| Author | Message | ||
     Paul Kennington (P_kennington) Member Username: P_kennington Post Number: 69 Registered: 12-2002 |
Hi Guys, well, after a lot of phone calls, searching the web and asking for advice from fellow Discoweb users, I bought my first RR yesterday. It's a 2000 4.6HSE in black with tan leather interior, optional factory roof rack and mud flaps, rubber mats and Harman/Kardon sound, with 47,000 miles. I paid $29,750 for it from a LR dealer in Boise, Idaho. Plus $1,900 for the additional 3 yr warranty. I love it! Drove it home and was very impressed by the ride, quietness and power. Heck, I managed 19mpg for a while- better than my D1! The insurance is absolutely horrible- as expected. I am going to get a set of 16" rims for the studded snow tires I already have. (It has the 18's) where is the best place to find 'stuff' for it? Other than Ebay and Atlantic British? Thanks again for all your help and advice- much appreciated! | ||
| eric johnson (Eric2) Senior Member Username: Eric2 Post Number: 288 Registered: 05-2003 |
Expedition Exchange for mods. British Pacific is in the north L.A. area. for routine stuff. Join PNWR -Pacific Northwest Rovers. Active in Wash. and Ore. and prolly in Id. Good group. Wise Owl in in Vancouver, B.C., but I think he's mostly a Series guy. | ||
| David Woo (Davidwoo) Member Username: Davidwoo Post Number: 90 Registered: 01-2003 |
Don't forget Rovers North: they had a few bits for my RRC that the local dealer said were not made any longer! Pricey but they can get their hands on all types of stuff. DW | ||
| Pugsly (Pugsly) Senior Member Username: Pugsly Post Number: 310 Registered: 11-2002 |
Congrats on the purchase! I'm surprised about the insurance, I myself was really surprised by how reasonable it was (I have a 2001). | ||
| Alan Bates (Alanb) Senior Member Username: Alanb Post Number: 482 Registered: 07-2002 |
Sweet ride! Smart move on the extended warranty, no worries now. Roverconnection has just about any accesssory you may need: http://www.roverconnection.com/ | ||
| Nicholas (Landrovernick) Member Username: Landrovernick Post Number: 52 Registered: 05-2003 |
what is the link/website for PNWR? | ||
| john radzik (97m2000s95disco) New Member Username: 97m2000s95disco Post Number: 25 Registered: 08-2003 |
my insurance is up there to on my 97. i also have an m3 and a s4 and the range rover is double both of those cars. m3 240.00 every 6 months compared to 560.00 for the range. i carry fairly high coverages and 100.00 collision deductable | ||
| Ron Beckett (Ron_beckett) New Member Username: Ron_beckett Post Number: 25 Registered: 01-2004 |
In Australia, the comprehensive insurance for my '95 4.6 HSE is several hundred dollars cheaper than the insurance on my wife's '94 Ford Probe. | ||
| Paul Kleinschnitz (Rovrjnky) Member Username: Rovrjnky Post Number: 65 Registered: 11-2003 |
ya, you'll pay for that extended warrenty with your first trip to the dealership! I've paid for mine 5x (literally) :-) congrats, and enjoy! :-) | ||
| Andrew Parker (P38memate) New Member Username: P38memate Post Number: 36 Registered: 12-2003 |
Dito on the extended warrentee very good move. Your situation sounds like my own but it was a 96 in 2000. Just make sure you keep looking into www.rangerovers.net for "heads-up-information" on things that can go wrong as the warrentee comes to an end. The dealerships hire alot of technicians, and not many real mechanics, some of which are unfortunately aloud to conduct warrentee repairs. Oh the stories I could tell. Were is the campfire I have one brewing I can feel it starting to materialize just as I write!... Whew it went away. Thank goodness ones memory fades the older you get, so you can make room for more wisdom. |
