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James F. Thompson Jaime (Blueboy)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 08:37 am: | 
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local dealer has a "AA Yellow" although now called something else in stock. very cool LR! The back has a removable "hardtop" and there is a soft top that also can be fitted for the rainy days.
The seats are like the bottom of driving mocs only smaller nips and of course softer. they are water resistant.
H-K sound system with CD builtin std. as is a "brush" guard and a aluminum skid plate both of which are cosmetic.
Sorta like a soft top D90 concept with a removable hardtop and water resistant seats.
Much more fun than the 4 door version.
Plan a test drive this Saturday.
Jaime |
cody (Mightyreal)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 11:33 am: |
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Jamie, they had this exact set up in the showroom at LR Fort Worth. The seats appear to be the same Duragrain material they use in the base Disco. |
James F. Thompson Jaime (Blueboy)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 11:35 am: |
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yeah - thats what it was called. nice stuff especially for an open LR where the sun could really ruin a leather interior.
Jaime |
Chris von Czoernig (Chrisvonc)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 08:35 pm: |
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We just got one of them a week and a half ago. Lisa has been trucking all over in it in the bad weather and she is loving it. I really like it too once I get in it.
Chris von C |
James F. Thompson Jaime (Blueboy)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 09:19 am: |
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Chris,
Good to hear you both like it. Look forward to our test ride.
Jaime |
James F. Thompson Jaime (Blueboy)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 09:24 am: |
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Chris,
Also see you bought the yellow version.
So your dealer had the soft top already available. Is this going to be easy to install?? Constructed well??
THX,
Jaime |
Chris von Czoernig (Chrisvonc)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 10:36 am: |
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Actually, here in the US, the soft top is a additional Kit option and we are still waiting for ours to come in. If you are wondering, yes you have to remove the rear bars to get the top off. In fact, if you dont plan putting a little roof rack up there, you can just run without them.
Chris von C. |
James F. Thompson Jaime (Blueboy)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 12:01 pm: |
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Excellent news on the roof bars and yes, that was my next question! lol.
Was there any negotiation room on the price??
THX |
Chris von Czoernig (Chrisvonc)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 01:15 pm: |
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Not really, we went in with X-Plan pricing to start with so we could not try to beat them up more. |
James F. Thompson Jaime (Blueboy)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 01:16 pm: |
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Ok. THX for the info.
Jaime |
Gil Stevens (Gil)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 05:46 pm: |
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Chris,
We got our SE3 roof off without removing the bars. You just have to be extra careful, there is maybe 1/2" of clearance if you lift it up and slide it sideways thru the bars. It took us 4 people to do it, but the bars never came off. fwiw.. |
Chris von Czoernig (Chrisvonc)
| | Posted on Friday, December 13, 2002 - 07:25 am: |
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We had myself and my buddy trying to do it with another salesguy and my wife supervising. I guess we could have done it but it was misty raining and didnt want to break something on our 2nd day of owning it. LOL
After our failed attempt at trying the "quicker" way, we looked in the owners manual and found they recommend removing the luggage bars. We will just wait until our soft top comes in.
Chris von C. |
Chris von Czoernig (Chrisvonc)
| | Posted on Friday, December 13, 2002 - 06:01 pm: |
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Gil.. did you get the soft top kit yet? My dealer just emailed me the pricing for it and its INSANELY high. |
CJ SZPILA (Crash05)
| | Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 12:24 pm: |
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How much is the soft top kit, if you don't mind me asking?? |
Jaime (Blueboy)
| | Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 12:33 pm: |
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if memory serves me well, think it was like U$1,800 or so.
Jaime |
John Moore (Jmoore)
| | Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 12:51 pm: |
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I saw a yellow one 3 door at my dealer recently. I too like it better than the 5 door. I don't remember if it was leather or not... It appeared to have more exposed metal inside than the four door version.
Ouch $1800 for a soft top! That's like 7% of the total sticker!
-John |
Chris von Czoernig (Chrisvonc)
| | Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 03:36 pm: |
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According to a Ford/Land Rover press release, the soft top is listed at $850. |
Wannabe
| | Posted on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 06:33 pm: |
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US$1800 for the softop?
When the 3 door Freelander was released in Australia in 1998 it came with soft top only. If you wanted the hard top it was a US$3300.00 option. In those days there were no roof bars standard. They were an option as well. |
Jaime (Blueboy)
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| | Posted on Sunday, February 09, 2003 - 12:31 pm: |
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makes much more sense at U$850 Chris. musta added another figure to it!!
Jaime |
Jay Martin (Blue_jay)
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Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 01:26 am: |
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I have a Monte Carlo Blue SE3 that is about 4 weeks old. I love it. I also have the soft top. It's a very nice option once you know how to work it! A little tough to put on the first time.
This car is much more fun than the Disco and you can whip it around corners better.
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Todd W. McLain (Ganryu)
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Post Number: 157
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 03:51 am: |
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"and you can whip it around corners better."
There's something I never thought I'd here a Land Rover owner say. |
Chris Browne (Chris_browne)
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Post Number: 228
Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 18, 2003 - 07:38 pm: |
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Love the little SE3 dam its almost cute
BTW, to protect the hard top while removing it, put those split foam pipe insulators on the rails |
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