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dubbs

Member Since: 21 Feb 2010
Location: SE London
Posts: 117

2007 Range Rover Supercharged Vogue SE Auto Buckingham Blue

I'd like to interrupt this thread to just sob quietly for a bit...

Instead of enjoying an S/C I'm now in a 330i Touring and have plasterers renovating coving and planners drawing extensions... IT JUST ISN'T AS MUCH FUN!!!!!

28th Mar 2011 4:11pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 25 Mar 2007
Location: Somewhere between here and there, if not then I'm all at sea or at home in Scotland
Posts: 2125

2010 Range Rover TDV8 Vogue Auto Stornoway Grey

could be worse, you could be driving an X1................. 2012MY RREvoque Dynamic Lux Plus Auto SD4 Coupe in Fuji White with full ebony interior

28th Mar 2011 4:46pm

jimmyboy

Member Since: 23 Mar 2010
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 10

2011 Range Rover TDV8 Autobiography Auto Orkney Grey

Morning all,

Thanks for all the replies, very useful info!

James - I'll send you a separate email.

Tim - on a slightly separate note, I think you may know a buddy of mine - Lee Carey? Works in your planning dept (singapore). I used to Plan for K Line and APL many many years ago, now I sell them bunkers!!

One more question - As the S/C still carries the 6 speed box, and is effectively still a 2010MY, does that mean it is lacking the new centre console area (Rotating gear selector, etc)?

Cheers all.
James. 2012 Autobiography TDV8

29th Mar 2011 9:21am

Trommel

Member Since: 05 Jan 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 327

Yes, only the 4.4 TDV8 has the Jag gear selector (which looks a bit too delicate for the RR interior).

29th Mar 2011 9:52am

johnson1

Member Since: 30 Aug 2010
Location: South West
Posts: 482

2011 Range Rover TDV8 Autobiography Auto Santorini Black

Trommel wrote:
Yes, only the 4.4 TDV8 has the Jag gear selector (which looks a bit too delicate for the RR interior).

I like it. Very clean and open centre console area now. Flat terrain response selector is nice and very easy to use. 8 Speed Gearbox is fantastic.

29th Mar 2011 4:57pm

Yossarian

Member Since: 07 Mar 2011
Location: Midlands
Posts: 32

jimmyboy wrote:
Hi all,

Many thanks for the replies. I get the general feeling for outright refinement, S/C is the way to go. I think i'll go for a test drive of the S/C, and if I like it (ha, i'm guessing i will!), i'll consult the bean counters and see if I can stretch to a new one. Im my mind I will Keep the S/C for quite some time, (4-5yrs) so depreciation is less of a concern. I've been through quite a few new cars over last couple of years (RRS, FFRR V SE, BMW M3, Aston), so i'd like to think with a new FFRR S/C and the Aston, I have the best of both worlds and stop giving the stealerships so much business!!

On looking into the S/C a bit more, I noticed she's not been blessed with the new 8 speed ZF gearbox, as on the 4.4tdv8. Any reason for this other than torque/bhp curve of the S/C is better suited to 6 speed?

Cheers all.

I have had a AMV8 for 3 years now and i'm not planning to change either. I currently have a X5, which is virtually a taller 5-series as it handles bends like a sports car almost. My thinking came to the point that i considered both cars too similar and thus wanted to seperate them a little. So i chose to keep my AMV8 as a 'special' car and swap the X5 'sporty' for FFRR TDV8 'luxury' and by doing so give me two distinct driving experiences, so that i had options of what to drive today - depending on my mood today. If I fancied a sports-drive, i take the AMV8, if i want to waft in utter comfort and relax on my journey then i will take the FFRR.

This choice was made easier for me because i have a Ducati Superbike too, which takes speed and excitement to a whole new level ... but it results in what i feel is a very well balanced 'garage' offering different forms of transport depending on mood / wants. If you have the AMV8 and a S/C will you not simply have the same choice of transport just in different guises ? Just my thinking, thats all.

Good luck with whatever you choose, as lets face it, thats a lovely place to be

31st Mar 2011 3:26pm

Fox

Member Since: 02 Apr 2010
Location: Essex
Posts: 2162

I see what you mean. If you want a REALLY different driving experience you can have a go in my 60 year old Morris Minor.
It makes everything else seem like an AMV8.

Last edited by Fox on 31st Mar 2011 3:35pm. Edited 1 time in total

31st Mar 2011 3:33pm

Yossarian

Member Since: 07 Mar 2011
Location: Midlands
Posts: 32

Fox wrote:
I see what you mean. If you want a RELLY different driving experience you can have a go in my 60 year old Morris Minor.
It makes everything else seem like an AMV8.

ha i love the old Morris Minor - my dad had a traveller with a big hole in the bottom

31st Mar 2011 3:35pm

stan

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2005 Range Rover Td6 HSE Auto Cairns Blue

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this is handy

31st Mar 2011 3:39pm

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