Range Rover Sport Supercharged

[waterboy222]

Does anyone have one of these? Im thinking of trading my F250 in on a luxury SUV and the size, interior, ride and HP of the RR is pretty much what Im lookin for. I found one with less than 30k miles on it, used. Anyone have any good/bad experiences with these?

[Chris]

Run, don't walk, run away.

They're stylish. They're unique. And they LOVE spending time in the dealer's service departments. There's a reason you can get one a couple of years old for so much less than it cost new. Check everything from the JD Power rankings to Consumer Reports and you'll find the same thing. Rovers are not going to rank in the top half on anyone's reliability list.

[waterboy222]

Ive heard that and tried to google it but I cant find anything that says WHATS happening to them.. New they were like 71k and its 3 years old and in the mid 30k range now. 400 HP supercharged and has a 75k mile warranty. Id entertain the idea of an extended warranty on it.

[DollaBill]

ACV's are in the 15-20 range. Don't buy one.

[Chris]

They're built by the British. No Brit car manufacturer as ever in the history of the automobile built a reliable one. They couldn't build them to be reliable when they were MG's that had nothing more than a seat and a couple gauges in the dash and they've gotten not one bit better at it now that a common vehicle has more electronics, wiring and computers in it that your average fighter plane.

You hit a good point- go try to buy an extended service contract for it from a solid, well-known company.

[waterboy222]

Arent they made by Ford now though? Ive seen bad reports on the 05 and previous model but this one is an 06 or an 07 (depending on which color Id get).

[Sea-Dated]

Does anyone have one of these? Im thinking of trading my F250 in on a luxury SUV and the size, interior, ride and HP of the RR is pretty much what Im lookin for. I found one with less than 30k miles on it, used. Anyone have any good/bad experiences with these?

If you get one CPO, then don't worry about it. Great warranty and free loaner rovers with warranty work. Just bought the wife an LR3 last month and from what I can tell, the people who say that Rovers have tons of problems have never owned one.

This is our first one but we talked to several people who currently own one and have yet to find someone who said they would not own another one. Several people have owned several and will continue to buy Rovers.

[Sea-Dated]

You hit a good point- go try to buy an extended service contract for it from a solid, well-known company.

I would buy from the dealership and get CPO. I have yet to hear a good thing about ANY third party warranty company.....

Call Rupy or Eric at Land Rover of Tulsa and tell them I sent you....

[Sea-Dated]

Or check with By U Boy, he sells them in Houston.....

[waterboy222]

dealing with Mark at LandRover of Tulsa.. Eric took my diesel for a drive, when he got back he said "um, let me guess you've done a little work to it?" Guess he turned it sideways on memorial.. All i could see was the black smoke, haha.. Hes gonna have to sharpen his pencil a little on the trade in though.

[Sea-Dated]

dealing with Mark at LandRover of Tulsa.. Eric took my diesel for a drive, when he got back he said "um, let me guess you've done a little work to it?" Guess he turned it sideways on memorial.. All i could see was the black smoke, haha.. Hes gonna have to sharpen his pencil a little on the trade in though.

Eric is the manager over there, that is who did my deal.

They are great to work with and their customer service is as good as Lexus' in my opinion....

[waterboy222]

ya, they seemed really easy to work with. I thought about going the ebay route but I wanted a local relationship with the dealership because of the reliability issues Ive heard. And all I can find on them is that they aren't disabling issues, just annoying issues.

[Sea-Dated]

ya, they seemed really easy to work with. I thought about going the ebay route but I wanted a local relationship with the dealership because of the reliability issues Ive heard. And all I can find on them is that they aren't disabling issues, just annoying issues.

Yup, that is what I found also. Bumper to bumper warranty until 75K miles and loaner car during service make it a non issue in my opinion.

[glassdave]

They're built by the British. No Brit car manufacturer as ever in the history of the automobile built a reliable one. They couldn't build them to be reliable when they were MG's that had nothing more than a seat and a couple gauges in the dash and they've gotten not one bit better at it now that a common vehicle has more electronics, wiring and computers in it that your average fighter plane.

You hit a good point- go try to buy an extended service contract for it from a solid, well-known company.

yep . . . . theres a reason why British Leyland electrical has come to be known as "the prince of darkness" . . .

[Chris]

I owned one- my wife's actually. It was a nightmare. I was told all of what I'm writing by someone else before I bought it and chose to ignore it. It was "too good of a deal". For what I had in service, I could have sprung the extra and bought the Gelandewagen.

[Chris]

Q: Why do the British drink warm beer?

A: Lucas refrigeators.

[Chris]

Read for yourself-

http://www.rangerovers.net/news/Arch...hive2.html#jdp

In 2005, Rover was better than only Kia on quality and problems.

http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/new...spx?ID=2008115

As of this year, Kia has pulled ahead.
http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/new...spx?ID=2008115
(scroll down for the chart)

[Offshoredrillin]

Stecz has one, loves it. ask him.

[Shockwave]

A Range Rover will take you to the ends of the Earth but will never be able to bring you back .

[MarylandMark]

Hes gonna have to sharpen his pencil a little on the trade in though.

I'd like to know how that goes- might be better of being a 2 truck owner..