Hi All,

I'm no longer a regular poster on the forums simply because I have very little time these days, but many of you might know me from this forum, the FFRR and Def2 forums.

I joined the RRS forum when it was brand new, and I was lucky enough to have bought the brand new 2005 Supercharged model just after it was featured on Top Gear against the tank.

Since then, I moved to the FFRR, and had 2 diesel L322s, 2 Defenders, 1 supercharged L322 and then a beautiful L405 lastly (see my For Sale thread for that one - stunning).

Anyway, I am back to a Sport and another Supercharged. Not brand new this time but I absolutely LOVE the performance and the noise again.

I have a lot less toys than before, no surround cameras, soft close doors, electric steps, RSE, dual view screen, massage seats etc but it's still a lovely spec Autobiography 510BHP monster. Only 42K on it and 2 owners, Dealer purchase etc.

Happy to be back in the Sport

(I'll see if I have any decent pics on my phone to show you) L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB

Last edited by RRUK on Mon Jun 17 2019 9:01am. Edited 1 time in total

 L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB

Absolutely love the fact it can cruise on the motorway and return 29mpg. I was only getting 25 out of the 4.4SDV8!!



 L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB

Stunning car, congrats!


But take those figures with a large pinch of salt - LR's software is extremely optimistic.

rather calculate your consumption by GPS and amount used to fill up to the automatic pump shut-off.  --
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear
2015 Range Rover Sport Supercharged V8 HSE Dynamic



Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9
Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO
Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ

Don’t go by the computer for mpg,mines always been about 5mpg out on every RRS I’ve had including the SC.mines showing over 30mpg usually & if you look at my fuelly app I’m doing around 26. Andy.
21 Ford Ranger
Gone but not forgotten
Focus RS Red Edition
2015 RRS AB Fuji.
2014 RRS SC Santorini
2016 VW Amarok
2014 RRS AB Fuji
2012 RRS Red Edition Fuji
2015 Nissan Navara
2012 RRS SE Santorini
2008 RRS White
2007 RRS Santorino

LOL

Bubble burst!  L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB

Treated the SC to it's first wash yesterday (finally had a partly dry day).

I also gave it a ceramic coating glaze. This is nano technology stuff that I've never tried but thought it's worth a go.

Applies just like rainex, wipe on, buffs off. The paint needs to be in good shape to start with and luckily the Dealer had done a good machine polish before I took the car (it had been in the bodyshop). Didn't take long to do. Then gave the new alloys a coating of Poorboys wheal sealant.

Looks lovely. L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB

RRUK wrote:

LOL

Bubble burst!

RRUK, the car looks stunning with the gleam of the ceramic polish. Great colour too, RRS always looks good in Corrie Grey 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

We have pathetic over policed speed limits here 100km/h mostly on the freeway then 110km/h max. When I had the V8SC I managed a brim to brim of 30mpg on a 300km trip as the car was only doing 1500 rpm at our speed limits. Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2009 Buckingham Blue RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2010 Alaska White RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Gone - 2017 Chawton White RRS 5.0 V8 Supercharged
Current - 2010 Java Black RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Current- 2024 RRS P400 SE Dynamic

Three-Six Charlie wrote:

RRUK wrote:

LOL

Bubble burst!

Mightn't be too bad. Just refilled my 494 SC and the indicated average of 27 mpg worked out at 25 mpg for a long motorway journey in very heavy stop-start traffic and several urban trips. (It was indicating 32 mpg average until I hit standing traffic on the M42 on the way down, an average eroded even further when it took 4 hours to cover 65 miles of M6 on the homeward leg). Seems to be doing about 2 mpg less than my previous ride, a Jaguar XFR with virtually the same engine, which I'm more than happy with.

That's a very acceptable figure for a SC when you think that my (admittedly older) TDV8 diesel returns 25.3mpg overall. Makes a SC more tempting when I come to change...  Robin
2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8
Gone:
Jaguar S-Type V8 4.2 Sport
MGZTT 190 2.5

Agreed, my L405 4.4 SDV8 would only do about 25mpg.

Still loving this car, every journey is an occasion and fun. I have a lot of miles to do this week, literally one end of the country to another and I'm looking forward to it! L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB

Lovely car and welcome back  Kev

MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
MY2010 L320 RRS HSE 3.0 TDV6 in Stornoway Grey