Hi

I'm new here so thought I'd introduce myself & put a photo or 2 up of my new Range Rover

This is my 1st Range Rover, although we have had Land Rovers in the past , incl Disco's & Freelander ( I work in Agriculture ) ... but over recent years have moved over to BMW for day to day transport.

My main passion is older / interesting cars. I have a couple of classics to keep me occupied

Anyway, a few weeks ago decided I had to have a Range Rover in my life after going in my friends brand new Autobiography , I convinced the wife with some man maths that it would cost me less per year than my current BMW ... so on the 23rd of Dec, I collected my new car from Hillendale LAndRover

Its a 2010 Vogue SE

We are completley smitten with it, absolutley love it .

Only think I need to get sorted are a full set of mats & a rear load protector as we have a new puppy arriving in 5 weeks

I'm sure I'll have some questions once I start using it etc, but for the mean time here are the photos

Thankss

James









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Welcome to the madhouse...

Congrats on the car, my kind of colour scheme.

Welcome. A lovely fattie in a perfect colour scheme. Enjoy...... Previously..
Vogue SE TD6
Defender 90 2.4
Defender 110 TD5
Vogue 3.5 EFI

Very nice looking FF my friend, can see why you're smitten! Welcome to this great forum

Nice car!

That'll be the only time this year it's clean!  Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

Thanks all

It is looking clean , as you say can't see that lasting . More concerned about keeping the interior looking clean with 2 kids in the back

What's the opinions on after market mats vs original

Welcome! Great colour scheme - I wasn't brave enough to go for a light interior with kids!

I have LR rubber mats in mine - great as they keep all the mud off the carpets and are very easy to clean 2007 Zermatt Silver TDV8 Vogue SE - now sold but was a great car!

Beautiful car. Doubt you will be disappointed with the ownership experience.

As Graeme says, LR mats are excellent quality and you probably get what you pay for but you can probably also source a set of genuine nearly new/ as new if you are prepared to look around. We got lucky and got a full set of unwanted, as new, genuine LR rubber mats advertised by a forum member for £25 and local to us.

A tip re the light coloured interior. We had a BMW with a similar coloured leather interior and carried a set of Huggies fragrance free water based baby wipes in the car. They were incredible at safely cleaning all interior surfaces quickly and fuss free including leathers and plastics. No residue left either.

Better get myself some wet wipes

Lovely car, welcome  Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Great looking ff

Welcome

73vse wrote:

Better get myself some wet wipes

I really like that. Very tasteful.

I second the baby wipe, also having ivory, but no substitute foe leather care cream every so often.

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

What kind of man maths makes it cheaper that a BMW, GENIUS  2013 L405 Autobiography Baltic Blue
2007 L322 Vogue Buckingham Blue

Maths where you lose £10k per year as that's usually what it costs to run a FFRR unless your a genius with spanners, know a cheap Indy or totally nicked it on the S/H market