Hi all

I'm torn whether to trade in my beloved RRS (MY12) for an Aston Martin DB9.

My principal concern is whether it amounts to exchanging one bag of problems for a different bag of problems.

Neither can I work out whether I would maintain my self-esteem sitting low on the ground looking up at Range Rovers.

Views please!

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i think you have answered this yourself...............and i agree with you .

Hey Pal RRS owners always look down and never up

Don't do it  * Current: 2024 D350 Defender 90 on coils!
* Current: 1974 Lightweight 2.25L petrol. Old skool
* GONE: 2012 RR Sport HSE SDV6 Orkney Grey. Now being piloted by RRSTDV8
* GONE: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Full Fat. Amazing piece of kit.
* 1949 80" in family since 1975
I use www.glenrands.co.uk Great independent specialist!

I hear what you say but an Aston is a super car and a Range Rover is just a luxuary car. RRS (MY13) Santorini Black SDV6 HSE luxuary
Gone: Evoque, Freelander 2, Mercedes 320 CLK, Porsche 911's

I absolutely love my DB9 volante..... But I can honestly say, 9 times out of 10, I grab the keys for my RRS2...... And I never regret it! Now
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2022 SVR
2021 Bentley Continental GT
2020 Defender 110
2022 Defender 90 V8
Plus 16 other toys!

Try driving a DB9 over speed humps as fast as you can in your RRS................ Also come the first flakes of snow your Aston would be wrapped in cotton wool in a heated garage somewhere whereas you would have no fear of being out in the RRS. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Tim,

There OP is from London, I don't think they get snow down there in the Tropical south!!

Old Jock 2018 (MY19) Jaguar F-Pace R-Sport 300PS Petrol in Caesium Blue with many bells and whistles.
2015 RRS HSE SDV6 Firenze Red with Santorini Panoramic Glass Roof, gone but not forgotten.

Jock - I moved from Scotland to East Sussex in September 1986 for a job (just married and living in a caravan looking for a house) - lovely climate - what could go wrong

It snowed for the first time in like 20 years and I hadn't the money for a LR back then so driving a Renault 18 - don't you believe it never snows darn sarf

Luckily my supervisor had a soft top S2 so although we were wet and freezing we didn't get stuck like every one else

Getting up to frozen pipes and water bottle was a PITA though - 30 years later don't think SWMBO would be willing to try it again - not enough room to store her shoes and handbags

SWMBO fancied a DB9 for years until we got the RRS - she now says after that she would rather have a FFRR than a DB9 - maybe it's an age thing  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!