Congratulations - glad to hear you took the plunge.

Like you I came from a Jeep 4.7 litre V8 Grand Cherokee and appreciate the extra poke, better ride and handling and higher level of sophistication.

Had mine for a little over 2.5 years and decided not to pay for a warranty on the grounds that I would rather 'self-insure' (i.e. keep the money in my investments/bank accounts) but that only works if you have enough cash on tap to deal with the worst happening. So far I could have easily spent about £3k on warranty premiums which would effectively have been wasted cash. On the other hand I have probably spent a fair amount on having things done which a warranty wouldn't have covered anyway. Its a hard choice.

It helps if you have another vehicle to use so that if the RRS has a problem you are aren't rushed in to having it fixed by the first garage you can get it to (I think the marketing men call that a distress purchase).

You said you are handy with a spanner so that will save you a lot of money on the routine servicing.  2008 MY Java Black TDV8 HSE

Congratulations and welcome to the club

Congratulations and welcome to the club

Congratulations and welcome to the club

Same car as mine, enjoy, the supercharged is awesome , here's mine after colour coding



Mines going in to the garage to get the eas pump replaced £500 for the job and its the only fault I've had in a year that's worth worrying about.

Paddi wrote:

Had mine for a little over 2.5 years and decided not to pay for a warranty on the grounds that I would rather 'self-insure' (i.e. keep the money in my investments/bank accounts) but that only works if you have enough cash on tap to deal with the worst happening. So far I could have easily spent about £3k on warranty premiums which would effectively have been wasted cash.

I have had LR's warranty for the last 3.5 years and each year it's paid out more than it cost. Luck of the draw...  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Cheers for the warm welcome guys

I've taken out the full AA Breakdown & Repair Insurance for now... got a few months to decide what to do next. Think I need time to learn to trust the new girl. After reading all the horror stories on here I keep expecting a barrage of warnings to appear every time I start her up!

@DesignBoy - did your warranty company pay up for the repairs in the end?

@Monty19 - lovely looking car... colour coding makes quite a difference! I'm going to stick with the two-tone black/red for now but definitely something to consider in the future