A colleague a work and I were talking last week about our 4x4's. He drives a Merc ML and was talking about driving it in the snow and that he'd experienced a few electrical issue since he's had it. He's also never used any of the little extra all terrain features for the snow.

We got on my RRS. I was telling him that all the extra features have been a god send in the snow recently. He said that he did test drive the RRS before buying the ML and really like it, but went for the ML, because of the image that a RRS gives off.

"Image?", I said, "What image?".
"The drug dealer or I'm a pimp image" was his response.

I'm just a boring sales manager for a medical company, although I do run my own business on the side as a vintage Rolex watch dealer!

Are any of you drug dealers or pimps? Do you offer forum discounts??

Regards,

C10CKO MY12 RRSport 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography
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C10CKO wrote:

I'm just a boring sales manager for a medical company, although I do run my own business on the side as a vintage Rolex watch dealer!

C10CKO, do you have a one of those nice long jackets with lots of little hangers on the inside for flashing your Rolex stock at passers by And as a Medical Co Sales Manager ..... Ummmm Errrr..... shouldn't WE be asking YOU for the free samples  2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
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GONE - RRS - 2.7 TDV6 HSE - Java Black (2007)
GONE - Porsche Boxster S - 3.2 - Black

lol

For the record, all stock is safely in the banks safe, so don't start stalking me!

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shouldn't WE be asking YOU for the free samples

I wish.....I deal with surgical stuff....... I could provide you with a heart valve or two!  MY12 RRSport 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography
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Clocko,
Have you seen this site,2nd of my favourite forums!
http://www.tz-uk.com/forum/index.php
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No worries, my stalking days are over....... the court order saw to that!

Anyhoo... I'm an Omega man myself..... Maybe when I own a FFRR I'll buy a Rolex ..... Ahhh that brings us
back to the IMAGE question! Maybe that would be a good subject for a forum Poll "What watch do most RRS drivers wear on a daily basis"  2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
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GONE - RRS - 3.0 TDV6 HSE - Santorini (2010)
GONE - RRS - 2.7 TDV6 HSE - Java Black (2007)
GONE - Porsche Boxster S - 3.2 - Black

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Maybe that would be a good subject for a forum Poll "What watch do most RRS drivers wear on a daily basis"

ChrisP,

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Have you seen this site, 2nd of my favourite forums!

C10CKO wrote:

I like that idea! Mind if I pinch it?

NOPE - Feel free, You could always argue that your post inspired the idea anyway
I'll keep any eye out for the Poll & try to be it's 1st poster  2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
2013 Evoque 5 Door Pure Tech SD4 - Orkney Grey with Panoramic Roof (Mrs E's new baby)

GONE - RRS - 3.0 TDV6 HSE - Santorini (2010)
GONE - RRS - 2.7 TDV6 HSE - Java Black (2007)
GONE - Porsche Boxster S - 3.2 - Black

Well if the majority of RRS drivers that I see in this are anything to go by they are middle class, female, always in a mad rush to get anywhere........................... except that is for the Java S/C on an X5 XXX private plate (shows which car they previously owned!) with privacy and tints on the front side glass that I regularly see. It's still driven by a women but I often see it parked in the supermarket carpark with a lot of teenagers hanging around near it. I suspect it might conform with the first stereotype that C10CKO mentions 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Maybe the image issue is partly a regional thing... Up here in North East Scotland
there are so many 4x4's anyway that an RRS is just seen as another one of many
and nobody really bats an eyelid at them. On the numbers issue the salesman at
Town & County Aberdeen was telling me that they are now officially the biggest LR
dealer in the UK based on sales volume! 2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
2013 Evoque 5 Door Pure Tech SD4 - Orkney Grey with Panoramic Roof (Mrs E's new baby)

GONE - RRS - 3.0 TDV6 HSE - Santorini (2010)
GONE - RRS - 2.7 TDV6 HSE - Java Black (2007)
GONE - Porsche Boxster S - 3.2 - Black

all 4x4's have a 'wealth' image attached to them - anyone who wants to express this will aspire to the most expensive 'sort after' 4x4 to say 'look at me' - we all know this.

Fortunately however, I feel these people are the minority as most can't really afford them

Tim - I agree - most 4x4's around me are driven by women

Image? I dread to think.

Having joined the RRS club only a few weeks ago, I can only say that I have never been so hated by others in my life!!

Firstly, I live in Sweden so they all think I'm up to no good there being a Jonny Foreigner (brit ex-pat) old Cold War nerves and fear of anyone not Swedish, especially with a non Swedish brand car!. I live in an area where you are invited to the golf club and take Sunday drinks with the Captain. All in a country who love the nature and take any oportunity to make an eco statement (even if it's an ill informed one) at any given moment.

Then there's the friends and family who keep asking - 'why do you need such a big, ugly dirty 4 x 4, what's wrong with a nice Volvo or SAAB?' (don't get me started on SAAB!). Even the government tax me horrifically for having it, even though the emissions and 'enviromental damage' of some Swedish brands are as bad if not worse, but avoid such taxing.

Finally, whenever you drive within a 100 meters of anyone, a family, a pushchair or anything, people make a drama of pulling them out of 'dangers way', in a poor school pantomime way - what's that all about?

I am a middle aged, calm and caring driver. Have a young family that I choose to protect in an RRS and could be mistaken for driving like the local Vicar. Whats more, the car is always parked sensibly unlike all those others who choose to treat my car like a farm vehicle - with no consideration for my doors - thank you!

So as for image.....you decide

But we love it and it's staying, AND we are going to order a new MY2010 TDV8 very soon I expect

phew, rant over....feels better now

Coming from a rural area my solicitor has a rural practice and keeping with that image he drives a D3, he is as he puts it himself "local lad done well" recently he got the recall for the brakes issue and the garage gave him a TDV8 RRS while his was under repair he went from "local lad" to rubbing peoples noses in it. He loved the RRS but his clients didn't so he will keep to the D3 / D4. Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
Clan Cameron

Sad isnt it.

When I set up in practice 15 years ago - aged 30 - we bought my sister in laws Renault 5 and used to park 'round the back at clients'. We bought our TDV8 last month and have already had two comments from work colleagues that I should think about parking round the back so as not to give certain clients the wrong impression. The mums on the school run clearly couldnt care less about the image they give off!

Our son is at university in Scotland, a 600 mile, 10 hour round trip which we regularly do in 1 day for which the RRS is perfect. Why should I care what people think? But I still do!! (just a bit!)  FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad