allandwf
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New boot straps and door cable fitted. A couple of rust spots at the rear to address next. Running well
Range Rover advice
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Wack61
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New boot straps and door cable fitted. A couple of rust spots at the rear to address next. Running well
Had the buffer out on it, came up well for 17 years old, wheels to do next
Wack61
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I don't miss the GR Yaris at all, I don't regret the 9 months I had with it, especially as it was basically a free car but it was the right time for it to go, the Toyota dealer that bought it still hasn't sold it despite offering low finance and free fuel
Things are changing financially for a lot of people so toys like the GR will be sold.
Things are changing financially for a lot of people so toys like the GR will be sold.
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Well I'm a few weeks in with the Supercharged Range Rover, still loving it
Disappointments
The drivers heated seat doesn't, neither does the steering wheel , annoyingly the passenger heated seat works fine
The rear wiper stopped working today but other than that nothing has fallen off, I need a reversing camera as it's not there, just some wires and a housing.
It needs more noise but replacement exhausts are daft money, two thirds of what I paid for the car
Took it to get the oil changed on Saturday, needed doing, it was pretty black, the air filter hadn't been changed in a while but all the screws are mangled so they'll need drilling out and mole grips on the stumps but I'm not paying an hour or more labour for that so if we get a decent day I'll be doing it
One thing I have noticed, my driving is pretty much 50/50 smart car and range rover, in built up areas I stick to the speed limit, in the smart car most of the time I've got an car up my **** pushing me to go faster but it never happens in the range rover
Disappointments
The drivers heated seat doesn't, neither does the steering wheel , annoyingly the passenger heated seat works fine
The rear wiper stopped working today but other than that nothing has fallen off, I need a reversing camera as it's not there, just some wires and a housing.
It needs more noise but replacement exhausts are daft money, two thirds of what I paid for the car
Took it to get the oil changed on Saturday, needed doing, it was pretty black, the air filter hadn't been changed in a while but all the screws are mangled so they'll need drilling out and mole grips on the stumps but I'm not paying an hour or more labour for that so if we get a decent day I'll be doing it
One thing I have noticed, my driving is pretty much 50/50 smart car and range rover, in built up areas I stick to the speed limit, in the smart car most of the time I've got an car up my **** pushing me to go faster but it never happens in the range rover
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philw696
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Had 3 and not one went on a Low Loader the last one we drove the whole of New Zealand in it including Skippers Canyon on South Island the last Summer we were there.
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Budget would be a 4.2 not a 5.0, they just so much metal, i was actually thinking quite old school as the best 4x4 alps vehicle ( manchester to chamonix/cervina in italy) was a ml 500. You just had that sense the engine would go forever , so unstressed, the 3.0 vag turbo lump is impressive but complicated
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I don't think it's that, they just feel they can bully you into going faster because it's a small car
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I wouldn't trust the land rover diesels but the only big issue on the supercharged is worn chain guides probably caused by long service intervals, this one has been serviced every 10k so there's no rattle at all
The owners that have problems are quite vocal but the ones that keep going never get a mention.
Mine has a few issues but none that stop it getting from A to B, they're not even that horrific on fuel on the motorway, 70 is at 2000rpm so with petrol at 20p a litre less than diesel there won't be much in it
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How many are 15 + years old and still going though, including mine, sold cheap because a £60 abs sensor took out HDC, ABS, Air Suspension, parking sensors, speedometer
When Euro 6 engines came out I was talking to an engineer at Leyland trucks, he told me their biggest issue was keeping the engine cool because the waste gases have to go through the EGR system 6 times before they leave via the exhaust
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I think the problem is that they’ve tried to transfer the “art” front end of the Velar to the larger RR and it just looks “slabby”…especially in black with no colour contrast.
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That's the problem as they don't make them like they used too just my opinion though.
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We looked at most of the 4x4 when we bought the RR, Tourag was a great piece of kit but felt too car like, I loved the ML but Mrs Z wasn't convinced and both that and the Cayenne need specialist servicing where as the RR although big is relatively simple. Reliability of the L322 is primarily down to service history and year 08,09 & 10 models are much better built which aligns to our experience. We had an 03 L322 Diesel and it racked up faults, fortunately mostly covered by warranty but our 09 S/C Petrol has been much more reliable, suspension components wear (it has 120k on the clocks) and it has a tendency to eat batteries as soon as the warranty period ends. The petrol V8 can suffer from timing chain wear but it seems to effect some more than others ours seem quiet enough but if we decide to keep after this winter I will probably have them done and then it will stay.
As far as other road users, no one argues with a RR even Audi and BMW drivers stay out of your way but with the S/C on full song the way it picks its feet up astonishes everyone mind you the fuel gauge goes down proportionally to the right foot on the throttle. Never worried about long distances, did a 3 week tour of the UK this summer and next year we will be over to France harassing Phil as we have rented a place near him for a couple of weeks and have a few days outside Paris to do Eurodisney
As far as other road users, no one argues with a RR even Audi and BMW drivers stay out of your way but with the S/C on full song the way it picks its feet up astonishes everyone mind you the fuel gauge goes down proportionally to the right foot on the throttle. Never worried about long distances, did a 3 week tour of the UK this summer and next year we will be over to France harassing Phil as we have rented a place near him for a couple of weeks and have a few days outside Paris to do Eurodisney
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