Discussion
bigblock said:
I took delivery of my P530 LWB Autobiography a couple of weeks ago. LR flew me down to Birmingham for their Handover Experience at Solihull which I thoroughly enjoyed, off road driving, factory tour, lovely lunch and very glitzy new car reveal which I won't go into detail about and spoil it for any new owners yet to experience it.
As mentioned previously I was aware the the new RR is a very stolen item but I had not given it much thought. In the evening as I was making the long drive home from collecting my car I pulled into motorway services on the M6. As I returned from the toilets I noticed a group of three men approach my parked car from a nearby van walk around it and then get back in the van. I got into my car and drove round to the petrol station and as I was filling the car the same van pulled up at the adjacent petrol pump and two of the men got out but did not attempt to put fuel in their van and for want of a better description looked very shady. I locked the car with the fob in my pocket, stopped filling up and quickly walked into the petrol station. I waited for quite some time until eventually the men got back in the van and drove off.
I am not a nervous person and there might be a perfectly logical explanation but the whole thing made me feel very uneasy and quite vulnerable. Not sure a petrol station forecourt is the best place to carjack someone but I certainly felt is was about to happen to me.
Anyway the new RR is a fantastic car and I am very happy with it but unfortunately I think its probably a bit more 'in your face' than I had realised. So I have decided to take advantage of the current inflated price on the used market and sell it back to the LR dealer. Their current offer is £15k profit plus £5k off a 6 month old Defender 90 V8. I think I will take the deal but probably regret it and then have to join the two year que for another Range Rover!!
Not to rain on your parade however i am pretty sure a defender would be just as desirable to thieves as a FFRR especially in v8 guise.As mentioned previously I was aware the the new RR is a very stolen item but I had not given it much thought. In the evening as I was making the long drive home from collecting my car I pulled into motorway services on the M6. As I returned from the toilets I noticed a group of three men approach my parked car from a nearby van walk around it and then get back in the van. I got into my car and drove round to the petrol station and as I was filling the car the same van pulled up at the adjacent petrol pump and two of the men got out but did not attempt to put fuel in their van and for want of a better description looked very shady. I locked the car with the fob in my pocket, stopped filling up and quickly walked into the petrol station. I waited for quite some time until eventually the men got back in the van and drove off.
I am not a nervous person and there might be a perfectly logical explanation but the whole thing made me feel very uneasy and quite vulnerable. Not sure a petrol station forecourt is the best place to carjack someone but I certainly felt is was about to happen to me.
Anyway the new RR is a fantastic car and I am very happy with it but unfortunately I think its probably a bit more 'in your face' than I had realised. So I have decided to take advantage of the current inflated price on the used market and sell it back to the LR dealer. Their current offer is £15k profit plus £5k off a 6 month old Defender 90 V8. I think I will take the deal but probably regret it and then have to join the two year que for another Range Rover!!
Edited by bigblock on Wednesday 19th October 01:51
andyxxx said:
Land Rover do seem to be targeted.
Is it because they are easier to steal or easier to dispose of?
They use to be easy to steal especially the keyless entry cars. Not sure what they do with them though. I know Audi and VW RS/R models are popular for jobs that require a quick get away which is often what they are stolen for but land rovers no idea.Is it because they are easier to steal or easier to dispose of?
WY86 said:
They use to be easy to steal especially the keyless entry cars. Not sure what they do with them though. I know Audi and VW RS/R models are popular for jobs that require a quick get away which is often what they are stolen for but land rovers no idea.
Range Rovers did go through a phase of being the ram-raiders' vehicle of choice, for obvious reasons!WY86 said:
Deranged Rover said:
Range Rovers did go through a phase of being the ram-raiders' vehicle of choice, for obvious reasons!
Ah makes sense, i always thought Shoguns will bull bars were the ram-raiders vehicle of choice. C Lee Farquar said:
ChocolateFrog said:
Parts and export you'd think.
But all new Range Rovers will be under warranty for a whileWY86 said:
you forget that there is quite a market for making older Range Rovers look like newer Range Rovers or turning a base exterior into a SVO exterior on the cheap.
There has been for older models but is anyone modifying the L405 to look like the L460? Do any bits fit?Bear in mind the thread direction comes from a new FFRR owner suggesting he might change to a Defender to avoid having it stolen.
cayman-black said:
I hate to say this but they just don't look right without privacy IMO, but hey each to their own still great whatever.
I completely disagree, despite having had 4 Land Rovers in a row with privacy glass. Thankfully, there appear to be more people who agree with you, so I've never had any problems selling them!My new L460 - if ever it arrives - will be my first spec'd without privacy glass, so great to see some others out there. I need to get used to the rear windows behind the rear doors, but broadly speaking, I like what I see.
How is anyone with an order getting on with indictated delivery times or build slots?
I received a call the other day that my original order D300 Autobiography placed on launch last year finally has a build slot of March.
Absolutely nothing about the 440e Autobiography order I made when that was launched in February, and the velocity blue i spec'd has been temporarily removed from the colour options.
Plug in hybrid, Autobiography and special colours are the ones they seem to be struggling to get out.
On a footnote, the RRS 510e launch edition we currently have is an absolute corker of a vehicle.
I received a call the other day that my original order D300 Autobiography placed on launch last year finally has a build slot of March.
Absolutely nothing about the 440e Autobiography order I made when that was launched in February, and the velocity blue i spec'd has been temporarily removed from the colour options.
Plug in hybrid, Autobiography and special colours are the ones they seem to be struggling to get out.
On a footnote, the RRS 510e launch edition we currently have is an absolute corker of a vehicle.
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