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hi lux mot shocker!

my hi lux is on about 260,000 miles,battered through woods nearly every day,totally abused,has just gone straight through test,needed a wiper blade!
another reason i will never buy a land rover
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Re: hi lux mot shocker!

The farm workhorse did that in feb too......... and its a landrover!!!
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my hi lux is on about 260,000 miles,battered through woods nearly every day,totally abused,has just gone straight through test,needed a wiper blade!
another reason i will never buy a land rover
HI JON never buying a land rover mate get the cider in jon see you soon
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and your point is? Landys are far better off road, I've had to pull a few hi lux's out of the mud before.
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Re: hi lux mot shocker!

here we go!!!
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and your point is? Landys are far better off road, I've had to pull a few hi lux's out of the mud before.
my point is,i love my hi lux!!!!
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here we go!!!
yep,had a couple of beers,forgot the landy evangelists are always circling
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here we go!!!
ur not wrong there!!!
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Re: hi lux mot shocker!

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and your point is? Landys are far better off road, I've had to pull a few hi lux's out of the mud before.
I've had to rescue plenty of landys with my Mog

And a neighbour of mine rescued a farmers defender with his Suzuki SJ10
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