That is great to read about as I too was considering the full tan rather than Two Tone for my next car and while it wasn't a problem for me with what I had (or for the next two owners of that car who by all accounts really loved the Carrot hide interior) fir it to have been so orange might have put me off. It is a pity that LR don't offer a light tan as well as they used to years ago. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

I finally have my order in!

Went for an Autobiography in the end. Spec as follows:

Faralon Black
Body Coloured Sliding Pan roof
Ebony/Ivory Seats (two toned combined leather)
Stealth Pack
Privacy Glass
Extended Piano Black Vaneer - Adds the additional door compartments like the FFRR and additional Ambient lighting in doors
Extra Large Washer Bottle
Surround Camera System
Alston Ebony Headlining
Twin Blade Sunvisors

Car will be here sometime in March for the 17 reg and before the VED changes...Happy days

Big shoutout to James and his troops (Matt and Leo) at Lookers West London who have been fantastic once again

My MY15.5 HSE is up for sale if anyone is looking!
http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic46734.html

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Nice spec rrsman I'm sure your gonna love the new one, I went from a dynamic my15 to an autobiography and what a difference between the finish of the two in terms of extra leather and just feeling that little bit more pampered.

Nice motor!

I'd prefer the tan interior as I have Fox red on my BMW but it seems one cannot specify tan interior and Firenze ref exterior.
This is my current RRS with Firenze and Pimento/Ebony interior.
If tan is not possible, then it looks like I'll be repeating the colour scheme for the 2018 model year when it comes available.

I was talked out of having Tan by my family, best mate, 2 dealerships and one sales manager at a dealership....in the end I didn't like it as much as I liked the lighter black and cream interior with the Faralon black (blueish tint) exterior.


Might do it when and If I plump for an SVR!

Just in your advert that you use Harwoods in Croydon? Have you bought from the same place second time around? SOLD - MY16 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic - Fire Engine Red, Fixed contrast pan roof, TV, Dual Screen, 5+2, Privacy, Noble paddles.

Nope bought from James and his lads at Park Royal - changed loyalties as they have been good to me

RRSman wrote:

I finally have my order in!

Went for an Autobiography in the end. Spec as follows:

Faralon Black
Body Coloured Sliding Pan roof
Ebony/Ivory Seats (two toned combined leather)
Stealth Pack
Privacy Glass
Extended Piano Black Vaneer - Adds the additional door compartments like the FFRR and additional Ambient lighting in doors
Extra Large Washer Bottle
Surround Camera System
Alston Ebony Headlining
Twin Blade Sunvisors



Car will be here sometime in March for the 17 reg and before the VED changes...Happy days

Big shoutout to James and his troops (Matt and Leo) at Lookers West London who have been fantastic once again

My MY15.5 HSE is up for sale if anyone is looking!
http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic46734.html

Great spec should look epic.  SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

Thanks

Enjoy

I'm planning on chopping in my existing 2014 HSE shortly and I can't decide between a HSE Dynamic and an AB at the moment myself. I had a test drive in an AB recently. Obviously I could see there were equipment differences between the latest AB and my HSE but I couldn't see any major trim differences at least on the inside. Can anyone tell me what are the interior trim differences between the current HSE Dynamic and AB? I did ask this question of the saleswoman in the dealership and she wasn't able to say anything other than point me to the list of equipment differences in the brochure. Not impressed

Also can anybody comment on the ride comfort differences between the 20", 21" and 22" wheels? My current HSE runs on 20" wheels which give a very acceptable ride but of course don't quite fill the wheel arches like the 21" or 22" wheels. The test drive in the AB was on unfamiliar roads and whilst the ride felt a little firmer than my HSE it wasn't possible to make a direct comparison

Lastly are the lower profile 21" and 22" tyres more susceptible to punctures? We like in rural Bucks and the back roads are strewn with flints which are notorious for shredding tyres. So far in 2.5yrs I haven't experienced a puncture with the 20" tyres on my HSE and I'd like to have the same experience with my new RRS

I have 22" wheels that would not have been my choice but I bought the car from Grange Garage 2 days before it was built so had accept the spec they had set. I'm amazed how good the general ride on them is, I was expecting the "pea under the heap of mattresses" experience but it suspension sorts out nearly everything I expected to feel and it is like any other RRS/FFRR. I regularly take mine off-road and while I haven't yet done anything extreme in it (I have a Defender for that) it has coped with everything I have thrown at it on the 22's - OK so I haven't tried mud plugging (it's not really my idea of "off-roading") or any serious rock crawling on them as I think that they wouldn't handle those scenarios very well with such low sidewalls and with a tread that would very quickly turn the tyres into slicks, but normal greenlaning is quite feasible on 22's. I have run L320's on 20", 19" and 18" road or M&S tyres and it is very hard to tell any difference between those and the 22's ridewise. I have still collected a couple of kerb rashes on the 22's but we have most solid granite risers on the kerbs around me and they are quite tall so even 18's got kerb rash if I wasn't extremely careful. I have not yet had any punctures, but then the last time I suffered one (actually two tyres at the same time) was around 2009 and on 20" wheels/tyres in my TDv8 RRS. I do worry a bit off-road that I might get a scored sidewall from flinty stones hiding in ruts, but nothing so far. I am also surprised how little wear the tyres are showing after 14,000 miles - I was expecting to see some wear on the shoulders of the front tyres but so far they all look like they are just out of the showroom. Mine are Continentals and I have not had good experiences with wear or road noise from Conti's previously but I'm very happy with this set. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

mikef wrote:

I'm planning on chopping in my existing 2014 HSE shortly and I can't decide between a HSE Dynamic and an AB at the moment myself. I had a test drive in an AB recently. Obviously I could see there were equipment differences between the latest AB and my HSE but I couldn't see any major trim differences at least on the inside. Can anyone tell me what are the interior trim differences between the current HSE Dynamic and AB? I did ask this question of the saleswoman in the dealership and she wasn't able to say anything other than point me to the list of equipment differences in the brochure. Not impressed

Also can anybody comment on the ride comfort differences between the 20", 21" and 22" wheels? My current HSE runs on 20" wheels which give a very acceptable ride but of course don't quite fill the wheel arches like the 21" or 22" wheels. The test drive in the AB was on unfamiliar roads and whilst the ride felt a little firmer than my HSE it wasn't possible to make a direct comparison

Lastly are the lower profile 21" and 22" tyres more susceptible to punctures? We like in rural Bucks and the back roads are strewn with flints which are notorious for shredding tyres. So far in 2.5yrs I haven't experienced a puncture with the 20" tyres on my HSE and I'd like to have the same experience with my new RRS

So RRSman, you're forgetting the most important thing in all this... what do I get for saving you £000's of pounds?  SOLD - MY16 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic - Fire Engine Red, Fixed contrast pan roof, TV, Dual Screen, 5+2, Privacy, Noble paddles.

Ive got 22's on my AB & the ride is a lot better with them being 40 profile instead of 35 on the RRS1.Plus mine is on 295's instead of the 275's so the side wall is slightly deeper again.

Andy Andy.
21 Ford Ranger
Gone but not forgotten
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2014 RRS SC Santorini
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