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stillrunning

Member Since: 10 Jan 2017
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 268

2018 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

Thanks chaps.
Been to Wales and back yesterday.
Car is mingling and I can't touch it until Thursday.

11th Mar 2018 9:53am

caymanblack

Member Since: 08 Dec 2015
Location: DEVON
Posts: 1153

2017 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Carpathian Grey

lol , how are you going to sleep?

11th Mar 2018 10:28am

stillrunning

Member Since: 10 Jan 2017
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 268

Not very well.
Detailed said shut curtains for a week

11th Mar 2018 12:56pm

Pixelpower

Member Since: 16 Jul 2014
Location: Droitwich
Posts: 204

2005 Range Rover Vogue Td6 Santorini Black

Click image to enlarge

Picture of the new Burr Ash veneer trim. Very subtle. It'd recommend it for anyone who doesn't like the wood, but wants a change from black.

12th Mar 2018 7:09am

Phil.

Member Since: 19 Apr 2010
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 788

2019 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Santorini Black

Very nice!

Now stop teasing us and load up some photos of the exterior MY23 D350 HSE
On my 7th RR plus various other JLR vehicles

12th Mar 2018 8:24am

J4cko

Member Since: 07 Aug 2014
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 26

2015 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Barossa

The inner kid in me can't help but love the headlight dance when locking and unlocking

13th Mar 2018 7:40am

Pixelpower

Member Since: 16 Jul 2014
Location: Droitwich
Posts: 204

Here you go, dirty already!

Nice touch is the night rider style light swoosh as you turn it on. A big step up from my TDV6, much smoother. 34k better than a TDV6 Vogue? Probably not, but nice to have all the toys.

13th Mar 2018 7:41am

Phil.

Member Since: 19 Apr 2010
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 788

Very nice PP

How are you finding the 5.0SC compared to the 3.0V6? MY23 D350 HSE
On my 7th RR plus various other JLR vehicles

13th Mar 2018 11:33am

AndyS

Member Since: 27 Feb 2016
Location: Lymington, Hampshire
Posts: 408

That's very nice, I do like those new wheels too but can't get on with those saggy seats, what's your opinion on them now you have them to sit on and look at?

13th Mar 2018 12:08pm

stillrunning

Member Since: 10 Jan 2017
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 268

I can't put a pic of mine dirty, too OCD for that
I like driving in the dark and watching the lights move around really spooky.
You are driving on main beam but only in areas you need it

13th Mar 2018 1:48pm

verydisco

Member Since: 10 Dec 2009
Location: UK/US
Posts: 2952

2002 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Tangiers Orange

Kool Knight Rider style indeed

J4cko wrote:
The inner kid in me can't help but love the headlight dance when locking and unlocking

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Current
RANGE ROVER Vogue 4.4L SDV8 - 2013 - Indus Silver, on Almond.
RANGE ROVER Vogue 4.4L V8 - 2002 - ex-2003 G4 Challenge Event Vehicle, Stage 3: Australia
RANGE ROVER HSE 4.4L V8 - 2004 - one-of-one Overfinch
RANGE ROVER P38a 4.0L V8 - 1999 - ex-2000 TReK Event Vehicle: South Africa

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RANGE ROVER Vogue 4.4L TDV8 - 2012 - RANGE ROVER 3.6L TDV8 x3 - RANGE ROVER Td6 x1 - RANGE ROVER Classic 3.5L V8 x1

13th Mar 2018 3:06pm

Lonfred

Member Since: 13 Dec 2017
Location: Spain
Posts: 40

2017 Range Rover Vogue SDV8 Carpathian Grey

J4cko wrote:
The inner kid in me can't help but love the headlight dance when locking and unlocking

Really nice!!

Last edited by Lonfred on 13th Mar 2018 5:02pm. Edited 1 time in total

13th Mar 2018 4:58pm

Lonfred

Member Since: 13 Dec 2017
Location: Spain
Posts: 40

Pixelpower wrote:
Here you go, dirty already!

Nice touch is the night rider style light swoosh as you turn it on. A big step up from my TDV6, much smoother. 34k better than a TDV6 Vogue? Probably not, but nice to have all the toys.

Really nice!! I suppose it is Carpathian with shadow exterior pack like mine

. I will try to find and retrofit the shadow end grilles in the front bumper on my Vogue, hope it’s possible

13th Mar 2018 5:01pm

DrF

Member Since: 30 Jun 2014
Location: South East
Posts: 1435

2013 Range Rover SVAutobiography 5.0 SC V8 Orkney Grey

Very smart

13th Mar 2018 9:00pm

Pixelpower

Member Since: 16 Jul 2014
Location: Droitwich
Posts: 204

Yep it's Carpathian with the Shadow Pack.

The seats are a little more conformtable and it's only the seat bases that don't look as good. The creasing, and there's not much on mine, seems to be a design feature to give the appearance of softness. I've seen similar on some high end Mercs. Overall they're 'okay' to my eyes. The seats feel higher up than before and warm up quicker, but that might be because my last car was a Vogue and the leather wasn't as soft. I can take or leave the massaging. That seems a gimmick.

Haven't really driven it enough to give an objective comparison to the TDV6. I can now live with the stop start now as it's barely noticeable. There was an annoying judder on the TD. On tick-over the engine isn't audible with the Windows up. I went for this engine for refinement and it's got that.

Driving wise I'll comment later - even though it's got more torque than my old one it seems to hunt for gears at low speed a little more, but that could be just me not adapting yet. Seems a lot more sensitive to throttle inputs which has caught me out a couple of times. It's fast but there's no drama so the speed warnings are useful.

The only thing that let me old Vogue down was the stereo. This one's on another level. The dual touch system is a work in process. There's are too many setting options in too many places - as if they've developed each screen independently. For example, you can have the same album artwork displayed on all 3 screens at once. They need to centralise the settings.

Overall I'm pleased with it. Maybe more body roll than I expected coming from a TDV6, but I don't mind that.

14th Mar 2018 5:50am

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