop asked, "didn't you consider helping"? The witness replied, "no, I thought 5 was enough"

@pilkipilki4472 6 ай бұрын

5 kids saving the planet😇

@jasongreen6447 5 ай бұрын

😂

@the_bloke_that_cuts_the_grass 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@supersaabclaire 5 ай бұрын

Old joke modernised 😂

@Les-OZZYTHEOSCAR 5 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha ha love it !!!

@matthewgodwin3050 6 ай бұрын

A guy drops his Range Rover off for repair the day before he's given a 5 year jail sentence. Gets released from prison 5 years later and goes back to the Land Rover dealer to see if his cars still there. The service manager said the parts needed are still on back order, and that he should call back in a month's time.

@G-ra-ha-m 6 ай бұрын

Derby has a solution for that! :D

@duartefh88 6 ай бұрын

2/3 of this planet was first visited by a Land Rover. Now they cant even make SUVs to visit shopping malls.

@telx2010 6 ай бұрын

Not a planet!, it's a very naughty plane 😂

@G-ra-ha-m 6 ай бұрын

Airships.

@rollyunicorn 6 ай бұрын

Now that is tragic.

@nicklovell8148 5 ай бұрын

I am 65 years old and learned to drive on a grey Ferguson 20 and a 1966 series 2 Land Rover. Both vehicles still run today but the landy engine had been rebuilt a couple of times.

@twentysevenlitres 5 ай бұрын

If you want to visit the outback, take a Land Rover. If you want to come back again, take a Landcruiser.

@steve8039 6 ай бұрын

I take task with those who think JLR don't care about their existing customers. Just look at me, my 2015 Defender used to be a very commonly stolen model - then JLR kindly released newer/more desirable/more valuable models that are super simple to steal. "Theft assist" as I like to call it. Thank you JLR, I certainly feel your love. 🤣

@superloopy24v 5 ай бұрын

"Theft Assist"🤣

@cp4512 5 ай бұрын

😂

@ThePuggle999 6 ай бұрын

Michelle is probably towing her horse around so that she can ride home when the car breaks down 😀

@jasongreen6447 5 ай бұрын

😂

@Daijyobanai 6 ай бұрын

I've had LRs and been on LR forums for a good number of years and EVERY ONE of us said focussing 100% on the luxury market was a mistake. What we all wanted from the new Defender was something like the new Suzuki or Dacia but more LR-like. They've had problems with the cutting edge tech since the 90s and never managed to get it right, they really needed to focus on a basic model and then build on that. A company built on the Series and RR Classic who have models literally called "heritage" completely ignored their heritage and went for the soudi prince and essex chav market instead of their core customer base.

@GeoffBuysCars 6 ай бұрын

Greed.

@alanflint7732 6 ай бұрын

A Land rover should be a vehicle built and designed for bashing about on muddy, rocky tracks. With this in mind, it shouldn't have flimsy bits of chrome or plastic trim, or alloy wheels that you can't hammer dents out of after you get that tricky gateway wrong. This goes for the bodywork. Also the interior should be made out of materials that you can hose down after taking muddy dogs for a trip out. Form and technology over function is pandemic in this modern world.

@G-ra-ha-m 6 ай бұрын

@@GeoffBuysCars Greed often has stupidity behind it :D The lesson from history was the Toyota Landcruiser - the lesson being that something that always works, has it's own value :) Dacia was another lesson; A working car and an optional radio to bolt in from Halfords was all that travel required :D

@BusbyTreeSurgery 6 ай бұрын

Toyota troopy is the dogs bollox, pity they are not over here , also the older 70 series pickup before this latest upgraded to a down grade. . we don't get anything that resembles a proper workhorse. @@G-ra-ha-m

@phenogen8125 5 ай бұрын

One rare occasion my ancient, long owned (many decades)LWB SIII was cleaned; really, really excellent valet job; without a trace of DNA or a finger print was when it was "borrowed" and used in a security van robbery. The local police took me to the abandoned vehicle and my first remark was "cannot possibly be mine, it is clean!" Only time it ever had a valet; otherwise never washed except by rain and traversing rivers and pre annual welding of chassis tickles. The police probably removed any (expected) compensation payment left by the pros who had borrowed it and left it better than they found it. Basic tech with modern safety features like airbags would have been the way to go not Chelsea Tractor development but then there are narcissists and poseurs and my ilk; realists . @@alanflint7732

@markfiddy395 6 ай бұрын

The Aussies have long believed that if you want to drive into the outback, take a Land Rover, if you want to drive home again, take a Land Cruiser. Looks like JLR are going to do the same as Lancia in the 70s

@farken7467 5 ай бұрын

That's very true and you only see Toyota products out in the bush with a few Isuzus, Mitsubishi's and Nissan's. Some of this Chinese crap is being bought as well. You only see JLR products in wealthy parts of Sydney or Melbourne. I saw 2 Ineos Grenadiers today on the motorway heading out west, not broken down either, but flying past me at over 120kph. They're very imposing and the direction where JLR should've gone with the Defender. Sadly I've seen plenty of the new Defenders on flatbed tow trucks. There's a horror story that all the Chimes and bongs, combined with a thirsty standby computer can flatten the battery fast and the only way to get it moving again requires a tech with a laptop. That works well for survival in the outback.

