Oooooh, can we have a thread on 'which wellies' Aspman will get? 

1 hour ago, Aspman said:

Just delivered to me a Range Rover Vogue 3l V6 in Byron Blue

 

Like one of these?:

 

 

@Lady Elanore

You can take the Loon out of Forfar but not Forfar out of the Loon.

He needs boots for going to the dancing.

Very smart boots, but not wellies. People dance in wellies at Glastonbury  

He has wellies, and maybe already has Dubarry's.  If not then that is the way to go.

utterly off topic but the best boots by far i have ever owned were Meindl Islander Pros.

they lasted 9yrs, i never had wet or cold feet wearing them including 2 winters in aberdeen...

 

they were chucked when the sole peeled off one of them after 5 hrs or paintballing on my stag weekend. i wrapped the lace around it to tie it back up and soldiered on another 90mins before we finished up. 

5 hours ago, Aspman said:

 

Just delivered to me a Range Rover Vogue 3l V6 in Byron Blue

 

 

Oh...   was expecting something a bit more 'interesting' and less ubiquitus

Edited 20 October, 20205 yr by skomaz

4 hours ago, IamGaz said:

 

Like one of these?:

 

 

Byron is a light blue but aye pretty much. It's 'only' got 20"alloys but I didn't want 21 or 22 I actually will need to go down a muddy track. 

 

I'd have rather had Maserati for the difference but functionality ruled. 

So what do you think of the big yoke, now you’ve had it for a few days?

4 hours ago, UndertheRadar said:

So what do you think of the big yoke, now you’ve had it for a few days?

 

I've had the chance to drive about 10 mi in it.

 

so impressions at the moment are restricted to.

 

• Fk me it's big. Nah it's bigger than that. I'm physically looking down on most SUVs
• Lots of pretty touch screens but I still think they suck for a car.
• Buttons buttons everywhere
• The most complex ICE ever. I mean I've worked in IT for 20yr and I'm struggling with some of it.
• The seats, oh lord the seats are comfortable
• It's actually quite nippy for a 2T truck, plenty of poke
• Steering a lot slower than the BM that'll take a bit of getting used to
• the driving mode defaults to comfort which is a bit wafty for me, I have to keep changing it to dynamic and there is no way I've found to make it stick.
• £80 to fill the tank, which was less than I thought.
• short run got 32mpg, I'm guessing the paper figure of 38 might be possible which would make it no worse than the 335d.

 

We'll do some more miles over the weekend and we have some load lugging tasks for it which should be good.

Is it a 87 litre tank, so a few gallon still in before filling?

Edited 22 October, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

They’re a damn fine place to spend time. After a few weeks it won’t feel big at all. The shape of them makes them extremely easy to accurately manoeuvre I find.
As above, it’ll hold more than £80. I used to be able to get £126 in my old Merc and according to them it only had a 90L tank. I’ve a few fuel receipts that disagree. 

Absolutely, all that waxed cotton rubbish is very expensive and will leave little in the kitty for a glorified golf cart but as an alternative consideration try an old Jeep Grand Cherokee with the excellent Mercedes V6 oil burner, automatic is best, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

 

Whoops, too late, I see you bought a designer handbag instead.

Edited 22 October, 20205 yr by sepulchrave

Might have been a couple of gallons left. Trip said 70mi left in the tank. 

Just now, sepulchrave said:

Absolutely, all that waxed cotton rubbish is very expensive and will leave little in the kitty for a glorified golf cart but as an alternative consideration try an old Jeep Grand Cherokee with the excellent Mercedes V6 oil burner, automatic is best, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

A little too late now in afraid with the RR on the drive. 

 

The Grand Cherokee would have fit the bill but they don't sell them any more. As said I didn't really want a3rd car and if I was swapping the bmw for a 4x4 it had to be a nice place to be since it'll get used for some long trips down south. 

 

Nearly bought a Landcruiser but ended up with a RR. 

13 hours ago, sepulchrave said:

Whoops, too late, I see you bought a designer handbag instead.

 

If I'd bought a Sport I'd have to agree with you.

I'd like to think I've made the gentlemans choice

 

Some more good new for me though. Since I have the RR with the smallest alloys there are proper off-road tyres available.

the 21" and 22" alloys don't really get anything knobbly at all.

 

My mate boasts about having to pull a Discovery out of mud with his ancient Subaru. I'm not having that

Edited 23 October, 20205 yr by Aspman

A few things I don't like

 

The indicator noise.

The automatic windows wipers are hyper senstive they won't behave themselves. TBH that's my experience of most auto wipers. I'd rather have an intermittent I could control manually.

The boot opening and closing is a bit sensitive. It like to stop. I've a feeling I'm not doing something quite right with it.

The deployable tow bar button is nicely located so you can hit it putting a pram in or out of the boot. Power sockets in the boot are under a cover, why not this?

The ICE and connectivity is horribly complex. I've set up at least three seperate accounts for apps, nav and other things but still can't see how to get a map update.

It's got Android CarPlay which is good, but figuring out how to switch to it is basically pot luck.

 

Everything else is great.

I love how quiet it is on the motorway

The mpg is really quite reasonable (~35mpg) but I'm finding I drive much more slowly now. The 335d made you drive faster.

