Sadly my FFRR has gone back to the finance company in the sky

I haven't posted on here for a while but I've been lurking.

My FFRR was such a beautiful car, I can't fault the design in any way but sadly it was put together by some chimpanzees in Gaydon who have the mechanical skills of a grapefruit

I'll get flamed for this but I didn't think the dealers are that fantastic either. LPR were lovely before they got my money but in my opinion (again I'll be flamed for sure) they reverted to type as car salesmen when it started going wrong. And I didn't post about most of the issues before anyone goes through my postings.

Jeremy, you work in a shop. You're not Gordon Gecko.

I was sorry to see my FFRR go, and I'll miss the amazing people on here.

That's sad to hear

What are you replacing it with?

All dealers are fantastic till they get your dough then its ….. WHO ? … what car ? …. must say tho thats shocking tarring chimpanzees …. they happen to be quite intelligent ….

There isn't a direct replacement, instead of the FFRR on the drive I've now got an E class estate and 911 Targa. Lets be honest before the flaming starts, who honest has an FFRR because it can go offroad?

The FFRR was never a necessity, only an aspiration. But it ended up a bit like sleeping with Kiera Knightly only to find out she has crabs.

I know FFRRs aren't all as bad as mine was, one day I'm sure I'll come back but the build quality and dealer service I encountered will make this a long way off.

Flamed for what ….. being honest …

Sorry to hear you had a lemon Andy. Hope you have better luck in the future, at least your current wheels should be a lot more reliable, don't know about the dealers of those though but if you don't need them you're better of anyway  MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Andy D wrote:

Lets be honest before the flaming starts, who honest has an FFRR because it can go offroad?

Umm - Me...

They are fantastic off road - from the tame to the the not so. Just got back from a 10 night camping trip that covered 3 states, over 500 KM off road outback driving and the FF handled it all like a pro. The group I was with - all Land Rover owners, but I had the only Rangie, commented on how well it went and were all surprised at how effortless it did some of the tracks and terrain. There was sand, rocks and everything in between.

Also taken it into our local State Forest a few times to the surprise of some - on narrow, overgrown tracks (it has needed polishing a few times after these outings) on some tracks where that most would never expect to see on of these.

It is unfortunate you have had so many issues with yours. Mine now has just under 200,000 KM on it and still going strong. We now plan to do much more outback touring in it.

Apart from my company supplied car, all my vehicles are four wheel drives (and all Land Rovers) I wouldn't own a vehicle that can't go off road, and the FF does it better than the others.

Cheers - Gav

Great post Gav. Good to hear of a FF doing what it was designed to do so well.

Sorry to hear of your troubles Andy, best of luck with your next purchase.  03 4.4 V8 petrol / lpg. 1st of many hopefully. I love my Rangie

Andy D wrote:

... a bit like sleeping with Kiera Knightly only to find out she has crabs...

 Graham

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Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey

Andy D wrote:

... a bit like sleeping with Kiera Knightly only to find out she has crabs...

Yeah, but at least you get to say you slept with Kiera Knightly.  If you don't get stuck then you are not trying hard enough.
2012 FFRR TDV8 Westminister
Gone: Def90 2.8i, Def110 2.8i
Gone: RRC 2-Door and 4-Door, 2007 FFRR TDV8 Vogue
Gone: Aussie Spec D1 V8, D2 V8

 All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

2023 FFRR L460
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