Range Rover advice

[philw696]

Insurance will be going up after that RR SV starting the fire at Luton airport.

 

[philw696]

 

[zagatoes30]

So, I have spent the last two days in a TDV8 L322 Autobiography in northern Italy and I have fallen in love with it.
I'm also moving to the (British) countryside and, to be honest, the only other 'semi-daily' I had in mind, a QP GTS 4.7, is getting to the age where it living outside overnight would be unwise. I also can't get three greyhounds in the back of one.

Since the question was last asked (it's a 35-page thread), who do you suggest for PPIs, and what are the general thoughts on the below?
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Wow those prices are strong, I thought it was just over here that RR of this era were held at a premium. Thinking of selling our full fat 5.0 S/C and am being advised to ask €18-20k, I only paid £19k for it back in 2017 and since then we have put 40k miles on it.

 

[Nayf]

Wow those prices are strong, I thought it was just over here that RR of this era were held at a premium. Thinking of selling our full fat 5.0 S/C and am being advised to ask €18-20k, I only paid £19k for it back in 2017 and since then we have put 40k miles on it.

Well the TDV8 is the best engine with one eye on frugality. 35mpg possible! Hence the demand
These ones are also last of the line special editions that aren’t black or white, so fairly scarce

 

[Guy]

Well the TDV8 is the best engine with one eye on frugality. 35mpg possible! Hence the demand
These ones are also last of the line special editions that aren’t black or white, so fairly scarce

35mpg is man maths! Driven like Miss Daisy I could nudge 30. I live in the country and over 70k miles I typically got 25-28mpg. It is a great engine in a great car if you get a good one. Mine was faultless but I sold it at 85k miles as I became nervous! I think, like all LR products, get a good one and it is great, get a bad one and they are a nightmare. Russian roulette......

 

[Jbridges522]

So, I have spent the last two days in a TDV8 L322 Autobiography in northern Italy and I have fallen in love with it.
I'm also moving to the (British) countryside and, to be honest, the only other 'semi-daily' I had in mind, a QP GTS 4.7, is getting to the age where it living outside overnight would be unwise. I also can't get three greyhounds in the back of one.

Since the question was last asked (it's a 35-page thread), who do you suggest for PPIs, and what are the general thoughts on the below?
1.

Auto Trader UK - New and Used Cars For Sale

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www.autotrader.co.uk

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PPI id be doing myself, but otherwise any of the local to the car specialists, which are 10 to the penny.

Personally id save the money and by a petrol v8, not much difference in fuel cost, nicer to drive, cheaper, sounds great & generally more reliable.

You’d be looking at 5.0’s at that money as well which is an engine to tick off the bucket list in my opinion.

 

[zagatoes30]

Everyone goes on about the diesel economy but in real world terms its not that different, we get 22mpg out of ours on runs and high teens knocking about. The engine is so lowly stressed in normal driving it never really gets above 2k rpm but when it does boy does it pull

 

[Nayf]

The nature of my semi daily is I work from home 75-95 per cent of the time, but when I do work away it’s usually photoshoots many miles away.

Supercharged v8 would be fun though, and they appear to come in more interesting colours…

 

[Nayf]

Well, they all look peachy to me Nayf. Nice dilemma to have. Personal opinion - the green one is the most timeless/classic. Which is probably why its the most expensive. And it'll look good next to the Cup.
Fabulous car - happy hunting!

Green one is winning on the exterior, interior’s boring though.
Baltic Blue with the cream interior is toe to toe

 

[philw696]

Green one is winning on the exterior, interior’s boring though.
Baltic Blue with the cream interior is toe to toe

Second that the blue looks sheer class for me but I'm a petrol fan far less running issues especially if you get caught on short journeys.
Modern diesels with all the emissions control on them just so costly in terms of cost for parts and intensive labour.

 

[Wack61]

The nature of my semi daily is I work from home 75-95 per cent of the time, but when I do work away it’s usually photoshoots many miles away.

Supercharged v8 would be fun though, and they appear to come in more interesting colours…

The early 5.0 SC cars had timing chain issues , later resolved so I read somewhere , but compared to the issues the diesels have they're a much better bet reliability wise especially for short journeys, the way things are going regarding LR insurance, diesels and ULEZ zones I wouldn't put that much money in a L322 diesel, they're definitely chancing their arm at those prices, there's going to be a drop in the market over the next 12 months as post pandemic prices start to fall and big cars will take the biggest hit in the coming recession.

I'd be putting 1/2 that money into a private sale 5.0 SC with a good history , keep the rest for petrol and potential bills

 

[Wack61]

just found this on pistonheads

 

[Ewan]

Green one is winning on the exterior, interior’s boring though.
Baltic Blue with the cream interior is toe to toe

If you have to go for one the three blue ones, I’d have the one from the Vogue centre. It looks the nicest to me, has the darkened rear windows (which to my eyes help the shape of the car) and comes from a garage that know to what look for and could sort any early niggles or warranty claims.

But I’d still take the green one instead.

 

[Ewan]

Better news on the RR theft front. Looks like they're not being stolen (anymore) as much as the internet might have us all believe.

Just 0.07% of all new RR and RR-Sports have been stolen. That's not a lot.
And for the slightly older ones, these are an easy fix at the main dealer. As completed on 65,000 cars so far.
So maybe they are no longer so impossible to insure in London after all.

JLR reaffirms 'commitment to vehicle security'

£10m investment benefitting 65,000 cars has seen Range Rover thefts drop by 40 per cent

www.pistonheads.com

 

[will-w]

This update has been around for a while and vehicles with it are still being stolen, just not as many and nowhere near as quickly.

Typically our Sport is a 2017, so does not qualify for the update

 

[3hcp]

Just turn off keyless entry with 3 presses of the remote solves the problem

 

[will-w]

Just turn off keyless entry with 3 presses of the remote solves the problem

That slows down entry by disabling keyless entry and stopping a MITM attack, but it does not solve the problem.

Disabling keyless entry forces them to either break a window or cut a hole in the boot to gain access, both of these cause additional damage.

The main problem is that someone with a £400 Russian “emergency start” device can literally drive away with your car in less than 30 seconds after getting in the car.

 

[Ewan]

If you want an easy car to steal, take a look at an old Landie. Mine (like many) has a fabric roof. But you don’t even need a pen-knife to get in. You just untie the rope! Comical. The insurers asked what security it had, so I said ‘a piece of thick string’. That seemed to satisfy them, as the insurance is buttons.

(Though it probably helps that it’s in a gated complex with 24hr security guards, monitored entry/exit points and CCTV.)

Anyway, the fact that RR theft rates are down to 0.07% has to be a good thing. Maybe the thiefs have cottoned on to all the internet stories about JLR unreliability, so have moved on to stealing Porsches. Oh. No, hang on…

 

[MarkMas]

....

Anyway, the fact that RR theft rates are down to 0.07% has to be a good thing. Maybe the thiefs have cottoned on to all the internet stories about JLR unreliability, so have moved on to stealing Porsches. Oh. No, hang on…

Maybe everyone who wanted a stolen RR has got one now, so the market is saturated...

 

[will-w]

Maybe everyone who wanted a stolen RR has got one now, so the market is saturated...

What about the poor people that wanted theirs to be stolen but it hasn’t been…