Upgraded the RR Sport

Diddums · 19 Jan 2016 at 10:24

Tom|Nbk said:
So what's the costing on something like this

£60k+ from a quick look on the trader.

Tom|Nbk · 19 Jan 2016 at 10:29

Thing is I just came from a L322 RR which was absoloutely epic these must be amazing

Cosimo · 19 Jan 2016 at 10:36

Lovely, especially that interior.

xs2man · 19 Jan 2016 at 10:48

Diddums said:
£60k+ from a quick look on the trader.

Its a 2015 with a list price of around £80k. I'd suspect low 70's? also based on the price of the 5.0 he posted the other day.

Sagalout · 19 Jan 2016 at 10:55

Diddums said:
Lovely car Sagalout, does it have a sunroof / panoramic roof?

Thanks

And yes, it has the full panoramic roof - it was one of the options that I definitely wanted.

Sagalout · 19 Jan 2016 at 10:56

xs2man said:
Its a 2015 with a list price of around £80k. I'd suspect low 70's? also based on the price of the 5.0 he posted the other day.

Excellent research skills

Ryan-3 · 19 Jan 2016 at 11:07

Hate them 22's, far better on the smaller wheels.

Very nice barge indeed! :cool:

Scottland · 19 Jan 2016 at 11:15

Sign of my age maybe, but really coming around to liking/craving Range Rovers.

Looks much better with the smaller wheels

^JP^ · 19 Jan 2016 at 11:20

Same engine and colour as my old mans except at almost 70 years old he went for the black exterior style pack and black 22" wheels :rolleyes:

My favourite thing this time of the year is the heated steering wheel

Enjoy it!

Sagalout · 19 Jan 2016 at 11:38

^JP^ said:
My favourite thing this time of the year is the heated steering wheel

This is actually my favourite thing too!

GinG · 19 Jan 2016 at 13:17

Looks excellent...however even before reading the last paragraph I was thinking 'I hope he doesn't take this offroad!'

Ripon Landrover by any chance?

pepsilol · 19 Jan 2016 at 13:47

Not keen on those wheels, very 'brummy-ish.'

Cleisthenes · 19 Jan 2016 at 13:58

pepsilol said:
Not keen on those wheels, very 'brummy-ish.'

Do you ever post anything positive about other peoples cars?

tom_e · 19 Jan 2016 at 13:58

pepsilol said:
Not keen on those wheels, very 'brummy-ish.'

WTF is 'brummy-ish.' when it's at home!?

GinG · 19 Jan 2016 at 14:18

pepsilol said:
Not keen on those wheels, very 'brummy-ish.'

Did you miss the part where he changed from them to the 20"?

Scottland · 19 Jan 2016 at 14:34

^JP^ said:
My favourite thing this time of the year is the heated steering wheel

Enjoy it!

Sagalout said:
This is actually my favourite thing too!

I am so regretting not spec'ing this on my car

SS-89 · 19 Jan 2016 at 14:34

GinG said:
Did you miss the part where he changed from them to the 20"?

Was going to ask the same, think the 20's look fine!

panthro · 19 Jan 2016 at 15:39

I've never wanted a RR or RRS until this newest generation. Really amazing cars. The new RRS is so much nicer than the old model.

pepsilol · 19 Jan 2016 at 18:53

GinG said:
Did you miss the part where he changed from them to the 20"?

Yes I did, looks miles better!

^JP^ said:
My favourite thing this time of the year is the heated steering wheel

Indeed, been using it pretty much every morning so far.

geekman · 19 Jan 2016 at 19:00

Sagalout said:
To be honest I was all set beforehand to buy the 5.0. I worked out that for my mileage it would only cost me £1K a year extra, which in the context of overall cost and depreciation etc wasn't an issue. The one I looked at was a 2013 with only 13k miles. Once I test drove it though it just didn't suit the car, at least with the 8 speed gearbox. It's hard to describe but it just seemed that it was quite revvy and changing gear all the time, and the extra power showed it up as it lurched more between the gears, upsetting the soft suspension. It would probably suit the RR Sport a lot more which is much firmer and suited to being driven hard.

The lower powered, but more refined V6 just suits the wafting style of the car more, at least for me personally. You don't even feel the car changing gear most of the time.

Once that decision was made I bought the newest car I could for the budget.

Makes sense - I had passenger rides in a 5.0 and a SDV6 several years ago and the SDV6 certainly felt well suited to the car, I just preferred the power and noise of the 5.0. I think I'm just a die hard petrol enthusiast really.

Totally agree about the heated steering wheel - it's my favourite option on my car as well.