Actually "Stick or Twist" might be a better title as I'll be staying with Range Rovers. I've got the urge to buy a newer Range Rover and the L460 hasn't grown on me enough yet. So I've been looking at a 2018 SVO 5.0L petrol because my current diesel isn't ideal for the short journeys SWMBO requires me to do (the local Tesco is only 2 miles away) and although I am tempted by a P400e I've had the 5.0L petrol before and liked it apart from having to get fuel constantly (but Tesco has a filling station). It seems I would have to swap mine and add £40k but £40k buys a lot of fixes (just recently had the rear brakes done) and I need to get the parking sensors fixed, the fridge/cooler has never worked and the last MOT said the rear ACE pipes were corroded. So about £5ks worth of repairs and I do like this car so should I Stick or Twist?. New car would probably have 5 years and 100,000 miles advantage over existing car, not bothered about the fridge. Geoff

Twist.... Do what you like, life's too short.  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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Definitely twist. You only live once  MY23 Panamera E-Hybrid
MY19 SDV8 Autobiography - Sold

Do it , they are fabulous 2019 SV AB Dynamic Scafel Grey

Seems a shed load of money for a 2018, already 7-year-old car?!!!
Ours has “shed” probably £25K value in 3 years, -it’s a Mugs Game, FFRR ownership, I don’t really need to tell our brothers on here that, of course, sorry
If your current car needs <£10K spent and has no subframe-to-body corrosion issues, stick.
Or, maybe consider a 2017 FFRR in the £20K-£30K ball-park as a kind of compromise?

You can get into a much younger, low-mileage L405 for only about £20K if I’m reading things right, so why spend double that, to lose it in depreciation over 2-3 years?

Much depends on personal circumstances of course…….  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

Thanks all
I now have a plan I'll wait a bit until the L460 grows on me and get one, in the meantime I'll keep the L405 (2013) I have and like on the road a bit longer and have a few repairs done. When there are more available I should be able to find a L460 with deployable towbar and steps. I use both regularly and have had no trouble.



I do find it a bit disappointing that this beauty is only worth £10k

Geoff Geoff

You're in exactly the same place as me.... I've been contemplating a change and probably to a 5L, but in the end I'm back to 'one more year' with my 2013 SDV8 that's worth a depressingly low amount of money....

i asked myself this question last year and because of YOLO i sold my old one and bought my new one..

if you dont spend your money then the government will take it off you in taxation... ... - .- -.




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It’s a good thought but I’ve always thought YOLO a bit selfish I want to leave as much as possible to my kids - but then again I could leave them an L460 which of course wouldn’t attract IHT 😀 Geoff

Nice thought but unless you put the car in their name, then, when the Solicitor does probate and all your assets (including cars) are listed, if it takes it over the 325K (650K) if your missus dies before you, then they'll pay tax.

You'll need to put it in one of their names beforehand!

When thinking about IHT...... it just means that everything you buy until you die comes with a 40% discount

So I buy now for £100k car will only be worth £10k when I die so we are back with YOLO I’m saving the kids £90 k and enjoying the deprec while I live, in fact the longer I live the more they save and in the meantime I’m enjoying being Mr Toad win-win Geoff

Did you check the road tax changes from 1st April? 2018 SE SDV8 4.4 Byron Blue

Mine renews in April, so I got a nice email from the DVLA advising me that they'd be taking £710 from my account

No need to worry Alistair its 600 quid versus 700 quid - noise in the great scheme of things. Geoff