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Alan Anderson

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Like many others, I wanted rather than needed an off-roader but there’s something about them, not least that sense of all-weather security which is so reassuring during winter times. But I also appreciate their sheer usefulness. I was prepared to spend big (well, eight grand is to me) money on a Land Rover Discovery 3 – until I learned more about their unreliability. What sealed it for me, was when making a

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