Cantona wrote:

Re the Blue brake callipers on the SvR, are they the same as the standard Red ones or different & (Phil might know the answer to this) would the factory be willing to paint mine Yellow if I asked them, nicely?

The brake callipers, especially on the front, are bigger; if you look at my mud-flaps thread on the LR CS forum, there's a picture. The fronts are blue with the white Brembo logo. TBH, the SVR wheels are not hugely open, so you don't see the callipers very clearly but I agree black and yellow would work well. Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue

Thanks for the feedback. Waiting to hear from the factory as to whether my two little requests would be possible.
They will probably say 'no problem, that would be an extra £10,000.00 Sir.....'

... and that's just to give you a quote LOL.

Reminds me of when Rowan Atkinson crashed his McLaren F1 with a £1.2m repair bill and it's said McLaren charged £40,000 just to do the estimate. Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue

What do you think we are? We'd probably only charge £5k....😄

........each  2016 RRS SVR Estoril Blue

What sort of deals have folk found insurance wise for an SvR? My dealer has come back with £1950 (with £1000 excess). Seems a bit on the high side

Direct Line have just quoted me £915.00 (with a £2000 excess). Getting better..

Im 31 and my insurance was in the £400s. No points or claims. I used compare the market and rang them to confirm everything just in case. 2012 Evoque
2014 Sport Autobiography
2015 SVR for the fun stuff
2016 Evoque SI4 Dynamic Lux for the daily drive
2016 Defender 90
2018 SVR

Thanks Sally, good advice! Seems extremely reasonable for one of these beasts

Have you a contact for compare the market Sally? Am struggling getting through & their website doesn't allow you to input the SVR?!

Just agreed the final spec (car due mid-March).
Black with the Black/Tan Interior, carbon trim, 22" wheels & getting the roof painted Silver

What do people reckon to my Silver roof idea? I'm starting to waver

The AB I ordered was Barolo black with Indus Silver roof. If I ordered an AB now, it would be the same.

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Thanks Phil. Have you any good pictures of the AB with the silver roof? Carn't find any which makes my decision a tricky one!

No, because I paid the deposit on the SVR at the same time knowing that I must have one and the AB was delayed so ended up not bothering with it and waiting for the SVR.

ETA: I ordered the Evoque with an Indus Silver roof and the dealer thought I was mad. Apparently several customers noticed it in the showroom before it was collected and changed their order from black to silver.

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Should have done the same thing