Supertrotter wrote:

BTW, you could ask for carwash vouchers as I know from personal experience, Java tends to show the dirt a little!

Dont worry about cleaning your new TDV8 - or spending too much money on cleaning products .......................

They look good in the RAW

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Just Had the phone call. Christmas is coming early santa will be driving my new TDV8 in lugano with ivory and tinted windows. Roll on the 10th Go where I want Knot Where I'm Told !!!!!!

Singletrack wrote:

Supertrotter wrote:

BTW, you could ask for carwash vouchers as I know from personal experience, Java tends to show the dirt a little!

Hmmmm....car wash? Not on a Java car unless it is hand washed by someone with a clue. Hand wash with care, in the direction of the airstream is the only way to go, otherwise your paint will be a mess in no time.

Otherwise, I'm with you ST.

I've never used a mechanical car wash, I pay some Cypriot monkey to do it by hand.

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Supertrotter wrote:

Just thought that if I had said, "Get some vouchers for a hand-job", the usual suspects would have been sniggering at the back of the class!

Surely not!!

HA-HA, SuperT asked for a hand job!!!  

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Runner Up - 2008 Comedian Of The Year Award
Runner Up - 2008’s Funniest Incident

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Oh that reminds me, got our friends coming over from the UK tomorrow.

I'm booked in tomorrow morning for a thorough, 1hr hand-job!
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As long as you get value for money...  

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There is a fantastic car valeting place just before you get into Paphos.

Run by a young lad, covered head to toe in tattoos but a sound guy. He is meticulous and takes about an hour to do outside and in.

Charge? CY£7!!!!!! (That's about 8 1/2 quid in old money!)

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You can get it for £7 here as well! RRS TDV6 Gone but still around
SL55 AMG
760Li Alpina
BMW 535D M Sport
BMW X6 XDrive35D
BMW 320D Coupe M Sport
And A Van For Rex!

WINNER - 2008's Idler Of The Year
WINNER - 2008's Comedian Of The Year
WINNER - 2008's Funniest Incident

I love boobies i love boobies i love boobies cuz i'm a big kid now! (Come on everybody sing with me you know the words!)

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760Li Alpina
BMW 535D M Sport
BMW X6 XDrive35D
BMW 320D Coupe M Sport
And A Van For Rex!

WINNER - 2008's Idler Of The Year
WINNER - 2008's Comedian Of The Year
WINNER - 2008's Funniest Incident

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JayMann wrote:

You can get it for £7 here as well!

I'm talking a FULL valet, not just an outside clean and a vac inside.

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Just a quick update on my experience of RRS TDV8 ownership. Have started a new thread for this too.

I've done 750 miles now, albeit most of those on the motorway bringing the car to Germany. Other than that I have only had time to take it for one (wettish) test drive through a good twisty B-route I like to drive and a little bit of round town driving.

As far as being compensated for the colour mix-up I have to say that I am very satisifed with the level of service I have received. In addition to the usual(?) rubber mats and bottle of champagne on collection, I have also been offered a free service and fitment of electrics to allow me to fit a swan-neck towball. (Already owned.) I think that this is fair enough and have let the matter drop.

Brian Horne, my LR sales agent in Gutersloh has been remarkably good throughout the whole purchase and I recommend him highly.

As for the car itself, all I can say is that it is brilliant to drive. It is noticably a significant step up from my last one (a TDV6 HSE) and now the car genuinely feels sporty. I drove a V8 petrol D3 for a while and this feels punchier than that, even though my TDV6 always felt much slower. As I've said previously, this is the engine that should have been fitted from the very beginning. Top-end speed and autobahn blasting is a real pleasure and overtaking on the b-roads is now much swifter. I also appreciate the uprated Brembo brakes - they really are excellent and significantly better at bringing the car to a halt.

I have used the ACC quite a lot now and whilst I probably wouldn't have bought it as a standalone option I now think it's very good.

Fuel economy to date, despite some high speed motorway miles, sitting in christmas traffic jams and a little 'spirited' B-road blasting has remained at 25mpg for the 750 miles covered to date.

Any downsides?

The voice recognition was initially painfully awful but I think I may have just cured that by switching one of the settings from US to UK. I was parked up at the time but it seems to be working better.

I have only made a couple of calls using both the phone cradle and the bluetooth but each time the person at the other end has said the quality of the call was awful to the point of being unworkable and I have had to pull over to speak to them without handsfree. My last car was excellent however so I think there may be something wrong with this one. More research is needed but I've already mentioned it to Brian. I initially thought the problem with the voice recognition and phone may be connected. ie a poorly wired microphone or bad feedback from somewhere in the system causing both to fail; now I'm not so sure.

Whilst listening out for the suspension knock (not heard BTW) I did appreciate the different engine note of the V8. Hadn't really appreciated it before as I'm always playing music when I drive.

I'm going to fit some new Nokian winter tyres before I head off to the Alps over the holidays but I haven't needed them to date as it's been so mild (err did anyone mention global warming?)

This month's Top Gear Magazine's test of the TDV8 concluded with something along the lines that the best RRS no longer has Supercharged written on the back. Having not driven, or fuelled, a Supercharged RRS I couldn't possibly comment, but I'll bow to their more informed judgement for now.

Is the TDV8 worth the extra money over the TDV6? I think so, particularly if you like a sportier drive from your diesel car and especially when you factor in the cost of the options it comes with.

HH

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Sold - 05 TDV6 HSE BONATTI/BLACK/RHODIUM 20''STORMERS, PTI AND FACTORY TINT.