At long last, after many months I have finally purchased my first RRS, , love it ,feel like a king driving it, 1 owner low miles, 07 plate, flrsh, stornaway grey,Mmmmm thanks to the forum and members for all questions I asked , answered, much help.. Warrant purchased today and new plates fitted, am in my element, a couple of mods to do, wanting to put a honeycomb front grill on, think its the HST style and a set of oval exhaust tips , any recommendations for exhaust tips, my exhaust at moment has pipes facing down... Will post pics soon...

Congratulations -now your a fully fledged member of the madhouse  16MY Estoril Blue SVR.............
17MY Autobiography Dynamic - Corris Grey - WOW.
14MY Autobiography Dynamic - SDV6 - Fuji White
12MY Autobiography - SDV6 - Santorini Black - Dual View - Rear Entertainment - Sunroof.
12MY Autobiography - SDV6 - Orkney Grey - awesome ;(
2005 Java Black - 4.2 V8 Supercharged First Edition- will never be forgotten ;(

Congratulations...... Awaiting photo's,

Congrats on the purchase.

You will quickly catch the RRS modding bug

Since I bought mine I have fitted 2010 rear lights, clear side repeaters, changed all bulbs to LED, fitted genuine 2010 supercharged wheels with RR centre caps, supercharged grille. Also I have now had my RRS fully colour coded including handles and mirrors, should be getting it back by tomorrow, can't wait to see it. 2014 L405 SDV8 RR Autobiography

2012 RRS SDV6 HSE -Orkney Grey with A/B bodykit - Now Gone
2007 RRS TDV6 HSE - Zermatt Silver - Gone

Welcome Reid7774,

Agree with the above, get ready for the bug, it nips quick!

Congrats, photos please.
First item on the todo list -- remap.

Yes Reid, get ready to catch the Chavohalforditis bug and you will be tempted to add all sorts of tasteless modifications which cheapen an otherwise lovely car.

The bug seems to only really affect RRS owners in ye olde England and Scotchland. International members don't deem to catch it as much. Although symptoms seem mild at first, they are usually most acutely felt in the wallet come re sale time. Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2009 Buckingham Blue RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2010 Alaska White RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Gone - 2017 Chawton White RRS 5.0 V8 Supercharged
Current - 2010 Java Black RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Current- 2024 RRS P400 SE Dynamic

Congrats, Best Engine, Best Colour  Current Volvo XC90 R Design T8
Gone 2010 TDV8. Stornoway Grey
Gone VW R50, AUDI S8, ML320 Sport, FFRR V8
Stolen 2007 TDV8.

BKHK wrote:

Yes Reid, get ready to catch the Chavohalforditis bug and you will be tempted to add all sorts of tasteless modifications which cheapen an otherwise lovely car.

Still got to be better than having X5titleitis

Well at moment the exhaust tips and grill first on list, would love to put 22 wheels on but after reading it spoils the ride will leave 20"s on as roads up here are rather s .lol..As for remap SRE am more than happy with the power and torque in the v8 as it is, overtaking effortless but never say never..Will get photos up as soon as I get chance to give it a wash, weather crap at moment...

A poster who claims an X5 is a good "onroad" SUV then goes on about chaving a Sport in the same post really needs to read the manual......... How to make friends and then kick them in the nutz.
Nice work

As covered in lots of posts, there is no better place to be than in the seat of a fully working Sport and truly hope you enjoy the car, as they say over the shuck, health to enjoy!  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

Congratulations and welcome to the joys of TDV8 ownership. At the risk of sounding like a BOF I'd strongly advise regardless of service history your first job should be to change all the fluids in the diffs, transmission, including transfer box and engine with the correct specification and change all the filters with LR sourced items. Check that any updates like the updated front diff breather have been done. Clean the MAP and MAF sensors to optimise running and possibly put some Miller's eco boost cleaner through the tank. Run it only on premium diesels like BP Ultimate or at least make sure that one in three tankfuls is the premium stuff.
Unless the tyres are the correct specification have plenty of tread left and are wearing evenly fit four new tyres and have a four wheel alignment carried out by someone who understands what Tight Tolerance Mode is.
Don't see the point in spending £500 on a remap that gives you slightly more power when 99% of the time you won't even use the power you already have. Especially when you consider that remapping takes the engine that bit closer to edges of the safety envelope.

Better put my hard hat on now as there are a lot of contributors to the forum who are evangelical about mapping

Bolt on bits of bling if you really must (sigh) but make sure the car is tip top mechanically first  2008 MY Java Black TDV8 HSE

BKHK wrote:

Yes Reid, get ready to catch the Chavohalforditis bug and you will be tempted to add all sorts of tasteless modifications which cheapen an otherwise lovely car.

The bug seems to only really affect RRS owners in ye olde England and Scotchland. International members don't deem to catch it as much. Although symptoms seem mild at first, they are usually most acutely felt in the wallet come re sale time.

Simple from Zomerzet (you seem to substitute s with a z, maybe its a local thing?)

My X5 is bog standard with no mods (it doesn't need them). Maybe you are one of those who thinks that the RRS has "class" and that the X5 has inherent Chav qualities? Whatever...

The X5 4.0D is pretty handy on road, useless off road of course. The RRS is a great looking car when standard. But with over colour coding, silly big wheels and fake exhaust tips, they look crap.

As for winning friends, I couldn't care less. Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2009 Buckingham Blue RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2010 Alaska White RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Gone - 2017 Chawton White RRS 5.0 V8 Supercharged
Current - 2010 Java Black RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Current- 2024 RRS P400 SE Dynamic

Here we go.......... 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