The Wonders of Modern Technology

[Billhook]

A friend had trouble with his old style Discovery, which was never cured and eventually took it back to the dealer who offered him a new style truck which was a demonstrator and was fitted with every conceivable gadget that you do not need.  Electric opening rear hatch top and bottom which can be opened with key or by waving your foot underneath. He did not want all this but it was a good price.

The dealer told him a story about a guy who took his brand new Range Rover to a shoot.  At the interval he was proud to show off the rear doors and opened them to let the dog out of the dog cage.  He then proceeded to lay out bowls of soup and glasses of sloe gin on the bottom flap with bread, knapkins and all the trimmings.

He called everyone to the feast but just then a dog ran under the tail door and the back flap came up and emptied the contents into the car followed by the rear door coming down and bending the flimsy open door of the dog cage.

 

[Yournamehere]

55 minutes ago, Billhook said:

A friend had trouble with his old style Discovery, which was never cured and eventually took it back to the dealer who offered him a new style truck which was a demonstrator and was fitted with every conceivable gadget that you do not need.  Electric opening rear hatch top and bottom which can be opened with key or by waving your foot underneath. He did not want all this but it was a good price.

The dealer told him a story about a guy who took his brand new Range Rover to a shoot.  At the interval he was proud to show off the rear doors and opened them to let the dog out of the dog cage.  He then proceeded to lay out bowls of soup and glasses of sloe gin on the bottom flap with bread, knapkins and all the trimmings.

He called everyone to the feast but just then a dog ran under the tail door and the back flap came up and emptied the contents into the car followed by the rear door coming down and bending the flimsy open door of the dog cage.

 

Sounds like they should have been a bit more stringent with their pre-production investigations doesn't it?

They should have done a lab test.

[Stubby]

34 minutes ago, Yournamehere said:

Sounds like they should have been a bit more stringent with their pre-production investigations doesn't it?

They should have done a lab test.

Lab test ! Brilliant ?

[Billhook]

Perhaps the guy could put in a claim against Land Rover

Open and shut case really!

[CDMR]

Scandalous that a waggy dog can close the boot. It could become Tailgate.

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...or Labradoor ?

[Billhook]

Not a Labradoor called Rover by any chance?!

[Stubby]

Damm I can't think of any . These are all good ! ?

[Mark Bolam]

Class fellas, class!

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

If only they could sort out that real world problem which wasn't envisaged in the dog free environment of the R&D and CAD design labs.....

 

They could "Winalot" of technical and innovation awards - maybe even the Queen's award for industry?