Anybody go from an X5 to a FFRR?

If so any thoughts regarding the ownership experience. Performance, ride comfort, practicality, running costs, off road abilities

Many thanks for your thoughts.

I went from an X5 to Disco3 to Range Rover. No comparison really. The Disco and Rangy beat it hands down. Yes the X5 does handle like a sports saloon but the ride quality and driver enjoyment on either of the landys is much better. Boots are bigger and more useable, I had a 3.0 litre petrol X5 and it was dam thirsty, about 22mpg. My chipped TD6 is returning close to 30 mpg, on a long run its over 30.. X5 off road.... I did try it a few times.... as you would imagine the Rangerovers are streets ahead. And this is coming from someone who was'nt a Landrover fan untill buying the Disco3 out of necessity.

Not owned but i did test drive a few X5's before i decided on the RR.

Found the drive to be way more car like, with less wallow.

However i preferred the status/presence of the RR. TDV8 HST Sport **Current**

4.4 V8 Autobiography and 22" wheels **Gone**

Also test drove a few X5s in my day, but the RR just has a presence the BMW will NEVER have.

You will drive the FFRR differently as a result of owning it so comparing the ride can be a bit academic. A chipped TD6 is pretty quick off the mark and has guts of torque. 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

I'm tempted to ask, "what's an X5" but that would just be sarcastic..........

I see lots of them, but I never actually notice them when I'm driving the FFRR. That sums it up.  The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom

ive drove a few X5's and never really had any reason to dislike them other than when theres snow on the ground and they get stuck  onto no6 Range Rover

Everyone needs a hobby

Poor mans Range Rover Sport

Vogue wrote:

Poor mans Range Rover Sport

really

To be fair I am still slightly torn as the 35d engine is fantastic and should be much cheaper to run (fuel and tax). However we will most likely go for a FFRR as that is what we really want and I doubt i will be forever looking at X5s wishing I had bought one of them instead.
I would also be VERY cheesed off if during the next inclement weather, the X% refused to climb the hill out of the village. The TDV8 should be able to do it if anything can!
The X5 is a very good car but we did not get the feeling that the TDV8 gave.
I would have a X5 over the RRS but neither are a comparison to the proper RR...in my opinion.
Kind regards,
Ed

inkiboo wrote:

Vogue wrote:

Poor mans Range Rover Sport

I'd have a X5 over a Range Rover Sport any day of the week. The twin turbo diesel engine in the X5 is better than 3.6 TDV8 and X5 has a much nicer interior, even over the 2010 models.

In your opinion of course....

I believe and sure most on this forum will agree that the "Lion" TDV8 twin-turbocharged Diesel V8 producing 272 PS (268 hp/200 kW) and 640 N·m (472 ft·lbf) is streets ahead of most other Diesels out there including the very latest X5 "Twin Turbo"(M57TUD30) Diesel 286 PS (210 kW; 282 hp)@4000, 580 N·m (430 lb·ft) - Its the extra Torque that makes the difference ... (just ask Clarkson)

The X5 isn't even a proper off roader, stick a set of mud terrains on any RR - Sport included - and it will go almost anywhere, and it will tow a 3500kg tripple axle stock trailer full of 6 snorting bullocks.

Sorry a BM doesn't even come close, a few shooting friends have X5 and X6's and they aspire to a RR and regret buying their BM's.

How did Clarkson describe the X5 - can't quite remember, he is the GOD of Motoring afterall

Vogue wrote:

The X5 isn't even a proper off roader, stick a set of mud terrains on any RR - Sport included - and it will go almost anywhere, and it will tow a 3500kg tripple axle stock trailer full of 6 snorting bullocks.

Sorry a BM doesn't even come close, a few shooting friends have X5 and X6's and they aspire to a RR and regret buying their BM's.

How did Clarkson describe the X5 - can't quite remember, he is the GOD of Motoring afterall

Many quotes including:

It makes you wonder. Next time the road ahead is closed, could you escape up the embankment and across the fields in an X5? I think not. But in a Range Rover you could. I know, because I’ve done it. Jeremy Clarkson - Sunday Times: November 4, 2007

Oh Yes, Clarkson is good


I love Clarkson

Vogue wrote:

Oh Yes, Clarkson is good


I love Clarkson

Theres more.......

Like the original (BMW X5), it’s clever from a technical standpoint but times have to be good for a car like this to make sense. And they aren’t. So it doesn’t. If you need a tall off-road car, buy a Range Rover diesel. If you need a five-seater that is fun, buy an M5. Don’t try to buy something that combines both things because what the X5 M proves is that really, it can’t be done. Jeremy Clarkson - Times Online Driving