If you own a ranger rover

[Yesfrepp]

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

Interest rates are sky high at the moment.

For reference, I bought a £33k car on PCP last year and it’s just under £500 a month.

Lots of bitterness on this thread.

Bitter? About not owning a wankers car?? Not much....

A girl near me drives one, her partner doesn't work and she does eyebrows (thread/wax etc) in a shed in her garden. She lives in a new build council estate. I'm guessing she got it on finance.

Insurance is a bitch due to how many are nicked so a definite no for me!

I don't look at the person driving it and think "wow, they must be stinking rich" although I imagine that's what they want me to think. I think they got it on finance.

Cars are no longer a reliable barometer of wealth

Missing the point!

Are they still popular with farmers where you are? I'm on the ROI/ NI border. DH is a farmer he, along with most other farmers around here seem to now favour the UTE/ Pick up style like Navara/ Amarok.

I wouldn't see many new looking range rovers, the 2 'big bosses' in the local factory have them. There are a few 90s ones knocking about with farmers.

Maybe check what the insurance costs before you consider further. Some companies won't even insure them. And take a second to consider your carbon footprint.

Not suitable for urban/suburban living. Too big for parking spaces. Imagine hitting a pedestrian, they are surely going under the car and it will be double the weight of a normal city car. A child, is probably dead. Not that RR are the only example of this size but the most common.

I am a financially fairly conservative person. I would never get any car on finance. You will never own it. I have heard all the 'good' points of that, you get a new car and new contract. But you are borrowing a car. If you lost your job the car is just taken back, I know you might have to sell you owned car which might not be fully paid off but you've a far greater chance of getting something from it.

It's IMO another way to convince people they need something, that they don't, and to live beyond their means.

I had to get a loan to buy a new (for me) car last year but I am hitting away at it very hard and hopefully should have it paid off in 2 years instead of the 5 years I took the loan for

Sorry but they scream "drug dealer" to me

Either people have a lot more money than appearances may suggest, which is fine, or it's on finance, and possibly wasn't a wise decision, likely the person who was facing the huge repair bill in my last post.

I'd want an expensive newish car to not break down or need much in the way of money spending on it, beyond predictable costs like insurance, servicing, tyres etc. Otherwise, what's the point of spending so much on a car?

A Range Rover is never going to be an attractive proposition to me due to the unreliability, size, high fuel consumption so expensive to run and bad for the environment and attractiveness to thieves. There are many far better options when someone needs a 4x4, seven seater or towing car, which doesn't apply to most people who drive them anyway.

They won't be paying tax and will almost certainly be dealing drugs.

🤣 could you walk into a dealership with £100k cash or whatever they cost and buy one with no questions asked? And no mechanism to trace the transaction through the system.

It's not missing the point. It was taking issue with a sweeping statement made by a previous poster.

I don't have one and never have. But yes they are popular where I am and not just with farmers but other outdoor professions and the national park. Its a very rural, hilly, isolated county with more sheep than people. The winters are harsh and the roads are dreadful. I'm not talking about new ones but you're a bit daft living round here if you don't have something like this. I don't think calling people wankers and bellends is fair.

In my experience, it seems standard that their owners are staggeringly bad at parking them. I'm sick of waiting hours in car parks whilst RR drivers try to manoeuvre into or out of parking spaces, and having to squeeze past them on other roads because they don't know how wide their vehicles are.

Most people around here would have some sort of jeep/ SUV we are not overly hilly but the roads are diabolical. When we do get snow it's people like my DH who go out and clear the roads with their tractor and the bucket down.

disclaimer, we live rurally and a 4x4 is pretty handy, especially in winter/on country lanes banjaxed with craters.

Husband has one, not leased. Has been subject of an attempted theft!

Really brilliant to drive long distances in.

Reliability good, think that’s improved. Fully accept its a bit of a dicks car 🤣

But at least it isn’t the Evoque 😜 - whatever you do don’t go there!

My husband has an L reg one. The first L reg. It isn’t on finance.

Honestly, don't bother, as a previous owner, they spend more time in the garage then you actually enjoy driving it.

The monthly payment you spend to drive a courtesy car just isn't worth it.

Please don’t generalise in such an awful way; it’s rude. We have in that is 17 years old because we tow. It is comfortable, safe and was far cheaper to buy that a new import. We are doing our bit for the environment by not replacing our car every 3 years, etc. How does that fit with your view of their drivers?

chav car

The proper Ranger Rover has a good presence

I don't think car can really have presence? Unless you just mean it takes up a lot of space on the road?

To me, a person has presence (or not). Perhaps a really beautiful vintage sports car, but not a Range Rover!

I have one; it’s company car but I love it as I can tow, fit in many many hay bales, shavings, dogs, kids and bikes. We’ve driven it miles and miles touring the UK camping. It’s never had any issues (yet!). It’s so easy to clean out too so looks like new after the mud has gone.

Disclaimer: I can park, I never park in disabled spaces and very rarely use it around town because school car park is a nightmare and walking is better.

Sorry, I just don't buy this. I live rurally, 250m (over 800ft) above sea level in Scotland miles and over twelve miles from the nearest town and I don't need a Range Rover or any sort of SUV. I manage perfectly well with an estate with four wheel drive in all weathers. The I live rurally so need a massive SUV is a load of nonsense! You need four wheel drive. Yes, you may need a truck if you're a farmer, shepherd, game keeper or other rural worker who needs to drive off road and or tow. But its very rarely them that I see in these huge SUVS. It's usually muppets with zero spatial awareness of the vehicle they're driving on narrow rural roads who come barreling at you and expect you to get in the ditch, god forbid they bring their vehicle within two feet of the verge.