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Yesfrepp · 2024-05-12T20:52:55+00:00

Is it on finance? Just wondering how many people actually buy then outright? They are my dream car and although I could finance a monthly payment I could never buy one outright! How much do you have to earn for that?! I’m on 89k for context

Forthearsenal · 15/05/2024 23:01

Fr7fr6 · 15/05/2024 22:56

Why is it hard to believe that not everyone is jealous of you? Not everyone is obsessed with money and status. I'm not saying that you are, but this belief that people who don't want what others have must be jealous is ridiculous and suggests vanity and arrogance.

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Totally agree, there are the same 3 posters on here going on about how wonderful their ugly great box lumps of metal are. Accusing people of being jealous is all they can come up with 🤭

Forthearsenal · 15/05/2024 22:56

Tospyornottospy · 15/05/2024 20:34

This thread is a very scary insight into people’s jealousy and inability to reflect on it/ability to be in denial about it.

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Completely deluded and so lame, WE ARE NOT JEALOUS

Hth

Fr7fr6 · 15/05/2024 22:56

Arraminta · 15/05/2024 22:51

Yes, right, of course.

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Why is it hard to believe that not everyone is jealous of you? Not everyone is obsessed with money and status. I'm not saying that you are, but this belief that people who don't want what others have must be jealous is ridiculous and suggests vanity and arrogance.

Arraminta · 15/05/2024 22:51

Fr7fr6 · 15/05/2024 22:30

It's not jealousy for many people though. They just truly don't like Range Rovers and what they represent. Nor do they want to associate with the type of people who drive them. It's been said time and again that RR drivers are some of the most selfish and entitled drivers on the road. It seems like a vehicle for those who need to demonstrate their self regard and importance through a vehicle. It comes across as a status symbol for arseholes. I am well aware that not every RR driver fits this stereotype, but so many of them do and it exists for a reason

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Yes, right, of course.

Duckingella · 15/05/2024 22:41

Use to work in car insurance.

Feb and September every other bloody phone call I received was someone wanting to change their car over to a évoque.

EnglishBluebell · 15/05/2024 22:38

Dogstar78 · 13/05/2024 00:56

We have a Jaguar F Pace on finance. Always brought cars outright. This the first nice car we have owned. We were forced out of our cars by ULEZ. Just depends how you choose to spend your money. When we broight the dealer said, always look in the service car park, that will give you an idea of cars that have problems. It was all RRs! This was a JLR dealership.

We really enjoy getting out and about more now as the drive is so comfortable. There is so much uncertainty with EVs, what cars will be banned next, we felt the opportunity to walk away only having lost the depreciation was OK for us. My dad and both really enjoyed cars (looking at them/ talking about them) whereas my sister couldn't give a damn! We are all different. I also love I can get my mum's motorised wheelchair in easily, without worrying what else needs to go on the boot!

Bought. The word is BOUGHT when you're referring to buying something in past tense. "I bought it" brought means you took something from one place to another

EnglishBluebell · 15/05/2024 22:35

Femme2804 · 12/05/2024 22:11

I love my range rover. I drove evoque now and next year gonna change for velar. My car insured just fine. I live in cambridge though not in london. So i dont know how hard to insured RR in london. I love my car, it was my dream car and iove it everyday. I’m with finance aswell only £250 per month. Not much. It is 2014 evoque. Bought as second hand car in 2015. So its pretty new when i bought it. I put big downpayment.

😂

EnglishBluebell · 15/05/2024 22:33

supercalafragilisticexpealidocious · 12/05/2024 22:04

I don't own one but I love them too. I'm
Not a car person at all but something about a Range Rover I really love. I think it's the shape and the styling. They look so elegant to me. Out of our price range though. We are going to buy a discovery though (not as pretty!)

Elegant?!?!?!? 😧🤭🤭🤭 You and I have vastly different ideas of what constitutes elegant. Blimey

Fr7fr6 · 15/05/2024 22:30

Tospyornottospy · 15/05/2024 20:34

This thread is a very scary insight into people’s jealousy and inability to reflect on it/ability to be in denial about it.

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It's not jealousy for many people though. They just truly don't like Range Rovers and what they represent. Nor do they want to associate with the type of people who drive them. It's been said time and again that RR drivers are some of the most selfish and entitled drivers on the road. It seems like a vehicle for those who need to demonstrate their self regard and importance through a vehicle. It comes across as a status symbol for arseholes. I am well aware that not every RR driver fits this stereotype, but so many of them do and it exists for a reason

Tospyornottospy · 15/05/2024 20:34

Arraminta · 15/05/2024 18:37

Yes it's a real mystery isn't it. I honestly cannot fathom why.

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This thread is a very scary insight into people’s jealousy and inability to reflect on it/ability to be in denial about it.

NorthUtsireSouthUtsire · 15/05/2024 20:33

I'll tell you why I absolutely fucking love my RR evoque convertible.

I have spent 30 years driving cars that I don't like but fitted our family. Mostly seven seaters .. as DH has 3, I have 2 and we needed someone that fitted us all so yes .. a Zaffira , Dajia, Kia etc... so once I had taught youngest to drive I wanted a car FOR ME ..

So I asked around about the best sports car as I had always wanted one. I was recommended an Audi TT what a fantastic recommendation !, absolutely bloody loved it. Especially if you are someone who really loves 'proper' driving.. I absolutely loved it... BUT ... I'm super rural. Within 3 years I had been down 16 potholes. Lost 7 wheels and another 3 tyres. I work shifts and in winter in the dark the holes are impossible to see... I just felt so sorry for my beautiful car getting mullered everyday.... had a little whine and a moan...

