OP, I love Landrovers, but the new RRs are pretty lame.

I would either get a new Defender, or, even better, a vintage defender or a Disco from a good year, and pay to refurbish it.

If you get a LR from one of the good years, it's an amazing vehicle, but there were so many bad years.

Do NOT buy a modern RR. They are full of faulty electronics that will crap out and literally leave you stranded by the side of the road, yes really.

Does your DH like Toyota Landcruisers? In contrast to the RR, the brand new LCs are incredibly capable offroad vehicles, very luxurious, and quite expensive therefore rare/prestigious, if that is important to you.

I would get a LC if you want a brand new SUV, or a vintage LR.

Another good option for you is the Mercedes g-wagon, iconic styling, very capable, very expensive.

Please don't buy a new RR.

They are similar in that both are status symbols.

If you want to feel good about your environmental footprint, you can buy a Prius, a Leaf, a Volt, etc.

If you need 4WD, you can drive a Subaru


The quality of the RR is that nothing else looks like it, its expensive and if you are buying one, you aren't all that torn up about repair costs. Drive one of your other cars.


they are identical in that regard. Nobody is mistaking your Tesla for a Camry and nobody is mistaking your RR for a Honda Pilot

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Anonymous wrote:No, I would buy a Tesla X and have lots of conversation about how great it iS to drive an EV made in the USA

Agreed. Tesla and RR are very much the same in that regard.


Some on here cannot understand that is possible to want high end luxurious things because you want them, not so that other people know that you have them. It's possible to pay cash for them as well - they aren't all leased.

People want to believe that high end cars are leased in the same way that people with expensive homes all have family money. Its not always true.

How on earth are Tesla and Range Rovers similar in any regard?

I can certainly understand wanting top of the line things-- of a quality that cannot be justified in any rational sense. Tesla falls in that category. The point is that Range Rovers are not quality. I can't think of a single way in which range rovers are better than other cars-- the fact that other cars are cheaper and easier to maintain does not actually make them inferior.

My first car was a Land Rover Discovery. I LOVED it.

The major pro of all Land Rovers is that you can drive them to the group with proper upkeep. We have a family friend whose Range Rover is going on 150,000 plus.

The cons are that they are expensive to maintain, parts usually need to be shipped in from Europe. Because the cars are so heavy, it wears on the brakes. You will need to replace your brake pads more often.

Overall amazing cars. I mourn my discovery on a daily basis.

Range Rovers look great but they really are not as comfortable as Lexus. Also, you never have any problems with a Lexus.

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Anonymous wrote:What's even more shocking is that somehow Land Rover has managed to do such a successful job of marketing this vehicle that people are actually willing to buy it knowing full well what a piece of shit it is. Even to the point they are willing to buy a backup car for when it breaks down! I'm with 10:13..this has to be some weird sort of brag post. If not then the OP would buy pretty much any polished turd just to one up the neighbors. If that's the case why not get a couple of nice shiny Harley Davidsons to go along with your Range Rover? Those are pieces of shit too, but also inspire the same sort of mouth drooling lemming "shut up and take my money" behavior.

This.

It's kind of like Jaguars and Harleys (as mentioned). They're such pieces of shit that they're truly status symbols in that you don't care how much of a piece of shit it is because you can afford it.

Plus Marion Barry loved Jags.

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Anonymous wrote:In answer to your original question OP, no, I wouldn't buy a Range Rover, but I will say that they look heaps better than your average SUV, I'll give you that.

I wouldn't buy one because I only have one kid, so a car that size is completely unnecessary and wasteful. As with everything else, you need to make decisions that's right for your family. Surely you didn't think DCUM would sign off on you getting a RR, when most of the millionaires here claim to drive 20 year old beater Honda Civics?

That's because most millionaires do [drive non-descript, economically efficient cars].

If you are talking about millionaire next door types, someone who squirreled away a million bucks by age 50 and also have a government pension, maybe.


If, by 'most', you are talking about a tech guy or a real estate developer with five or ten million dollars or more, you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. I live in this world and nobody is driving an accord with 80,000 miles.

I am sure that you will respond saying that you know lots of people, blah, blah blah - but drive into the parking garage of a real estate or tech company and let me know what you find on the first level of the garage, you know, the one next to the elevator entrance with a reserved sign - and find me the accord. Report back.

