Should I buy a Range Rover?

[Silver-Fox]

I was having the mot done on the Moho where they specialise in RR but not dealer prices.

The guy on the desk as it was a Saturday phoned the owner of a RR with the good news that it would only cost 4.5k to sort out the problem with the suspension ?

Think they charge around £58 an hour so god knows how much the parts were ?

Edit ohh and the bloke I work with said one V8 model has an issue with one of the cylinders and near impossible to fix.
So it’s a V7 really ?

 

[Barclaybasher]

Never got the point of RRs except the first ones... 4WD and just a bit up from the Land Rover

Never wanted one - didn't need 4WD

They developed into a ridiculous 'Chelsea tractor', usually driven by folk who shouldn't drive anything that large.....

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[DL42846]

If you don't mind camping on the road side waiting for the breakdown truck then go for a Range Rover or Defender. Both are unreliable. And be prepared to carrying out minor repairs to various things each month. I think they are even more unreliable than a Fiat ducato. Buy a Toyota or Mercedes. YOu can't go far wrong with them. We had a 1 liter petrol Yaris which was passed around the family, eventually ending up with our son. 460.000 on the clock when we drove it into the scrap yard still working well. It had failed the MOT on the pollution, needed a new catalytic converter which was more expensive than what the car was worth. We also ran a Auris. which we just sold 285000 with no problems other than routine servicing to both cars.
And don't think 4X4's don't get stuck, they do.

 

[EuroTrotters]

Had a 4.4 V8 vogue for ten years, never had a problem and the drive is second to nothing else on the road.

Petrol?

 

[EuroTrotters]

Have you considered the Audi Q7 large extremely reliable, great road holding, I leave mine in Spain for six months and it fires up before I’ve fully turned the key. Not expensive when 3/4 year old.

I sat in One when My Daughter picked her new A3 up.

I felt like I had been shoe horned in!.

Ive heard bad reports about them too.

I like the XC90 (new) but too dear

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[Feltwell]

Hmm. Place I buy my LPG from (they convert cars & are a general garage) do loads of Range Rovers, unsurprisingly LPG conversions were a popular mod for petrol ones. I was talking to the owner about what I'd replace my car with, first thing he said was "Don't get a Range Rover. Lovely cars, beautiful to drive, but so unreliable."

 

[jongood]

I sat in One when My Daughter picked her new A3 up.

I felt like I had been shoe horned in!.

Ive heard bad reports about them too.

I like the XC90 (new) but too dear

They do v8 xc90 - Yamaha engine apparently pretty rare.

Nice car but I didnt like the load area with seats down its not that practical.

 

[Steve and Denise]

Not for me ok when new as warranty covers all problems for first 3 years, but even then they are not very reliable.

 

[tribalbrit]

Yep petrol.. great car!

 

[Steve and Denise]

My pal bought a new sport petrol supercharged hilariously quick but at 4mpg it should be.?

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[tribalbrit]

I used to tow a 26 foot twin axle caravan to Spain, used to cost me £1000 in petrol alone.. didn't know it was on the back though.

 

[CazPaul]

If you don't mind camping on the road side waiting for the breakdown truck then go for a Range Rover or Defender. Both are unreliable. And be prepared to carrying out minor repairs to various things each month. I think they are even more unreliable than a Fiat ducato. Buy a Toyota or Mercedes. YOu can't go far wrong with them. We had a 1 liter petrol Yaris which was passed around the family, eventually ending up with our son. 460.000 on the clock when we drove it into the scrap yard still working well. It had failed the MOT on the pollution, needed a new catalytic converter which was more expensive than what the car was worth. We also ran a Auris. which we just sold 285000 with no problems other than routine servicing to both cars.
And don't think 4X4's don't get stuck, they do.

Great stuff what year was the Auris?

 

[tacr2man]

If you don't mind camping on the road side waiting for the breakdown truck then go for a Range Rover or Defender. Both are unreliable. And be prepared to carrying out minor repairs to various things each month. I think they are even more unreliable than a Fiat ducato. Buy a Toyota or Mercedes. YOu can't go far wrong with them. We had a 1 liter petrol Yaris which was passed around the family, eventually ending up with our son. 460.000 on the clock when we drove it into the scrap yard still working well. It had failed the MOT on the pollution, needed a new catalytic converter which was more expensive than what the car was worth. We also ran a Auris. which we just sold 285000 with no problems other than routine servicing to both cars.
And don't think 4X4's don't get stuck, they do.

