MDP wrote:

Robin Sunpower wrote:

.....One World, One Planet, Give Peace a Chance.

Ps ... what Planet are you on

so when is the V12 coming to the RRS?

BBlackRRS wrote:

so when is the V12 coming to the RRS?

BBlackRRS wrote:

so when is the V12 coming to the RRS?

Please .... I started this thread to learn something about a subject I want to learn about , thats why i asked it to people that are willing to help me. I didn't ask YOU (because you are against us) anything !




So please ... www.greenpeace.org have fun elswhere

p.s I bet you still drive in a old bedford that give more polusion then 10 range rovers together.

Robin the sunflower does have a point about the inadequate fuel consumption of these new RR's. They are made of aluminium now and still do hopeless mpg's. Aircraft engines have come along in leaps and bounds for efficien by comparison.

As for the 4x4 debate, you can drive whatever you like, don't let anyone say otherwise!

Rule RRS!!!!!

G Full Fat!!

Gazzer wrote:

......... They are made of aluminium now and still do hopeless mpg's.

Hi Tim, I was under the impression the new RR's were made of a honeycomb aluminium as is the new sport? With traditional steel chassis. Am I talking total bollox, if so I'm sorry. The question then would be why aren't they made of aluminium?

G Full Fat!!

I think basically it is COST! I too was surprised to find this out when I went to Solihull on the Home of the Legend trip. A Carbon Footprint is the mark a lump of coal makes when it's dropped on the ground.

TDv8 HSE - Stornoway Grey with ebony and straight grain walnut wood-a-like interior with towpack, Tasmods. The best car I have ever owned
Now departed - Giverny Green TDv6SE with Aspen and Parchment interior - nearly the best car I have ever owned
Staying - Epsom Green Defender 90 for playing off road

Hence the LR3 weighs in at something like 2.5 tonnes!

The RR doors are made of a die cast alu I'm sure thats why they so light?

G Full Fat!!

As is the RR's bonnet - it is the largest single Al pressing in the world! The upper section of the Sport's rear hatch is plastic. Freelanders front and rear wings and bonnet and outer rear door skin are also plastic A Carbon Footprint is the mark a lump of coal makes when it's dropped on the ground.

TDv8 HSE - Stornoway Grey with ebony and straight grain walnut wood-a-like interior with towpack, Tasmods. The best car I have ever owned
Now departed - Giverny Green TDv6SE with Aspen and Parchment interior - nearly the best car I have ever owned
Staying - Epsom Green Defender 90 for playing off road

Plastic fantastic! Full Fat!!

You would think with more and more of a car having to be recyclable that LR would use more Alminium and plastic in their cars.................. once steel is chemically treated and painted just about all it is good for in it's next life is reinforcing bar! I took a 70000 tonnes ship to BanglaDesh 8 years ago for recycling(scrapping) - it was worth it as the ship had been one of the largest containerships in the world when it was built in 1969 and was massively over-engineered as in those days technology and computers could not do the things they can now. The ship was built of both Very High Tensile Steel and Stainless Steel, and even after 30 years service it was still suitable for recycling, it's probably now been made into millions of razor blades and thousands of cars! The sale of that one ship kicked up so much fuss with the tree huggers that the company I worked for opened their own ship recycling facility (aka a scrapyard!) in China where nobody could get to it to demostrate/ make a fuss, depriving 1000's of Bangla Deshis of a living. A Carbon Footprint is the mark a lump of coal makes when it's dropped on the ground.

TDv8 HSE - Stornoway Grey with ebony and straight grain walnut wood-a-like interior with towpack, Tasmods. The best car I have ever owned
Now departed - Giverny Green TDv6SE with Aspen and Parchment interior - nearly the best car I have ever owned
Staying - Epsom Green Defender 90 for playing off road

I seem to remember there being a documentary on TV years ago about the ship dismantling businesses in Asia - I guess maybe that was Bangladesh or India. They were saying it took years for them to dismantle the whole thing... kept them in work for ages. There was this clamour of people who pitched up at the ship yard when they knew a ship was coming in for wrecking, all vying for jobs. Quite incredible... 

Thanks guys for your comments regarding my post, very interesting/useful.
I'll be polite and leave you, in peace, of course.




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