Does anyone on here run one ? What are they like etc ? Insurance wont cost a thing to change and nor is there any difference in road tax to what Im paying .

I expect it to be a little thirstier and are they something that can be remapped ? Known faults etc

Genuine first hand experience from people who own or have owned one would be really appreciated

 

Seriously ? No one had one ?

 

They are ok if you have a good warrenty, or plenty of money or if you know what your doing with vehicles as they can like all Land Rover stuff be a pain in the arse, but when there ok you will not find a better vehicle.

http://www.rangerovers.net/fixindex.html

http://www.rangerovers.net/forum

 

Doesnt Rob@SCC have one at the moment.

good i understand but expensive to run (parts and tax) and very thirsty

 

top links mate will be having a skim read through that

 

Dads got tdv8 for step mums car
Expensive brakes
Thirsty
And it's now decided to not boost properly!

And any turbo work is body off job.
That's all I know from what he has told me

 

Anything engine related, or turbo and apparently it's a body off job

 

My uncle had a supercharged sport only kept it 6 months due it drinking like a fish.
I hate them it's a classless wannabe footballer / barbie car driven by twats or women with plastic tits.

 

You need 2 as one will be at dealers broken all the time.

Girlfriends sister has one and it's in and out of the dealers like a yo-yo

 

Bastards

Not a good word from anyone !

 

Well the look nice

 

I can't understand why anyone would buy one over a normal Range Rover. For footballers and slags IMO

 

Bang on + they are tiny inside!

 

my brother had a sport for two years just traded it in against a new landrover when new reg comes out ,also my best mates dad has one had it 4 years brakes are expensive been remaped so better on fuel anything dealer related is a fortune

 

I've had one for 7 months, it's a 2.7 TDV6

Getting roughly 27mpg, it's costing me Ł110 a week in fuel due to miles it doing

Not had any faults with it yet, was serviced at Land Rover last Friday - Ł400









The stickers are off the tyres now

 

I really like these but can't see why the body has to come off, admittingly i've never worked on one but it seems stupid to design something where the body has to come off!

Surely it's easier to remove the head with the turbo attached than remove the body?

As said though, a normal l322 seems a better bet, the boot just isn't big enough on a sport and whats the point in a two piece tailgate like it is on the sport with both parts openning upwardly.

 

I'd get a "proper" one my dad's car front had one of these and a fully equipped Vogue in at the same when you get them side by side you realise how different they are, same when you get out of one into the other.

If you want performance you'd be mad to get a sport, same to be said if you want an offroader, strange car really not very good at anything but look OK. That said I don't even think they look as good as a vogue with all the bits on it.

 

for similar/cheaper money rather have a porsche cayenne

 

Electronic air suspension can be a bastard, i have the 1998 dse and had my share of problems with it, if you buy one make sure everything works, if not walk away.

 

i have had one for a year no problems at all cost us Ł105 a month to fill up and its used every day
heres afew pics when i detailed it

http://bbs.rsownersclub.co.uk/showthread.php?t=340749



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I work for a main dealer mate and yes it does seem a daft idea to have to take the body off but trust me its impossible and more time consuming job trying to change a turbo on one. Takes 3 hrs to take body off a sport and its a very easy job to do. For the op save abit more money and buy a proper l322 with tdv8 very nice and not as much goes wrong with them compared to sports, nick.

 

Dont buy one that needs a head gasket or turbo unless you good with spanners - lol

Yes this is how you have to do them !

 

driven loads off these in work and mercedes ml 164 shape, i think the mercs a better car to drive on the road,feel more planted, but thats me, to be honest if you dont go off road keep the cls in your sig far better car

 

looks very expensive

 

I had to do a sump gasket on one and guess what it was a body off and engine lifted out job mate tdv8 sport again. Were doing 2 or 3 turbos or actuators a month at minuite so there a very common problem.

 

wouldnt have one given, spent far too many hours having customers screaming at me thats the repair times are rediculous and parts are just joker priced!

shockingly bad build quality and Airbags fail at the drop of a hat

 

I bet Deano wish he hadnt bothered asking now

 

Seconded

 

Probably not the best time to say I've just started working there in quality control then fpmsl.

 

I wouldn't buy one outside of RR's warranty. A couple of work colleagues have them. Each time I've gone for something different. I had a Cayenne and then went for an ML which are both great cars and been hassle free in comparison to the sports.

 

know a few people that have had them. this one guy I knew said that it cost him Ł9000 a year just on fuel to run his range rover sport - bare in mind he used it everyday and racked up some seriously high milage. was a good runner though and he never had any problems.

 

Youve no fucking idea how true that is ...................... your all bastards and i hate the lot of you

 

But seriously ? are they really that bad ?

 

Dont know much about them but aren't the 'proper' Range Rovers a better bet? Are they more reliable than the Sports? I'm swaying to an L322 over an X5 at the moment!

 

Go for a well looked after Range Rover Classic, or a P38 with the coil spring conversion.

 

No.

Well, yes, but a better way of putting it would be. "Proper Range Rovers aren't quite as woefully unreliable as Range Rover Sports".

 

i would buy a new shape twin turbo X5 m sport.

 

V8 q7 for me or a v10 toureg

 

if you ask anyone on a forum about a car then people will only have heard the horror storys i'm afraid, they are the ones that travel.....

i like em personally, they look good and thats all that matters, i wouldnt buy a car worrying about what might fail, buy the car you want and enjoy it.

 

Now you talking

Range Rover Classic Soft Dash with LPG and spring shock conversion