RE: Farewell Range Rover

RE: Farewell Range Rover

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2manycars

2,735 posts

177 months

Friday 31st August 2012
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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 DID sell my Aston for one of these!!!!

Well i replaced it with the FFRR and a Bentley. Never really gave the Aston another thought to be honest. I also spent some time with the DBS (which i see is what you're currently running).
I found it to be very temper(mental) biggrin , very very front nose heavy and it did occasionally like to understeer. A nice car to own if i do say so myself, however given the choice, i'd stick with the Range.

As i previously commented, i bought a Defender 90 as i was messing up the Range Rover too much and the wife wasn't happy.
I too do a lot of shooting and thought that the Defender would be the perfect vehicle, it's not.
The Range Rover carries me and my three friends in total comfort, fully loaded, and it never fails to deliver.

It truly is a piece of engineering royalty.

Aeroresh

1,429 posts

231 months

Friday 31st August 2012
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2manycars said:
I DID sell my Aston for one of these!!!!

Well i replaced it with the FFRR and a Bentley. Never really gave the Aston another thought to be honest. I also spent some time with the DBS (which i see is what you're currently running).
I found it to be very temper(mental) biggrin , very very front nose heavy and it did occasionally like to understeer. A nice car to own if i do say so myself, however given the choice, i'd stick with the Range.
Lol, I sold my FFRR for an Aston!

Having said that it only took a few months to see the error of my ways and buy another smile

2manycars

2,735 posts

177 months

Friday 31st August 2012
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Aeroresh said:
2manycars said:
I DID sell my Aston for one of these!!!!

Well i replaced it with the FFRR and a Bentley. Never really gave the Aston another thought to be honest. I also spent some time with the DBS (which i see is what you're currently running).
I found it to be very temper(mental) biggrin , very very front nose heavy and it did occasionally like to understeer. A nice car to own if i do say so myself, however given the choice, i'd stick with the Range.
Lol, I sold my FFRR for an Aston!

Having said that it only took a few months to see the error of my ways and buy another smile
Haha, I did enjoy the Aston but it can only do one thing really well, and that's go fast. Unfortunately nowadays, the BIB are just waiting for you to squeeze that throttle.
Since i bought the Range Rover i've had a fair few fast cars yet i always make a beeline for the RR!!!!!

Bezza1969

777 posts

147 months

Friday 31st August 2012
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Range Rovers are wonderful vehicles and the very best of british, but living where I do, I come across too many aholes driving RR Sports badly and aggressively and so this has tarnished the brand for me. I guess this is perhaps where the likes of Dave Hedgehog are coming from..

As a Kid the original RR was my favourite, favourite car...just a shame they got so popular with the new money, out of my way, brigade....

HowMuchLonger

3,003 posts

192 months

Friday 31st August 2012
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Bezza1969 said:
just a shame they got so popular with the new money, out of my way, brigade....
Sorry that can't all be born into old money.

Jem0911

4,415 posts

200 months

Friday 31st August 2012
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I still miss mine every journey.
Great car.

AWDC off road day.

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

202 months

Friday 31st August 2012
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Jem0911 said:
I still miss mine every journey.
Great car.

AWDC off road day.
I think that looks great!

DonkeyApple

54,915 posts

168 months

Friday 31st August 2012
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scarble said:
Aww don't be like that hunny bunny! I still think you're sweet as sugar smile
That's nice to know, but I don't think you'd like the restaraunts I go to or the car we would drive there in. wink

whoami

13,151 posts

239 months

Friday 31st August 2012
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DonkeyApple said:
scarble said:
Aww don't be like that hunny bunny! I still think you're sweet as sugar smile
That's nice to know, but I don't think you'd like the restaraunts I go to or the car we would drive there in. wink
Poor show.

DonkeyApple

54,915 posts

168 months

Friday 31st August 2012
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whoami said:
Poor show.
All the right letters, just not necessarily in the right order. smile.

scarble

5,277 posts

156 months

Sunday 2nd September 2012
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DonkeyApple said:
That's nice to know, but I don't think you'd like the restaraunts I go to or the car we would drive there in. wink
What makes you say that? I'm not a fussy eater and my feelings on the RR I've already made clear.. or you could take me in the Trevor yes
ETA: Wait.. a Typhon?

Edited by scarble on Sunday 2nd September 12:40

godzilla84

148 posts

179 months

Sunday 9th September 2012
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I'm unlikely to be in the position to buy a "new" range rover but I would like to own an L322 in the future. Preferably one of the later ones but with the earlier styling. Like Harris said, I could also see a market for an "underfinch" kind of conversion. I am a fan of many of the styling cues on the later L322's but i just prefer the older style.

However, you cant beat the "classic" shape and I would like to try something like this http://www.daurperformance.de/galerie/sally/ using an L322 instead of a td5 discovery as a base but keep the exterior looking as original is possible.

Just my opinion.Please dont judge me too harshly.

ffhard

237 posts

127 months

Sunday 4th August 2013
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Late into to this one I know but I only just came across it.
I've owned three Range Rovers in my time, all mid to late 70's ones. 3.5 Carburreted engines, hose-out interiors and all that sort of stuff. They would go anywhere you wanted to take them, simple as that. If you hit something you pushed it out the way and carried on. OK, I do live in very rural area and these things, all battered and dented as they were, kept people going. Second hand they cost peanuts and even the fuel consumption wasn't that big a deal because they never went far.

But now I don't know what a Range Rover is. Is it a luxury car? Is it an off-roader? Is it nothing but a status symbol? Is it just a way of throwing shed loads of money away because you've got nothing better to do with it?

What I am sure of though is that I would never buy one now and treat it the way I grew up thinking that Rangies should be treated. All the ones I meet in local lanes these days won't even pull over for me in case they scratch the paintwork. I used to just bury it's nose in the hedge to make space!

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 4th August 2013
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ffhard said:
Is it a luxury car? Is it an off-roader?
It's both and always has been. Question answered. smile

Siscar

6,315 posts

128 months

Sunday 4th August 2013
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It's the car that is simply the best you can buy for the majority of things you may need a car for.

My new one is due in September smile

andy ted

1,284 posts

264 months

Sunday 4th August 2013
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a couple of nice shots of Berkhamsted high street there! Should have got some in its more natural habitat of Waitrose car park and school pick up time wink