Frenchdame

Frenchdame

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I'm fortunate enough (this week anyway) to be considering a long held dream of buying a Range Rover and keeping my D2 td5 as a daily bus. I confess to being a little petrified but as my lovely lady's health is fading fast we have sort of decided to go luxury for what is looking like our final year. So I don't want to waste time on having something stuck in a repair shop and I also have no idea of what t look for: I've got a short list of motors around us and I'm hoping to start phoning around this weekend. I'm quite taken with a Westminster 4.4 tdv8 62 reg with 75500 miles up. Is it a silly car to go for bearing in mind we want to have luxury cruise-mobile, pose a bit, and enjoy some special moments. I know Discos but the RR is way above me.
I've also noted a 3.6 td 59 reg with 51,000, a one-owner. Your thoughts gratefully received.
 
Sorry to hear of your news....

Go for the 4.4 TDV8 - much more pokey and better appointed than the 3.6.

The main issues with the TDV8 Range Rovers seems to be eating its own turbos and alternator issues.....the rest is pretty good (gearbox included - as long as servicing is maintained top notch - which isn't cheap)

You will be whisked around in sumptuous luxury and comfort, and as with any Green Oval purchase, there are niggles....

I hate pointing people to other sites, but as your other half and yourself are looking at this as a final piece of enjoyment you can have together - I feel obliged to ensure you are well informed - try www.fullfatrr.co.uk as they are more akin to the newer TDV8 models than most over there....

I wish you and yours well and hope that you have more than a year to enjoy the Range Rover you seemingly both deserve.
 
Thank you Saint.V8 - are there two turbos on the V8? Seems logical I supposed and that could mean double replacement. What's the problem with them and does good top-notch servicing lower the risk? cheers
 
myfirstl322 said:
Almost my own sentiments to the letter.......

Get it bought and get enjoying.;)

ps. (don't forget top notch warranty AND comprehensive breakdown cover)
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Thanks for that. Are warrantees worth it these days? You hear so much of 'they're not worth the paper they're written on' but I guess there muist be some value in them.
 
Warranty??
I've never had one, :D
but there are pukka ones out there, I believe the one Quentin Wilson fronts is a good un, and he's quite active in many arbitration claims.

You could chance it of course, and succeed. But were I in the position you mention then I'd strive to go beyond my usual mentality and opt for some degree of misery offset.

Also, who really enjoys an enforced nice drive home in the cab with an AA man?
 
myfirstl322 said:
Warranty??
I've never had one, :D
but there are pukka ones out there, I believe the one Quentin Wilson fronts is a good un, and he's quite active in many arbitration claims.

You could chance it of course, and succeed. But were I in the position you mention then I'd strive to go beyond my usual mentality and opt for some degree of misery offset.

Also, who really enjoys an enforced nice drive home in the cab with an AA man?
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Thanks all. Just re-read my initial post and it's too morose. Sorry - we both know what's coming with the combo of dementia and alzheimers but I'm seventy in a couple of months and we have had a fantastic 48 years so far and we know we can't afford to dwell on wasting time thinking too far ahead..So my apologies - really, we live fior each day and if part of that is posing in a beautiful RR and touring the beautiful countryside of GB for a couple of days every now and again, taking the grandkids out etc, then we will do it in style. It's just which one of the beauties to go for. The sales chap at the dealers who have the Westminster tells me it really is top RR. It's slightly ahead of the others at the moment.
 
Sorry to hear your predicament.
I'd usually suggest letting your head rule your heart but I'd say this is the exception to the rule.
Hopefully it turns out to be a good one & you both get a lot of fun without any vehicle problems.
 
I have no problem with your first post whatsoever, proclaim it from the bloody rooftops I say!

Those illnesses are are very very cruel, to the recipient in the first instance, but as or more importantly to you, your kids, and your grand kids.

Don't forget to film your happy times, even if the AA man has to do the honours, lol.
 
If I might add my sincere best wishes for you both and commiserations on your diagnosis/prognosis. We have been through both Parkinsons and Alzheimers as a family and it is a truly tragic time for all concerned.

I recently bought my current P38 Vogue. I'm ashamed of the amount of money I spent, but I realised that I am probably doing less than 1500 miles a year, so why not make them as comfortable as I can?
As I will be doing low miles and I am not a boy-racer, I should not be placing anything under undue strain. The 2 year warranty also helps a little, although I would caution that all warranties have a financial ceiling.
I think mine is £1,000 and for a complicated car that is easily eaten up with just a minor issue at a main stealer.
 
DanClarke said:
If I might add my sincere best wishes for you both and commiserations on your diagnosis/prognosis. We have been through both Parkinsons and Alzheimers as a family and it is a truly tragic time for all concerned.

I recently bought my current P38 Vogue. I'm ashamed of the amount of money I spent, but I realised that I am probably doing less than 1500 miles a year, so why not make them as comfortable as I can?
As I will be doing low miles and I am not a boy-racer, I should not be placing anything under undue strain. The 2 year warranty also helps a little, although I would caution that all warranties have a financial ceiling.
I think mine is £1,000 and for a complicated car that is easily eaten up with just a minor issue at a main stealer.
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Thank you Dan. It is certainly character changing - I think I partly posted in too much detail as a letting-off-steam exercise. Being a full-time carer with this flippin' stuff is difficult. Very. So, mind made-up - I will only regret it if I don't and we can do it so we should. It's good for me to get such feed-back. Thank you all.
 
Very sorry to hear about your troubles, I do know what you are going through having been in a similar situation myself.
Just go for it, it is only money at the end of the day and if you have enough to do what you want you will always regret not doing it.
Get it done, get some more happy memories.
 
frog hopper said:
Very sorry to hear about your troubles, I do know what you are going through having been in a similar situation myself.
Just go for it, it is only money at the end of the day and if you have enough to do what you want you will always regret not doing it.
Get it done, get some more happy memories.
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Thank you Frog Hopper
 
@Frenchdame , hope u don’t mind but wanted to also send a big wish for the future and sorry to hear the news

may ur dream rangie be out there and for some wonderful days ahead



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May God strike me down if this is inappropriate, but I have Tourettes of the fingers!!

As the great Freddie Mercury sang, "who want's to live forever"

In life we must have have laughter,
 
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gstuart said:
@Frenchdame , hope u don’t mind but wanted to also send a big wish for the future and sorry to hear the news

may ur dream rangie be out there and for some wonderful days ahead



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As you know I'd been looking at the D3 and 4 but..........a good RR has always been beyond me but now we can do it and I argue with myself that there other things we can do, and then you realise that the list of what you can do is limited and diminishes gradually: flying and the anxiety that goes with it is out; long trips are difficult - again anxiety can be triggered, sitting at home and waiting has never been our style - we like a beer and a sarnie - but the countryside and a bit of luxury slo-mo travel off-piste and away from the crowds is a really good option. Actually writing about it at the moment is somewhat cathartic though I'm afraid of talking too much,. I keep in touch with our two sons and my wife's two sisters but on a daily basis I never talk to a soul. Looking back, it's interesting (to me) that as Mrs B's degeneration has continued I've posted more and more on LZ. How sad is that?
However: while there is no real upside, we feel that after a lifetime of the odd struggle and putting others always first, that maybe we can really be selfish for whatever is left (my phrase because we don't speak of time). We don't want a bucket list - we just want a bucket, a RR bucket! AND BUIGGER ME IF I DON'T BUY ONE BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.
 
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