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Is the Range Rover Sport the apex in arsehole wheels ?

Is the Range Rover Sport the ultimate in arsehole wheels ?

  • Yes

    Votes: 82 56.9%
  • Yes

    Votes: 51 35.4%
  • Yes

    Votes: 51 35.4%
  • Yes

    Votes: 55 38.2%
  • No, I have an Audi and I claim that title

    Votes: 13 9.0%
  • I dont know as I do not drive

    Votes: 23 16.0%
  • I live in the country and I find it useful for the 2 frosts we get each year

    Votes: 9 6.3%
  • Comedy Option

    Votes: 15 10.4%
  • Fuck you, you snotty middle class cycling shitbag

    Votes: 39 27.1%

  • Total voters
    144
You're lucky to find one of them on sale. Dealers can't import them any more, for some reason.

I'd love one but apparently the steering wheel is slightly off-centre relative to the driver and that's the sort of thing which would drive me mad.
Funnily enough, there was a car on the forecourt with a Russian flag on its rear number plate.
 
Note two gearsticks. One is for the locking differential. I think it also switches between hi and low gear ratios.
 
the steering wheel is slightly off-centre relative to the driver

weird

Note two gearsticks. One is for the locking differential. I think it also switches between hi and low gear ratios.

dunno - think i've seen a second lever in older land rovers, never really given much thought to what it's there for

some coaches used to have a two speed rear axle, with a switch on or next to the gear lever. i've never had to drive one, so not quite sure how it works
 
Note two gearsticks. One is for the locking differential. I think it also switches between hi and low gear ratios.

Niva has no centre diff so it's always 'locked'. The second lever is for normal and low range.

They are complete fucking garbage and get zero out of four stars in the RUSSIAN safety rating system. They are particularly prone to killing passengers with head trauma in relatively low speed accidents.

There's a guy in my suburb who is obsessed with them and restores them. I've done some welding and fabrication for him so I'm pretty familiar with them. Just, no.
 
Niva has no centre diff so it's always 'locked'. The second lever is for normal and low range.

They are complete fucking garbage and get zero out of four stars in the RUSSIAN safety rating system. They are particularly prone to killing passengers with head trauma in relatively low speed accidents.

There's a guy in my suburb who is obsessed with them and restores them. I've done some welding and fabrication for him so I'm pretty familiar with them. Just, no.

About 25 years ago my dad had a press car Niva convertible for a week. It was the shitest new cat I have ever driven. To make it a soft top they had just taken the roof off with an angle grinder. The hood was held on with press studs, the best bit was the boot was intact but they had just cut off the rear door leaving a nine inch high door so you couldn’t put anything wider than nine inches in the boot. It also had that great Lada understeer.
 
Ex-mil friend of mine owned one. He took me on an off-road session to show it off, and I did have to admit that it was pretty damned capable at handing a muddy field full of ruts and furrows. I think on a basic mechanical level, they're sound. Most Russian stuff is, or st least easily serviced by the illiterate. It's when I wanted to turn something on (I forget what) that the assembly quality came into play. Instead of the button depressing, it just popped in and completely vanished inside the dashboard. Took 20 minutes to find it.
 
Ferrari Purosange is here.

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NA 6.5L V12 is a bold choice that sets it apart, and possibly above, the Urus. I'd get an RR Cullinan if it were my money but this thing is going to be a money making machine for Ferrari.
 
I should hate that. Have to say though, it looks rather lovely. They’ve basically made a large and comfy GT, not an SUV.

It still has the dreaded PTU from the FF/GTC Lusso. This is a seperate 2 speed transmisson for the front wheels that goes very expensively wrong... a lot...
 
It still has the dreaded PTU from the FF/GTC Lusso. This is a seperate 2 speed transmisson for the front wheels that goes very expensively wrong... a lot...
Oh I imagine it will be as reliable as a chocolate kettle. It’s still quite a beautiful object though, the rear 3/4 view in particular is fabulous.

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If was in the market for such a thing would still go Urus, a Lambo you can live with. The Ferrari looks too small, just a jacked up version of their regular cars, not a daily driver and not enough 'fuck you peasant' to be a full on SUV.
 
If was in the market for such a thing would still go Urus, a Lambo you can live with. The Ferrari looks too small, just a jacked up version of their regular cars, not a daily driver and not enough 'fuck you peasant' to be a full on SUV.
The Lambo Anus looks like it was styled by an 8 year old child. That Ferrari works precisely because they haven’t gone down the dreadful SUV styling route.
 
Just when you thought they couldn’t make the Ranger Rover any uglier, the 2022 model arrives…


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Not only hideous, but something about the rear lights makes it look like a Ford! Ugly, and cheap-looking to boot :thumbs:
 
Just when you thought they couldn’t make the Ranger Rover any uglier, the 2022 model arrives…


range-rover-14.jpg


Not only hideous, but something about the rear lights makes it look like a Ford! Ugly, and cheap-looking to boot :thumbs:

I think it looks better than previous RRs, but that's not a high bar.
 
It looks good but will be disasterously unreliable. The real significance is that it has a BMW engine and JLR (like Aston Martin) have basically given up in the powertrain business.
 
Don't forget you will normally have a white rolls Royce fun of security / homeys following you round.

I really hate Park Lane / Piccadilly in the summer
 
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