2015+ Range Rover Sport

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:While not the same as your question, we have an 07 lr rr sc and bought it when it was 1 year old. Over time, we have put over 150,000 miles on it, and spent about 70k on service alone. There is something about lr that just makes them forever trucks. We have no intention of ever selling ours, and after all these years, feel it's the safest truck of any car or suv (we have 4) we own. As soon as your warranty expires, stop going to the dealer (unless you got an extended dealer only warranty) and go to an independent lr mechanic that only focuses on lr---we take ours to independent in bethesda md.

Typo or joke? You've spent $70,000 keeping a 12yo car running?

No joke. I’m counting every receipt including tires (summer tires on a sc lasted only 1year at 1400. The air suspension needed to be redone at some point at a cost of 9k. Just the other day some hose disconnected and cost 3k to replace. These cars add up. People either try to only do what has to be done, or do whatever needs to be done. My thought is, in 2007 the truck cost 121k new. It’s not a Honda CR-V. Over 10 years I’ve paid 70k which is about 7k/year. That’s not bad for a truck I love and that drives like new and brings a smile to my face every time I get into it. But the disco or the sport is still expensive although they are not as much “forever” trucks like the range rovers. But the sports are wonderful trucks as it is.

I hope you are getting courtside seats from your mechanic.

9k for the air suspension? Wtf- do you know what the prices are for oem struts for that car?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While not the same as your question, we have an 07 lr rr sc and bought it when it was 1 year old. Over time, we have put over 150,000 miles on it, and spent about 70k on service alone. There is something about lr that just makes them forever trucks. We have no intention of ever selling ours, and after all these years, feel it's the safest truck of any car or suv (we have 4) we own. As soon as your warranty expires, stop going to the dealer (unless you got an extended dealer only warranty) and go to an independent lr mechanic that only focuses on lr---we take ours to independent in bethesda md.

Typo or joke? You've spent $70,000 keeping a 12yo car running?

No joke. I’m counting every receipt including tires (summer tires on a sc lasted only 1year at 1400. The air suspension needed to be redone at some point at a cost of 9k. Just the other day some hose disconnected and cost 3k to replace. These cars add up. People either try to only do what has to be done, or do whatever needs to be done. My thought is, in 2007 the truck cost 121k new. It’s not a Honda CR-V. Over 10 years I’ve paid 70k which is about 7k/year. That’s not bad for a truck I love and that drives like new and brings a smile to my face every time I get into it. But the disco or the sport is still expensive although they are not as much “forever” trucks like the range rovers. But the sports are wonderful trucks as it is.

I hope you are getting courtside seats from your mechanic.

9k for the air suspension? Wtf- do you know what the prices are for oem struts for that car?!?

I am also interested to hear who this person is bringing their car to... from this article the 2015 dealer parts + labor price for a single corner would have been ~$1500:

https://jalopnik.com/my-air-suspension-failed-again-another-carmax-warran-1683787880

Indy Rover mechanic would obviously be even cheaper.

[Anonymous]

As another rr owner, I will vouch for the 9000 dollar cost. Look at the posters note, he didn’t say where he had the service done but I’d be willing to bet it was at the dealer after the warranty expired. I had a 2010 rrsc and it cost 8 or 9 k. Can’t remeber exactly to get all the bags etc changed when the suspension started to collapse. You can look for a cheaper price the time is money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As another rr owner, I will vouch for the 9000 dollar cost. Look at the posters note, he didn’t say where he had the service done but I’d be willing to bet it was at the dealer after the warranty expired. I had a 2010 rrsc and it cost 8 or 9 k. Can’t remeber exactly to get all the bags etc changed when the suspension started to collapse. You can look for a cheaper price the time is money.

I believe a dealer might charge that much.

But this daddy warbucks poster says went independent after warranty expired.

Oem strut is 500 bucks.... even four corners and a compressor shouldn’t be more than 4K.

One rover has abusive, terrible dealer network.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I Did. I have a new 2016 lr rr as well It’s not the same. The body on the newer models are aluminum so the overall weight is less—-but fuel economy is better. But it still doesn’t feel as heavy and my perception is it’s not as safe. More electric stuff goes wrong. The 2016 is no where nearly as solid as the 2007 but is much more up to date. Whenever the 2016 is close to death it’s gone. The 2007 is with me forever. One thing to think about if cost is a concern to you—lease one. Then the cost of ownership isn’t as high. I buy the range rovers bc the cost ends up being written off by my business and then I sell them to myself after 5 years of depreciation of the total cost and service paid thru the business for $1.00

If someone else is buying courtside seats for their mechanic, maybe you should buy courtside (or courtroom) seats for your criminal tax lawyer, as you may need one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I Did. I have a new 2016 lr rr as well It’s not the same. The body on the newer models are aluminum so the overall weight is less—-but fuel economy is better. But it still doesn’t feel as heavy and my perception is it’s not as safe. More electric stuff goes wrong. The 2016 is no where nearly as solid as the 2007 but is much more up to date. Whenever the 2016 is close to death it’s gone. The 2007 is with me forever. One thing to think about if cost is a concern to you—lease one. Then the cost of ownership isn’t as high. I buy the range rovers bc the cost ends up being written off by my business and then I sell them to myself after 5 years of depreciation of the total cost and service paid thru the business for $1.00

If someone else is buying courtside seats for their mechanic, maybe you should buy courtside (or courtroom) seats for your criminal tax lawyer, as you may need one.

I think daddy warbucks is actually on to something. And his tax lawyer might say that getting a rr is a good business move.

https://www.financialsamurai.com/tax-rules-for-buying-a-vehicle-and-deducting-as-a-business-expense/