1998 called, it want's its jokes back.
Jaguar Land Rover are producing seriously good cars now. the new Landrovers/Range Rovers are, from an engineering point of view, absolutely at the top of their game.
they are also priced accordingly.
Dig a hole for your Range Rover Evoque !!
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1998 called, it want's its jokes back.
Jaguar Land Rover are producing seriously good cars now. the new Landrovers/Range Rovers are, from an engineering point of view, absolutely at the top of their game.
they are also priced accordingly.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
Customer of mine has a 12 month old Range Rover Sport, it's falling to pieces. Bloke I work with has a 4 month old Evoke, 3 times in 4 months it's been back to the garage.
Not what you'd expect from something that costs that much money.
DownwardDog
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I bought a new 3rd gen (L322) RR in 2005 and it was disaster. They finished dead last in the JD Power vehicle dependability survey with a remarkable 350 faults per 100 vehicles per year. They were shit, are shit and always will be shit.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Yeah right, I bet theres loads of gravel driveways near you a hatchback just can't handle
tommers
Currently in investor / advisor mode.
I have a lot of irrational hatred for various groups of road users. Seriously, I should probably get some help for it.
But Range Rovers in london are even above audis with their headlights on during the day. What the fuck is all that about? Massive, fuel guzzling, impractical - what's the attraction?
But Range Rovers in london are even above audis with their headlights on during the day. What the fuck is all that about? Massive, fuel guzzling, impractical - what's the attraction?
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
For running over the poor people with..... And so little tarquin doesn't get hurt if there's and accident....
I assume
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
The attraction is that they're massive and, as such, very practical. If you can afford one (top of the range is well in excess of £100K) then who gives a fuck about fuel costs?
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Lots of space inside, lots of comfort, high view of the road (jams
) ahead. No harder to park than anything else, once you've finally found a space at any rate 
tommers
Currently in investor / advisor mode.
Cool. I just can't get past seeing them holding up a load of traffic waiting to get through a gap that they would sail through if they drove a normal car like a normal person.Lots of space inside, lots of comfort, high view of the road (jams
What tommers says. Plus they seem to have the ability to corner about as quickly as a very slow thing.
And the much vaunted view of the road ahead seems to come at the expense of stuff that is actually happening nearby judging by the number of 4x4 drivers I see who seems to pull out without looking, or apparently have little idea what is going on around them.
And yes, I know that's utterly unscientfic and tainted by confirmation bias. But that's little more than fucking suburban 4x4 drivers deserve goddamnit.
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edit: though obviously drivers of Hilux, Navara and similar are worse.
And the much vaunted view of the road ahead seems to come at the expense of stuff that is actually happening nearby judging by the number of 4x4 drivers I see who seems to pull out without looking, or apparently have little idea what is going on around them.
And yes, I know that's utterly unscientfic and tainted by confirmation bias. But that's little more than fucking suburban 4x4 drivers deserve goddamnit.
.edit: though obviously drivers of Hilux, Navara and similar are worse.
scifisam
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Lots of space inside, lots of comfort, high view of the road (jams
Aren't they actually harder to park? I mean, if two normal small cars are parked legally in two parking spaces on a city street, it would still be hard to fit a range rover between them. Even worse if they're parked not that well. Or if they're both range rovers. Or if the street curved a bit next to the parking spaces. I've seen range rovers really struggle in central London.
Quite a lot of them attempt to park outside my flat - hipster central, maybe using Mummy's car to visit hipster friends? - and either give up or park illegally on the fucking corner of an A-road. 2 times out of ten, which is a lot given the numbers, the car parked dangerously on the corner by my flat will be a range rover. They'd park elsewhere if they could, I'm sure, but they can't.
T & P
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In Chelsea, where of course there are more Range Rovers than anywhere else, drivers of Chelsea tractors cause permanent jams due to their fuckwitted, selfish behaviour. Albert Bridge is width and weight restricted as it is a weak structure. But the fine owners of oversized 4x4s simply ignore the the restrictions, and insist on using the bridge and squeezing through the width limitation bollards at a snail's pace, causing massive tailbacks Southbound most evenings. Never mind that the much wider and unrestricted Battersea Bridge is only a few hundred yards away. The cunts won't have it any other way.
There's also lots of fun to be had when the lessons end for the day and it's time to pick up little Amelia from school. Most of the back streets of Chelsea are ill-suited for cars of such bulk, but of course one couldn't contemplate picking the kids up in anything less than a Range Rover, or a Porsche Cayenne.
There's also lots of fun to be had when the lessons end for the day and it's time to pick up little Amelia from school. Most of the back streets of Chelsea are ill-suited for cars of such bulk, but of course one couldn't contemplate picking the kids up in anything less than a Range Rover, or a Porsche Cayenne.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I was tailgated by one of those on my bike a few months back (nearly all drivers drive too close to me along there), but this thing was so wide I kept thinking they were trying to overtake.
It was simply too wide for a normal suburban road.
It was simply too wide for a normal suburban road.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
They're what, 15cm wider than a mondeo? Hardly the end of the world.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
But that much more nervous about getting close to walls ...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Those Mondeos always look like old-style Jags to me whenever I have cause to notice them.
hot air baboon
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...if they're anything like my Polo then you can;t actually turn them off...ever...I have to turn them "on" to turn them off ( so I just have side lights instead of dimmed headlights....EU gone mad or something...
...move to Hackney then...
tommers
Currently in investor / advisor mode.
I have wondered if that's what was going on. But then I see some with them off and I get all confused.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
We have an Audi, you can have the lights on automatic so they come on whenever it's dark, they do seem to be on nearly all the time with that. You can turn them off though by switching the dial to OFF.
weltweit
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I dislike Range Rover Sports partly because they are so big, and fast and partly because of how much fuel they use when driven at any reasonable speed, but partly for the same reason why I dislike Porsche Cayenne and Volvo C90 or BMW X5 owners for that matter, firstly that someone is so well off that they can spunk that much money on a vehicle which seems wrong, and secondly because they are so high off the ground that if they are in a collision with a normal vehicle, the driver and passengers in the 4x4 will probably be unhurt, but the occupants of a normal vehicle hit by such a 4x4 are much more likely to be killed.
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tommers
Currently in investor / advisor mode.
Thanks for the info. I'll be sure to remember that next time I see one.
T & P
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I work in Chelsea. Not much choice....move to Hackney then...
T & P
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The difference between the Audis and previous cars that had always had the headlights always on (such as Volvos) is that while the latter did it for safety reasons, Audi started putting this fancy LED 'daylight running' bulbs purely for stylish reasons. And also (I'm convinced) to let cars in front know there is an Audi coming up to them, so they'd better let them through pronto.
That effect has now been lost however, as many other car makers have also incorporated LED lights.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
What evidence do you have that Audi did it for stylish reasons?
I know Audi hate runs deep.. but really !!!
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
I thought they could park themselves these days!
T & P
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Well Audi is all about showing off and flaunting those sexy lines these days. While I'm not suggesting they don't care for safety, the addition of LED lights well ahead of any other manufacturer leads me to believe it was a design evolution, rather than a safety measure. It's all (biased) speculation of course.What evidence do you have that Audi did it for stylish reasons?
I know Audi hate runs deep.. but really !!!
Having said that:
I didn't know about this at all. So all new-built cars are required to have DRLs?
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