Is the Range Rover Sport the apex in arsehole wheels ?

[rubbershoes]

To divert the thread slightly, this is why Winchester residents need a 4x4. Fuck sale, it wasn’t even a tight parking space. View attachment 318422

Has the pub been renamed? I don't remember it from when I lived there

 

[mx wcfc]

Has the pub been renamed? I don't remember it from when I lived there

Not in the time I've known it. It's ticked away in Hyde, on my way to the football ground, in that little collection of victorian terraces where every road is Arthur/Egbert/Alfred/Birinus/Saxon etc Road.

 

[rubbershoes]

Not in the time I've known it. It's ticked away in Hyde, on my way to the football ground, in that little collection of victorian terraces where every road is Arthur/Egbert/Alfred/Birinus/Saxon etc Road.

Ah. Not my side of town. I was up on St Giles Hill. Usually went to the Rising Sun or Black Boy

 

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Deller's a good day for cyclists Deller's 'Magic' Venice exhibition

 

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I know this is not a car but I did spot it on a cullinan while out on an early evening walk over in Chelsea.

 

[kabbes]

The number plate for an angry dog.

 

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How did I miss this, Hummers are back. They are electric and can crab....https://www.carwow.co.uk/news/4860/hummer-ev-electric-suv-price-specs-release-date

 

[DownwardDog]

GM have quit all RHD markets though...

 

[kebabking]

Tragic...

 

[ska invita]

im not sure why but ive been watching this crash damaged Range Rover rebuild series up to pt5 right now



i think its in part two where he takes the dashboard off that my jaw dropped the most -a nightmare of wiring

the whole thing looks like an expensive nightmare

 

[Plumdaff]

Another happy Land Rover customer

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

He should be happy, his engine’s done almost twice the mileage of my Freelander when the engine on that went bang.

 

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In the bigger scene of ugliness, ostentatious, etc. You would need to look hard to "better" this Ultra exclusive Rolls-Royce Boat Tail convertible commission floats in | Auto Express

 

[Dogsauce]

What do actual posh people drive thesedays? Rollers, Bentleys etc. are just driven by ghastly types like footballers, landlords and internet twats and are styled to suit their (lack of) taste. What car/badge has managed to retain a bit of class and distance from this shitfest?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

What do actual posh people drive thesedays? Rollers, Bentleys etc. are just driven by ghastly types like footballers, landlords and internet twats and are styled to suit their (lack of) taste. What car/badge has managed to retain a bit of class and distance from this shitfest?

Full fat Range Rovers.

 

[Dogsauce]

Tbh I think Rollers were always a bit twatty, or at least for a few decades, car of choice of TV presenters that had ‘made it’ and needed to show it back in the 70s. I remember seeing Bruce Forsyth in one at a petrol station in the Cotswolds back in the late 70s/early 80s.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

What do actual posh people drive thesedays? Rollers, Bentleys etc. are just driven by ghastly types like footballers, landlords and internet twats and are styled to suit their (lack of) taste. What car/badge has managed to retain a bit of class and distance from this shitfest?

Actual posh (the type who own half the countryside) drive knackered old land rovers, in my experience at any rate.

Oh, with something like a Bristol for the weekends.

 

[hippogriff]

Tbh I think Rollers were always a bit twatty, or at least for a few decades, car of choice of TV presenters that had ‘made it’ and needed to show it back in the 70s. I remember seeing Bruce Forsyth in one at a petrol station in the Cotswolds back in the late 70s/early 80s.

 

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Actual posh (the type who own half the countryside) drive knackered old land rovers, in my experience at any rate.

Oh, with something like a Bristol for the weekends.

This. They often have little time or interest in cars. Any old thing that gets you for A to B will do.

 

[T & P]

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from this thread (as I was already fully aware that Range Rovers are a wanker’s car) is that apparently they are laughably unreliable, and far more so as a supposedly premium brand. So why do they remain so absurdly popular not just with celebrities but as the car of choice of government ministers, PMs and Royals alike? And not just in the UK, where I guess flying the flag might be a factor. You would think reliability would rank high in the requirements of any vehicle considered for ferrying VIPs around.

And they’re fucking ugly as fuck to boot. And portray a look of drug baron/ mafia boss car of choice imo. And they’re not even that spacious. What kind of cunt would choose a RR over an S-500, Beemer 7 or an A8?

