Interesting and controversial potentially..... But I've now owned my 494 RRS for 5 months now and over 10,000 miles. I driven all sorts of vehicles over my 32 years driving experience from articulated lorries, transits, sports cars etc etc... More recently I came out of a Discovery HSE in order to move into my RRS.

However none of these vehicles have caused the reactions that my L494 does.... I've faced more scenarios whereby drivers of other vehicles have shown less courtesy and cut me up than any other vehicle I've driven, more pedestrians are just purposely walking out in front of me and other situations whereby I am having to make amends for other road users....

I drive other cars equally in the household but never quite have the same response than I get to the RRS....
Is it just me? Is it the car? Anyone else noticed this?

I find there are more want-to-be police officers on the roads these days . I travel all over the south west on all types of roads and I do drive too fast but have noticed more and more people trying to slow me down by pulling into the fast lane and getting in my way for no other reason than to slow me down , I don't under take , just wait behind them which often ends in them gesticulating in their mirror . I find a simple thank you wave winds them up even more .
I put it down to the green eyed monster as I'm normally in a quite expensive car . Or perhaps it the private number plate haters .
So to answer your question , No , I think it's more to do with the amount of idiots in the world rather than the Range Rover haters .

Try sitting in the inside lane at 1mph below the speed limit wearing an airline pilot style shirt with epaulettes and with your uniform hat where it can be seen on the back shelf................. amazing how few cars overtake and how many courteous drivers there are on the road then...... although it doesn't work so well in a car with personalised plates........
It is surprising how many drivers cannot tell the difference between an airline pilot or a Naval Officer travelling for work purposes in their own car and a policeman in an unmarked car.............. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Love the last post!

I dont seem to have any of those issues mentioned, and tbh if someone steps out in front of me I can dial 999 hands free...  2006 HSE for Sale - £7,499 (Manchester)
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I have seen that too Tim. Despite my BMW having personalised plates and obeying old, people still occasionally slam the brakes on when they go past and look in!

A friend has a featureless dark Audi A4, even more fun supposedly if you chuck a hi vis over a seat  MY16 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography in Aleutian silver, stealth pack and toys.

I also had the unpleasant experience of driving the length of the UK in a launched that day Evoque, mine was one of the very first on the UK roads and they were rarer than hen's teeth. There were no others in private hands when I started my trip from Park Royal to Central Scotland. The carelessness of other drivers trying to cut you up to see just what the car was was amazing and I think every car that passed me between Park Royal and Stirling had to swerve in front of me to get a photo. At every motorway services I came back to the car with a crowd around it all trying to look inside and even cars way more expensive and rarer than an Evoque would slow down and block me in while they gawped at it. No one gives an Evoque a second glance these days but I can assure you that it really caused the worst to come out in other road users trying to figure out what it was in the first few months of them coming on sale. It attracted way more attention than the TVR I also owned! 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

Just an update to this thread..... 48,000 miles in.... I can say categorically that this is a fact.....driving throughout the country in all sorts of machinery, from a 30 tonne truck to a 1.2 VW Polo the vehicle that attracts most hostility is the L494 RRS.
From daily events the car least likely to attract favourable reactions from other motorists is the RRS.
I am constantly shocked of the number of people who purposely pull out in front of me, push through the gap in oncoming traffic or refuse to give way than when I am driving this car....
Despite no change in my driving manner, people are far less courteous to me driving this car than any other vehicle I drive....is it just me....

I think many expects RRS to go very fast and when driven at legal speeds gets very agitated. I also noticed that there's more aggression when its clean and shiny, rather then dirty, so I think some people are just downright jealous.

It's a very UK thing. I travel frequently to many parts of the USA and always hire a convertible (6 series, Camaro, Viper, Mustang etc) you never get these reactions from anyone in the US no matter what (I hope now that I have said this I don't get a gun pulled out at me LOL!).

I have had instances where I have nearly missed a junction to make a nasty cut across car's (I know it's wrong but just instinct that I can make the turn!) and I have not even had a horn let alone gestures.

In the UK I have this all the time in my RRS and even more so in the Ferrari. People giving me the "little dick, little finger wiggle sign" to the sign it's just so so common here. Even women are at it - they will give you a grumpy look and say all sorts of things sitting in their own car. Trust me it happens A LOT!

I just blow them kisses and it works a treat as it winds them up even more. I once had a guy in a Golf GTI giving me all sorts of gestures (I was in the RRS) until we reached a traffic light - I was expecting him to come out of his car but he faked being on the phone and totally ignored me until the lights changed

The cleaner the car the more it happens....it's nothing but jealously I'm afraid and it seems to be a huge part of our British culture now so guess we just have to live with it.

Try blowing them kisses next time

Years ago I towed a caravan with Mondeo, Landcruiser and FL1 - wagons would flash to let me know I could come back in after overtaking or even slow down to give me space if I was struggling

Then I got the RRS for towing and no more flashing when I was clear and cars would actually speed up as I overtook forcing me to drop back behind them then slow down again or break the speed limit

Drivers would close gaps if filtering in required solo too

I am not an aggressive driver at all

Not experiencing any of this now with the Mitsubishi

Jealous Britain no doubt  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

I love it when they walk in front of me & I carry on going & they then say f@@@@@g Arse Hole,,,,,i just wind my window down & reply yes I know,,ive even got the number plate for it,,the look on their faceis priceless.



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In America, people look at a nice car and say "What a great country, if I work hard I too could have one of those".

I drove clear across two states in a really nice Shelby Cobra 427, never got anything other than hoots and waves of appreciation. Even the cops wanted me to "stand on it buddy".

Here, I suspect the attitude is "Who did that b*st*rd screw over to get that car?"

Jealousy and an ever increasing sense of entitlement, not a good mix. MY2016 HSE D SDV6 - gone due to fuel dilution problems.

By the age of 50 you have the face you deserve - George Orwell.

One word sums up this reponse- jealousy. The car is so desirable that non owners are just pi**ed off that you have one. Enjoy it and leave those small minded drivers to fester over the fact that you have one and they do not. 2015 Range Rover Sport Autobiography Dynamic SDV6
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Tyrefitter there is a FFRR in my area with the plate for you then AR51 OLE............. and yes it is a legal plate and yes he gets pulled over a lot for it too. In Scotland in 2007 we had no plates starting SN07, we had a special TN07 issue that year as the DVLA thought SNOT was not an appropriate thing to have on a plate! 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 rember the very first time my mother brought her L494 v8 over to show me it was 4 days old and by the time she got to mine it had done 108 miles. We then went for a drive and at 110 miles, ( 2 miles from my home)it broke down! It had auto stopped at a set of traffic lights and it wouldnt restart. This was on a 30 mph stretch of road and where it was, it had 3 lanes so being stuck in a rhs lane wasn't blocking anyone off, but it was slowing some down. Yet the amount of abusive comments shouted by passing motorists, even when the police were there to help direct traffic you could still hear the shouts,
"serves you right you posh f*****g tw@ts". Or "That's what you get for being a stuck up c**t". Lol now anyone who knows me or my mother knows it couldn't be further from the truth.
Mind you the guy driving the Ridgeons delivery lorry got a nasty surprise, when he saw me the next day in the Ridgeons yard reporting him to his manager, I even gave the police officers name and number to him and showed a nice little photo of him still with his heavily tattooed arm hanging out the window giving the V's.. I still have a letter somewhere reporting of his suspension, followed up with contract termination after an internal investigation.
I call this Karma! .

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