MK6 TO RANGE ROVER SPORT

[FroGTI]

The RRS is not as nice to drive, even with the new 3.0 TD engine, but has more space and more class. It's on my shortlist for my next car.

[Schuey]

Have I made the right choice?

You're posting this on a Golf forum... what do you think the answer is going to be?!?!

I suppose it depends on your circumstances.  I'm guessing you live on a farm or something if you need a Range Rover?

Personally I drive to and from work all week, and like to go out for a blast at the weekends.  A golf is ideal for me... I'm usually the only one in the car, its a good size for parking anywhere.  Its discreet, fast, and has a good sized boot!  I can get 5 people in it if I have to (not very often) and considering the performance, it gets a decent MPG.  Yes the Golf R is expensive for a Golf!  I could get 2 and a bit Golf 1.4TSI's for the same price.  I'm sure some of the guys on here could write you a list of what else I could get from a used Porsche / BMW etc showroom!

I believe that unless you're doing offroading, then a Range Rover is a bit of a waste of time.  Yes, for the 5 days a year it snows (maybe a few more this year  ) its useful, but other than that its like driving a tank around.  My fiancee's old man has a Merc ML63 - which is an absolute dream to drive.  0-60 in under 5 seconds and great handling.  He has it for transporting around his relatives (79-92 years old and too old to scootch into a smaller car!), going to play golf, and driving to work.  He gets about 200 miles from £110 of fuel!   If I HAD to buy a 4x4, it would be one of these!  It looks good compared to most, it sounds amazing, and its like a rocket!

I'll stick with the Golf though thanks!

Nope don't really live on a farm or anything, just seem to spend more & more on a Golf every 12-18 months & fancied a change........... The price on the R is really what pushed me.

so you cancelled the mk 5.5 and got a range rover 0.5 instead 

Hilarious    But you have a point!

Don't blaim you.

I love both the golf and the range, so can understand the problem you are facing.

At least I have two supporters.......!!

Seriously though if VW hadn't pushed the R prices so high I'd have stayed, the price of the leather is disgusting 

But all is not lost, tonight I have been scouring Autotrader & I have found a nice 3 door MK5 GTI which I can use as a run around alongside the rangie, based on some of the RRS reliability comments posted here tonight I may be using it more than I know!

Anyway cheers folks.........................See you in the MK5 section now or possibly any land rover garage/repair centre near you 

[Jkctr]

The RRS is not as nice to drive, even with the new 3.0 TD engine, but has more space and more class. It's on my shortlist for my next car.

Completely agree, i hate diesels but that engine is something else! Only problem is the reliability, lets hope the new model is better, the interior is superb!

[R32UK]

RRS just screams wannabe 

[Saint Steve]

Dont Blame you, Vw prices are too much from what they are now offering 

[p3eps]

Watched Top Gear tonight... just thought of this thread the whole way through it when they kept going on about how unreliable the Range Rover is!!

[Snoopy]

VWs reliability is not what it was either sadly. 

[FroGTI]

Watched Top Gear tonight... just thought of this thread the whole way through it when they kept going on about how unreliable the Range Rover is!!

Lol, same here. As the RR was driving off the barge, cruising through the rain forest and driving down what looked like a 1 in 2 sand dune at the end, I kept thinking "hmmm, don't think my fragile little GTI could do that with its delicate Interlagos wheels!" 

[Jay]

VWs reliability is not what it was either sadly. 

It is still better than a lot of others, we now have the internet to find this stuff out (all the faults people seem to have) It's just other makes were so bad you'd hear about it through people who owned them etc.

[A7 UFO]

I've done some off roading in a rrs - awesome vehicle.  Don't get the 20" rims unless you want to look a player.  They ruin the car.