 

[dessiato]

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from this thread (as I was already fully aware that Range Rovers are a wanker’s car) is that apparently they are laughably unreliable, and far more so as a supposedly premium brand. So why do they remain so absurdly popular not just with celebrities but as the car of choice of government ministers, PMs and Royals alike? And not just in the UK, where I guess flying the flag might be a factor. You would think reliability would rank high in the requirements of any vehicle considered for ferrying VIPs around.

And they’re fucking ugly as fuck to boot. And portray a look of drug baron/ mafia boss car of choice imo. And they’re not even that spacious. What kind of cunt would choose a RR over an S-500, Beemer 7 or an A8?

I think this is increasingly true. Many are now using big Mercedes, which are, frankly, the better car.

 

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Full fat Range Rovers.

Although, round here it’s Land Rovers. The ones that look like they’re made of tin foil, are incredibly noisy and smelly and break down all the time, but cost some insane level of £££

Mind you, the two poshest people I know — mostly, I see one of them driving a knackered old quad bike and the other driving a knackered old tractor. They both have Land Rovers as well though, of course. It’s like the entry car to the posh club.

 

[dessiato]

The poshest people I've known drive Volvo, Jaguar, Audi, Range Rover, Suzuki, BMW, Porsche, Vauxhall, Bristol, all sorts of cars. I'm the only one who drove Bentley, but it was a 1971 T. The modern ones, and RR are not for posh people, they're for footballers and media people.

 

[DownwardDog]

What do actual posh people drive thesedays? Rollers, Bentleys etc. are just driven by ghastly types like footballers, landlords and internet twats and are styled to suit their (lack of) taste. What car/badge has managed to retain a bit of class and distance from this shitfest?

Dunno about posh but the richest person I personally know (net worth > $A300m) drives a Mk.7 Golf GTI but he does have a very nice Outremer boat that he leaves in the Med.

 

[DownwardDog]

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from this thread (as I was already fully aware that Range Rovers are a wanker’s car) is that apparently they are laughably unreliable, and far more so as a supposedly premium brand.

They are actually slightly better than they used to be as they, and Jaguar, have finally learnt some production engineering discipline from being owned by Tata. I reckon 1995-2015 was the absolute nadir when they started getting very complex with many electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic sub-systems but still just chucked together.

 

[ska invita]

Mind you, the two poshest people I know — mostly, I see one of them driving a knackered old quad bike and the other driving a knackered old tractor. They both have Land Rovers as well though, of course. It’s like the entry car to the posh club.

sounds like its because these people have land and you need those vehicles (quad, tractor, land rover) to get across the fields, particularly when the earth is wet.

 

[dessiato]

Dunno about posh but the richest person I personally know (net worth > $A300m) drives a Mk.7 Golf GTI but he does have a very nice Outremer boat that he leaves in the Med.

A friend of mine has an income of about £4 million, he drives a BMW or Range Rover. But his extravagance is collecting Rolex watches.

 

[ska invita]

And they’re fucking ugly as fuck to boot. And portray a look of drug baron/ mafia boss car of choice imo.

theres a PHD paper to be written about the psychoanalysis of expensive car design and how it maps on their customers - all these modern car designs play on their buyers inner voice which screams out IM A CUNT AND I THINK IM BETTER THAN YOU, from the higher driving position to the scowling face made by the front light and grill. The mafia boss thing plays into that too - i expect people do consciously or subconsciously think they are some kind of scarface selfmade capitalist hero... Who Put This Thing Together? Me, That's Who!

 

[Chz]

I think this is increasingly true. Many are now using big Mercedes, which are, frankly, the better car.

Benz has abominable quality control, I'd say it's much of a muchness between them. Just look at their history in reliability studies, and they're all over the place - some cars are great, the same model next year falls to bits. You want a super-expensive car to show off that doesn't scream "wanker", buy a classic of some sort.

 

[ska invita]

Benz has abominable quality control, I'd say it's much of a muchness between them. Just look at their history in reliability studies, and they're all over the place - some cars are great, the same model next year falls to bits. You want a super-expensive car to show off that doesn't scream "wanker", buy a classic of some sort.

classic cars really do break down every other trip - i watch antiques road trip and they usually have to change cars after a couple of days

can you post a reliability study? for some reason i am curious