@paradiselost9946 5 ай бұрын

@@farken7467 im thinking of the one from "the gods must be crazy" now! ai yai yai yai yai yai...

@MrSpencely 6 ай бұрын

But it’s not as though this is a recent thing, they’ve been unreliable for as long as I can remember, and yet people still buy them! The funniest thing I hear is “I’ve had 4 and they’ve all been terrible”! 😂

@whatnow9653 6 ай бұрын

Bullshit trumps reality wayyyy longer than it should.

@johndawson8806 5 ай бұрын

as the saying goes a fool and their money are easily parted !

@philhawley1219 5 ай бұрын

Over the last 30 odd years I have had 7 Land Rovers. My newest one is now only 27 years old. A few faults cropped up in the last few years but nothing unexpected. Please pop round to see me when your current car is the same age . If it is still alive.

@alanjones4622 5 ай бұрын

I am the same, except our Discovery 2 is a relatively youthful 20 years old next summer. We have had all the usual faults with Disco 2s but all resolved. Our only problem is that due to Brexit, parts are slow to get from the UK to us here in Slovenia and there are added costs. It used to be a few days max for an order, now it can be two or three weeks. Ours is RH drive and parts available here would be for LH drive vehicles and there are differences you would not imagine on the face of it.

@MrSpencely 5 ай бұрын

@@philhawley1219 Same Land Cruiser for 22 years, bought new, never had a spanner on it (apart from servicing of course) in 253k miles, nothing! There will always be exceptions of course, but glad you are happy with your Land Rover ;-)

@ciarancosgrave 6 ай бұрын

I had a Dacia Duster for 8 years and did 150K in it. It cost a fraction of what these Land Rovers cost. Never a single problem.

@paulnewman9275 6 ай бұрын

I have one as well ,3 years in , absolutely brilliant:)

@bencarter2334 6 ай бұрын

There's plenty around. Must be good.

@ciarancosgrave 6 ай бұрын

@@bencarter2334 They are very basic inside. They're not sexy. But they are a great car for the money.

@OverlandExpedition 6 ай бұрын

Newer ones have a lot more inside them but nothing too fancy we own two, both 2023 models one LPG and a 4x4 diesel. Main extras are apple car play,, blind spot and one i never even thought would be any good heated seats, absoloute game changer :-) @@ciarancosgrave

@ciarancosgrave 6 ай бұрын

@@OverlandExpeditionI have a 2023 diesel.

@trevorhorton8472 6 ай бұрын

You're never alone with a JLR product..either the fire crew or AA man for companionship. Thats reassurance.

@user-gf3mu5uc8j 5 ай бұрын

Who need family when you have back up from owning a JLR product.

@Lee-1303 6 ай бұрын

Why do all these EV drivers look so miserable when they are sat in a car park plugged in to the magic electric fairy box for 2 hours just to get 3 miles back home. Tragic lmao.

@cornishhh 6 ай бұрын

Especially when the toilets are closed.

@matthewgodwin3050 6 ай бұрын

Because they're all miserable twats.

@larryjimbob 6 ай бұрын

They're saving the environment, that's why they look so happy 😉😁

@barry5138 6 ай бұрын

Why? Because their huge ego is slowly realising that the virtue signalling is worthless when faced with harsh reality.

@melvinnnamah9040 6 ай бұрын

I don’t remember any Land Rover EVs being released

@petramaas8574 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely hilarious your picture of Land Rover employees going round at night stealing Land Rovers for spare parts.🤣🤣

@ceriwilliams6931 6 ай бұрын

As a trade plate driver, I have broken down or had issues in more JLR cars than all the rest put together. Plus I see they seem to make up a large percentage of broken down cars I see on hard shoulders. The showrooms are like 5 star hotels and the staff ignorant and arrogant....if you cant see this when you are buying one, you deserve all you get lol.

@alanjones4622 5 ай бұрын

I agree about the dealership I bought my Discovery 2 from in 2004. I had a later service carried out at the main dealer in Carlisle. The staff could not have been more different and more friendly compared to my Stockport dealership. I was stood outside with my two dogs waiting for the service to be completed. A guy in a suit came past and asked what I was waiting for. I said I had my two dogs and he replied never mind we don´t bother about that, bring them inside and have a coffee whilst you wait.

@Twmpa 5 ай бұрын

A work colleague of mine bought a mark 1 Range Rover Sport early on this year. He had it for almost 3 weeks before it was stolen. Mind you, I am starting to think the thieves have done him a favour.

@karlhulme8014 6 ай бұрын

You’d think the car thieves would be stealing a more desirable brand of car.

@Chrisamic 6 ай бұрын

It's the pare parts that are desirable, once they are stripped down.

@noelward8047 6 ай бұрын

You make no sense.

