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11 hours ago, JohnfromUK said:

My old BMW Touring (BMW speak for estate) is coming to end of life (I've had it 17 years and last MoT had 14 advisories!).  One of RangeRovers products (2nd hand) was a possible replacement, but I have heard so many horror stories on cost, reliability and dealers unable to fix faults ......... I'm pretty sure I'll not be buying from them.  I still have my 1993 Defender 90.  Nothing decided yet, but it definitely wouldn't be the one shown as the subject of this thread even if I won the lottery!

One of my Range Rovers suffered battery drain overnight. The only way to maintain a charged battery was to disconnect it. It went back soooo many times. When the warranty end I turned it in.

Another went into limp mode randomly, I bought a kicker from ebay, kept in plugged in and as it went into limp pressed the magic button, back to normal for anything from 1 mile to 1000. LR never solved the problem. 

I could go on but you get the gist.

Because I wanted comfort off road I tried Nissan, comfortable but rubbish. I've compromised with a new Toyota Hilux every 3 years. Not a patch on the proper landies off road but reliable, reasonably comfortable and adequate for all of my permissions. Not overly expensive to run or insure and fetch almost what I paid when traded in at first MOT (Providing I pay for a valet and detailing as that puts around 1000 to 1500 on the price.

 

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33 minutes ago, Mable said:

One of my Range Rovers suffered battery drain overnight. The only way to maintain a charged battery was to disconnect it. It went back soooo many times. When the warranty end I turned it in.

Another went into limp mode randomly, I bought a kicker from ebay, kept in plugged in and as it went into limp pressed the magic button, back to normal for anything from 1 mile to 1000. LR never solved the problem. 

I could go on but you get the gist.

Because I wanted comfort off road I tried Nissan, comfortable but rubbish. I've compromised with a new Toyota Hilux every 3 years. Not a patch on the proper landies off road but reliable, reasonably comfortable and adequate for all of my permissions. Not overly expensive to run or insure and fetch almost what I paid when traded in at first MOT (Providing I pay for a valet and detailing as that puts around 1000 to 1500 on the price.

 

Sadly your story is so typical of many 'owners' I know and speak to.

As a long term Defender owner (the one on my avatar, a 200 tdi 90, has been with me 27 years now and will stay on) it greatly saddens me that it is this way, but they have been going that way for a long time.  My late father's last one (4 door classic) was very poor and the dealership worse.  Toyota are very definitely on my 'shortlist'.

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25 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, It would make me ill if i worked on the Production line at the Goodwood Factory

I thought the Range Rovers were made in Solihull. When did they start production at Goodwood ? Ive never seen any at Goodwood, only Rolls Royce which are driven up and down the A27 daily

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18 hours ago, London Best said:

Surely, the Juke was designed by a cartoonist?

“Payments” are always more than the car is worth! 
I have never bought a car on “payments” in my life.

Neither have i they didn't like it when i bought the range rover for cash and when my son bought the ford ranger they sent him to the bank to pay in the money and do a bank transfer , There scared its drugs money so you get the who , why what and where 

15 hours ago, JohnfromUK said:

My old BMW Touring (BMW speak for estate) is coming to end of life (I've had it 17 years and last MoT had 14 advisories!).  One of RangeRovers products (2nd hand) was a possible replacement, but I have heard so many horror stories on cost, reliability and dealers unable to fix faults ......... I'm pretty sure I'll not be buying from them.  I still have my 1993 Defender 90.  Nothing decided yet, but it definitely wouldn't be the one shown as the subject of this thread even if I won the lottery!

I have had mine 3 years past no problems apart from the battery which is my fault i think i left it in that really cold weather and should of started it at least once 

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4 minutes ago, Bigbob said:

Neither have i they didn't like it when i bought the range rover for cash and when my son bought the ford ranger they sent him to the bank to pay in the money and do a bank transfer , There scared its drugs money so you get the who , why what and where 

I have had mine 3 years past no problems apart from the battery which is my fault i think i left it in that really cold weather and should of started it at least once 

Yes, there are people who get 'a good one'.  However - unfortunately there are also a lot who don't.

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On 18/02/2024 at 20:04, JohnfromUK said:

My old BMW Touring (BMW speak for estate) is coming to end of life (I've had it 17 years and last MoT had 14 advisories!).  One of RangeRovers products (2nd hand) was a possible replacement, but I have heard so many horror stories on cost, reliability and dealers unable to fix faults ......... I'm pretty sure I'll not be buying from them.  I still have my 1993 Defender 90.  Nothing decided yet, but it definitely wouldn't be the one shown as the subject of this thread even if I won the lottery!

Japanese is what I'd be looking at.

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1 hour ago, JohnfromUK said:

Agreed.  I have had X5 (great on road, fairly useless off road), G-wagen (great off road, fairly useless on road and VERY thirsty).  Looking Toyota this time.

