Potter wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:44 am
Taipan wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:20 am
I've got a 1 o/c appointment at a LR dealers today. Can't see me going leccy in any form unless they can convince me otherwise...
I was talking to Mrs Potter about this yesterday, getting a new Range Rover.
She was adamantly against it, doesn't see the point, she likes the old one and doesn't think it's a sensible decision to get a new one.
I said reliability. She said fix it when it breaks and if it eventually gets too expensive to fix/run
then get a new one, can't really argue with that logic.
If we get another ten years out of both our LRs then the car buying scene will probably be quite different by then.
I didn't buy anything. I've wanted a RR Sport for a while now but needed to see one up close to see the size etc. Also, I have taken a fancy to Evoques lately and thought for the size they might be a lot more useable. When I got there I fell in love with a Velar! Never really thought about them but when I saw the line up it was the Velar that grabbed my eye.
I test drove black D240 R-Dynamic HSE with a white interior and fell in love with it. Perfect driving position for me, probably the best I've had in a car. The twin turbo had lovely bottom end grunt and I just really really enjoyed driving it. Sadly we were too far apart on the p/x price on my Merc, so I had to leave it.
Of course being convertible it is the worst time ever to sell my car (privately), but I've advertised it a really keen price and will just see what happens. I don't normally get too emotional about these things and always say to myself and other people, that these is always another car/bike, which there is, but I was quite gutted to have not bought it!
I looked at a F-Pace too and whilst I did like them, the whole mesh grilled from end looks kinda cheap? I cant really put my finger on what it is that's wrong, but something about it put me off them. Also, the JLR dealer hadn't presented it very well with some scratches on the front bumper and a tyre borderline legal on the tread depth.