2010 Range Rover Supercharged

[Jake]

Mileage: 103,850
I took the racecar over to Mach V on Friday, which was my first time pulling the enclosed trailer near-fully loaded (only missing my toolbox now) for any real distance. I had towed it, loaded with the M3, from my place to the storage lot with Tom. It was a super windy day and I wasn't using the weight distribution bars - we got some squirm at points. Thankfully, this longer drive was nearly perfect once I added the WD bars.

My plan is to move the car back in the trailer to get some tongue weight back, as the toolbox will contribute to increasing it. I have about a foot of room behind the car given how it was loaded before, so that's easy to do.

Anyway, it towed pretty well. Definitely easiest to leave it in Manual mode and shift for myself - or at least, in Sport so it will hold revs a bit longer between shifts. It only wants to stay in 6th gear on very flat ground, but 4th/5th work fine for most grades. Deren thinks the trailer is longer than 20' - maybe it's a 22? All the documentation I have from CargoPro lists it as a 20 though.

The only big issue was parking the trailer at the end of the night. My new spot is next to a semi tractor, which I really didn't want to hit. Visibility is not great when backing, even with my old-man mirror extensions (which are great on the highway). I did eventually get it parked straight, without hitting anything, after much cursing. Had to put the front windows down because the drug-dealer tint the truck came with was too damn dark.

Today, I removed the stupid tint and it's so much brighter inside! I was annoyed with the lack of nighttime visibility and it got dangerous with the trailer and/or rain involved, so this was time well spent.



Adam did give me a moment of pause:



The RR is due for its 105k mile service soon - the dash is doing a very good job of reminding me - so I'll either DIY it or send it over to Overland 4x4 as their quote was pretty reasonable. Might be busy with my new job starting right around this service being due so it could be worth just dropping it off for the day.

We're coming up on 10k miles of ownership and all I've done is one oil change. This is (knock on real cherry dashboard wood) on par with the F150 for most reliable car I've owned.