Current Range Rover

[swisstoni]

I'm presently deciding whether to buy a new V8 diesel RR or Cayenne V8 diesel.

Now that the current RR has been out for a while I'd be interested in any thoughts or advice from owners. I haven't even test driven one yet but after a bit of research it seems to be a great car. I read something about a keyless entry glitch a few pages back, so that's the sort of thing I'd like to know more about.

Cheers.



Edited to remove so many uses of the word 'currently' !!

Edited by swisstoni on Monday 26th January 16:28

[swisstoni]

I'm going to be test driving RR and Cayenne soon. We had a brief ride in a new base spec Cayenne the other day and the ride and ambience were rotten. My 13 year old French jalopy felt like a Phantom afterwards.
I think the RR will win us over but I'm going to gave the Cayenne a good shot and try out a well specced one next time.

Previous incarnations of the RR were plagued with unreliability moans from owners on here. I know it's early days but you guys have had decent reliability so far by the sound of it.
The Cayenne also had a few issues years ago but they seem to be rock solid these days - at least I can't find many gripes from owners.

[swisstoni]

Thanks for the links to the owners forums. I can see ignorance was bliss for me in this case.
PH is my only forum really; when you are into TVRs there's no need to look anywhere else.
I've lived a sheltered life

[swisstoni]

Right, we've got a RR and RRS test drive booked for Tuesday and a Cayenne with a proper suspension for Thursday next week.
I thought we'd give the RRS a go for due diligence. Didn't like previous incarnations of the RRS but this one seems ok. Now has same towing cap as the RR too.

Had a bit of fun reading the forums - seems like RR drivers look down their noses at RRS drivers.

[swisstoni]

Well, just to round this off, I put a deposit on a new RR SDV8 Autobiography today. Thanks for sharing your impressions.

Edited by swisstoni on Friday 13th February 15:23

[swisstoni]

Discount ??

[swisstoni]

I'm picking mine up this week; not feeling too optimistic after all the tales of woe. What would you say to look for on initial inspection?

[swisstoni]

Just for balance, I have been reading up on Porsche recently and they have an abysmal recent record.
Certain s/h dealers simply won't touch some model years.

[swisstoni]

Our current 'plan' is to keep it for a couple of years while residuals are still ok and then bale out before it nosedives. What could possibly go wrong !

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Fun Bus said:

grand cherokee said:

if you want to read a real horror story of a brand new RR have a look on the 'fullfat' forum and the US owner!

I've had a look and can't find it - any pointers, please?

If that's the one about the 'rattle' it seems like the US dealership was a bit hopeless. Virtually took the interior apart only to find that the 'rattle' was generated by a fault with the infotainment system and was coming from a speaker.

[swisstoni]

I thought I'd round this thread off with a picture of my new truck. Thanks for all who contributed. I await the first signs of bork but as for now it's behaving itself. Fit and finish perfect.

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EdJ said:

swisstoni said:

I thought I'd round this thread off with a picture of my new truck. Thanks for all who contributed. I await the first signs of bork but as for now it's behaving itself. Fit and finish perfect.

Looks fantastic! And how refreshing to see one without the ubiquitous blacked out rear windows. Must admit I'm tempted to go for one like this next time. Can you spec rear window blinds like you get on Audis / Mercs?

Cheers. I was never going to go for the blacked out windows because I don't like the look either. I must admit I was thinking that the blinds were standard with the pano roof but (after going over the brochure with a fine tooth comb again) it seems they are only standard on the LWB with pano roof. Bit of an oversight IMHO.

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Yes the snob in me wishes they weren't on the Evoque etc but, of the largest wheels available, these are the ones that appealed the most. And I'm sure that smaller wheels are better for all sorts of reasons but big wheels look so damn good and I'm a sucker for looks.

[swisstoni]

I had the same experience with my 10 year old. I have a couple of TVRs that you might think he'd be interested in but, at least for now, he's not really. He likes them per se, but doesn't like the experience of actually travelling in them (what have I brought into the world ).
But I can't get him out of the RR. He even likes sitting in the back seat again. He loves the gadgets and the customisability and the height.
I suppose we have always had stone-age cars comparatively and this one appeals to the modern kid.

[swisstoni]

I got mine in 8 weeks - build slot was allocated for a VIP event that didn't get a taker (or something like that). Each dealer will have an allocation so you can't really say what the overall lead time is - the build spec can be changed up to about 6 weeks before it comes down the production line.