Oh please. Those are sales douchebags, and they're probably all leased. That's not wealth.

OK. Keep telling yourself that on the way home tonight when you struggle with the choice between AM and FM

np. I'm not following this retort. Doesn't any new'ish car have XM and Bluetooth nowadays? Even older cars can easily be retrofitted. Is this PP saying that the big advantage to a RR is XM radio?

Anonymous wrote:No, I would buy a Tesla X and have lots of conversation about how great it iS to drive an EV made in the USA

Agreed. Tesla and RR are very much the same in that regard.


Some on here cannot understand that is possible to want high end luxurious things because you want them, not so that other people know that you have them. It's possible to pay cash for them as well - they aren't all leased.

People want to believe that high end cars are leased in the same way that people with expensive homes all have family money. Its not always true.

Anonymous wrote:I think this post is fake, but frankly Range Rover is just about the only car I will judge people for buying because there's no conceivable justification except that you want to say you have a Range Rover.

I feel the same way about Hummers (and Land Rovers), Suburbans for people who live in the city, and other unnecessarily large, gas-guzzling cars used primarily to drive the kids to school and other in-town errands.

No, I would buy a Tesla X and have lots of conversation about how great it iS to drive an EV made in the USA

I think this post is fake, but frankly Range Rover is just about the only car I will judge people for buying because there's no conceivable justification except that you want to say you have a Range Rover.

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Anonymous wrote:In answer to your original question OP, no, I wouldn't buy a Range Rover, but I will say that they look heaps better than your average SUV, I'll give you that.

I wouldn't buy one because I only have one kid, so a car that size is completely unnecessary and wasteful. As with everything else, you need to make decisions that's right for your family. Surely you didn't think DCUM would sign off on you getting a RR, when most of the millionaires here claim to drive 20 year old beater Honda Civics?

That's because most millionaires do [drive non-descript, economically efficient cars].

If you are talking about millionaire next door types, someone who squirreled away a million bucks by age 50 and also have a government pension, maybe.


If, by 'most', you are talking about a tech guy or a real estate developer with five or ten million dollars or more, you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. I live in this world and nobody is driving an accord with 80,000 miles.

I am sure that you will respond saying that you know lots of people, blah, blah blah - but drive into the parking garage of a real estate or tech company and let me know what you find on the first level of the garage, you know, the one next to the elevator entrance with a reserved sign - and find me the accord. Report back.

Oh please. Those are sales douchebags, and they're probably all leased. That's not wealth.

OK. Keep telling yourself that on the way home tonight when you struggle with the choice between AM and FM

We looked at Range Rovers and in the end they just weren't that nice relative to other cars in their class. The Evoques were cramped and very difficult to see out the back. The regular rovers were way too big and not that comfortable. I found it hard to drive. We settled on a Cayenne, which is super comfortable, very reliable so far (it's about 4 years old at this point and no problems with it), and fun to drive. We need the space of a Cayenne but if we didn't I would get a Macan.

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Anonymous wrote:In answer to your original question OP, no, I wouldn't buy a Range Rover, but I will say that they look heaps better than your average SUV, I'll give you that.

I wouldn't buy one because I only have one kid, so a car that size is completely unnecessary and wasteful. As with everything else, you need to make decisions that's right for your family. Surely you didn't think DCUM would sign off on you getting a RR, when most of the millionaires here claim to drive 20 year old beater Honda Civics?

That's because most millionaires do [drive non-descript, economically efficient cars].

If you are talking about millionaire next door types, someone who squirreled away a million bucks by age 50 and also have a government pension, maybe.


If, by 'most', you are talking about a tech guy or a real estate developer with five or ten million dollars or more, you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. I live in this world and nobody is driving an accord with 80,000 miles.

I am sure that you will respond saying that you know lots of people, blah, blah blah - but drive into the parking garage of a real estate or tech company and let me know what you find on the first level of the garage, you know, the one next to the elevator entrance with a reserved sign - and find me the accord. Report back.

Oh please. Those are sales douchebags, and they're probably all leased. That's not wealth.

I would never buy a Range Rover - but for other reasons