RE: Farewell Range Rover
Discussion
silvagod said:
Good detective skills! Around here they are mainly footballers, or something even worse...their wives 
Well I'm in the other part of the British Isles where the t
t ratio is maxed out in RRs so I can understand your 'general' view but I absolutely love these cars and due to the way I live my life most of the people I meet who drive them are just normal people who want a 4x4 and want British and genuine luxury. DonkeyApple said:
...people who want a 4x4 and want British and genuine luxury.
I bought mine because I wanted a 4x4 - we always get stuck here when it snows, and I just wanted the peace of mind a decently capable 4x4 would provide. I settled for the RR after having a good nosey around the entire Land Rover range - it was that or a Defender 110! I certainly didn't buy it for the pose value, I bought it because it's very capable, fairly quick for its size and very comfy. Other people's views of it didn't even cross my mind - I have to drive whatever I choose, so I bought a car that I liked and could live with.
Seems the RR is very much a "Marmite" kind of car - fine by me. The world would be a boring place if we all liked the same things. I just find it a bit odd that people who don't like it actually hate it with a passion simply because of the kind of people who drive it. There are quite a few cars I don't like and wouldn't touch with a bargepole, but loathe? No. And certainly, any cars I don't much like are judged on the basis of their lack of merits, not because they're driven by certain kinds of people.
I've had my L322 4.4 V8 Vogue for over two years now, what a car.
I used to have a P38 4.6 HSE when i was in my early twenties (late twenties now) and loved it to bits.
I do understand that there may be a certain stereotype who drives the 'Rangey' but then i find that sooooooo many drivers out there (usually hot hatches) do everything in their power to cut you up, overtake, undertake and try and stare you out.
I do quite a lot of off-roading in mine, the wife was getting annoyed that I never washed it after i used it. So, to keep the peace i bought a Defender 90 Hardtop.
Even though the 90 is an incredible machine, i'd still rather take the Range Rover, because in my eyes, it's a better machine.
This whole report has got my head spinning because i take delivery of my brand new 62 plate A6 S-lime Avant on saturday, i thought i'd be very exciting. Instead i'm sad because the Range Rover will be going some weeks/months later. It's got me thinking now that i should just keep it and justify running it.
If anyone on here knows my car history then they'll know that it's the car i've had the longest, and i now know the reason why. It's just sublime.
I used to have a P38 4.6 HSE when i was in my early twenties (late twenties now) and loved it to bits.
I do understand that there may be a certain stereotype who drives the 'Rangey' but then i find that sooooooo many drivers out there (usually hot hatches) do everything in their power to cut you up, overtake, undertake and try and stare you out.
I do quite a lot of off-roading in mine, the wife was getting annoyed that I never washed it after i used it. So, to keep the peace i bought a Defender 90 Hardtop.
Even though the 90 is an incredible machine, i'd still rather take the Range Rover, because in my eyes, it's a better machine.
This whole report has got my head spinning because i take delivery of my brand new 62 plate A6 S-lime Avant on saturday, i thought i'd be very exciting. Instead i'm sad because the Range Rover will be going some weeks/months later. It's got me thinking now that i should just keep it and justify running it.
If anyone on here knows my car history then they'll know that it's the car i've had the longest, and i now know the reason why. It's just sublime.
Trommel said:
Sport is basically a Discovery underneath, Evoque is basically a Freelander underneath; L322 has very little to do with either.
doh, of course it is. Was getting my 22 and 20 mixed up. Even odder then that the Disco and FullFat look so tall and narrow compared to the sport, sure it's more than just ride height and plastic archy bits.2manycars said:
I used to have a P38 4.6 HSE when i was in my early twenties (late twenties now) and loved it to bits.
I had one of the last P38 Vogue 4.6 V8s and absolutely loved it.I never fully appreciated quite how rapidly you could cover ground in a big 4x4 until a minor glitch with the Grffith main fuse (not immediately fixable) meant I had to take the Rangie to Le Mans. I actually dropped one of the slower, more cautious of our convoy on the autoroute. He was in a Griff 500. At 110 cruise you could actually see the fuel gauge moving.
It was also very usefull for doing the shopping run into Arnage.
Digga said:
I had one of the last P38 Vogue 4.6 V8s and absolutely loved it.
