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22hc_92

Member Since: 27 Nov 2011
Location: KENT
Posts: 7

The HSE model on RRS what does it stand for? I tried googling it quickly but couldn't find a straight answer

Tue Nov 29 2011 7:22am

Ady 555
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2010
Location: Good old yorkshire
Posts: 8738

2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Santorini Black

BulletProofBomb wrote:
Keep in mind that all TDV8's are HSE spec, but not all HSE's are TDV8's.

Does that make sence? I think so.

HST Spec are also TDV8

Tue Nov 29 2011 8:04am

Timf

Member Since: 27 Feb 2010
Location: East Anglia
Posts: 312

2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Galway Green

My 07 TDV8 with 70k on the clock is fab to drive etc & (not wanting to tempt fate) the only probs have been a new battery just a week ago & the bushes on the front about 30k miles back. Beware the slight lag at a junction/roundabout between putting your foot down & the take off - sometimes annoying but if you're used to it, its not a worry. Perfect car basically

Tue Nov 29 2011 10:54am

MarkSC

Member Since: 07 Apr 2010
Location: Buckinghamshire
Posts: 21

2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Java Black

I looked at a X6 & X5.....Wasnt impressed. I have to agree with the majority of peeps on here. Ive had the TDV8 for 2 years now and its a great motor. It laughs in the face of snow and ice and its a great family waggon to boot

Tue Nov 29 2011 12:10pm

Ady 555
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2010
Location: Good old yorkshire
Posts: 8738

Timf wrote:
My 07 TDV8 with 70k on the clock is fab to drive etc & (not wanting to tempt fate) the only probs have been a new battery just a week ago & the bushes on the front about 30k miles back. Beware the slight lag at a junction/roundabout between putting your foot down & the take off - sometimes annoying but if you're used to it, its not a worry. Perfect car basically

To cure the lag, put it into command shift on approach to the junction/roundabout drop it into 1st gear and floor it, upon take off, be prepared to be thrown to the back of your seat.

don't forget to either change up a gear with the command shift or put it straight back into drive, you will surprise a few people at the lights doing this

Tue Nov 29 2011 12:12pm

saty

Member Since: 17 Aug 2011
Location: Beds
Posts: 227

2005 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Zermatt Silver

Hi there,

I recently purchased mine (a 2005 TDV6 2.7 Diesel HSE) and decided to get this over a X5. I am also a BMW man through and through (still got one in the garage for track and summer fun). I find my RRS just amazing in every way, it drives just amazingly, has 5h1t load of extras and the looks you get . Mine returns around 23 to 27 MPG which I am happy with. Had it 3 months now and love it.

Tue Nov 29 2011 12:18pm

Timf

Member Since: 27 Feb 2010
Location: East Anglia
Posts: 312

Thanks Ady.. I will give it a try. If I blow a gasket I will know I've forgotten to change up...!!!

Tue Nov 29 2011 1:23pm

awd man

Member Since: 30 Nov 2010
Location: Malmesbury
Posts: 3355

2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Java Black

Or try left foot braking

(Again..be prepared to be launched into the stratosphere) RRS gone
Audi SQ5...Gone Audi Q7 S-Line 240 3.0TDI Gone
Audi A6 Allroad Sport 270 3.0TDI

Wed Nov 30 2011 10:22am

rrsboy

Member Since: 06 Jan 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 1391

2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Santorini Black

yes they teach you that trick on the LRE days - excellent!! ============
2010 TDV8 HSE - ooo laa laaaaaaaaa
2007 TDV8 HSE - superb car and very reliable
============
2012 - dearly departed, sadly missed.. to return in late 2013 with a new TDV8!

Wed Nov 30 2011 5:25pm

BulletProofBomb

Member Since: 12 Jan 2010
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 164

awd man wrote:
Or try left foot braking

Is this much faster than launching from the EPB? RRS TDV8 (loving it)
Suzuki Bandit 1200 (For when the suns out)
Nissan 350z GONE

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Wed Nov 30 2011 7:32pm

will_wonka

Member Since: 03 Mar 2007
Location: Tminus 12 months for the RS Sport Supercharged!!
Posts: 3377

22hc_92 wrote:
Wow im shocked BMW people have been converted to RRS

......they "manned up" and fancied a break from obscurity

L322 Big Daddy SUPERCHARGED 5.0 Autobiography - Here & Now!

5 series for the miles

RRS S/C factory built HST - Gone

45 others have been and gone!

Wed Nov 30 2011 10:33pm

Dawsey

Member Since: 06 May 2011
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 32

Timf wrote:
Beware the slight lag at a junction/roundabout between putting your foot down & the take off - sometimes annoying but if you're used to it, its not a worry. Perfect car basically

New to the RRS and after a TDV8

Excuse my ignorance but as a twin turbo does the first Turbo not feed the second Turbo eradicating lag?

As per the 35 BMW engines.

Cheers
Dawsey

Thu Dec 01 2011 12:35pm

Timf

Member Since: 27 Feb 2010
Location: East Anglia
Posts: 312

Ooo err dont know. Will try the two feet approach - and hope i dont treat the brake like a clutch!

Thu Dec 01 2011 1:30pm

Dawsey

Member Since: 06 May 2011
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 32

Timf wrote:
Ooo err dont know. Will try the two feet approach - and hope i dont treat the brake like a clutch!

First time I drove my old boss's new A6 it was a 2 pedal job and first time he wasnt in the car, I went into a roundabout, went to change down gear and came to a sudden stop in the road!!!

Funny when I look back but for a moment I thought I was going to be wearing the car behind!!

Dawsey

Thu Dec 01 2011 1:52pm

m6totdv8

Member Since: 06 Dec 2010
Location: West Mids
Posts: 51

2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Stornoway Grey

Dawsey wrote:

New to the RRS and after a TDV8

Excuse my ignorance but as a twin turbo does the first Turbo not feed the second Turbo eradicating lag?

As per the 35 BMW engines.

Cheers
Dawsey

As far as i'm aware its 2 seperate turbo's of the same size , one for each bank of 4 cylinders in the V8 , where as the BMW 35d engines are straight sixes.

Nick Current : Overfinch TDV8
Gone : BMW M6 V10
Gone : BMW 535d
Gone : BMW X5 4.6
Gone : BMW M3
Gone : Merc E280

Thu Dec 01 2011 5:01pm

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