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Originally Posted by Tannaton
Looking at the list, he's owned the car for 11 years, so £17k / 11 = £ 1,550 per year in maintenance. Remove the unfortunate gearbox rebuild from the equation and its £1,200 per year.
Land Rover Discovery/Range Rover owners would be delighted with that.....
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To be honest, that's just a stereotype.
The majority of people that own these cars generally don't look after them. They want to drive around in a big fancy jeep, but don't want to pay the servicing costs. Then you have those that use them for the school trips around the corner and then complain when they get EGR and DPF issues.
If these cars are maintained properly, they're generally reliable. Yes, servicing is expensive, but its a luxury vehicle... its not going to be cheap. Like an XC90, Range Rover's can't be run on a shoe string.
My Dad and Brother have owned Range Rover's for years. They've been serviced every year and never broken down. Being heavy, they're hard on brakes and suspension parts though, but most big 4x4's are.
The ride is very comfortable. In fact, Volvo doesn't even come close comfort wise going down potholed roads. Nor is the Mercedes GLS.
Range Rover is still the king of the 4x4's, regardless of what blurb you see on the internet. Maintain it properly and it'll look after you. Never had a problem with Dad's, only a wheel bearing. My Brother had an airbag compressor fault, which wasn't cheap to fix. Now its back floating down the road like it should for many more years.