@cornishhh 6 ай бұрын

I wonder how many break down while the thieves are driving them.

@rollyunicorn 6 ай бұрын

Reading your comment a picture came into my head. Somewhere in Africa, a guy at his repair shop, with 200 Range Rovers parked up waiting to be repaired.

@pauldunn5978 5 ай бұрын

They are VERY desirable. The Arabs love them. And so did rich Russians until it got difficult to ship them . That's where most of the stolen ones go. Big market for stolen ones.

@ravensthorne4631 5 ай бұрын

100% agree with the comment about SUVs making drivers feel in a bubble of technology-assisted comfort. The worst, most dangerous, driving I see these days is often by someone in a Range Rover or BMW X-series

@paulnewman9275 6 ай бұрын

Just done a 138 mile motorway journey in a Duster . Must have sailed past over 30 EV's all in the left lane crawling along at 50mph with the HGV's trying to save their miserable range - they all look so bored or stressed depending on the range vs next charger calculation. Its obvious nearly all were company cars ( tax dodge) but their productivity must be shockingly low taking so long to get anywhere. When home the Duster still had over 300 miles of range left despite cruising at the legal limit for 90% of the journey.

@bondjamesbond9041 6 ай бұрын

The Dacia duster is a great car. The new one looks very very smart

@paulnewman9275 6 ай бұрын

@@bondjamesbond9041 Yeah I have loved mine for three years now, driven it all over europe - Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain and its been perfect. Yes the new 2024 model looks amazing and also the streched Bigster for 2025. I might change mine next year as due to a leg injury I really need an auto and one wasnt on offer 3 years ago. They have offered me provisionally only £3.7k less than I paid for mine new in part-ex, mind the new ones have gone up a bit but still amazing value.

@cabra2365 5 ай бұрын

Lane 3 of the M40 used to be a minimum 90mph super cruise lane for premium German diesels, it's extraordinary how it's changed to lane 1 and 2 watt misering.

@paulnewman9275 5 ай бұрын

@@cabra2365 Very true, I remember the 90's and 00's and unless you were doing 90mph in the outside lane you were in danger of getting tail ended. Now those company drivers have the "pleasure" of some shite box EV struggling to get from London to Birmingham without having to stop and waste hours of their lives charging in some shit hole services. All they can do is sit and dream back to the good old days.....

@thedeadstig123 6 ай бұрын

I worked at a garage where the boss always bought a range rover, the last one he got was the newer shape full fat sized one.....the model had only just come out and he had to drive round with a battery pack in the passenger seat because the electrics would cause the battery to go flat, the dealer couldn't solve the issue and he then went through weeks of arguments rejecting the car He went back to the older shape Range Rover Sport diesel

@industrialmonk 6 ай бұрын

I love the cartoon of the Evangelist charging his car with his imaginary green electric this is the truth. Keep up the good work Geoff.

@jerrypalmer1786 5 ай бұрын

At some point you have to stop and ask: "Just what is it that EV's are supposed to be saving us from?" There is one question that never gets asked that would expose the "climate crisis" for the scam that it is, which is "What percentage of the atmosphere is CO2?" The answer, never given in plain language, is that CO2 is currently around 420 parts per million, increased, they tell us, from 280 ppm in 1850. That's a difference of 140 ppm, or in terms more readily understood by the layman, the composition of the atmosphere has changed by 0.014% (14 thousandths of 1%) in the last 170 years. LESS THAN 1 THOUSANDTH OF 1% PER DECADE! How much closer to "zero" do they think it's possible to get? How gullible do you have to be to believe that this rate of change is causing extreme weather events, which have always happened and always will? Their claim is that this tiny amount "traps heat". ALL gasses dissipate heat and even if CO2 is an exception, the suggestion that a total of 0.042% can overwhelm the capacity of the remaining 99.958% to dissipate that heat is abject nonsense. CO2 DOES NOT control the global temperature, there is no "climate crisis". Wind farms, solar panels, heat pumps, EV's.. None of these measures are necessary, nor will they have the slightest effect on the weather. Eye-watering sums of money have already been wasted on this futile exercise. Time to wake up, stop throwing our money at these boondoggles and squandering the world's resources on projects that cannot possibly succeed as there never was a problem to begin with. There is no need to save the planet from a minuscule increase in the gas on which all life depends, but it does need to be rescued from idiot politicians and media mouthpieces that push this garbage.

@BillyNoMates1974 5 ай бұрын

the joke 'how do you take thhe range out of a range rover..... put some batteries in it' had me crying. i love it

@lloydmillership9682 6 ай бұрын

TATA sponsor our unelected PRIME MINISTER and look how thats going LOL

@Sophie333C 6 ай бұрын

My son only had his defender 4 weeks, and it had to go into the dealers, it was there for 4 months, he was lucky they gave him a new one to use!

@user-rr7bv6my4e 5 ай бұрын

To use? Not to keep? And that's ok for him ? I wouldn't accept that

@Sophie333C 5 ай бұрын

@@user-rr7bv6my4e I know what your saying, but it kept his own defender mileage low, plus he’s getting rid of it after Christmas, he knows he’ll lose money, but not as much as he would of!

