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antochat

Member Since: 04 Oct 2006
Location: US (Unfortunately)
Posts: 2

2006 Range Rover Sport 4.4 V8 HSE Chawton White

Help!!

We currently have a 05' Disco3 HSE and our lease is up in a couple months. We're trying to decide whether to get another Disco3 or go with a RRS. The Disco3 was 7 passenger, but we really don't need then room anymore. We've driven the RRS and I love it...yes its the wife. She likes it too but she loves the chunky truckish feeling of the Disco3. She says the RRS feels too smooth and drives more like a car. True...does anyone have both? What do you all think? I think she'll love the RRS put I need some ammo and input. It would be greatly appreciated!

Wed Oct 04 2006 1:25am

Smarticus

Member Since: 26 May 2005
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 939

2005 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Rimini Red

Antochat, we have both and I do regularly find myself comparing them. Our D3 is an "S" and the RRS is an "HSE" so its not like for like. Both vehicles share a great deal in terms of components and genetic code - but (IMHO) - the "in use experience" is very different. I have said in the past that the D3 is Function over Form whilst the RRS is Form over Function. There is no doubt that the D3 does more than the RRS because it is designed to have a wider spread of abilities. The RRS lacks the capacity, flexibility and family friendly features of the D3. The RRS does have an edge in driving experience (it is slightly sharper and more nimble due to lower mass and some enhanced suspension components). However the main difference is how you "feel" driving each car and how other people "react" to the car. The RRS feels and looks like a prestige car and commands a reaction from others that is consistent with that. The D3 feels like a more utilitarian (some might even say more "honest") vehicle and again, commands a reaction from others that is consistent with that.

To be frank, drivers of each car usually have different priorities in life. Spend an hour browsing the RRSport and Disco3 forums (fori ?) and there is a quite different feel to the subjects that come up / language that is used - that very accuratetly reflects the different feel of the vehicles and the different owners they attract.

Both are excellent cars and neither would be a mistake..... RRS TDv8 HSE Rimini
Disco 4 TDv6 HSE Ipanema
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Wed Oct 04 2006 7:37am

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Like Smarticus I have both a RRS HSE and a D3 SE. I would agree with Smarticus's statements. 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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Wed Oct 04 2006 7:52am

Berliner

Member Since: 04 Oct 2006
Location: Berlin
Posts: 34

2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Bonatti Grey

Get the RRS sport, its fanastic and cool.... Disco's are for farmers.....

Wed Oct 04 2006 1:52pm

shmoogle

Member Since: 07 Sep 2005
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And that only took 3 posts, completely unprompted!

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Wed Oct 04 2006 1:54pm

XXXAngelXXX

Member Since: 03 Mar 2006
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Wed Oct 04 2006 3:53pm

Smarticus

Member Since: 26 May 2005
Location: Northumberland
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Berliner wrote:
Get the RRS sport, its fanastic and cool.... Disco's are for farmers.....

Put another way, some RRS owners think D3's are for Farmers whilst some D3 owners think RRS's are for footballers (and/or their wives).

You pays your money and you takes your choice ....... RRS TDv8 HSE Rimini
Disco 4 TDv6 HSE Ipanema
Defender 90, 200tdi CSW

Wed Oct 04 2006 10:25pm

antochat

Member Since: 04 Oct 2006
Location: US (Unfortunately)
Posts: 2

Thanks everyone for you're opinion. And still its a hard decision. They are both great!

I think we'll try something new...I may become a new regular on the forum...keep you posted.

Thanks again for your .02

Thu Oct 05 2006 4:17am

DSL

Member Since: 17 May 2006
Location: Heelands/Cobham (delete as appropriate)
Posts: 1045

Smarticus wrote:
Put another way, some RRS owners think D3's are for Farmers whilst some D3 owners think RRS's are for footballers (and/or their wives).

More like drug dealers!

Thu Oct 05 2006 2:23pm

Berliner

Member Since: 04 Oct 2006
Location: Berlin
Posts: 34

Smarticus wrote:
Berliner wrote:
Get the RRS sport, its fanastic and cool.... Disco's are for farmers.....

Put another way, some RRS owners think D3's are for Farmers whilst some D3 owners think RRS's are for footballers (and/or their wives).

You pays your money and you takes your choice .......

This is a RRS forum.... so we are all biased towards the Sport...

The footballer thing is a myth... Prince charles as a Range Rover and he certainly isn't a footballer.. The US is a huge market and they certainly have no idea about football... In Germany, Range Rover owners are successfull business people or "old money" who love British culture....they could easily buy a porsche or a Benz...

Thu Oct 05 2006 2:36pm

shmoogle

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Derek wrote:
Smarticus wrote:
Put another way, some RRS owners think D3's are for Farmers whilst some D3 owners think RRS's are for footballers (and/or their wives).

More like drug dealers!

The SC owners have to pay for their fuel somehow!

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Thu Oct 05 2006 4:11pm

DSL

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I like the approach, free enterprise at its best!

Thu Oct 05 2006 8:03pm

XXXAngelXXX

Member Since: 03 Mar 2006
Location: Krautland
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@ Derek

@ Berliner like most of us Germans you is just fu***** to serious.....
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Fri Oct 06 2006 8:32am

DSL

Member Since: 17 May 2006
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XXXAngelXXX wrote:
@ Derek

@ Berliner like most of us Germans you is just fu***** to serious.....

He'll learn!!!! Or go mad in the process!

Fri Oct 06 2006 8:34am

Berliner

Member Since: 04 Oct 2006
Location: Berlin
Posts: 34

XXXAngelXXX wrote:
@ Derek

@ Berliner like most of us Germans you is just fu***** to serious.....

Who says I am German? I might be a "Range Roving European", living in a several parts of Europe at once.....ey by gum (who in Germany would say this?)

Fri Oct 06 2006 10:18am

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