I am an English expat living in the regeon for the past 19 years.

How do you find ownership of the RRS in the GULF? Whats the service like from Al Tayer? Any comments about buying a used RRS etc. What problems have you had with your RRS?
I am looking for RRS HSE but they seem to be quite rare and might have to go for 2nd hand super charged instead.
I only want the car as an occasional weekend car...not my everyday drive.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

Regards,

S

then you should go SC

member sportman should be able to help you

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And with fuel prices there you would run SC day in day out

Try Ab Dabs was there yesterday & there seemed to be loads of RRS's around HSE TD6 (Java Black/Ivory)
911GT3 (Guards Red, carbon interior)
ElanSE (BRG)
Panamera Turbo S
Boxster S

Thanks Rob.

Can I assume that you drive a RRS SC in the UAE then? Whats your thought on the car and the service from the dealers here?

I have been looking on DuBizzle and found quite a few cars for sale by locals which as we both know could mean that the car has been thrashed to within a few seconds of iminant failure. Locals tend to wash their cars everyday but when it comes to service bills they will send the car to a back street workshop for fixing.

Thx for the advice....

S

Streaky wrote:

Thanks Rob.

Can I assume that you drive a RRS SC in the UAE then? Whats your thought on the car and the service from the dealers here?

I have been looking on DuBizzle and found quite a few cars for sale by locals which as we both know could mean that the car has been thrashed to within a few seconds of iminant failure. Locals tend to wash their cars everyday but when it comes to service bills they will send the car to a back street workshop for fixing.

Thx for the advice....

S

Thanks for that Rob....hopefully we'll find a couple of RRS owners on here soon.

Regards.

S.

Streaky,

I don't live in Dubai, but, do drive an RRS SC in Oman. Its an American import and I've had no problems with it at all. AC deals with the heat 90% of the time. It only really has issues when its 45C with 80% humidity, then it struggles, but, so do the others...

I dealt with Al Tayer on SZR and found them to be very good, they serviced my limited edition Range Rover Classic.

If you buy a 2nd hand one make sure its from an expat, otherwise as you say the chances are its been thrashed to within 1 inch of its life... 2006 RRS S/C CONSTANTLY under modification...
1994 RRC 4.2l not LSE sadly gone but not forgotten
LR Defender 300Tdi - affectionately know as "The Black Beast"

Thanks Guyzer.
Did you buy your US spec car in Oman or import it direct? What is the price gap difference for the different spec cars then? I have seen a number of US cars for sale here on Dubizzle but steered away from them for warranty reasons. However if the price gap between the two spec cars was justifiable I might be tempted to take a look at them.

Thanks & regards.

S

Streaky wrote:

Thanks Guyzer.
Did you buy your US spec car in Oman or import it direct? What is the price gap difference for the different spec cars then? I have seen a number of US cars for sale here on Dubizzle but steered away from them for warranty reasons. However if the price gap between the two spec cars was justifiable I might be tempted to take a look at them.

Thanks & regards.

S

Well...the deed is done. I found a late 2008 Alpine White Ra Ro Sport Supercharged last week and now all I have to do is save up for the speeding fines.
The car has a long warranty left and also has 4 new tyres.
It has 30% 3m tinted windows all round which help reduce the heat on the black leather when you first get in .

Things I don't like........not alot but I wish there was a better way to run my iPod than having to run it through the rear passengers aux socket. Those FM transceivers are rubbish here...I tried the Griffin and binned it after a day!
Also. The cubby box on-top of the cooler isn't very big so there's no where to store the usual odds and sods.
Fuel economy is appauling......I have filled it up twice since picking it up on Thursday I think my company might recall my petrol card soon!

I'm looking forward to sharing some banter with you guys now.

I might see you in Dubai while I'm here!! What does a tank of gas cost you these days out here??

It depends on when you are here Nick. I fly to Australia this Thursday for 2 weeks with Sheikh Hamad to start work on a 8 wheel drive Nissan Patrol project car that he's has his mind on for a few months! Arggghhhhh.....the mind boggles.

Fuel prices.....I don't ever check to be honest! But to fill up the RRS is around 20-25 UK pounds I guess. In the UAE you just sit inside the airconditioned car whilst our little petrol pump friend fills it up...I hand him a charge card and drive onto the next fuel station!

Simples!

Streaky wrote:

It depends on when you are here Nick. I fly to Australia this Thursday for 2 weeks with Sheikh Hamad to start work on a 8 wheel drive Nissan Patrol project car that he's has his mind on for a few months! Arggghhhhh.....the mind boggles.

Fuel prices.....I don't ever check to be honest! But to fill up the RRS is around 20-25 UK pounds I guess. In the UAE you just sit inside the airconditioned car whilst our little petrol pump friend fills it up...I hand him a charge card and drive onto the next fuel station!

Simples!

Ah well. Be sure to drop me a line via PM if you come back over this way Nick.

The problem we have here in Dubai is the ammount of speed cameras compared to the UK. On the highways you will find cameras every 1.5km.....I'll be getting through quite few sets of brake pads by the looks of things!