@noelward8047 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant 'rant'. JLR have seriously 'F'd' up. Jaguar and Land Rover had niche markets in which they were second to none. They then had an inlux of 'persons' that thought they could out-do BMW ... it was an obsession ... without the knowledge, commitement and investment. (I worked there for 30 years in a number of roles and could see the demise coming).

@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely. I suspect the last straw was the demise of the X358, replacing it with a generic-looking saloon.

@bentullett6068 6 ай бұрын

I have seen articles on the Range Rover fully electric version. I keep thinking what could possibly go wrong 🤔. Modern Land Rover electronics are so reliable 😂.

@pauldunn5978 5 ай бұрын

Don't just single out Electric ones. It's not electric ones that have been catching fire for the last 10 years. Diesels burned down 2 multistory carparks.

@bentullett6068 5 ай бұрын

@pauldunn5978 hence why I added Land Rover electronics are so reliable. They all have electrical faults that cause fires. In the modern ones 2011 onwards there are that many complex electronic components which tend to fail. All modern luxury cars also tend to have issues, except for the Japanese built cars it seems.

@pauldunn5978 5 ай бұрын

@bentullett6068 Fair enough. I agree with your comment about Japanese cars as I work with a part time fireman who has attended about 50 car fires and he made a similar comment. Older German cars also seem to have an issue. He's attended three BMW fires this month alone. All pre 2015 models.

@darksaber7678 5 ай бұрын

Ironic….the prince of darkness has never truly gone away with these and will definitely strike again…………………..

@stevebosun7410 6 ай бұрын

Hi Geoff, reminiscent of my experience with LR when I had a Defender TDCi. It had an appallingly clattering gearbox. Only to be told by LR customer service that it was "characteristic of the marque sir" (I still have the letter somewhere). Times don't change!

@rjw4762 6 ай бұрын

Thing is, this is quite serious. JLR is a major employer in the Midlands. When did they start going downhill - when they were sold to Indian business interests ? My colleague had a faulty Discovery - getting the required spare parts took 3 months....presume they came from China ? WIll we, In Europe, ever learn ?

@noelward8047 6 ай бұрын

Oh dear. Tata has invested a lot of money ... be honest with yourself and look at the business Ratan built. Ask yourself why Ford walked away from Jaguar !?!

@bentullett6068 6 ай бұрын

Since BMW, Ford and TATA have owned them its not gone well. The only thing BMW gave them that was good was a huge panel press plant.

@ericdunn555 6 ай бұрын

@@bentullett6068 I'm very happy with my L322 that has the BMW 3.0L diesel engine - been to Africa and back in the L322.

@G-ra-ha-m 6 ай бұрын

@@ericdunn555 The 322 was the last decent model IMO. I hate the look of the range rover sports, and those engines, good God!!

@bentullett6068 6 ай бұрын

@ericdunn555 I think that is one of the decent ones as both Harry Metcalfe and Jeremy Clarkson love their L322 Range Rover's. From my dad's experience he had Discovery's all bar the MK1 version's he had have had issues, the TD5 series 2 (one had gearbox, electrical, water pump faults and the second had electrical and decided to go onto two cylinders when on a holiday in the South of France during the 2003 heatwave) version's being the worse ones he had, he swapped to Mitsubishi for a bit and had two Shogun's (Pajero), but decided to go back to Land Rover with a Discovery 3 which was a decent vehicle but did have some electrical gremlins. What doesn't help is that some of dealerships aren't always great. The Discovery 3 ok bur had a re-occurring fault where it would cut out and the local dealer kept claiming it was due to my dad's trailer he was towing, so he removed the trailer at the dealership and took the not so smart service advisor for a drive down the road and the car did cut out on them. That dealer still couldn't find a fault and on a caravan holiday up north the car broke down on Scotch corner and was recovered and taken to a local dealer near Durham and they immediately found the fault the other dealer couldn't find which was a worn wire shorting on the chassis. He now has a reliable little 2010 Honda CRV which compared to a lot of other ones on the road, does a lot of work and has done over 100,000 miles.

@the_bloke_that_cuts_the_grass 6 ай бұрын

Feeling blessed as they say. I px'd my Discovery a few years ago approaching the end of the warranty period. The battery kept going flat and I was told to charge the battery-duh😂 Eventually the dealer had it for 3 weeks and finally they worked out it was an electronic device designed to shut down the electrics that was faulty! Luckily Toyota has a dealership opposite and I bought a Land cruiser. I've owned it 5 years and it's been back to the dealer 5 times-for an annual service, that's it.

@Paulie44 5 ай бұрын

In my youth I worked at several sugar mills in Africa and the managers drove only Land Cruiser’s or Pajero’s. Personally I’m waiting for the launch of the new Land Cruiser which reminds me of the old 70 series; I’m willing to bet it will take plenty sales away from Range Rover.

