Been looking about for a Tdv8 , after checking out a few sites there seems to be a glut of FFRR's in Tonga Green.

take it this is not a popular colour. ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

Cheeky Fecker!

Mine's a Tonga!

Green used to be THE most popular until they started doing silver and black as mainstream choices.

I think the Tonga is a great 'country car' look in that it blends in, not too flash or showy, but dark and slightly sinister.

I won't have it next time simply cos I like to change colour each time I get a new car, but if there was a Tonga TDV8 with black interior going for the right money I'd most likely go for it.

PS: They never use Tonga ones at the Land Rover Experience centres or for demo cars! A great reason to buy one. 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

Seen a couple in Tonga in the se MDL 07 starting at 35k what site i cannot remember , seen that many ,


Come to think of it , you don't see many of that colour on the road ............  ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

Must say I like Tonga prob my next colour

Who can resist??

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IMO it's a good colour just never had a car in green. This bit will defo get me in trouble but I can't live with the default choice of black or silver nothing personal just not me , and just for a bit of fun go to autoto trader and do a search for any ML and I mean any ML Mercedes regardles of age or price and they are all black or silver and for that reason alone I can't do it.  2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

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I nearly bought a Tonga green RR, but the condition of that particular car wasn't in great shape, besides green is probably more suited to traditional British sport cars. I prefered silver simply because its easier to keep clean, it hides swirl marks very well, and I think it suit the RR perfectly, dark colour cars especially black would drive me crazy

The only colour I would not go for is RED!!!

To be honest the first thing that comes into my head when i see a green rr is a vision of the late JIMMY EDWARDS that old geezer that had a moustache that could wrap round his head.


Suppose they also have that Aristocratic Gentlemen ( AIR , HAIR , LAIR ,) look about them ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

My wife has a thing that green cars are unlucky - dont know where it stems from the crazy freak

I also know the car trade frown at them except on certain cars like LRs RRs Astons and any Britsh type car

Anyway everyone where i live has a black ffrr so i decided on silver to be a bit different. I must sat that nearly all my previous cars have been black and sometimes i wish i went for black but mine does stand out a bit more. If i had a green one i would have to leave it dirty as they look cool that way. But unfortunately im a clean car freak and have the car regularly cleaned for that showroom look - just my personal preference.

RRUK BTFW IMHO nice wheels! 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

Full fat not diet wrote:

If i had a green one i would have to leave it dirty as they look cool that way.

I'll take some pictures tomorrow before I finally get round to my car's bi-monthly wash!

Out shooting today and plenty of mud, puddles, floods and cow sh!t!

I think all Range Rovers look much more purposeful when they are dirty. People take much more notice of a dirty one than a sparkling one, because they're shocked someone actually uses a £62K car as it should be!

This time last year, mine was road-dirty rather than off road dirty...still looks good though.

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 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

DO YOU HAVE TWO TONGA GREEN'S AS THE ONE IN YOUR FIRST PICTURE NEAR THE TOP OF THE THREAD HAS DIFFERENT WHEELS AND ALSO BACK AND FRONT LAMP GUARDS .....................

Nope, fitted the wheels and lamp guards in the last 3 months or so, its the same car, looks quite different though hey?

Have toyed with the idea of fitting the A frame bar with driving lights but I like the front end shape too much. 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

RRUK wrote:

I think all Range Rovers look much more purposeful when they are dirty. People take much more notice of a dirty one than a sparkling one, because they're shocked someone actually uses a £62K car as it should be!

I agree! It'll look even better if it was a dirty, filthy silver one...think I'll trespass a farm land one day

Traded my 06 Tonga Green/Ivory RRS for a 08 FFRR HSE Java Black/Sand. Loved the Tonga. Great color, classic. 08 FFRR
Java Black/Sand