What makes a Range Rover driver?

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  • Dan
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    • Jun 2008
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    • Country: United Kingdom

    #16
    I had a friend who used to work at a Land Rover dealer... to give an idea of their major clientelle now, he said they'd regularly have Range Rovers traded in for new at a couple of years old and on coming to clean them out, several times they found Rolexes, gold chains and even bundles of cash left in them, forgotten about.

    I guess if you buy £75k of car every couple of years, you might not notice losing £500 under your seat.
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    • anthonys2
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      • Mar 2009
      • 3512
      • Country: England

      #17
      Ha ha wish i could find that in mine!!!

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      • bernsaudi
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        • Feb 2007
        • 592
        • Country: United Kingdom

        #18
        I'm lucky if I find a half eaten wispa or twix in the back

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        • QuattroFever
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          • May 2006
          • 1360
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          #19
          Originally posted by anthonys2
          I take my RR sport off roading and green laning and it has 20" wheels on and its blooody amazing!! For me theres not a better 4x4 around and if i sound snobby here i dont really care and the people that think they not, are just jealous cause they cant afford one
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          • hibby
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            • Apr 2007
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            • Country: Scotland

            #20
            Originally posted by anthonys2
            I take my RR sport off roading and green laning and it has 20" wheels on and its blooody amazing!! For me theres not a better 4x4 around and if i sound snobby here i dont really care and the people that think they not, are just jealous cause they cant afford one

            Going by this logic if I don't like something that I can't afford I only dislike it because I can't afford it.

            If I win the Euro millions on Friday will I suddenly start liking Katie Price?
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            • madpugger
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              • Sep 2007
              • 1901
              • Country: Scotland

              #21
              Originally posted by 86style
              A range rover sport is not a proper range rover! When was the last time you saw someone fording a stream with 22's and low pro tyres! don't see the point especially when the awesome 'charged 4.2 v8 can be had in the ordinary range rover.
              Agreed, get a real one! But who wants a bloody petrol one? Tdv8 has to be the way...

              Some rangie owners are 'cars' true but there are the few who use them properly, for towing and off raid purposes as well as heating up the uk

              I do wish landrover would bin the bling 2010 style and go back a few years.

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              • madpugger
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                • Sep 2007
                • 1901
                • Country: Scotland

                #22
                Originally posted by hibby
                Going by this logic if I don't like something that I can't afford I only dislike it because I can't afford it.

                If I win the Euro millions on Friday will I suddenly start liking Katie Price?
                No, I think you'll find you dislike her because she is a 'peach'

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                • madpugger
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                  • Sep 2007
                  • 1901
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                  #23
                  Originally posted by anthonys2
                  I take my RR sport off roading and green laning and it has 20" wheels on and its blooody amazing!! For me theres not a better 4x4 around and if i sound snobby here i dont really care and the people that think they not, are just jealous cause they cant afford one
                  Sounds like someone cant afford a real one

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                  • s2driveruk
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                    • Jul 2003
                    • 12696
                    • Country: England

                    #24
                    usuall driven by Tina who is as blinged up as the RR, seatbelt-less, kid sliding about the rear as they carve up traffic from the middle lane of the motorway on a rush job back to boarding school and organising her social calendar by hooking an iphone under her neck at the same time...

                    Then there's Rupert who's a bit of a t&&t in the city, looks like his wife has done a job on the local Boden warehouse to dress him in because he's never been to a shop in his life and he'll be sure to look down on you at every opportunity. Has yet to learn where the indicators are and has a penchant for diving across 3 lanes of the motorway to make the exit. He'll be fine with that because the RR is so tough, if he causes an accident, it'll be unlikely he'll notice and he can get some lacky to t-cut out the damage
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                    • Fat Audi 80
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                      • Jan 2004
                      • 10547
                      • Country: England

                      #25
                      Originally posted by s2driveruk
                      usuall driven by Tina who is as blinged up as the RR, seatbelt-less, kid sliding about the rear as they carve up traffic from the middle lane of the motorway on a rush job back to boarding school and organising her social calendar by hooking an iphone under her neck at the same time...

                      Then there's Rupert who's a bit of a t&&t in the city, looks like his wife has done a job on the local Boden warehouse to dress him in because he's never been to a shop in his life and he'll be sure to look down on you at every opportunity. Has yet to learn where the indicators are and has a penchant for diving across 3 lanes of the motorway to make the exit. He'll be fine with that because the RR is so tough, if he causes an accident, it'll be unlikely he'll notice and he can get some lacky to t-cut out the damage
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                      • PeteRR
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                        • Jun 2004
                        • 1326
                        • Country: United Kingdom

                        #26
                        Big, big fan of Range Rovers myself. Though it must be said that my real love is for the Rover V8 powered ones. We have a 3.9 Classic and also a 4.6 P38a in our household.
                        I don't see myself as a :corey:, but no doubt many would disagree!

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                        • Christophski
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                          • Mar 2009
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                          #27
                          A few years ago i organised the Land Rover show at Eastnor Castle and a guy turns up and buys an intermediate off road pass. He was a doctor who had just picked up a brand new Range Rover, literally a few days before. Anyway long and short, it ended up on its roof, on the intermediate course. Ouch!!! Only one that did end up on its roof the entire weekend.... We had a good laugh about that

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                          • Tap Towers
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                            • Dec 2010
                            • 220
                            • Country: England

                            #28
                            Well, almost everyone around the northeast who has a range rover appears to be a fist magnet of the highest kind, ignorant, poor driving **** gravy of the worst kind, im sure there are exceptions.

                            Lest not forget what Clarkson/Topgear think of Audi drivers....
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                            • anthonys2
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                              • Mar 2009
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                              #29
                              Originally posted by PeteRR
                              Big, big fan of Range Rovers myself. Though it must be said that my real love is for the Rover V8 powered ones. We have a 3.9 Classic and also a 4.6 P38a in our household.
                              I don't see myself as a :corey:, but no doubt many would disagree!
                              Totally agree with you I had a superb 4.6L v8 with a full stainless steel exhaust it was great to drive and the sound was pure bliss!!!!

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                              • PeteRR
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                                • Jun 2004
                                • 1326
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                                #30
                                Originally posted by anthonys2
                                Totally agree with you I had a superb 4.6L v8 with a full stainless steel exhaust it was great to drive and the sound was pure bliss!!!!
                                Sublime isn't it We have a Janspeed on the 3.9 and a full JP st.stl. system on the 4.6, with 200 cell cats. Muted thunder, almost makes me not mind the 15mpg.....almost!

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