@the_bloke_that_cuts_the_grass 5 ай бұрын

@@Paulie44 I’ve just read about it, sounds interesting. It deserves to well just on Toyota’s reputation alone. Like the saying goes “If you want to go off-roading, get a Land Rover, if you want to get home again, get a Land Cruiser 👍

@Paulie44 5 ай бұрын

@@the_bloke_that_cuts_the_grass Agreed! I’ve heard that saying before. I watch 4xOverland on KZfaq (a South African journalist living in Australia) and he swears by Toyota using the same reasoning you provided above “…if you want to get back home drive a Toyota.”

@BartMGRX 5 ай бұрын

Great video, I hear these problems about most modern cars (the reliability, not the theft issues) Makes me very happy with my collection of 20 year old youngtimers that just work😊

@johnmoncrieff3034 6 ай бұрын

I just saw the irony, in the name of the owners of JLR -- "TATA" -- as in good bye!!

@noelward8047 6 ай бұрын

Yawn. Take a look at what Tata industries have done !

@bigballz4u 6 ай бұрын

They really could have avoided a PR nightmare by simply turning off comments.

@phenogen8125 5 ай бұрын

The intention is to take the big covert wedge into the Cayman account and destroy the brand; no other premise makes sense.

@smallbustboy 6 ай бұрын

Big fire in Treforest south wales (well someone has to live here) around the back of the nissan garage, just noticed on the news of the fire brigade truck leaving with one of those big dunking boxes on the back, i wonder what that could be.

@larryjimbob 6 ай бұрын

I watched a car auction on a KZfaq channel where they couldn't give away the Range Rover vehicles. They all went unsold with no bids. Dealers obviously don't want to touch them right now.

@larryjimbob 6 ай бұрын

Just found out at the end of your video that we watched the same auction video 😁 The RR's just quietly ghosted through.

@barriewilliams4526 6 ай бұрын

Before I retired, I did a three-year stint as a vehicle technician working on LandRover products, and trust me, they are crap! They have been crap for years, but they appeal to a certain type of person (usually those with more money than sense) so the sales of these awful overweight monstrosities has not been too bad, until now, where I think that even the "LandRover people" will give up on the brand.

@DaveyJonesLockerwithJazzy 5 ай бұрын

We don't give up on the brand, we drive and preserve the old classic Land Rovers. I've always got a smile and we always greet each other on the road.

@markkenton8420 5 ай бұрын

Knew someone who worked as a service advisor for a Land Rover main dealer She had so many unhappy customers shouting at her all day long she left after 3 months They had 25 courtesy cars that were all out with another 20 that they had from a rental company One 100k plus car was collected brand new and broke down after 7 miles

@egeegee7146 6 ай бұрын

Just had a thought. If they are so bad why are they are the top of the theft list???? Is it because the break them down for parts and sell them back to JLR, for all those unhappy customers.???

@summerjunk929 6 ай бұрын

Most of them are in Albania! saw tonnes this summer when we were driving through in our camper

@garynicholls6964 6 ай бұрын

Hi I bought a new Dacia duster 4:30 5 years ago for £9,995 . It's been 100% reliable. Cheep to run etc. Going to keep it for ever . That's it folks just easy and simple!

@GeoffBuysCars 6 ай бұрын

I’m jealous!

@v285ljx 6 ай бұрын

Hi Geoff 9 years I've owned my xf never let me down, so please don't tar them all with the same brush 👍i will agree though JLR have gone down hill since around 2016 😔like so many manufacturers unfortunately 😕 off to watch heartbeat lol 😂

@GeoffBuysCars 6 ай бұрын

Agree. Jag seems better.

@Everything_Lincolnshire 6 ай бұрын

The way to solve everything is to buy an mx5 ! 😂

@farmercolm8157 6 ай бұрын

or a mapped 335d.

@user-rf9me7xm1w 6 ай бұрын

Definitely an mx5.

@toiletrollholder 6 ай бұрын

Must be sad to work at JLR now knowing that another British car maker will be 'Agenda'd' out of existence 😢

@stevenc5227 5 ай бұрын

JLR is owned by TATA of India and Chinese Chery auto maker, not been British for a long time now, and by the sounds of it will not be producing cars for the UK market much longer.

@toiletrollholder 5 ай бұрын

@@stevenc5227 should have guessed but the jobs here will go.

@godsgrasshopper272 6 ай бұрын

Expect the inevitable buy out from another mega corp, as it's all engineered to be. "All the world's a stage"

@telx2010 6 ай бұрын

Spot on

@martinlang9615 6 ай бұрын

4:00 maybe horses should pull the Land Rover around. Sure is more reliable. Your well-being with definitely improve too.

@juliangranger7744 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Geoff for always a very entertaining and also super newsworthy series. You are my 1st goto when I go online from western Qld in Ozz. Having only Toyota vehicles, my 2004 Prado nearing 500,000 klms plus a newish Hilux workmate I sympathize with your viewers with LR problems. My brother who lives in the UK has a LR but does'nt want to talk about it.

