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BrianC



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the wife's new car

just bought this yesterday its 100 times better to drive than the rangie, looks like my car will be sold sooner now.

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Post #72724 17th Jul 2011 2:13pm
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pretlove



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United Kingdom 2003 Range Rover HSE 4.4 V8 Zambezi Silver

very nice "RANGEISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
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Post #72726 17th Jul 2011 2:16pm
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Alistair



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United Kingdom 2013 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Santorini Black

Wheels look 100 tiimes easier to kerb Shocked

Nice car

Post #72727 17th Jul 2011 2:17pm
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BrianC



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its a 2.0 turbo/supercharged engine with the tarten seats
very quick and smooth im well chuffed with it

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alanm_3



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Scotland 2017 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

Can't beat a Golf. Ticks most boxes for most people!

I still have a soft spot for an R32 or even an R! Thumbs Up Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

Post #72729 17th Jul 2011 2:20pm
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BrianC



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she had a clio 197 f1 with recaro's which was great fun, but now she is expecting our first baby this ticked all the boxes for me Very Happy

Post #72730 17th Jul 2011 2:21pm
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i give you 1 month before you start missing the range..

Post #72731 17th Jul 2011 2:25pm
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alanm_3



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Scotland 2017 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

scarey wrote:
i give you 1 month before you start missing the range..


After the baby arrives, he'll be too tired too miss anything! Whistle Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

Post #72733 17th Jul 2011 2:55pm
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Fox



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I bet it's not 100 times smoother and more comfortable than the Range with those whacking great alloys and rubber band tyres on. Laughing

They do give a sporty ride though. Kind of the other end of the spectrum from an L322.


Love overtaking these in my diesel Skoda, always confuses the owners.
Mind you, mine is tweaked up to 270bhp and a whole heap of diesel torque. Mr. Green
Took in to Santa Pod last weekend and blew off a Focus RS and a couple of TVRs. Whistle

Congrats on the car though. Looks nice and they are reliable things even when used for fun. Thumbs Up

Post #72743 17th Jul 2011 5:49pm
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BrianC



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fox the golf has got the acc(adaptive chassis contol) so when its set to comfort not sport its like a magic carpet

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Fox



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bigl322 wrote:
fox the golf has got the acc(adaptive chassis contol) so when its set to comfort not sport its like a magic carpet


You mean it's better than a FFRR?

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BrianC



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better than mine Rolling with laughter but not all range rovers

Post #72754 17th Jul 2011 8:13pm
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delamo



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alanm_3 wrote:
Can't beat a Golf. Ticks most boxes for most people!

I still have a soft spot for an R32 or even an R! Thumbs Up


Always thought the same...

Sold the Range Rover a few months ago (cause I needed to Big Cry ) and replaced it with a 07 VW Golf R32 to use as my everyday transport. Always had Golfs GTIs before having RR's, and thought it would be good idea to go back to using them for a while and the top spec R32 would be the one to have.

Despite it being a good looking car and very quick - its costing me as much, if not more, than my old 56 TDV8 ever did to drive about. The ride is awful hard on the kidneys when driving on roads which are anything less than perfect, and since my ownership it now needs complete new set of wheels and tyres cause of 'their' attraction for kerbs and potholes etc.

Despite it being DSG Auto, without 100% absolute concentration, it is near impossible to crawl in traffic, due to the power being all or nothing when using the throttle and can make you look like a right chavvy tit when pulling away from lights etc - and its too easy to select S (Sport) instead of D (Drive) without realising, so it sounds like the gear doesn't change until you hit 8000rpm.

The list of things I don't like about it goes on and on and maybe the GTI might well have been a better, certainly cheaper option to have - but one thing is for certain...

...I miss my FFRR so much Crying or Very sad

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100 times better to drive than the rangie


Sorry but comparing owning a huge big engined prestige Range Rover with a smallish VW Golf is a bit daft in my opinion.

Yes the Golf is one of the best cars in its class but then so is the Range Rover in its class.

If you are happier with the Golf then you probably never really needed the Range Rover.

Its just so different I find it hard to see why you would compare them Confused

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BrianC



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gaz your probably right ,i think the chase was better than the catch when i wanted a range rover.
dont get me wrong the range rover is a great car ,but i dont enjoy driving it that much. I feel the steering wheel is to big and light,plus when cornering it rolls far to much.
delamo the gti mk6 is a big improvement in comfort/build quality and fuel consumption

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