RE: The Brave Pill: Range Rover Supercharged

RE: The Brave Pill: Range Rover Supercharged

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anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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I know the 'Brave Pill' feature hasn't been going long but I have owned:

W208 CLK55 (was a daily driver)
Porsche 928 S2
TVR Chimaera

I currently run a 2006 Supercharged Range Rover as my daily driver/station car and I love it. Am I doing this wrong or right? smile

lord trumpton

7,320 posts

125 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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I'm just wondering if PH makes contact with the vendor of these car adverts; the one who has paid PH to advertise it before they use the advert in such means?

Essentially 'The Brave Pill' feature completely shreds the vehicle that they are trying to sell and possibly alienates off any potential buyers.

I know if it were my vehicle that was featured in a 'don't buy one of these as they are a wallet hoover' type threads I'd be pretty miffed tbh.




Roger Irrelevant

2,898 posts

112 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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only1ian said:
I had a 2006 manufactured one I ran for 18 months. Nothing went wrong except the CD player wouldnt read discs. A later 2010 model I also owned had the same issue. I sold the first car for a £3k profit and the second for a £2k loss. So I think either i was lucky or they aren’t as bad as people say!

I didn't realise the rollover angle was quite so good on these. Seriously though, hats off to you for taking the plunge on one of these and getting away with it, I'm perennially tempted but just don't have the cojones. It's not so much the fact that it'll probably cost a lot to keep running, it's the unpredictability of when it may leave me in the lurch that puts me off.

eltax91

9,842 posts

205 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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lord trumpton said:
I'm just wondering if PH makes contact with the vendor of these car adverts; the one who has paid PH to advertise it before they use the advert in such means?

Essentially 'The Brave Pill' feature completely shreds the vehicle that they are trying to sell and possibly alienates off any potential buyers.

I know if it were my vehicle that was featured in a 'don't buy one of these as they are a wallet hoover' type threads I'd be pretty miffed tbh.
But at the same time pointing the ad out to a truck load of people who wouldn’t have otherwise seen it and perhaps one of them reads the fanboys in the thread and picks up the phone to the seller....

borat52

559 posts

207 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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Have an early BMW V8 in the family. Bought it with gearbox replaced and an LPG kit. In the first 15 months of ownership its needed new brake lines due to corrosion, a new airbag and an absolute pig of an oil leak sorted. Total bills about £3k.

It was however cheap to buy and is an absolute pleasure to drive even as a 15 year old car.

phlap

563 posts

251 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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Ace-T said:
Pah, call that a brave pill? You youngsters don't know what you are on about. Come tell me about the size of your pills when you have had one of these PLUS a BMW 750, a Bentley Turbo R and a TVR Chimaera at the same time,

This was our sensible daily snotter hehe

It was awesome!
Well Mrs Phlap has been running a L322 (a TDV8 3.6 admittedly) for 3 years and 60k miles and it's been fine. No buts and ifs really and just servicing and consumables. Agree with the sentiment to get a decent Indy to look after it. Maybe we are just lucky as I have a decently reliable Chim 500 as well.
(Having posted this I now expect both to spontaneously combust by teatime! yikes)

T1CHS

148 posts

176 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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In the last 2 years I’ve driven 56k miles in a 2010 TDV8..... now on 152k miles
Only required regular servicing, tyres and an alternator. Averaged 27.8 mpg.
Don’t believe all the doom mongerers. I wouldn’t run anything else as an everyday car.
Brilliant!!!!!

QuartzDad

2,229 posts

121 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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"while many owners suspect that the L322'ss air suspension system is actually lubricated with £50 notes"

I chortled a lot, well played.

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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I like and hate these in equal measure.

A relative has one. But he also has a garage, fully stocked with parts, trained mechanics, an mot centre and only lives 100 yards away to get home.

I think I'll be a square and buy a Land Cruiser.

nicfaz

430 posts

229 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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T1CHS said:
In the last 2 years I’ve driven 56k miles in a 2010 TDV8..... now on 152k miles
Only required regular servicing, tyres and an alternator. Averaged 27.8 mpg.
Don’t believe all the doom mongerers. I wouldn’t run anything else as an everyday car.
Brilliant!!!!!
How the hell do you get 27.8mpg?! I have a '07 TDV8 and can't get it above 22.8!