They might not get stuck quite so often , if they did simple things like airing down the tyres for a start , dont appear to have in the pics I used to go out into the Australian outback and revcover vehicles with a defender sometimes , or F250 ford quite a few were Toyota , good marketing tho .
As for biggest mileage , ford Falcon inline 6cyl taxis on LPG , 900,000Km plus not uncommon

 

[dabhand]

I’ve had just about every incarnation of Landrover over the years, even when I had a car I had an old Land Rover, they have been my main vehicle for over 20 years now, got a new Disco 4 in 2015, never had any issues with it, it’s an absolute joy to drive, steady as a rock and fast as feck considering the size and weight, can’t ever see me going back to a car, wouldn’t have a RR though, had the V8 petrol years ago, bloody nightmare, no where near the room or reliability of the Disco 4 which is a class vehicle, no other 4 x 4 gets near it, including all your Chelsea tractors and it’s very handy if you need to ferry seven people and a dog around, I’ve had Mercs, Jags, Volvos, Daimler’s and an absolute host of other vehicles, imho nothing comes close.

 

[Sasbo]

Only if it's under 3 yrs old and got full LR warranty. Speaking from experience, had three from new but with the multiple issues they all spent a lot of time in the dealers getting sorted only for faults to return frequently. Shame, as when they are running well you can't get anything better to drive but that's not often.

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[cliffanger]

No. Buy a Toyota. Although they are never mentioned in the Caravan Clubs Best Towing Car Awards, and Land Rover always comes out top (probably because Toyota don't pay any donations to the organisations) - In our opinion, they are far superior to Land Rovers.

We've had three incarnations of Land Cruisers - loved every one - and now have a RAV4 - brilliant cars, every one - apart from mine that is - you can't beat a Nissan Cube

 

[TinaLes]

LR Disco's & Range Rover HSE's, or Vogues, thats surely still on the wish list of many ON A Tuggers Forum?
Now move over to the MH Forum, and the wish lists are Merc/Iveco on a twin rear wheel drive, heavy chassis.
Guess I will get it right one day, but it wont be first time thats for sure.
I will stick with German cars and vans though, even if our current van has an Italian gigolo engine under the bonnet, grafted onto a fat rear end of sturdy lederhosen.
Touch wood they have all been great thus far.
Les

 

[Northernraider]

Nope

Buy a nice Audi or bmw instead

Range rover all show and no go

And mercs rust

 

[Steve and Denise]

Edit ohh and the bloke I work with said one V8 model has an issue with one of the cylinders and near impossible to fix.
So it’s a V7 really ?

Would that be the Audi V8 turbo one in a RR/Bentley?

 

[Silver-Fox]

Would that be the Audi V8 turbo one in a RR/Bentley?

I can’t remember which one but think it was an older one that would sell for around 25 to 30k now?

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[jongood]

Nope

Buy a nice Audi or bmw instead

Range rover all show and no go

And mercs rust

The vans were bad for rusting for a period, afaik the cars were mostly ok in that respect.

 

[Paul an Jane MK]

I am on my second Range Rover Sport, first one 8 years old but only 74k when replaced and only issue apart from servicing was a faulty oil level sensor fixed under warranty and wheel bearing replacement 64k.

Once extended warranty expired got nervous even though no problems and thought I would get a Volvo XC90 which when I visited dealer I tried really hard to put down a deposit but salesman so laid back he said he would call me back Monday with a part/ex price for mine and a price on new one with a few extras.

So deflated stopped at Range Rover garage on way home and saw lovely ex demo RRS latest spec and nice colour inside and out with all my preferred extras, Wife encouraged me to take a test drive and it was perfect. Sales woman fairly to the point but did us a good deal and picked it up 36 hours later.

Volvo salesman still hadn’t rung back as I picked it up. So I tried to be sensible -honest. Wife preferred Range Rover so just too tempting.

Most amazing vehicle to drive, always makes me feel good to drive. Reliability, this one is over 3 years now 44k. One fault 12 volt socket inside cup holder which was fixed first service and couple of glitches when rear wash wipe stopped working and sat nav map disappeared. Both fixed by turning off car and restarting effectively rebooting the electronics. Modern cars for you and one of my salesman has a 5 Series BMW that has done far worse.

Avoid pre 2009 old shape 2.7 diesel as oil pump problems which can lead to snapping cranks.

