Also found some slightly dodgy trim on the roof whilst looking;

Did you do a typo there on the second line or do you actually prefer the SDV6?

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but with the MY18 I prefer it to the SDV6 personally

Hey mate, sorry my wording was a bit ambiguous I've edited it to make it clear I prefer the 4.4 engine.

Is it worth the 7k more albeit with the bigger brakes as well that's a question I can't answer with slightly better residuals than the 3 litre it isn't a total loss but its still a loss of sorts. I prefer it and at this point in time I was happy to do it, would I be in another 3/4yrs when the diesel noose has tightened even more? Who knows.

I will say that LR build quality isn't great or specifically the Solihull plant, not sure where my previous Velar was made but it was much, much better built than this RRS. 200 miles in I have all the old favourite rattles and noises - 7000 miles in the Velar and not a peep. Then again I'm used to it by now and the Velar if anything was a pleasant surprise being built well!!

Ah few that is good news!

Looking forward to getting mine, is it noticeably more responsive? Or is the power more in the mid range i.e. overtaking speeds?

The Velar was built in the same factory! All be it a different production line! Sorry to hear yours is rattling noises. If you have a good dealer they are always very keen to do warranty work to get them resolved but appreciate it really shouldn't need it!

How does the drive compare to the velar?

Things don't look that good for Land Rover, they are reporting 2 Billion lost revenues, reportedly due to Brexit ? Perhaps it is the cost of warranty ? Anyway will be interesting to see how things turn out ? M16 SVD8 ,4.4 HSE with a few extras, Sold R50 , Wife SQ5 , BMW R1200GSW.

Will be very interesting.

Apparently the SV people have a certain area where the cars get "fixed" before they hand finish them and after they've come from Solihull!!

Its just disappointing to have a page or two of small QC issues all over a brand new car, as I said the Velar was the odd one out that was pretty much perfect and thats not a good thing really when you're surprised when a car comes without a fault (well it did have one but not a page or two of them).

The Velar with the D300 could actually be driven quite spiritedly, it was a definite step down from the Sport even in the top spec First Edition trim, but then, in many ways, I actually quite liked that car. If the pricing was sorted out a bit then I think it would do really well. Its not really a Land Rover its like halfway between a Jaguar and a Land Rover in my eyes.

I loved the Velar First Edition too - brilliant car to drive and IMHO still a better drive than a RRS even in MY18 guise. I too have got some squeaks in my MY18 RRS now and car has only done 1400 miles

I only sold the Velar as it was dropping in value like a brick - took my dealer 9 months to sell the car - it just stood there - in the end they took a £13.5k hit on it!! Better them than me!

I lost very little money on my Velar personally - mine was a practically new JLR car so didn't pay new price for it but I lost peanuts on part-ex - can imagine buying at new prices when dealers were giving no discount could be painful though.

Really did like the Velar, prefer the Sport overall but did like that car.

What is the size of the bigger back plate - not the curved one just the big normal rectangular back one they use?

535mm x 152mm is the one you want

Demon Plates do them online or ebay large range rover number plate and they come up..

Cheers mate.

Will have a look.

Do you sometimes get a small amount of play in the steering wheel before it turns - are these cars EPAS now ?

Nope all seems normal to me

Yeah think its the stop start cutting in and out and affecting the steering slightly.

No biggie think its normal.

Anyone else noticed any small marks on their leather seats ?

Quality seems to be a bit meh - as per usual found quite a few defects already on the seats alone!

With some pics;

DangerMouseUK wrote:

I lost very little money on my Velar personally - mine was a practically new JLR car so didn't pay new price for it but I lost peanuts on part-ex - can imagine buying at new prices when dealers were giving no discount could be painful though.

Really did like the Velar, prefer the Sport overall but did like that car.

What is the size of the bigger back plate - not the curved one just the big normal rectangular back one they use?

Thanks AHSFCA

So RRSMAN

Is this plate here for example;




535 x 152 ?

Thanks

(I've found 533 x 152 is that basically it as I can't find 535 anywhere?)