2010 Range Rover Supercharged

[.RJ]

Neither of my fucking cars have spare tires.

[JPolen01]

Neither of my fucking cars have spare tires.

Not even a donut?

[.RJ]

fuckin' nothin'

[D_Eclipse9916]

Neither of my fucking cars have spare tires.

Not even a donut?

BMW cares about weight.... gotta save it for the important stuff like 80lb heated and leather front seats... each.

Never understood getting rid of it aside from the fact no one can change their own spares anymore anyway.

[ScottyB]

no one can change their own spares anymore anyway.

"just make it work and put it on my card"
- America, since the 00's

same reason cars are starting to come without dipsticks anymore.

[.RJ]

The thing that kills me is that there's room for a spare in the hatch area, its just full of plastic bullshit and a storage bin.

[ScottyB]

its a remnant of a bygone era. in a few years it'll be where they house the router, soylent dispenser, and federally mandated tracking module

[Jake]

its a remnant of a bygone era.  in a few years it'll be where they house the router, soylent dispenser, and federally mandated tracking module

I suspect Tesla already has all of that in the new Model 3.

Someone on Jalopnik today described the Model 3 as the perfect car for people who consume Soylent. I've never seen something so accurate. I hate it all.

[JPolen01]

Saw a brand new Model 3 on 695 a couple weeks ago. I liked the way it looks. I don't get the mega hate for Tesla.

[Jake]

Saw a brand new Model 3 on 695 a couple weeks ago. I liked the way it looks. I don't get the mega hate for Tesla.

Their gigantor touchscreen with no tactile controls is a UX/UI person's personal hell. No love from me until they wise up and ditch that, which they won't. The technology is cool, but would be better executed in an interior that was actually designed.

I'm aware that the above comments make me sound 85 years old and I don't care. Off to take my back pill.

[Senor_Taylor]

Jake, you aren't their market and I don't think their market cares.

The cost savings of that big screen can not be overstated. Initial R&D aside, they are saving the cost of manufacturing basically an entire interior and getting away with it.

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[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.

[D_Eclipse9916]

Do you know if the torque converter locks in 5th or 6th?

Good to hear it’s not too bad. Any enclosed on that thing is pushing it, just take it easy. At March VIR go to the CAT scales at that BP station.


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[Senor_Taylor]

29 Truck Stop! People from my highschool broke in there. Good times.

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[Jake]

Do you know if the torque converter locks in 5th or 6th?

Good to hear it’s not too bad. Any enclosed on that thing is pushing it, just take it easy. At March VIR go to the CAT scales at that BP station.

Torque converter (ZF 6HP28) can and usually does lock in every gear.

I'll definitely roll over the scales - aside from the tongue weight, it seems like a lot of people have success towing 20-24' enclosed with these and Touaregs/Cayennes. Should be good so long as I'm not trying to win the Route 29 drag races against Jim and Rob

[JPolen01]

I'll leave this here. These machines are simply badass. https://www.topgear.com/car-news/suvs/wa...s-mountain

[WRXtranceformed]

Really glad to see this is treating you well. I wasn't nervous when we chatted and I recommended it, my Jag was also one of the most reliable cars I've owned and has the same basic guts. JLR has had it mostly figured out since 2009/2010 MY

In fact, I would be lying if I didn't say I was casually browsing RR Sports over the last week or so...

[Jake]

Mileage: 104,000

Well, here we are 10,000 miles later:



This Range Rover is currently tied with my F150 for "most reliable car I've owned" - keep in mind, I bought the F150 with something like 40k miles and they are known for being solid. I'm quite pleased.

It is absolutely awful on fuel economy, which is my only real complaint. But I kind of knew that going into it.

I have an appointment with Land Rover Alexandria on Tuesday for the passenger dash airbag recall (Takata, yay). My dashboard is leather-wrapped so I'm not sure what's involved in pulling the airbag. LR is going to put me in a loaner for the day, "and if we don't have any, we reimburse for Uber, Lyft, or an Enterprise rental, so don't worry." I like them already.

I also need to make an appointment with Overland 4x4 for the 105k mile service, given that's coming up in short order.

[GTBrandon]

I know one of our members had their steering wheel trim all scratched up from the recall on their E46 M3 so maybe consider taking before pictures just in case..

[Jake]

I know one of our members had their steering wheel trim all scratched up from the recall on their E46 M3 so maybe consider taking before pictures just in case..

That's a good idea. My E46 M3 had the passenger side done before I purchased it, and driver's side done under my ownership, and they did a fine job. But given this involves a lot of leather that is currently very nice, I will take a lot of photos.