And then .. for my birthday... from my lovely DH who usually buys me a scarf or perfume..
presented me with my fabulous RR evoque convertible... I still love my Audi TT but she really needs a different road. Have had my RR convertible 2 years and love her .. no problems here.

vitahelp · 15/05/2024 19:54

Arraminta · 15/05/2024 18:37

Yes it's a real mystery isn't it. I honestly cannot fathom why.

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Yes it is a mystery why someone would decide the character of a person based on the metal box they use to get to different places. But maybe I’m missing something.

I drive an Audi which automatically makes me a wanker too according to MN, but if I trade for a Ford I will be good again 🙏🏼

IItisymoi · 15/05/2024 19:16

Yes it's a real mystery isn't it. I honestly cannot fathom why.

So many people don't understand the concept of 'shades' of grey where the world is not just black and white. MN is a hotbed of 'men hating'.
Also lack of interest to find out WHY something is as it is (good or bad).
Notice how the tabloids reported a LandRover crushed the footballers legs a couple of days ago, as if being run over by an EV Clio would be any less painful or bad.

Arraminta · 15/05/2024 18:37

vitahelp · 15/05/2024 18:32

Not really when people upthread describe RR owners as wankers and knobs..it’s not just a dislike of the brand but extends to the driver. Very odd.

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Yes it's a real mystery isn't it. I honestly cannot fathom why.

vitahelp · 15/05/2024 18:32

Forthearsenal · 14/05/2024 16:36

You're not awful people but by God that is so so cringeworthy.

What does hating 'on' RR mean? Surely it's just hating RR?

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Not really when people upthread describe RR owners as wankers and knobs..it’s not just a dislike of the brand but extends to the driver. Very odd.

trickotreat · 15/05/2024 17:06

Lonelycrab · 15/05/2024 12:45

Wrong, many cars can be driven fast and inconsiderately

@IItisymoi You're missing the point here. Of course pretty much any car is capable of exceeding the speed limit and driving recklessly. But RR’s routinely drive significantly over, it is a rare sight to see one on the motorway doing 70 or less. I drive about 5k miles of motorway per year and that’s my experience.

A rare sight? Where do you live? I live in peak RR territory and they certainly do not all drive over the speed limit any more than any other car.

Arraminta · 15/05/2024 15:45

Gems2k · 15/05/2024 14:35

Ha we routinely get 40+ mpg in our RR evoque and sport because cruising at 70mph on the motorway is the most economic. Rarely drive above the speed limit as we are in so much luxurious comfort we’re not in a rush to get to our destination 🤣 also if we go too fast the peasants in non range rovers won’t be able to admire our beautiful cars. 🎣 I am sooooo enjoying the hate on here. It’s so pathetic how people let themselves get so upset about what car someone drives 🤣

You are very naughty [but I love you].

Gems2k · 15/05/2024 14:35

Ha we routinely get 40+ mpg in our RR evoque and sport because cruising at 70mph on the motorway is the most economic. Rarely drive above the speed limit as we are in so much luxurious comfort we’re not in a rush to get to our destination 🤣 also if we go too fast the peasants in non range rovers won’t be able to admire our beautiful cars. 🎣 I am sooooo enjoying the hate on here. It’s so pathetic how people let themselves get so upset about what car someone drives 🤣

SofiaSoFar · 15/05/2024 13:34

Lonelycrab · 15/05/2024 12:45

Wrong, many cars can be driven fast and inconsiderately

@IItisymoi You're missing the point here. Of course pretty much any car is capable of exceeding the speed limit and driving recklessly. But RR’s routinely drive significantly over, it is a rare sight to see one on the motorway doing 70 or less. I drive about 5k miles of motorway per year and that’s my experience.

Putting something in italics doesn't make it a fact.

Arraminta · 15/05/2024 13:22

Seems to me that if RR were still same size and specifications but only cost £25000 brand new there simply wouldn't be the prejudice.

lotsofpeoplenametheirswords · 15/05/2024 13:08

I have a RR Evoque and no, it's not on finance.

TizerorFizz · 15/05/2024 13:05

@Lonelycrab

What a joke!!! Range Rover drivers always at 90 on motorways.? The stats of serious traffic accidents are highly weighed towards young drivers. Especially deaths. Rsnge Rovers don't attract young drivers but don't let a big of prejudice get in the way!

IItisymoi · 15/05/2024 13:01

But RR’s routinely drive significantly over,

The car is not the fault, inconsiderate drivers are:
See also drivers wearing hats and cars with the fish emblem on the back.
The blanket 'hatred' of SUVs is weird too because many are not as 'gas guzzling' as a Renault Scenic and are much the same size'. 4X4 is another exporession used in a derogatorty way by tabloids (and many on MN) because the only time when the 4 whhels are NOT turning at (about) the same speed is when on mud or ice. It is no real difference to carrying 2 sacks of spuds in the back seat.

Lonelycrab · 15/05/2024 12:45

Wrong, many cars can be driven fast and inconsiderately

@IItisymoi You're missing the point here. Of course pretty much any car is capable of exceeding the speed limit and driving recklessly. But RR’s routinely drive significantly over, it is a rare sight to see one on the motorway doing 70 or less. I drive about 5k miles of motorway per year and that’s my experience.

Arraminta · 15/05/2024 12:12

Yes a competent driver in a Range Rover doing 90 in the outside lane is much less of a menace than a nervous driver stubbornly sticking at 55 in the middle lane. My MIL was a terror on the motorway because she was too scared to use the outside lane but refused to use the inside lane because of having to avoid drivers pulling onto the motorway. So she would resolutely stay, doing 50mph, in the middle lane for mile after mile, oblivious to the problems she was causing around her. But I guess she was at least driving a morally acceptable, 9 years old Citroen.