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Andy Jeff



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Land Rover Social Venture
Dunnow if this has been mentioned on here before but here goes!

Who has heard of the Land Rover Social Venture?

A while back I filled out some Land Rover questionnaire thing to do with a "Social Venture". Some time later I had an email saying I was through to the second stage. Today I had a phone call saying I had been 'Selected' and that I was invited to Solihull in February for the launch of "Talk Land Rover".

I don't really have any other details but did notice it had been touched on in the RRSport forum here:
http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/post359285.html

And the Disco3 forum here:
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic86374.html

Neither of which really help!

Any info or similar experiences would be helpful.

Andy.
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Yeah, I registered it for it through Facebook and got an email saying I was through to second stage and to give them a call. But after looking into it a bit more, it seems they just want Land Rover owners to help them to try to sell more vehicles, which I'm not really interested in. What's in it for me? Didn't seem a fat lot. I'm not spending my time basically working for Land Rover for free.

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Likewise. Got through, had two chasers and thought " hang on, I have enough interaction with marketing weasels without volunteering myself to do it for free!" 

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Post #187171 22nd Nov 2012 3:11pm
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I am signed up for this. It is being called Talk Landrover, and kicks off in Feb with a day in solihull where invitees meet at the factory, get shown around, and also get a free session at the LRE too. 2016 D4 HSE

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Andy Jeff



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Well, finally had the booking through for this. I'm attending on the 26th Feb with a hotel stop over on the night of the 25th (paid for by Land Rover). It looks like a packed event (time wise that is) with a factory tour, a Land Rover driving experience in the 'Jungle Track' and a Talk Land Rover workshop. I think I read somewhere that there were only 120 places spread over the 3 day event so we'll see what it's like and post back here afterwards.

If any of you guys on here are there on the same day, shout up and we can swap stories!

Andy.
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Will see you in the bar then Andy,, Monday evening,,

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Post #212377 19th Feb 2013 3:56pm
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I'm there Andy on the 26th also, plus a member or two from the full fat RR forum.

Really looking forward to it. 2016 D4 HSE

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Post #212482 19th Feb 2013 9:23pm
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Andy Jeff



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Carnations...hmm...maybe not, but I'm bound to be in the bar!

I understand there are 40 places each day. I guess there will be a few staying over night. The RR owners will look like successful business types, the Disco owners will look like successful business types with big families, the FL owners will look like people trying to be successful business types and the Defender owners will be a broad spectrum of society but will have signs of grease under their finger nails from a recent road side repair. However above all we'll all (hopefully) be Land Rover enthusiasts Very Happy

I was gonna nip out and visit my folks just off the M69 as its close, but I don't think I'll get there until 8 or 9pm so as mentioned the bar will be favorite!

See you there.

Andy.
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I am going tomorrow as well.
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Andy Jeff



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Well I made the hotel. Dinner first then the bar!

Andy.
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Andy Jeff wrote:
Well I made the hotel. Dinner first then the bar!

Andy.



Been there, done that. Bar is full ,, California F1, 75th 110 "Kermit", 50th Ann V8, 90 V8 Hybrid, 55 Series 1

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Andy Jeff



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The bar might be busy, but its got beer. Lets deal with the important stuff first!

Andy.
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Just back,, Interesting day,,,, All will be revealed on a few weeks,,

But a good day, worth the effort,, Good you meet you Andy California F1, 75th 110 "Kermit", 50th Ann V8, 90 V8 Hybrid, 55 Series 1

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Was a great day, always good having time watching defender being hammered together.
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Andy Jeff



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Really good day and good to meet some of you guys! Fantastic to go to the birthplace of the Defender...loved it!

Andy.
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