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Which do I go for........

New warranty on 3.6 and be satisfied with your lot

23%

[8]

Buy a 4.4 TDV8 and feel the Powwwwwwwer

64%

[22]

Used Jag XJ Floats my boat

[2]

An XK for the gentleman's express please

[0]

Get the F Type, you are only 40(isn) once.....

[2]

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jonlewis

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: UK
Posts: 308

2007 Range Rover Vogue TDV8 Buckingham Blue

Full Fat Dilemma

So I have a "What next" dilemma going on in my head.

I have a few options for going forward with car ownership which are causing me a headache.

1. Refresh the warranty on my 3.6TDV8 Vogue and keep it for another year
2. Trade in for a 4.4TDV8 is within my financial means
3. Trade in for a used Jaguar XJ (Practical...ish having got a new grandson). Never had a Jag and sort of fancy one.
4. Trade in for a used Jaguar XK Coupe (Practical....just about enough)
5. Trade in for a new F Type but sell the 500SL and have a runabout for practicality.

As I see it, 1 is probably the most financially sensible, but I AM A MAN, and therefore sensible does not really enter into it.[/s] 2011 Stornaway Grey 5.0SC Autobiography

3rd Dec 2013 9:14am

Gazellio @ Prestige Cars

Member Since: 22 Jan 2010
Location: Chilterns, UK
Posts: 11309

If you leave the Range Rover fold you will have to come back and you will waste a wad of cash in doing so...

Get the 4.4 and be done with it

3rd Dec 2013 9:17am

hoppy

Member Since: 11 Mar 2012
Location: birmingham
Posts: 165

2003 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Adriatic Blue

^^^^ +1... free use of "RSW" all comms to anyone nearby

3rd Dec 2013 9:36am

Welshdragon

Member Since: 20 Jan 2012
Location: here and there...but not where I should be
Posts: 1899

2003 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Monte Carlo Blue

^^^^^ + 2. more toys = more fun, a guy can never have enough cars on the drive , I would say stick with the one you have if its been reliable . If it dont work.......burn it!

If the IId tool cant fix it.......burn the FF.

If the FF cant be fixed......buy a Land Cruiser!

If the LC cant be fixed..............................................BUY a horse !!

3rd Dec 2013 9:41am

Robert

Member Since: 25 Oct 2011
Location: Perigueux
Posts: 2289

2007 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Zambezi Silver

OK you're a grandpa, so forget the F type,
You have a grandson, ever tried to get a maxi cosy in an XK? Forget it
You are 40ish so to young for a tarted up mondeo, forget the Xj
Get yourself a nice blowen, PETROL FFRR, you've got it all, the power, the space, the looks and
you can stay a proud owner on this forum to read all the crap I write
Wish you strength

3rd Dec 2013 9:48am

Rosco

Member Since: 20 Jan 2012
Location: Beyond the wall.
Posts: 2576

2013 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Baltic Blue

Stay with existing FFRR and buy an XK with the money saved on 4.4 Simples....... 2013 L405 Autobiography Baltic Blue
2007 L322 Vogue Buckingham Blue

3rd Dec 2013 9:51am

stan
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Member Since: 13 Jul 2010
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grand baby will be comfortable and safer in a fullfat.. ... - .- -.

Y. O. L. O.
.

3rd Dec 2013 9:58am

Gazellio @ Prestige Cars

Member Since: 22 Jan 2010
Location: Chilterns, UK
Posts: 11309

mmm there was no option for the 5.0 Jag Engine in FF body option...... (BROOOOOOOOM BROOOOOM)

3rd Dec 2013 10:03am

TugRR

Member Since: 11 Jan 2011
Location: Bakewell
Posts: 1199

^ As Gary says, don't leave the FF fold - you'll only be back. I speak from bitter experience

No contest for me - XJ all the way

Remember, your Man Maths only work in your head, nobody elses . . .

Where do you go after one of these . . . ?

3rd Dec 2013 10:12am

IanV8

Member Since: 14 Jan 2010
Location: Dunfermline
Posts: 502

2011 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Santorini Black

Go for the 4.4, you will love it.

Ian

3rd Dec 2013 10:30am

alanm_3

Member Since: 19 Feb 2011
Location: my House, unless I’m not at home, in which case I’m somewhere else.
Posts: 6730

2017 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

4.4 would be my choice if I had it to make Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

3rd Dec 2013 12:08pm

RRV

Member Since: 05 Oct 2009
Location: Midlands
Posts: 648

2015 Range Rover Vogue TDV6 Santorini Black

4.4TDV8 If you have nothing nice to say,say nothing at all.

3rd Dec 2013 12:11pm

jonlewis

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: UK
Posts: 308

There seems to a bit of a pattern emerging

Our other car is a Merc E Class Coupe so is reasonably practical, but not ideal. My only worry with Range Rover is reliability. No matter that the L322 has been around for so many years they seem to have never really got beyond all of the issues.

My current one has had most of the standard ones which have now been resolved, but is the 4.4 experience any better/worse ? 2011 Stornaway Grey 5.0SC Autobiography

3rd Dec 2013 12:44pm

markdotreed

Member Since: 05 Sep 2011
Location: Ropley
Posts: 741

Option 6. Get a 5.0ltr and a crapper to do the mundaine day to day stuff... Regards
Mark

2009 D4; 1993 Classic 3.9 VSE

3rd Dec 2013 4:30pm

oldcro

Member Since: 17 Mar 2012
Location: Shetland
Posts: 359

2012 Range Rover Westminster 4.4 V8 Stornoway Grey

Option-7

Sell the rest and get a Porsche Cayenne (you know it makes sense).

3rd Dec 2013 4:41pm

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