@DM-it2ch 6 ай бұрын

Come home to a real fire..... buy a hybrid.

@davidjenkins6453 6 ай бұрын

I waited 6 months for parts to fix my xf handbrake, I had to go to an indy and use second hand parts in the end. No handbrake no MOT. Never again, I now have a Toyota.

@paranoidozzy1970 6 ай бұрын

Sir jim Radcliffe and his money will be circling like sharks ready to devour landrover.....probably 😂

@ianflint4610 5 ай бұрын

I know someone who overheard Ralf Speth (ex CEO of JLR) in an off-guard moment vociferously complaining about the 28% call out rate for Land Rover's Roadside Assistance in their first year on the road. Seems they may well have managed to increase that figure since he left. 😂

@Steve_Wardley_G6JEF 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant Geoff, loved every minute of that.

@patrickporter6536 5 ай бұрын

My neighbor across the road repairs them. There were quite a few standing outside his house and I asked what was wrong with them. "Broken crankshafts" was the answer. From S. Africa.

@davidkettell1073 6 ай бұрын

When you call customer service do you get connected to a person with a strong Indian accent saying .Good morning ,my name is Charles,how can i not help you ?

@69waveydavey 6 ай бұрын

I worked on them through he 80's and 90's, they started going downhill mid 90's when somebody thought it was a good idea to put lots of electronics and air suspension on the range rover. I was welding new rear crossmembers on 1st mot discoveries. The 90's and 110's were alright as such cos they were cheap to fix. You knock a corner off a new defender and the bill will be eye watering, previous to that you got a hammer and bashed it straight, they've lost their way now.

@theminiatureconstructionco4556 5 ай бұрын

My Dad bought a second-hand RR in 1986. Up until a couple of years ago, it was still periodically being driven. Rot took it off the road, and it's parked in my brothers garden. But I bet if I put a fresh battery on it, it would fire up. I don't recall it ever suffering any major faults during its life.

@69waveydavey 5 ай бұрын

@@theminiatureconstructionco4556 probably start with little persuasion, old school usually does.

@ACW9442 5 ай бұрын

When i worked for a large online dealership they were literally the only brand you HAD to take a battery booster pack with you to start it up. And thats the new defenders. I think they come with battery drain as standard.

@darrenharvey6084 5 ай бұрын

I used to work at a multi franchise car dealer in Brisbane Queensland . The JLR side of the dealership always had over 70 broken down Land Rovers and Jags in a shed waiting to be repaired .

@hedydd2 6 ай бұрын

I’ve had various Land and Range Rover plus X5, Q7 and XC90. There is a massive difference between al ‘all-road’ car and one capable of rough terrain, which the LR products from Defender and RR Sport above are.

@user-eg7uw9ls4o 6 ай бұрын

90% of suv in Australia used to Landrover, now its Toyota

@tyrantwitness2482 6 ай бұрын

I've said for a long time, if thinking of buying a LandRover product! Go into the showroom and asking for a test drive in their courtesy car! Why? Because that's what you'll be driving most of the time!

@AllenTaylor-lu9bu 6 ай бұрын

The annoying thing is that JLR were fully aware of the lack of quality control of their overseas suppliers and carried on regardless. An example is the wiring harness, JLR went to the storage warehouse (JIT is a lie) and tested the harness, it had a failure rate of over 70%.!! How much faith can you place in the 30% that went into vehicles.

@angelmessenger8240 6 ай бұрын

Strikes me this is all part of the plan to get people out of cars. Make them so bloody awful people would rather go without.

@Lee-1303 6 ай бұрын

I actually have to agree with that. Forcing the insurance premiums up to stupid levels or not insuring them at all seems their latest plan.

@pauldavies6037 6 ай бұрын

the WEF design them?

@telx2010 6 ай бұрын

Spot on. The world is a stage.

@timhicks2154 6 ай бұрын

An ejector seat would be a good well-being feature

@CaptainChuckles 6 ай бұрын

Whats the point it wouldnt work!

@adventtrooper 5 ай бұрын

It would work, but only in a multistory car park.@@CaptainChuckles

@bankruptpensioner 5 ай бұрын

For a short period, I worked for JLR in manufacturing in senior management. I left after three month. The management and design process was absolutely chaotic and this continues today. Old farts forcing a design after a build is the norm making their vehicles unpredictable and unreliable. It was madness working in JLR

@opotopo1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Geoff for the update

@raypickles537 6 ай бұрын

Sounds like there´s no point nicking one for a get away car then.

@sullivan912 5 ай бұрын

As soon as Tata took ownership of JLR, it was clear that they were headed into the abyss.

@amandaduggan9051 5 ай бұрын

JLR was a British institution and should never have been sold off to people who do not understand these vehicles and the aficionados who used to buy them. We drove a classic V8 Range Rover for years and currently drive a classic V8 Discovery. I would not want a modern Land Rover as a gift, electric or otherwise.