T1CHS

148 posts

176 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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nicfaz said:
How the hell do you get 27.8mpg?! I have a '07 TDV8 and can't get it above 22.8!
My 07 only averaged 25.2 doing the same sort of journeys/mileage...... but fairly reliable as well!!!!

Jer_1974

1,497 posts

192 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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T1CHS said:
In the last 2 years I’ve driven 56k miles in a 2010 TDV8..... now on 152k miles
Only required regular servicing, tyres and an alternator. Averaged 27.8 mpg.
Don’t believe all the doom mongerers. I wouldn’t run anything else as an everyday car.
Brilliant!!!!!
Had a 2010 TDV8 for six years bought with 60k and done 60k. Not much gone wrong with it. Paid £32,000 and now probably worth less than £10k. Great value and still fantastic to drive. Keep looking at L405's but can't see much more value in them.

soad

32,825 posts

175 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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chasethesun said:
Forgot to mention:
The weight of it means that it chews through tires, discs and pads. And they are not cheap!
I can only imagine.

Bellini

768 posts

150 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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Chewing through tyres, discs and pads is a misnomer.

My 4.2SC doesn’t chew through any of those things and replacement Genuine parts aren’t that expensive if bought from recognised parts suppliers and reputable dealers.

I find that, although my example has more than LR intended due to a modified supercharger pulley and remap, I drive it rather sedately. Driven with restraint and in recignition that these models don’t do corners terribly well, they can still be hustled along briskly without making much of a fuss.

Their forte is straight-line acceleration..Overtaking, especially. Motorway journeys are almost effortless.

Bumbling about between towns and villages, flicking between speed limits with the twitch of right foot and sat high enough to see past most cars is something I take for granted until driving one of our other cars.

I’ve owned mine since 2013 and it’s just clocked 110,000 miles. Our W210 E55 is faster and my 1971 Mach 1 Mustang far more theatrical, but nothing beats the day-to-day practicality and enjoyment of driving the SC.

Cold

15,207 posts

89 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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soad said:
chasethesun said:
Forgot to mention:
The weight of it means that it chews through tires, discs and pads. And they are not cheap!
I can only imagine.
A quick browse of eBay finds a set of front discs and pads suitable for the Brembo equipped cars for under £100 from a reputable supplier. Yes, it is possible to pay more but you don't have to.

(eBay item number: 272730161923)

Bazza79

35 posts

148 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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I'm currently running a 2007 facelift supercharged. I adore it. There really is nothing quite like wafting around in it on a daily basis. Everybody knows these cars aren't cheap to run. However at the price you pay to buy a good used one and maintain it - there really is nothing comparable in terms of the experience and pleasure driving it gives.

We've done just over 20k in ours in the last three years and spent £6.3k on maintenance. We also run a Porsche 996 C4S which has similar costs and I've had an BMW M cars with similar running costs, so I don't think it's too criminal? Ok you can probably lease something inferior at a similar 'cost', but you won't own it or be able to cash out of it at any stage if you need to.

We get an average of 14mpg but the majority of that is local suburban mileage at rush hour so to be expected. We have done a few runs over to France and from London to Glasgow which is where it really comes into it's own as luxury family wagon - arrive 12hrs later feeling fresh. My biggest bug bear is that it's a magnet for car parking dings due to the sheer size.

Find a good Indy and get them to do an inspection on any prospective purchase. If you're really that paranoid about maintenance, if you buy a post 2009 car you'll still be able to get an independent warranty. Get over to https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/index.php as it's a brilliant ownership resource.

We will buy change to an L405 model at some point, but the way the current one is running, that will be a long way off!

Tim16V

418 posts

181 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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That was a really well written piece - facts and humour properly intertwined and it all really flowed. Super!

The Moose

22,820 posts

208 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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rofl

If that requires a brave pill, I think this requires the whole damn bottle!



223k miles with NO paperwork/invoices etc from a Facebook "Dealer".

CDP

7,454 posts

253 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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The Moose said:
rofl

If that requires a brave pill, I think this requires the whole damn bottle!



223k miles with NO paperwork/invoices etc from a Facebook "Dealer".
Brave and colourblind...

K50 DEL

9,227 posts

227 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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CDP said:
Brave and colourblind...
Funny you say colourblind.. I'm actively in the market for an RRS at the moment and paired with a black interior that exterior colour scheme would be right at the top of my list... sadly almost everything I'm looking at is either black or grey.