2011/12 you should have 3.0 litre engine and the 8 speed gearbox helps economy. My MY10 drove superbly and was a pleasure every time. The newer shape are more powerful and lighter so on a B road in Dynamic mode are like a sports car on steroids but driving sedately as i normally do then the 2011 would feel much the same.

Sadly driving sedately in the latest one does have drawbacks, to get the amazing low emissions on such a big car you have to put it in manual and get the revs up every couple of weeks otherwise the DPF blocks and you start to get oil dilution with diesel getting in to. Your sump and then need regular oil changes. JLR just kept replacing oil and filter FOC but out of warranty independant explained why it was happening and what I could do to fix it.

Find a really good independent and they are cheaper and far better than main dealer (okay not so glitzy.) They are not a cheap car, a set of tyres for mine was best part of £1000 BUT if I won the Euromillions one of my cars would be a Range Rover so I am lucky enough to have one part of my fantasy garage.

I would buy another but my sedate mostly town driving would be better served with a plug in hybrid or if I keep it long enough all electric, sadly all the emissions controls will probably kill off the internal combustion engine, lets just hope they get the infrastructure and range sorted.

 

[EuroTrotters]

It seems the older petrol versions, converted to LPG are a more reliable and affordable option.

One of our friends with a 2016 3 litre diesel lives on an island. Even driving to Spain in the winter for 6 months does not clear the DPF Enough.

 

[Northernraider]

The vans were bad for rusting for a period, afaik the cars were mostly ok in that respect.

I've had 4 mercs , 2 x e300 , 1 x e320 , 1x 500 sl all had rust arches and door bottoms.

Had 6 bmws ...No rust

Also had 4 audis again no rust.

3 discoverys , 1 range rover vogue, 1x 90 and 1x 110 ...good for off road ( except range rover ) but pants for reliability

4x4 I preferred my Mitsubishi l200 and shogun , and an isuzu trooper.

P.s the Merc vans still rust

My mate has a 2016 sprinter and back doors are terrible ..also rusty stone chips along sides ...Sure it's done over 200000 miles but still not great

 

[thebriars]

I used to tow a 26 foot twin axle caravan to Spain, used to cost me £1000 in petrol alone.. didn't know it was on the back though.

We towed a caravan to Italy and back and the car averaged 37mpg (pump to pump)!

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[DL42846]

No. Buy a Toyota. Although they are never mentioned in the Caravan Clubs Best Towing Car Awards, and Land Rover always comes out top (probably because Toyota don't pay any donations to the organisations) - In our opinion, they are far superior to Land Rovers.

We've had three incarnations of Land Cruisers - loved every one - and now have a RAV4 - brilliant cars, every one - apart from mine that is - you can't beat a Nissan Cube

Land cruisers are nice but they do breakdown also. From my experience Defender's breakdown with small minor things which are quickly repaired and you can keep going. However when Landcruisers breakdown its something major, not repairable on the roadside. Plus people who have Landcruisers don't do so many stupid things whereas people who have Defenders think they are driving a indestructible, go anywhere tank. If I was buying to tow I would seriously look at a Landcruiser. If was crossing the desert again I would stick with a Land Rover. Below repairing the rear diff that went after some serious punishment in the middle of the Sahara. 2nd pic is a Discovery going airborne.

 

[DL42846]

Great stuff what year was the Auris?

2009.

 

[jongood]

It seems the older petrol versions, converted to LPG are a more reliable and affordable option.

One of our friends with a 2016 3 litre diesel lives on an island. Even driving to Spain in the winter for 6 months does not clear the DPF Enough.

I think lpg + petrol is again becoming a good option, but still not range rover as the last thing they need is another layer of complications.

 

[Tanya_and_Mick]

Had x2 FF RR’s 2012 and 2016, x2 RRS and x1 D4, Tanya also had x2 RRS - hence to say I know the Land Rover assist guys really well as at least once a year they were called out for some sensor related blip

FFRR 2016 (4.4 diesel) was the least problematic of them all and was a great motor....

T and I are now back with Merc and as expected problem free

If you want the merc equivalent to a RR look for a 2016 GL 350 a great car or if the wallet is big enough the replacement GLS

Hope this helps...

 

[dabhand]

Just though of a fault with the disco 4, dont leave it in open air airport car parks, have had the spare wheel cut off and nicked twice by scumbags and the airports and police couldn’t give a sh*t!

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