The V6 noise is nice

Love the space

 

Surprisingly now I'm driving a car I used to always accuse its drivers of tailgating me I'm now getting tailgated a lot and cut up.

People seemed more wary of the BMW, but not this, it's the size of a house but it seems to bring out the nutters.

 

 

 

Edited 26 October, 20205 yr by Aspman

30 minutes ago, Aspman said:

A few things I don't like

 

The indicator noise.

 

 

 

 

 

This is because you are not used to having a car with this feature.

 

I know it frightens me when I hear that clicking noise in my Hyundai 

2 hours ago, Aspman said:

A few things I don't like

 

The indicator noise.

The automatic windows wipers are hyper senstive they won't behave themselves. TBH that's my experience of most auto wipers. I'd rather have an intermittent I could control manually.

The boot opening and closing is a bit sensitive. It like to stop. I've a feeling I'm not doing something quite right with it.

The deployable tow bar button is nicely located so you can hit it putting a pram in or out of the boot. Power sockets in the boot are under a cover, why not this?

The ICE and connectivity is horribly complex. I've set up at least three seperate accounts for apps, nav and other things but still can't see how to get a map update.

It's got Android CarPlay which is good, but figuring out how to switch to it is basically pot luck.

 

Everything else is great.

I love how quiet it is on the motorway

The mpg is really quite reasonable (~35mpg) but I'm finding I drive much more slowly now. The 335d made you drive faster.

The V6 noise is nice

Love the space

 

Surprisingly now I'm driving a car I used to always accuse its drivers of tailgating me I'm now getting tailgated a lot and cut up.

People seemed more wary of the BMW, but not this, it's the size of a house but it seems to bring out the nutters.

 

 

 

If you mean the boot partially opens and then stops have it checked as the motors can give bother and limit out during use. 
Although some models have variable boot opening incase your only 2 foot six and can’t reach it when fully open, so could be that if it’s doing it all the time. 

1 minute ago, UndertheRadar said:

Although some models have variable boot opening incase your only 2 foot six and can’t reach it when fully open, so could be that if it’s doing it all the time. 

 

Thats a good idea if you are in a small garage too  I once bumped my Octy tailgate in an underground carpark as it had a super low roof beam just above my car. I imagine a goliath like the RR could be a double problem 

5 minutes ago, Lady Elanore said:

 

Thats a good idea if you are in a small garage too  I once bumped my Octy tailgate in an underground carpark as it had a super low roof beam just above my car. I imagine a goliath like the RR could be a double problem 

Yes it’s handy to have. My Superb has the function as well. 
Most of the Rangey’s should also have a button in the boot to drop the rear bags so it lowers the suspension as well to aid loading. 

42 minutes ago, UndertheRadar said:

If you mean the boot partially opens and then stops have it checked as the motors can give bother and limit out during use. 
Although some models have variable boot opening incase your only 2 foot six and can’t reach it when fully open, so could be that if it’s doing it all the time. 

 

Yeah I think this has been set since the boot doesn't open super high. I think the boot has only ever acted oddly when I've opened it using the keys, which makes me think I'm not quite doing what I'm supposed to.

 

30 minutes ago, UndertheRadar said:

Yes it’s handy to have. My Superb has the function as well. 
Most of the Rangey’s should also have a button in the boot to drop the rear bags so it lowers the suspension as well to aid loading. 

 

I saw those buttons they're next to the tow bar button that gets clobbered by the pram. I've not tried them yet, well not knowingly anyway.

 

Best option I've seen so far...

https://accessories.landrover.com/us/en/range-rover/interior/function-technology/vplgs0441pvj-tailgate-event-seating-in-ebony-leather/

For only $3400. I'm sure the UK option is the same with a £.

 

I think I'll just treat myself to some rubber mats from ebay

 

I need to sort my ins tonight, I've been running on the free 7 day drive away ins so I could wait for the V5 to come through and I can transfer my plate and do the ins on that at the same time.

Quotes for the RR are surprisingly low, lower than BMW despite it being a lot more valuable.

59 minutes ago, Aspman said:

 

Yeah I think this has been set since the boot doesn't open super high. I think the boot has only ever acted oddly when I've opened it using the keys, which makes me think I'm not quite doing what I'm supposed to.

 

 

I saw those buttons they're next to the tow bar button that gets clobbered by the pram. I've not tried them yet, well not knowingly anyway.

 

Best option I've seen so far...

https://accessories.landrover.com/us/en/range-rover/interior/function-technology/vplgs0441pvj-tailgate-event-seating-in-ebony-leather/

For only $3400. I'm sure the UK option is the same with a £.

 

I think I'll just treat myself to some rubber mats from ebay

 

I need to sort my ins tonight, I've been running on the free 7 day drive away ins so I could wait for the V5 to come through and I can transfer my plate and do the ins on that at the same time.

Quotes for the RR are surprisingly low, lower than BMW despite it being a lot more valuable.

Aye, I think I’d give those a miss 😂. 
try 3D mats, diamond car mats or weather tech as well as genuine mat sets. 

i think you should get the bumper chairs. they are so unnecessary they are epic.

Or just a small used caravan for the same money. A place to shelter / sleep with a cooker, sink, fridge and toilet.