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I have heard horror stories about the mechanical/electrical reliability of Range Rovers. The number one complain has been the powertrain. I know the automatic

I have heard horror stories about the mechanical/electrical reliability of Range Rovers. The number one complain has been the powertrain. I know the automatic transmission is the weak spot in most vehicles, but I have heard of complete failures before 100k. Could you give your evaluation of the vehicle?

cbozeman 6y ago
There's an Australian expression, "If you want to go into the bush, take a Land Rover. If you want to get out of the bush, take a Land Cruiser."
- chrisseaton 6y ago
  Your special forces still use Land Rovers on operations! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_SOTG_patrol_Oct_2009.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_SOTG_patrol_Oc...
  - cbozeman 6y ago
    Negative, Ghost Rider. American spec ops prefer, and often use, Toyota Land Cruisers and HILUXs, for the very reason behind the Australian proverb! :)
    - chrisseaton 6y ago
      > Negative, Ghost Rider Australian, not American. And I've literally seen it for myself, and I just also linked a photo of them doing it!
      - cbozeman 6y ago
        > Your special forces still use Land Rovers on operations! I'm not Australian!
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        chrisseaton 6y ago
        The context was their use in Australia though.
chrisseaton 6y ago
Not a Range Rover, sorry, a Defender. I wouldn't own anything else to be honest. I've always driven one, and I also work professionally with a fleet of them and I don't have any problems at all. My last personal one never needed any work at all over ten years. Even if they were unreliable, if it's the kind of form factor you're after I don't think anything really challenges them on the market. I think they're also a uniquely egalitarian vehicle - if you see someone driving a Land Rover it could be a farmer, a teenager in their first car, a parent doing the school run, an Army unit on exercise, a professional footballer, literally the Queen, or anything in between. You can drive the same car to the rubbish dump and to Royal Ascot and it looks completely appropriate in both cases! I don't think there's any other vehicle even remotely like that.

cbozeman 6y ago

There's an Australian expression, "If you want to go into the bush, take a Land Rover. If you want to get out of the bush, take a Land Cruiser."

chrisseaton 6y ago
Your special forces still use Land Rovers on operations! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_SOTG_patrol_Oct_2009.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_SOTG_patrol_Oc...
- cbozeman 6y ago
  Negative, Ghost Rider. American spec ops prefer, and often use, Toyota Land Cruisers and HILUXs, for the very reason behind the Australian proverb! :)
  - chrisseaton 6y ago
    > Negative, Ghost Rider Australian, not American. And I've literally seen it for myself, and I just also linked a photo of them doing it!
    - cbozeman 6y ago
      > Your special forces still use Land Rovers on operations! I'm not Australian!
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      - chrisseaton 6y ago
        The context was their use in Australia though.

chrisseaton 6y ago

Not a Range Rover, sorry, a Defender. I wouldn't own anything else to be honest. I've always driven one, and I also work professionally with a fleet of them and I don't have any problems at all. My last personal one never needed any work at all over ten years. Even if they were unreliable, if it's the kind of form factor you're after I don't think anything really challenges them on the market. I think they're also a uniquely egalitarian vehicle - if you see someone driving a Land Rover it could be a farmer, a teenager in their first car, a parent doing the school run, an Army unit on exercise, a professional footballer, literally the Queen, or anything in between. You can drive the same car to the rubbish dump and to Royal Ascot and it looks completely appropriate in both cases! I don't think there's any other vehicle even remotely like that.