Chris,

Wish it had been that way round for me

Probably a bit of an old mans car, though not old yet, on my way, a good stepping stone to a FFRR later maybe

All mine were great cars,the latest one was a bit underpowered compared with the 3.0L petrol and 320cdi which I ran for 5 years but it was detuned for company tax purposes.
If you don't have problems with snow and hills they are great compared with other alternatives,very comfortable on long runs and lots of mpg which helps these days if you are doing the miles.
Bottom line you're not exactly slumming it are you  MY2011 HSE Santorini/Ivory/Piano Black/Privacy Glass/TV .Sadly gone.
Audi A5 Sportback Black Edition 3.0 tdi quattro S Line

lespes would love to know how you do those miles in the channel islands.  SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

Ferry enough

My RRSPORT was 3 years old last September. I had 2 choices, keep with my current or by new again. Having looked at the new model and all the work I've done on my own I decided to keep with my old. I had every scratch and ding repaired and then professionally detailed and valeted inside (although I keep it pretty clean anyway). I thn bought the extended warranty for £700ish and haven't looked back.

I love my car and like one of the guys said earlier - I still smile every time I drive it. I have even been known to give it an affectionate tap on the dash board!

Stick with the RRSPORT my friend - life's too short to penny pinch and you just won't get the enjoyment from a Freelander (IMHO!) Jaguar XKR Convertible
MY 2012 Range Rover Sport TDV6 Autobiography in Fujian White....Mmmmmmm
Range Rover Evoque 2.2 Prestige in white - gone
Porsche Boxster S White with lots of extras! Gone
Lotus Elise 2011 Touring for sunny days - gone!

Previously....
RRS TDV8 Black 57 Plate
645ci
Jag XKR Convertible (my wife still loves this car!)
BMW 530i
BMW 328i (I loved this car)
Golf R32

So, just to underline it again. MADNESS!

Playing around today noticed I had several Rear interior lights, they even switch on and off when you open the rear doors

That's the ambient's you an even change the intensity ,I used to love the one which lit the centre console up.  MY2011 HSE Santorini/Ivory/Piano Black/Privacy Glass/TV .Sadly gone.
Audi A5 Sportback Black Edition 3.0 tdi quattro S Line

I had an e270 CDI Avantgarde before the RRS and the one thing I miss is the interior lighting. Having 3 zones of interior lights ( over 25 interior bulbs IIRC) which only worked when it was dark seems liken stupid thing to miss, but the poor interior lights on the sport are my only gripe with this car

simon1233 wrote:

I had an e270 CDI Avantgarde before the RRS and the one thing I miss is the interior lighting. Having 3 zones of interior lights ( over 25 interior bulbs IIRC) which only worked when it was dark seems liken stupid thing to miss, but the poor interior lights on the sport are my only gripe with this car

I must admit that I miss the lights too I spent 25 minutes in the dark the other night looking for the bloody car keys with the engine still running just in case i had to drive back home as I couldnt stop the car in case it didnt start again. Interior lights at the back would have been a great help, instead I was waving my phone around.
Damn Keyless start Grrr 

Hi ya got 07 rrs tdv8 and a disco 3 we got a kaon freelander 10 plate when disco was in for some work (surprise surprise) and the freelander felt jiggly on the road plastic wood trim just horrible as a step down no way and boot space was rem that yep sat nav and toys but no tHanks

Hi ya got 07 rrs tdv8 and a disco 3 we got a kaon freelander 10 plate when disco was in for some work (surprise surprise) and the freelander felt jiggly on the road plastic wood trim just horrible as a step down no way and boot space was rem that yep sat nav and toys but no tHanks

Having just driven a manual freelander as a courtesy car I would have to say that you would be completely bonkers to go down to a freelander from a RRS. I'd be depressed if I had to drive that every day having experienced the sport. 3.0 SDV6 HSE Dynamic, Corris Grey with contrast Santorini Black Panoramic Roof, lunar interior, privacy glass, upgraded Meridian system, cooled 18 way front seats, heated steering wheel, adaptive xenons, large screen wash bottle.

Gone: 3.0 TDV6 HSE, Santorini Black, Ivory/Lunar interior, grand black lacquer finish, HK Logic 7.1 Surround, Privacy Glass, Adaptive Xenons, heated steering wheel.

Gone: Jaguar XF Luxury, Pearl Grey, Dove Interior

I decided to down-grade just after Xmas and looked at all sorts of cars, came really close to getting a Q5 or even a Honda CRV but I just could not do it.

In the end I picked up a 2 year old Disco 3, it had all the toys of my old RRS (ok, so no adaptive cruise) had another years worth of warranty, used less fuel and allowed me to put £6k back into my bank account!

Having done about 5000 miles so far I am really pleased that I made the change, ok so I often miss the extra grunt of the chipped TDV8 but thats about it, the two drive very similar and it simply feels like a slightly larger RRS........certainly worth a thought!

Daz  2017 4.4 Autobiography FFRR - love this car
Gone - VW T5 Transporter
Long gone - 2009 Disco
Long gone but never out of my thoughts - 2008 TDV8 HST