Forty Deuce
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They aren't lying, they are just doing business in a lawsuit-happy marketplace. From Land Rover's perspective, if you do get hurt in a side impact collision after removing those boards in your garage despite their warnings, you can only blame yourself and your lawyer can't go after them or their dealers, which is why they stamp "Do not remove or you'll die!" all over those contraptions and all dealers will tell you that removing those life saving sliders is impossible and/or will cause the vehicle to fall apart like Jenga. If they even hinted that it was possible to remove them, someone would sue them, like, tomorrow morning for attempted ******, emotional distress and who-knows what else. That's the way things work in the United States.
It's sad but true. When I was ordering my LR4 the salesman pointed out several options that are specifically not permitted on US import versions. Wade sensing, front infotainment TV viewing for the passenger, a heater of some kind that can operate without the engine running (never even HEARD of such a thing!), so on and so forth. Why you may ask? The fear of American civil litigation. Freaking lawyers ruin everything!
He even told me there was, at one point, a non-air suspension version of the LR4 (Discovery 4 really) made for non-US markets but he wasn't sure if that was still current and in what markets they were made available. Of course, the one thing I badly wish I could've had on my LR4...a Diesel engine.