Hello,
I,m Neil an ex pom living in Christchurch I have just bought a 2008 tdv6 pick it up next week from the dealer. Will probably be posting a lot more as it starts to break down have they still got the same reliability issues they once had ?
Iv,e always wanted one so i,m hoping it lives up to my expectations and i part exed a very nice 2008 Ford ranger ute so it better be good

Cheers Neil

Welcome bigneil and congratulations on your new toy. You have some beautiful roads and countryside to use it on over the ditch so enjoy!! 2008 TDV8, Stornoway Grey with Alpaca premium leather, Adaptive cruise, Adaptive Bi-xenons, sunroof, Premium Nav, Premium ICE Logic 7, telephone, active locking rear diff, console coolbox, seat memory, powerfold mirrors, tow pack, window tint, dual battery, engel fridge, Goodyear Mud-Terrain tyres.

Welcome and I hope you enjoy your RRS. Never been to NZ but have friends that have property over there and the pictures look amazing.

Remember you will always miss home, don't care what anyone says.

Cheers guys,
got home from work tonight and the wife has crashed the ute thats in for part ex this week

not too much damage back light and dented tailgate should be able to patch up before they notice it, she,s very apologetic so i might get a BJ out of it so not all bad news

if that is the case imagine if she crashes the RRS.

 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

Well iv,e had the car a week and am very happy with it however,

it,s been back to the dealer twice first for a warning that the bonnet/boot was open when it wasn,t and again today as the seat clicks backwards and forwards when moving ?? also got a prob with the sat nav. It was the most expensive 2nd hand one they had so they are bending over backwards to be nice to me i can,t fault the service, have been given a petrol freelander 2 as a loaner feck me it,s quick but i wouldnt wanna run one it aint the best on fuel

will see how we go when i get it back and put a piccy up when i work out how to do it