I have a 2014 Hilux 3L invincible (Mk7?) and prior to that a 2005 Rav4; both are and had been brilliant.

Before that two, Mk1 Freelanders, petrol then a diesel, both had lots of issues.

 

My heart says Green oval, but my head and pocket say eff that!!

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1 hour ago, Penelope said:

 

 

My heart says Green oval, but my head and pocket say eff that!!

Unfortunately these days the pocket has to rule and with anything LR fetching a massive premium followed by the purchase of a back up vehicle for when it's being repaired, Japanese is the way to go.

Only yesterday I looked at another D2, 4 litre petrol import from Japan, minimum of 20 years old £15k and then needs MOT, tax and UK registration. Puts it out of the average pocket.

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I ran green oval products from the 1970's until 2014 when I bought my last new Defender 110 XS USW that I chopped in for a new 3.2 Ranger after I got fed up with the Defender going back and forth to the dealer for warranty fixes. I had planned to hold onto that Defender until the Ineos Grenadier went into production as I believed their initial hype about a sensibly priced, fixable, and affordable utility type 4x4, unfortunately I have been less than impressed with the final production vehicle - and cost! I'm still a LR type, and in fact have been co admin a long running forum dedicated to the marque since the mid 2000's. I'm not inclined to take a chance on a new Defender so replaced the Ranger with a new Isuzu D Max V Cross. Not sure what to get next.

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7 minutes ago, Miserableolgit said:

Not sure what to get next.

I shall keep my Defender 90.  Had it 27 years this year I think, but it isn't ideal for longer journeys, something that doesn't get better with (either of our) advancing age.  It has however been very reliable - which I put down (in part) to avoiding LandRover approved dealerships like the plague.

For daily on road I have had a BMW 3 series touring (estate) for 17 years. It's been a pretty good car (though I was glad I had extended warranty) but it is coming to 'end of life'. 

Likely replacement will probably be a Toyota Land Cruiser, but they are expensive.

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For years I used to do my own servicing, at least that way I knew anything that went wrong was down to me! When I started buying nearly new then new [and got lazy lol ] I used a mix of dealerships were  [mixed experience] and decent independents. The latter were generally good but  I still remember getting home after picking up one of the Defenders from a second service to find the back and underside of the vehicle covered in gearbox oil. The young lad they got to do the service had left the transfer box filler plug loose. 

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God I hate modern Land Rover products, I have an old one (40 yr old in late 2025) had it near 20 years, it's a toy really.😁

I work in the trade and dread getting them to work on, it's 15 miles to work and there's a garage less than a mile away, unfortunately a LR specialist 😆😝 

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22 minutes ago, defender said:

God I hate modern Land Rover products, I have an old one (40 yr old in late 2025) had it near 20 years, it's a toy really.😁

I work in the trade and dread getting them to work on, it's 15 miles to work and there's a garage less than a mile away, unfortunately a LR specialist 😆😝 

I’ve had them for so long I can’t imagine life without one.

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Family (my father) had a 4x4 from around 1960 to circa 1985.  Series 1 petrol, two Series 2A diesels, Range Rover Classic 4 door (dreadfully unreliable and thirsty), and a short spell with a Daihatsu 4 Track (surprisingly good off road and 100% reliable, but horribly uncomfortable).

I personally have had a 1952 Series 1 (bought 1980 ish), a G-wagen 280 GEL (desperately thirsty, poor on road, good off road), BMW X5 (very good on road, very comfortable, poor off road) and my current Defender 90, bought 1995 and still owned.  The Defender has very recently been joined by a Land Cruiser which has replaced my 17 year old BMW 3 series touring.

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i have had a few land rovers  and a range rover over the years the old one's were good the newer one's are just junk a friend got a new land rover and when it rained water came in thru the top door seals the motor was also returned for engine problems a few times the last straw was when he reversed  he broke a tail light and the whole dash turned off he gave it back to the dealers

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24 minutes ago, scarecrow243 said:

he broke a tail light and the whole dash turned off he gave it back to the dealers

I believe the tail lights in the very recent models all work on the "CanBus" where there is a 'decoder' in the light assembly that receives a digital signal from the 'controller' which tells it to turn on etc.

A friend of mine had a flickering tail light, and rather than just changing a bulb, they are LEDs and work on a CanBus system and the whole tail light unit had to be changed.  Luckily it was warranty, otherwise it was several hundred pounds - and not in stock, so a wait for the part. 

He says will part with the car before the warranty expires because the troubles he has had would have cost a small fortune after warranty and he doesn't want to take the risk.  It is apparently a lovely car when running right, but hopelessly unreliable - and really hard to fix (always a fortune in parts) and the dealers can't get parts sometimes for weeks.

He has had many LandRovers (mainly Discoveries) from new and so has been good business for them - he says he will move - probably to Audi.

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