This one goes out to Peter at Lincoln Landrover in Port Lincoln South Australia.
Enduring a problem with Puma making a loud whistling noise under load whilst towing the van had us thinking the ‘broken turbo’ worst. Not the Toyota all over again! We put up with it for about 1500km trying to get a Landrover contact to look at it as our trip progressed.
Initially we heard about Peter in Port Lincoln from a friend who was aware of him years ago. We stopped at the museum in Willmington to ask for a referral as we knew the bloke there was a Defender tragic. He told us that Peter was no longer in business. The web results confirmed this position as well.
G made a few calls on the way to Port Augusta and landed a contact for Lincoln Landrover. It was just a mobile number, yet it was all we needed. Peter was indeed in business. He was in the centre of Port Lincoln and he could fit us in the next day easily.
Our subsequent visit revealed a really decent, knowledgeable man who clearly knew his Landrovers backwards. He checked out our issue, could not find anything, assured us it was nothing to worry about and ended up not charging us as he had not fixed anything.
This level of decency is largely non existent today. Go look him up when you are in Port Lincoln. Decent fella, fantastic service.