I still don’t get why we have fallen head over heels for yet another American fad. By its very nature it’s totally compromised; too big to do anything meaningful off road, especially with road tyres, and too big to do anything meaningful on road. I could see a point for the original Range Rover but that is no longer a utility vehicle and all these other monstrosities it has spawned are just willy wavers in a “who can p!ss highest up the wall” competition. It’s a load of bolloxcs.
Range Rover I hear u cry...., tomorrow I am due to pick up one of the most stunning cars I’ve set eyes on in many a year......even though I haven't actually seen it in the flesh. I will be willy waving and pissing up many walls cos you’re talking bollox. A suv has as much a place on the road as a sports car......where limits negate the need for a sports car.It’s a pig. I still don’t get why we have fallen head over heels for yet another American fad. By its very nature it’s totally compromised; too big to do anything meaningful off road, especially with road tyres, and too big to do anything meaningful on road. I could see a point for the original Range Rover but that is no longer a utility vehicle and all these other monstrosities it has spawned are just willy wavers in a “who can p!ss highest up the wall” competition. It’s a load of bolloxcs.
It's about an inch longer than the RR, but is lower and narrower, so it's a lot smaller inside.Oh, I quite like it, but it's massive. Bigger than a Range Rover.
I don't think your dislike is irrational but rational for the reasons you've stated.Like many, I have an admittedly irrational dislike of SUVs. I too think they are unnecessary for most, overweight, slow, inefficient on fuel, to big for car parks etc etc and are mostly purchased for the style.....However, many similar criticisms could be levelled at many sportscars, many of which suffer the same inherent problems but are even less practical. Buying a Maserati or any other similarly indulgent car can easily be criticised for many of the same reasons however it is the SUV that seems to get petrolheads most upset. Perhaps it's because we are inherently sceptical and annoyed by the Sports element of the name and the marketing of them as a sports car and 4x4 in one. Either way I am coming round the the feeling that the person in a SUV is no more mistaken or correct in their purchase than I am about any of my cars.
Don't worry on this occasion he speaks sense.Oh my. I do believe I agree with Benny!
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It's about an inch longer than the RR, but is lower and narrower, so it's a lot smaller inside.
I think it looks okay from the side, but I'm not keen on the front or back.
It'll obviously outperform the RR in terms of sportiness, but that's not why I've got a Rangie. To drive the RR in a sporty fashion is to miss the point entirely. And it annoys the other guns (and foul) if you tear up to a shoot arrival in a blaze of mud and dust!
Still worrying thoughDon't worry on this occasion he speaks sense.
Still wafting around in your old one. I totally get them now.It's about an inch longer than the RR, but is lower and narrower, so it's a lot smaller inside.
I think it looks okay from the side, but I'm not keen on the front or back.
It'll obviously outperform the RR in terms of sportiness, but that's not why I've got a Rangie. To drive the RR in a sporty fashion is to miss the point entirely. And it annoys the other guns (and foul) if you tear up to a shoot arrival in a blaze of mud and dust!
Range Rover I hear u cry...., tomorrow I am due to pick up one of the most stunning cars I’ve set eyes on in many a year......even though I haven't actually seen it in the flesh. I will be willy waving and pissing up many walls cos you’re talking bollox. A suv has as much a place on the road as a sports car......where limits negate the need for a sports car.
Range Rover I hear u cry...., tomorrow I am due to pick up one of the most stunning cars I’ve set eyes on in many a year......
So now if you buy a SUV size matters? Doesn’t that apply to sports cars in equal doses? Size and the new Qp go hand in hand don’t they? As for status etc.....similar too I would have thought. Unfortunately I’m passed middle age but remain fortunately unfat.Ah, you must be one of the brainwashed masses to whom size matters. Why have a normal car that fits in a normal parking space when you can have a European main battle tank that doesn’t? Ah yes, the perceived status of such a monstrosity that usually attracts WAGs and fat middle aged men. What does an SUV do better than a Subaru Forester for example? F*ck all is the correct answer but I don't expect you to give it. Btw, what is this most stunning of cars you have spunked your hard earned on? You forgot to say, so am I to assume you are too embarrassed to tell us?