Best value 'new shape' Range Rover Sport
Discussion
I have been driving a 435d for the last couple of years. Everything you could want in a car IMO for what I needed for which is longer journeys mostly motorway with the exception of space.
I needed more space as I'm carrying a lot of gear to customer sites etc so I impulse bought a 2007 RRS TDV8 and I like it a surprising amount. Bought with an 18 month warranty which was handy after it left me stranded on the M60 in rush hour after the alternator died, it was fixed and my brother, a mechanic, has said it's in excellent condition and has been well looked after. However, in the back of my mind I'm worrying about catastrophic problems putting 25,000 a year on it, and often being the other side of the country.
I still found myself picking the keys for it up in the morning, even when not needing to carry things. So I've decided to ditch the BMW and upgrade the Range Rover.
I've preferred the Sport to the FFRR in all shapes, and I've been looking at the later older shape Sports such as this... http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/l...
However, seems an awful lot of money to upgrade what I have now which is probably worth £12k max.
How much more do I have to spend to get into the later shape? Things I should avoid? Things I should definitely be looking for? I know next to nothing about the later shape, which is marginally less than I know about the shape I have now.
Looks like pushing into the £40's gets you into a higher mileage example http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/l...
Am I pushing my luck? Wouldn't want to go much higher than this.
I needed more space as I'm carrying a lot of gear to customer sites etc so I impulse bought a 2007 RRS TDV8 and I like it a surprising amount. Bought with an 18 month warranty which was handy after it left me stranded on the M60 in rush hour after the alternator died, it was fixed and my brother, a mechanic, has said it's in excellent condition and has been well looked after. However, in the back of my mind I'm worrying about catastrophic problems putting 25,000 a year on it, and often being the other side of the country.
I still found myself picking the keys for it up in the morning, even when not needing to carry things. So I've decided to ditch the BMW and upgrade the Range Rover.
I've preferred the Sport to the FFRR in all shapes, and I've been looking at the later older shape Sports such as this... http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/l...
However, seems an awful lot of money to upgrade what I have now which is probably worth £12k max.
How much more do I have to spend to get into the later shape? Things I should avoid? Things I should definitely be looking for? I know next to nothing about the later shape, which is marginally less than I know about the shape I have now.
Looks like pushing into the £40's gets you into a higher mileage example http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/l...
Am I pushing my luck? Wouldn't want to go much higher than this.
Edited by AB on Tuesday 28th February 05:27
cayman-black said:
loafer123 said:
For your price point, it is a no-brainer to get what I have - a Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit.
90% as good as the RRS, more kit and half the price second hand.
Mine is probably the most complete package I have ever had in a car and, 32k miles in, I am a very happy customer.
Hmmm. Nice.90% as good as the RRS, more kit and half the price second hand.
Mine is probably the most complete package I have ever had in a car and, 32k miles in, I am a very happy customer.
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