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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the market for a family SUV. DH and I both love the Range Rover minus all the maintenance problems. We can afford it. Since it is unreliable, we would probably also buy another more reliable SUV for when RR would be in the shop.

Would you buy the Range Rover knowing you will probably buy another family car due to RR's unreliability?[/quote]

"Since it is unreliable?"  Not in my experience it isn't.

I drive a 14-years old RR that I bought from a RR dealer for cash when it was 4 years old (with 21.5 K miles on it.)  Presently about 51K miles on it.

What "unreliability?"  Have never spent more than a few hundred a year on it, routine maintenance and such.  If winter conditions are passable, it'll get me there.

My other vehicle is a fifteen year old Volvo V70R AWD that I bought new from a Volvo dealer, also for cash.  Its electrical system has a cerebral hemorrage every few thousand miles.  It is presently inoperable.

I got in a no-report necessary collision with a riceburner auto a few miles from home.  A neophyte driver ran into me.  His car sustained about $2.5 K damage; mine had scratches in the paint.  RR paid for itself then.   Screw gas mileage:  mass + size = safety for your loved ones.

Transported to Africa, I could probably chase rhinos (RINOs ?) with my RR.  Never have and never will take it off road.  But it gives me the giggles to think I can go 
ten thousand places your sedan can't go.

Sometimes just the satisfaction of having what I always wanted is worth paying the necessary to have it.    If other areas of your finances are well provided for, and you want a RR, treat yourselves. [/quote][/quote]

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