@JustCallMeHorse 6 ай бұрын

I bought a Freelander TD4 2001 a couple of years ago, Been running on Veg/Kerosene mix done over 10k on the stuff and had no problems with the Freelander and it's done over 167k must be the BMW part that has helped it survive lol ;D

@DavidMartin-ym2te 5 ай бұрын

I have a Defender TD5 1999 and that sounds interesting. May I ask where you get that fuel? I know it's available but I am in Perthshire so that may make a difference!

@adairwilkinson6916 5 ай бұрын

Geoff, I haven’t laughed so much for ages. The comments are hilarious too. You should go on the stage!! I think I’ll stick with my diesel MK8 VW GTD. However, it’s a really serious situation. A lot of people’s, jobs, mortgages etc are riding on the back of JLR and their dealers.

@vspencer9764 5 ай бұрын

I do love looking at Facebook EV adverts… my favourite was recently Peugeot comparing the 205gti to some bland EV thing and the comments were just pure Gold. Not a single comment praised the iPad on wheels, but everyone wanted Peugeot to reintroduce the 205.

@user-xj8rd2cy6q 6 ай бұрын

They'll go the same way as British Leyland and the rest of the British car industry.

@johnpassey3176 6 ай бұрын

My daughter was going to buy a Dacia. I did my research expecting to hate it, seemed ok actually, in fact if I had to buy a newer car I’d consider one

@GeoffBuysCars 6 ай бұрын

Same. Love a Dacia I do.

@G-ra-ha-m 6 ай бұрын

Dacia hit the right spot: Cheap and simple = cheap and cheerful. I drive an ancient Peugeot, 1.9tdi, if I change it one day it will be for an even older one LOL.

@johnpassey3176 6 ай бұрын

@@GeoffBuysCars course the problem is, if it actually came to spending money, I would just go and buy another SAAB, I just can’t help it, they are so beautiful. Keep up the good work 👍

@johnpassey3176 6 ай бұрын

@@G-ra-ha-m I prefer the term vintage, I would just keep the one you have until it has to go to Peugeot heaven

@captainflipflop8805 5 ай бұрын

I didn’t know about the insurance cost so just did a check. For context I’ve just reinsured my 2018 Porsche Macan for £536 a year. Chose a random Range Rover off autotrader of similar age and value, quote was just shy of £8k 😮

@alexreeve2973 6 ай бұрын

Found your catchphrase, “Just give me a big knob!”

@grahamlong6870 6 ай бұрын

Forward thinking on behalf of Land Rover , making a dealers car park in an area liable to flooding, just in case they catch fire, as in Luton. Difficult to burn down an open area car park though!

@chribm 4 ай бұрын

Here in the US the LR is on the top of the list of least reliable vehicles, for years. My neighbor went through 3 (I think) before she finally quit and bought a Toyota that she has now had for years. And people are still gullible enough to be one. I honestly don't know why. 🤷‍♂

@philipnorth9606 5 ай бұрын

Nothing would make me happier than seeing JLR go bust. The epitome of failure with levels of incompetence never rivalled.

@alxgu198 5 ай бұрын

Some great comments there, made all the better being read out by yourself 😂, nice one Geoff 👍

@GeoffBuysCars 5 ай бұрын

Yeah this video turned out really well so I’ll keep stalking their page for comments 😂😂😂

@alxgu198 5 ай бұрын

@@GeoffBuysCars 😂👍

@navyreviewer 5 ай бұрын

95% of JLRs are still on the road. The other 5% made it home.

@BusbyTreeSurgery 6 ай бұрын

is bob bonnet an old biker by any chance, his statement is echoed through the decades since volvo started making boxes so insulated from any feedback like road feel or noise that they even got their own comic strip in a biker mag.

@grahambansal8192 5 ай бұрын

I worked at the Solihull factory when the Velar was launched. They used regular Lego and checking by eye to teach the principles of build quality lol

@bryanfrew6603 5 ай бұрын

JLR the gift that keeps on giving

@seanwade8446 6 ай бұрын

Having owned different landrovers over the last 30 plus years they haven't made a decent one for about 15 years in my opinion. Forgot their roots.

@drydogg Ай бұрын

I'm American, and in the mid 1980's, I started seeing Jaguar SJ6's around town. All of them were in driveways, though, not moving. The slightest bit of humidity, and the damn things wouldn't start, which is really funny, considering, it was an English car. The most expensive lawn ornaments I'd ever seen.

@seanfrancey8015 5 ай бұрын

Had five Range Rovers over the last 25 years and with the exception of one late 90s one, I have never had an issue with any of them.

@Noseypoke-mr7th 6 ай бұрын

THE AMOUNT OF LAND/RANGE ROVERS AWAITING EXPORT SHIPS AT LIVERPOOL DOCKS IS AMAZING THOUSANDS OF EM.

@theodavies8754 6 ай бұрын

It's a Tata. What did people think they were buying?