I never fully appreciated quite how rapidly you could cover ground in a big 4x4 until a minor glitch with the Grffith main fuse (not immediately fixable) meant I had to take the Rangie to Le Mans. I actually dropped one of the slower, more cautious of our convoy on the autoroute. He was in a Griff 500. At 110 cruise you could actually see the fuel gauge moving.
It was also very usefull for doing the shopping run into Arnage.
I never knew how good they were either until i got mine, it was a shock though because i had only turned 22 when i got mine.I never fully appreciated quite how rapidly you could cover ground in a big 4x4 until a minor glitch with the Grffith main fuse (not immediately fixable) meant I had to take the Rangie to Le Mans. I actually dropped one of the slower, more cautious of our convoy on the autoroute. He was in a Griff 500. At 110 cruise you could actually see the fuel gauge moving.
It was also very usefull for doing the shopping run into Arnage.
I think it was about 74.9 pence per litre for fuel back then and i'd still spend £100 per week running it.
I now spend about £120 a week on fuel for my L322
They truly are great cars, both the p38 and the L322. My brother has got the brand new sport yet he prefers mine for the load space, the sports are small in comparison.
2manycars said:
They truly are great cars, both the p38 and the L322. My brother has got the brand new sport yet he prefers mine for the load space, the sports are small in comparison.
Always thought that size-wise, overall, the Sport was the successor to the P38 - but yes, the boot's a tad smaller. It's also a shame they betstowed the Sport with that stty-hatchback boot, rather than the fantastically practical split tailgate of the P38/L322/Disco3.That said, I have a hankering for a late 2010 3.6 TDV8 RRS...
I have had 3 of these. The most recent one is a 4.4TDV8 Autobiography.
If I had to restrict myself to one car, I'd probably (whisper it) sell the Aston and keep the Rangie. It is just so capable and versatile. It can drive the family around in comfort, it can take stuff to the dump. It is a limo for arriving in style at posh events, it can take me and the dog up onto the moor to shoot. It also gets 25mpg.
The only thing you can't do is go fast.
If I had to restrict myself to one car, I'd probably (whisper it) sell the Aston and keep the Rangie. It is just so capable and versatile. It can drive the family around in comfort, it can take stuff to the dump. It is a limo for arriving in style at posh events, it can take me and the dog up onto the moor to shoot. It also gets 25mpg.
The only thing you can't do is go fast.
AstonZagato said:
The only thing you can't do is go fast.
And to be frank, certainly for large parts of my regular driving, you can't do quick even if you did feel so inclined. Christ, even when I'm using one of the work's Defenders progress is normally hindered by some numpty. As I said earlier in the thread, wafting is vastly under-rated!AstonZagato said:
I have had 3 of these. The most recent one is a 4.4TDV8 Autobiography.
If I had to restrict myself to one car, I'd probably (whisper it) sell the Aston and keep the Rangie. It is just so capable and versatile. It can drive the family around in comfort, it can take stuff to the dump. It is a limo for arriving in style at posh events, it can take me and the dog up onto the moor to shoot. It also gets 25mpg.
The only thing you can't do is go fast.
I'm on my third also a 4.4TDV8 Autobiography the only difference being I did sell the Aston because I wasn't using it. Day to day the RR is unbeatable, I've got a caterham for the track and one day I might get something else as well but I can't see me being without a RR for some years to come.If I had to restrict myself to one car, I'd probably (whisper it) sell the Aston and keep the Rangie. It is just so capable and versatile. It can drive the family around in comfort, it can take stuff to the dump. It is a limo for arriving in style at posh events, it can take me and the dog up onto the moor to shoot. It also gets 25mpg.
The only thing you can't do is go fast.
Digga said:
Wafting is vastly under-rated!
Abso-blooming-lutely!The Aston is like pulling on running spikes. Great fun, effective under certain circumstances but a bit impractical most of the time. You fell you need to get in, strap up, press on. It is very seldom that one can really stretch its legs.
The Rangie is like pulling on your favorite slippers. No need to prove anything, no intent. Just relax and do what you wanted to do. You're never in a hurry.
DonkeyApple said:
scarble said:
how the other half live!
Don't panic, honeybun. Plenty are used for collecting rent, collection money or drugs. 
I also seem to remember a Range Rover Sport specifically being mentioned, ferrying McD's to the family of the scrote who shot the student in Salford.
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