Les Potts opened a 4,000ft2 facility with a fully equipped workshop for the service and repair of Land Rover Vehicles.
DECEMBER 2002
Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive became the first independent service centre in the world to purchase a Land Rover Testbook T4 diagnostic system.
JULY 2003
Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive purchased three new vehicle lifts, giving a total of five lifts including a Freelander friendly two post lift.
SEPTEMBER 2004
Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive subscribed to Land Rover’s GTR (Global Technical Reference). The GTR website provides 24-hour access to the full range of up to date technical information, special tools, diagnostic equipment and training material.
JULY 2005
Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive became the first independent Land Rover specialist in the world to receive the new Land Rover Vehicle Communication Module (VCM) and Worldwide Diagnostic System (WDS) software. This system upgrade supports all diagnostics on Range Rover Sport, Discovery 3 and future vehicles.
DECEMBER 2005
Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive purchased a specially adapted 2 post ramp for use with new Range Rover models. This gave us a total of six vehicle lifts capable of lifting all the current Land Rover model range safely and correctly.
JUNE 2006
Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive became the first independent Land Rover specialist in the world to purchase the latest Land Rover Diagnostic system. Integrated Diagnostic System (IDS) was at the cutting edge of vehicle diagnostics and gave Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive the same Diagnostic system as any Land Rover main dealer.
JUNE 2007
Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive purchased the full set of special tools from SPX, Land Rover’s main supplier of special tools and diagnostic systems. Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive was the first Land Rover independent service centre in the UK to have a complete and up to date set of Land Rover special tools.
NOVEMBER 2008
Throughout 2008 we invested in over 200 hours of training to ensure that we were kept up to date with all new developments within the Land Rover product range.
JULY 2010
Les Potts upgraded the Land Rover IDS diagnostic system to the Land Rover SDD symptom driven diagnostics system. SDD represents a leap forward in diagnostic technology for current vehicles, combining the ease of use and familiarity of previous diagnostic systems with an up to date and enhanced software.
DECEMBER 2010
Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive purchased Unit 21, Sandmere Road a premier 7,000ft2 independent Land Rover service and repair facility.
JANUARY 2011
Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive installed state of the art 3D camera 4 wheel alignment, data base driven air conditioning station, two additional vehicle lifts and tyre changing and balancing equipment.
JUNE 2011
Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive installed a state of the art Class VII extended wheel base automated MOT bay. This includes a 4 wheel drive friendly brake tester, 4 gas analyser , diesel smoke tester and a 5.2 ton 6100mm Bradbury 743VATL 4 post vehicle lift. We can now carry out MOTs on the full Land Rover product range in-house.
JULY 2011
Les Potts 4 Wheel Drive becomes the first in the UK to order the new Land Rover dealer standard Diagnostic platform from SPX. The CF-19 MK3 Panasonic Toughbook Laptop is the cutting edge in Land Rover diagnostics running the ‘state of the art’ SDD Symptom Driven Diagnostic system.
ALL OUR TECHNICIANS ARE LAND ROVER TRAINED. SERVICING YOUR LAND ROVER AT LES POTTS WILL NOT INVALIDATE YOUR 3 YEAR MANUFACTURER’S WARRANTY.