@Ostsol 5 ай бұрын

A trucker who used to regularly pick up freight for us at work one time visited again. He told me that he'd gotten tired of owning cheap, terrible cars all his life and decided to get something really nice. So he got a short term lease on a brand new Land Rover. It was great until the lease was up and he needed to replace the cracked windshield. $2200 later and he determined that he would never again drive a Land Rover. Back to cheap cars and I can't really blame him.

@LonesomeTwin 6 ай бұрын

So what, the solution to it all is just to bin the only semi-British car maker we have left? How does that help us as a country at all? We need these firms to create jobs, and if those jobs are making crap stuff change the people responsible. What little reputation the brand had is gone now, so an overhaul is needed, not complete disassembly. People love being snide about British stuff, but to the outside world it just looks like nihilistic whining from a place that can't recognise that it's problems are national, not just down to some nicked or broken cars. The whole industry has connived in its' own downfall all the way back to Leyland and BMC. Workers don't work or do it badly and managers don't manage and have zero imagination, hence using the same engine for 40-odd years in its small cars. Then Honda bails it out and it stiffs them and jumps into bed with BMW, who oddly didn't want to compete with itself and walked away whistling. Who's to say Tata (or insert current owner looking for gvmt handout here) haven't done exactly he same? End rant. Thx for listening.

@lancenoble3863 6 ай бұрын

AA man said once Range Rovers/Land Rovers are the worst cars to buy for reliability. Expensive money pits

@mat5267 5 ай бұрын

Problem is. The government will end up bailing them out with UK tax money 🤦‍♂️

@adventtrooper 5 ай бұрын

Already announced £500 million for the £4b Tata battery factory, but somehow couldn't find £100 million for a similar Britishvolt battery factory just a few months earlier. Can't imagine what swayed Mr Sunak to fund Tata so well over Britishvolt /s

@cp4512 5 ай бұрын

Land Rover is the equivalent of Chinese tofu-dreg build quality. Can’t believe they sell for so much new (not so much secondhand after the savage depreciation😂)

@cartman668222 5 ай бұрын

use to have loads of land rover/range rover customers at the independent garage I worked at for many years and all I can say is they paid most of my mortgage so thank you to them all🤣🤣🤣

@HarryLime49 6 ай бұрын

My advice for Range Rover owners is break it for parts. You'll get a lot more money than selling it in one piece.

@shaz8486 5 ай бұрын

Loved the constant laughs from the fb comments 😂😂😂…… Land Rover is screwed IMO, I don’t think ANYONE will ever buy one …not if you the live in England. Personally I couldn’t afford one, and even if I did I wouldn’t touch ANY EV with a 10’ pole. No parts, cars being stolen, can’t get insurance and cars bursting into flames …who in their right mind would EVER want one of these cars, especially when Land Rover are in denial about their crap cars!!! I live in Australia, don’t think they are as widely sold here like England, but who knows I never look for them on the roads. 😂😂😂

@drydogg Ай бұрын

The old Eastern Bloc Joke: An East German Army officer is promoted and gets informed that his name has been bumped up on the list to get a car. He's told that his new car will be arriving in ten years. He stares at the letter in disbelief, "Scheisse! The plumber's coming on that day!"

@f-u-nkyf-u-ntime 5 ай бұрын

I've never owned Range Rover but I do own Jags, I've had 2 in the last 7 years, an XF 3.0ltr petrol V6 and now an XJ 3.0ltr supercharged portfolio and both were/are very reliable. It's true that the gearbox failed in the XF (after servicing) but that's a ZF problem not a Jaguar problem. I get mine maintained at a specialist, I wouldnt touch a main dealer. All the electrical systems in both cars have been reliable and I've got no complaints. Also the added kudos of pulling up somewhere in an XJ is priceless.

@robc5955 5 ай бұрын

Yesterday I went for Xmas lunch with my Mrs, a little tradition, at a country pub. After and feeling stuffed a random bloke passed me and said can I help, I explained looking to pay bill, anyway turns out he owned the place. We went outside to my diesel Skoda to get the dogs for another walk and the same guy was in the boot of his new Range Rover as I passed he admired our pups and I said nice car, he said well you’d think so but I’m awaiting JLR to collect as it won’t start. Frankly I’d rather have your Skoda cause I bet that at least serves its purpose 😂 I couldn’t really argue.

@alexrobinson2281 5 ай бұрын

Upgraded ! Got rid of my Disco 4 and bought a Dacia Duster 4x4 , £180 per year road tax , 52 mpg , no brainer 🤪

@richnorris1061 5 ай бұрын

Er you won’t throw anything out the window cause the windows won’t open 😂

@Garffey 5 ай бұрын

Great Rant Geoff....JLR been crap for years, all those owners complaining obviously never hear about a 'Fool and his money!'..😉😉🤣🤣

@lauriecooper8194 5 ай бұрын

The lady with the horse might actually need the horse to get home.😂

@baobo67 5 ай бұрын

Good one. When the first Land Rovers hit the road in 50,s it was not with the type of BS marketing we have now. It made history BUT today "Land-rover'' is just a brand. Think you will get a good old "Landey" Forget it they are long gone and won,t be back.Cheers.