Sorry to hear you damaged your new car, I ended scuffing a wheel when I pulled off the road to let a snow plough past to do his job, luckily 2 hours with my electric polisher and very mild cutting compound removed the scratches.
My main query is back to your vacuum pump failure, did you have any indication that the braking was not as you'd expect leading up to the complete fail. Also what engine do you have in your RR as the braking system appears to be a lower standard and size of components in the TD6 than in the TDV8. My new Nov 2017 TD6 with 5,000 miles on it really concerns me at how much pressure I have to put on the brake pedal to bring it top a stop even what would be gentle braking coming up behind traffic at a roundabout has me completing a near emergency stop I'm constantly in fear of a rear end bump. I have informed Land Rover as to my concerns but as there is no actual failure they just think I'm used to Porsche standard of braking as I came from a Cayenne which is not really an answer.
I had the Vacuum assist go on my Jaguar S type a few years ago and pulled up the electric handbrake lever to stop an accident at a roundabout.
Good luck with compensation from LR
Paul Journey started in a LR2B at 16 and has incl. just about every Land Rover, Disco, RRS and Range Rover Vehicle owned or driven, I even worked for the company when it was owned by BAe - It must be a madness!!! because to add to my 4.4 TDV8 Westminister In Baltic Blue I bought a second L322 as a commuter bus, TD6 2004 Vogue in Oslo Blue with cream leather now both gone replaced with what could turn out to be my biggest mistake. Carpathian Grey ivory interior 3.0 tdv6 Autobiog. 2017
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