Not long got a 9 reg RRS tdv8 but already I'm not keen on it I don't know what it is but it's not for me. I've had RR's before ie Vogue and old P38 and thought I'd try another.

I feel a bit of an ass driving them.
Plus the £770 tax (paying up) is now grating on me.
I'm not bad mouthing them as they're great cars but I shouldn't have got another.

I sold my L320 after it needed a new crankshaft sensor ...something you cannot do at the side of the road! If traveling abroad you can change some parts prior and carry spares but that design is a roadside repair too far . Always listen to old people or when they die you will live on in ignorance.
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Are you answering the right post.

What's so bloody funny

your reply just made me laugh as I thought exactly the same, answering the wrong post.

Mind you I detect a slight sence of humour failure as well

Ah right sorry been a of a few months looking after my elderly mother and on a bit of a short fuse

No worries matey, thick skin here, had wosre chucked at me ,....

Hope all goes well with your Mother

I feel your pain on the Tax, it's ridiculous really. mine is a second car due to a company car, so does a hell of a lot less miles and therefore less road wear and tear and pollution than the cheap tax Lexus.

On the flip side I do just love driving it in the evenings and weekends. As a daily driver I would be challenged to keep it to be fair..

Take care

Feel your pain Axl - also made me chuckle and hope all’s well !

The way I look at it is whether you can get anything close to the driving experience for anywhere near the cost - tax, insurance, maintenance etc included.

My TDV8 just had a replacement offside manifold and egr brings replaced. £450 in labour and £82 in parts. The manifold was £40 used (genuine JLR part) with a new Febi gasket £42 delivered). A new JLR manifold is £800 ish.

I justified it to myself with the fact that to lease something close to the driving quality, would cost me more than the repair cost of the manifold.

Axl wrote:

Not long got a 9 reg RRS tdv8 but already I'm not keen on it I don't know what it is but it's not for me. I've had RR's before ie Vogue and old P38 and thought I'd try another.

I feel a bit of an ass driving them.
Plus the £770 tax (paying up) is now grating on me.
I'm not bad mouthing them as they're great cars but I shouldn't have got another.

I have a 2010 L320 V8 Aspirated which was my daily until recently.

I never felt an ass or a knob driving it. Now my partner drives it daily and she loves it.

The paintwork still has a deep shine, the leather is in great condition and it almost still smells new. We will never sell it. My daily is now my L461 P400e which I bought last week. Its lovely (so far).

Why don't you like it?

I have a 2008 L320 TDV8.
I spend all day waving at all the other LR and RR drivers on the road. L320 Range Rover Sport 2008
3.6 TDV8