Hi,

I contract hire my vehicles through my company and am looking at a RR sport, we have had a FFRR supercharged in 2006 and loved it then went to a C63 AMG, which I loved wife not so keen, and a licence killer!!

Wife really wants a FFRR again but the contract hire prices seem to be nowhere near as competitive as before, so its out of the loop.

I could have a new style BMW X5 with more Tech ie HUD, speed limit display, Top down view cameras, panoramic roof and be £250.00pm better off than if I went for a non optioned Sport HSE.

We both prefer the looks of the sport and driving it was very comfortable and the V6 has plenty of power, the new X5 isn't on the road yet so have not been able to drive that, but it has not got the character of the Sport looks wise.

Some of the guys on here I see have owned both so would you have the Sport and pay the extra or go for the X5, which seems more advanced on paper but is not so desirable??

Thanks for your views

Blimey 49 views and no replies, do I take it the extra money cannot be justified??

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imho you can't compare the X5 to the RRS by any means - price, spec, performance is all different in varying ways. The way I see it - you only live once so get both at some point and have the best of both worlds - of course try the RRS first

I'm surprised you see such a price difference. Yes there are some good lease prices advertised for the X5 but that is the basic spec car. When I compared them by the time I had bought the X5 up to the same spec the price was very similar. Don't forget the RRS HSE comes with 20" wheels, metallic paint, leather, air suspension, bluetooth/SatNav/DAB/HK Sound System/ipod connection, keyless entry, Electric heated memory seats, Electric steering wheel adjustment, parking sensors and rear camera all of which I believe are options on the X5 (or they were last year when I looked). I guess if you are going for a longer term lease the options won't make such as difference but on the 2 year lease I looked at adding those options made the X5 lease price rocket.

The are some fantastic lease deals available on the C63 now! I've seen them advertised for £499/month on 6+23. WINNER - 2009 ‘Just Doing What It’s Designed To Do’ Award

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and the RRS looks better, especially in purple purple people eater

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Gone RR 4.0 P38 Autobiography MY99 Red ( money pit)
Gone RRS MY06 2.7TDV6 HSE Rimini Red
Gone RRS MY10 3.0TDV6 HSE Bali Blue with lots of bits (never grew to love it)
Here Now - 3.6 TDV8 FFRR OVERFINCH Stornoway Grey - loving it x
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 MY10 3.0 HSE Santorini Black, Ivory Premium & extended leather, privacy, paddles, diamond turned alloys, Ipod lead that charges, tasmods, rrsport.co.uk stickers

Jeep 4.0 High Output XJ 94 6" teraflex lift, c/w rear coils, 9500lb winch, 35" TSL super swamper boggers, safari snorkel, custom made bumpers, tom woods custom double cardon driveshaft, twin electric fans. Don't follow it..............you wont make it. The first 4 x 4 by far.

Santorini its more fun to have the p**** taken out of you on a regular basis purple people eater

There are no good days, just some days that are not as bad as others!


Gone RR 4.0 P38 Autobiography MY99 Red ( money pit)
Gone RRS MY06 2.7TDV6 HSE Rimini Red
Gone RRS MY10 3.0TDV6 HSE Bali Blue with lots of bits (never grew to love it)
Here Now - 3.6 TDV8 FFRR OVERFINCH Stornoway Grey - loving it x
My work car Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDci Zetec auto Estate in Silver

 MY10 3.0 HSE Santorini Black, Ivory Premium & extended leather, privacy, paddles, diamond turned alloys, Ipod lead that charges, tasmods, rrsport.co.uk stickers

Jeep 4.0 High Output XJ 94 6" teraflex lift, c/w rear coils, 9500lb winch, 35" TSL super swamper boggers, safari snorkel, custom made bumpers, tom woods custom double cardon driveshaft, twin electric fans. Don't follow it..............you wont make it. The first 4 x 4 by far.

only worth 4 whistles this time I am growing to love it, in the sun this weekend it almost looked blue (in the right light of course)  purple people eater

There are no good days, just some days that are not as bad as others!


Gone RR 4.0 P38 Autobiography MY99 Red ( money pit)
Gone RRS MY06 2.7TDV6 HSE Rimini Red
Gone RRS MY10 3.0TDV6 HSE Bali Blue with lots of bits (never grew to love it)
Here Now - 3.6 TDV8 FFRR OVERFINCH Stornoway Grey - loving it x
My work car Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDci Zetec auto Estate in Silver

I used a filter on the photo for the avatar purple people eater

There are no good days, just some days that are not as bad as others!


Gone RR 4.0 P38 Autobiography MY99 Red ( money pit)
Gone RRS MY06 2.7TDV6 HSE Rimini Red
Gone RRS MY10 3.0TDV6 HSE Bali Blue with lots of bits (never grew to love it)
Here Now - 3.6 TDV8 FFRR OVERFINCH Stornoway Grey - loving it x
My work car Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDci Zetec auto Estate in Silver

purple people eater wrote:

only worth 4 whistles this time I am growing to love it, in the sun this weekend it almost looked blue (in the right light of course)

Thats funny, im sure mine looks a different shade of black at night  MY10 3.0 HSE Santorini Black, Ivory Premium & extended leather, privacy, paddles, diamond turned alloys, Ipod lead that charges, tasmods, rrsport.co.uk stickers

Jeep 4.0 High Output XJ 94 6" teraflex lift, c/w rear coils, 9500lb winch, 35" TSL super swamper boggers, safari snorkel, custom made bumpers, tom woods custom double cardon driveshaft, twin electric fans. Don't follow it..............you wont make it. The first 4 x 4 by far.

only if you stand upside down under flourescent light and shine your torch on it and squint a bit, sort of  purple people eater

There are no good days, just some days that are not as bad as others!


Gone RR 4.0 P38 Autobiography MY99 Red ( money pit)
Gone RRS MY06 2.7TDV6 HSE Rimini Red
Gone RRS MY10 3.0TDV6 HSE Bali Blue with lots of bits (never grew to love it)
Here Now - 3.6 TDV8 FFRR OVERFINCH Stornoway Grey - loving it x
My work car Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDci Zetec auto Estate in Silver

Can i borrow your tinted glasses  MY10 3.0 HSE Santorini Black, Ivory Premium & extended leather, privacy, paddles, diamond turned alloys, Ipod lead that charges, tasmods, rrsport.co.uk stickers

Jeep 4.0 High Output XJ 94 6" teraflex lift, c/w rear coils, 9500lb winch, 35" TSL super swamper boggers, safari snorkel, custom made bumpers, tom woods custom double cardon driveshaft, twin electric fans. Don't follow it..............you wont make it. The first 4 x 4 by far.

you can have them, failed me in the showroom purple people eater

There are no good days, just some days that are not as bad as others!


Gone RR 4.0 P38 Autobiography MY99 Red ( money pit)
Gone RRS MY06 2.7TDV6 HSE Rimini Red
Gone RRS MY10 3.0TDV6 HSE Bali Blue with lots of bits (never grew to love it)
Here Now - 3.6 TDV8 FFRR OVERFINCH Stornoway Grey - loving it x
My work car Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDci Zetec auto Estate in Silver