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| If this is not your braai spot on the weekend, don't get a Landy. |
AFTER 20 years selling used cars at SMG’s BMW franchise in
Pietermartizburg, Alan Neave is moving a few hundred metres down the road to
sell Land Rover, still for the SMG stable.
Asked what his advice is for aspiring Beemer or Landy owners, Neave
offered some unconventional wisdom: “If you don’t intend to embrace the
lifestyle that comes with these brands, rather just take a taxi to get to point
B.”
Neave is not just punting the brands he sells, but practising what
he preaches.
He owns a battered old Defender that has been to the top of most
hills around Maritzburg and further afield and is keen to lead expeditions to
all the hidden delights around KZN’s capital.
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| Alan Neave. |
“After a house and education, a car is the biggest financial outlay
most people have. And I believe that the wheels you are paying so much money
for, must make you smile each time you drive them, and of course you must make
the effort to either go to a track to experience for yourself the BMW’s
fantastic handling, or offroad to see why Land Rover lays claim to be the best
4x4xfar.”
He said the Land Rover dealer in town will soon also be the local
Jaguar headquarters, and invites people who want to get add quality to their
lives to go test drive the new Jaguar F-Pace SUV when the showroom opens in
2017.
As for Land Rover, Neave predicts demand for the discontinued
Defender will continue unabated, which is why used models are already holding
their value so well. Wheels can
recommend to anyone who want to embrace live to pay Neave a visit.
