Range Rover advice

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urquattrogus said:
Every time I drive it I have to re adjust to its wallowy cornering, but then my blood pressure drops and you just waft along :)
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My first L322 was a 3.0 TD6 with a blown up engine, I managed to get an engine on a pallet that was even more blown up than the one that was in it

when engine no 3 went in it was all good, I picked it up from the garage, drove down the street, about 1/2 a mile with a 90 degree RH bend at the bottom

I approached said bend a range rover virgin, that was the first time I'd driven it , instead of a nice turn in round the corner it was fuuuccckkkk meeeeeee as I came very close to going up the path while standing on the brakes , that's when I realised there's a learning curve with them
 
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Just completed a 1300 miles over 3 days including 3 channel crossings (realised I had forgot important tablets meaning return home to collect) in mine. For the money I can’t think of any car more capable and comfortable than a fatty. Faultless all the way. My car has jumped up a class or so in my mind.
 
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Ive only had a range rover a month and im ashamed to say for 9\10 trips im going for the floaty boat handling vehicle over the qp or the i3.
Maybe im getting old
 
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drellis said:
Ive only had a range rover a month and im ashamed to say for 9\10 trips im going for the floaty boat handling vehicle over the qp or the i3.
Maybe im getting old
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I get where you’re coming from, comfort is a valuable commodity as the years pass. As I passed Le Mans today I couldn’t help but think thank god I’m in the range rather than the Mas. Am I a heretic?
If you get a good one (which is the hard part) then boy nothing touch’s them for a long distance cruiser. High up seating all the toys and massaging your back all way for optimal freshness on arrival.
 
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I bought this car off Taylor:


I've now sold it to a friend and kept my LS460 as a daily. I really really want a 4.2 or 5.0 but the LS460 is so reliable and does so much that it's really difficult for me to give it up for a Range Rover.
 
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Got a 16 plate Autobiography 4.4 tdv8, great vehicle and does 35 mpg on a run.

Need to dispose of 14 plate Discovery 3.0 tdv6 gs that it replaced , FLRSH , 108k , Corris Grey, 7 seats. £14k Ono
 
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One of my Best adventures was driving the whole of New Zealand in my old 2008 Range Rover Vogue both islands top to bottom 90 miles beach and Skipper's Canyon 4 adults and luggage a brilliant journey.
For now I can't beat my Jaguar X300 4.0 Sovereign for comfort and class.
 
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I’m looking at updating my current hybrid Rangie for the new P460e. As it’s a hybrid that does over 70 miles on electric power only (about twice as far as a hybrid Golf GTE, just for comparisons purposes), it’s in a high BIK discount bracket. Meaning the BIK to pay (for a standard tax payer) is £100 a month (compared with £80 for the Golf). So a bargain, in tax terms.
The annoyance is that the waiting list is still over a year, and more realistically closer to two years I suspect.
A conversation for me to have with the accountants tomorrow.
 
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Ewan said:
I’m looking at updating my current hybrid Rangie for the new P460e. As it’s a hybrid that does over 70 miles on electric power only (about twice as far as a hybrid Golf GTE, just for comparisons purposes), it’s in a high BIK discount bracket. Meaning the BIK to pay (for a standard tax payer) is £100 a month (compared with £80 for the Golf). So a bargain, in tax terms.
The annoyance is that the waiting list is still over a year, and more realistically closer to two years I suspect.
A conversation for me to have with the accountants tomorrow.
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What's the depreciation like Ewan? I would imagine that will be the big ticket on these?
 
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Ewan said:
I’m looking at updating my current hybrid Rangie for the new P460e. As it’s a hybrid that does over 70 miles on electric power only (about twice as far as a hybrid Golf GTE, just for comparisons purposes), it’s in a high BIK discount bracket. Meaning the BIK to pay (for a standard tax payer) is £100 a month (compared with £80 for the Golf). So a bargain, in tax terms.
The annoyance is that the waiting list is still over a year, and more realistically closer to two years I suspect.
A conversation for me to have with the accountants tomorrow.
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Surely there are prettier things than this to spend over £100k on?
 
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MarkMas said:
Surely there are prettier things than this to spend over £100k on?
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Maybe prettier but there's nothing like a range rover to arrive in style and comfort , mine is 18 years old but it still makes me smile when I'm sat in it , not so much when I've been to the supermarket and back and done £10 worth of petrol in so a hybrid makes sense

Cheap for short trips but still exciting when you want it to be
 
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MarkMas said:
Surely there are prettier things than this to spend over £100k on?
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No - not that do the same job or at the same price. I much prefer it over the other options such as the Bentley, Rolls or Aston. And it’s the only one that costs buttons in BIK per month as opposed to thousands. For what I need it to do, the Rangie ticks more boxes than any other.
 
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Guy said:
What's the depreciation like Ewan? I would imagine that will be the big ticket on these?
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Potentially, but currently at a year old they still sell for a price higher than new. I was offered one that is 6 months old with 4k on the clock, and it’s £6k over the brand new equivalent. Though of course, in theory this will end at some point.
But waiting lists are still high. A bit like with Hermes bags, Rolex watches and GT Porsches - demand outstrips supply, so second hand values stay high, so more people want them, and the viscous circle continues.
So unless LR suddenly start making them faster (which they don’t have the capacity for currently), major depreciation is not the worry it once was.
Mine would be a company car on a company lease of some sort - not a cash purchase with my own post-tax income.
 
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I guess the art is to pick your exit point. Or keep for a very long time. I have a friend who paid over 100k in 2013 for his AB 5.0SC and still has it with 140k miles up as it has never let him down and still does the job. It's probably worth 20k or so now but over 10 years that is not too bad, half of the depreciation would have been in the first 4 years at a guess. The difference with the luxury items you mention is that they hold great value long term. No 10 year old RR will be worth 100k plus of course. The other change of late is the cost of capital so any lease will likely have 500 p/mth of interest in it.
Fully agree there are no competitors to the RR and that is why they stay so popular despite ongoing quality issues. People keep coming back!
 
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I'm loving the way the new Full Fat Ranger Rover looks outside - beautiful and stylish. Reductive Luxury or whatever it was that McGovern said at the launch....

What I'm less sure about is the new HVAC panel and Gearstick surround that JLR have put in many it's newer cars, along with the shiny black steering wheel buttons, not all that befitting of a 100K car to me.
 
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