G4 Range Rover Sport

G4 Range Rover Sport - TDV8

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camel_landy	camel_landy posted 15 Years Ago Topic Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 264, Visits: 2.9K	Well... What a roller-coaster ride the past 10 days has turned out to be! /SOB STORY ON Some of you already know that 18mths ago, I finally managed to track down the whereabouts of the TDV8 G4 RRS which was used on the pre-scout in Mongolia. It was sat in a yard, waiting to be processed through the same route that my old G4 Disco 2 went through. I expressed my interest in purchasing the RRS and was told that when it was ready for sale, I could have 'First Dibbs'. Nobody involved at that point thought any more of it as that is the route I used to purchase my old Disco 2. I then carefully kept tabs on the progress of it through its re-work process until I received the notification that the car was now finished and ready for sale. In the notification, I was given details of pricing, who to contact to progress further, etc, etc... Brilliant, my 18mths of patiently waiting had come to an end!! :w00t: Or so I thought.... One very short phone call was all it took to completely take the wind out of my sails. LR - "No, you're a contractor, you can't buy direct." Me - "I don't want to go direct, I thought it was going via my dealer." LR - "No, it'll be in the next dealer auction. They can bid on your behalf..." My heart sank. :ermm: So, to get a second opinion, I queried this via another route... They were told that it was company policy and that if a vehicle had been sold to me previously then it was a mistake!! OK, there's still a chance. Off to my friendly local franchise I go and have a chat with them. We arrange a fee for purchasing on my behalf (which was less than I thought I was originally going to pay) and worked out how we want to bid, etc... The day comes, I talk to the dealer, we set the limits and everything is ready. I was willing to pay a little over the odds but it eventually went for much more than even I was prepared to pay (even when using "Man Maths" and justifying it as an early 40th birthday present!). I'm sure we'll soon see who purchased the car (I have my suspicions)... Yes, I am feeling more than a bit gutted at the moment. It's the way auctions work but most people I have spoken to, over the past few days, are surprised it even got that far. Meanwhile, LR are laughing all the way to the bank. C'est la vie... :crying: /SOB STORY OFF M __________________________________________ The box said: "Windows 11 or better...." ...So I used a Macintosh. :D __________________________________________
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G4 Range Rover Sport - TDV8

camel_landy - 15 Years Ago

Harwoods at pulborough £41995 and they will not knock a penny off,...

marco g4 - 15 Years Ago

Hmmm... Ta for that.

I was wondering when they were going...

camel_landy - 15 Years Ago

well the ffrr tdv8 was a the dealers for months untill they knocked a...

marco g4 - 15 Years Ago

[quote][b]marco g4 range rover (25/08/2010)[/b][hr]well the ffrr tdv8...

camel_landy - 15 Years Ago

what a mark up in price seeing i knew what alan was able to buy for,...

davezrx - 15 Years Ago

and they wonder why the name STEALERS get tagged to them, ok if you...

martin bisby - 15 Years Ago

it will prob get stripped and a re-spray :crying:

andy

macg4 - 15 Years Ago

[quote][b]martin bisby (26/08/2010)[/b][hr]and they wonder why the...

camel_landy - 15 Years Ago

Took a couple of pictures at Harwoods this morning in case anyone was...

mole - 15 Years Ago

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