touareg v10 vs range rover td6 discuss?

[SteveyD]

You want to spend 10k on a piece of sh*t that drug dealers drive?

If you want a 4x4 then buy a Disco or Defender - they will fall apart though. If you want a Luxo tractor, get a LOLVO XC90. If you want street cred, get a G Wagon. If you want to pretend you're in the UN, get a Landcruiser. If you want to go fast, get an X5.

Drug dealers might drive Touareg's in your little Chrshire village but in Liverpool X5's seem to be the car of choice.  Did you just advise me to get a Volvo..

With respect mate my post was designed to find out people's experience of both the mentioned cars, if you view them as a piece of sh*t well that's fine, how about you keep it to yourself though, or tell me how your personal experience of either brings you to refer to them on that way.

[SteveyD]

I Know The Saville stuff is a serious business and should not be taken lightly, but i came across this last night.



On a more topical note, you must really love your dogs, How much are running and servicing costs on a toe rag. They must do about 12MPG. 
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I usually get that out of the golf :)

[geordie56]

I have a RRS with hst kit, and yes its not old being on a 60 plate but build quality and reliability has come on leaps and bounds with them.i know a lot of people with either these or discos and have no issues. Besides i have 5 yrs warranty so if anything fails im not concerned.

[geordie56]

I know that doesnt help with going for an older model that may have issues but you could maybe get a slightly newer one if you were in any sort of position to.

[SteveyD]

Nice motor indeed! a bit too good to be a work horse / 2nd car but I notice that 55 plate td6's are becoming very affordable.  60 plate, that's slightly out of my price range though 

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

Right off the wall but drive one....

Peugeot 4007

Get the 2.2 HDI with the DSG flappy paddles and sports mode and you will be very pleasantly surprised.

Averaging 35mpg

The Citroen c crosser is the same car with a cheaper looking interior

7 seats too go for a GT and get leather cruise and a load of other stuff. We've got a 4007GT auto and its great

[Oli]

My advice is not to get a RRS without a decent warranty.

[Dan.b]

You can't get a hst on a 60 plate RRS!

Also I'd be looking for a decent td6 with lots of history and bills for the expensive bits lol.

Good cars but getting old and more expensive to run/maintain like the old P38's?

[dave]

Well I'm a Landrover technician so maybe a bit biased towards the rangerover but from my experience you can't beat them for an all round motor very comfy very capable off road and great on the road too. Yes they go wrong sometimes but they are not as bad as people make out.

Common problems for them are front diffs but was a recall to sort this so it should be sorted for a good few years if its had it done!
 Brake calipers can seize up but usually down to not bein used often enough.
Not seen that many problems with air suspension on the rangerovers to be honest mainly disco 3's that have that problem!
Great engines in them td6 is BMW engine in the 8 years I've worked on them I've never seen one fail so to me kind of proves they are a good engine!
Seen a few gearbox problems but not that many to put me off buying one

All in all I'd have one if I could afford one give it a good check over for rust aswell as have seen a couple quite rusty underneath as they are getting on.

Any questions on Landrovers just ask and I should be able to answer haha

[geordie56]

i apologise i meant HSE kit as per pics of mine below:-

[Dan.b]

You mean Autobipgraphy kit then!

Nice looking car mate revere wheels suit it!

Let me know if you wanna sell it.

[SteveyD]

Dave, thanks for taking the time to reply.  I might take you up on that offer for info (any trade discounts btw).  At least they are easy enough to work on.

Legend & gentleman 

[SteveyD]

Very nice RRS, was this at Anglesey a few months back, think I might have spent a few moments gawping at it.

[geordie56]

Yes i was there trailering my blue rocco r.

[SteveyD]

Yes i was there trailering my blue rocco r.

Good times, thought you was.