Have I mentioned that....

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My 16 year old sister got a Range Rover! It's an 08, but still. It's nicer than any vehicle I've ever had. Oh, and she's the baby in case you hadn't figured that out. I'm not bitter at all lol. 

[thinkofthesoldiers]

What a waste of gas and money.

[ralphlauren]

I have not heard good things about that car...

[lucky513]

I give it a month before its totaled

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Apr 30, 2013 22:07:20 GMT -5 @breebirdy said:

Every time I see your name, I think of that jump rope tune that is something like, "Little Sally Walker was walking down the street" and that is all I know.

I should google it or something. It sucks having a song in your head and not knowing all of the words.

That's where I got the name  
I'm a cheerleading coach and they do some dancing game to that tune at camp each year. 

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And I assume your parents are also going to be footing the $500 a month gas bill?

[speckledfrog]

Are you the oldest? You sound like an oldest child. I am, too.

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Apr 30, 2013 22:08:14 GMT -5 ralphlauren said:

I have not heard good things about that car...

Like what? 

[agnes]

Who is going to be paying for the maintenance on that thing?1 That shit's expensive.

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Gas: they told her she has to get a job to help. Ha, we will see.
Maintenance: I'm sure they will pay for it.

Lucky: I hope she doesn't wreck

[ndolehan]

My parents are buying my younger brother a car before he leaves for college in the fall.

I had to work my ass off through High School and pay for my own car and gas etc. etc. He doesn't have a job.

I'm also an oldest child. And never bitter...ever...

[ralphlauren]

Apr 30, 2013 22:09:36 GMT -5 @t2j said:

Apr 30, 2013 22:08:14 GMT -5 ralphlauren said:

I have not heard good things about that car...

Like what? 

My FIL had a new RR and hated it. He said he hated the way it drove and wound up getting a new BMW

[sailorgray]

Apr 30, 2013 22:09:36 GMT -5 @t2j said:

Apr 30, 2013 22:08:14 GMT -5 ralphlauren said:

I have not heard good things about that car...

Like what? 

They are just rated very low by pretty mch every auto expert group or whatever. I don't mean to be critical bc yay for our sister. Maybe your parents got a good deal? 

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Range Rovers are notorious for looking great but they're shit under the hood. My brother has a 2010, and has already replaced almost everything under the hood. Thank God for the warranty. Also, only certain mechanics work on Range Rovers, so best of luck finding one.

[wannabe]

Damn, you guys are some Debbie Downers up in here.

[ralphlauren]

Apr 30, 2013 22:16:07 GMT -5 sameoldash said:

Apr 30, 2013 22:13:20 GMT -5 ralphlauren said:

My FIL had a new RR and hated it. He said he hated the way it drove and wound up getting a new BMW

these are the kinds of problems i need in my life.

right?!?!?!?! Me too

[agnes]

Apr 30, 2013 22:16:46 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

Apr 30, 2013 22:09:43 GMT -5 agnes said:

Who is going to be paying for the maintenance on that thing?1 That shit's expensive.

Seriously, my brother has one. Hearing the basic repair costs make me squeamish. 

villageidiot ran a shop and hearing about his cost/labor makes me squeamish!

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Yea, they will have hell finding someone to work on it, especially where we live. She of course doesn't care or think about any of this. She is all Yay! I'm 16 with a Range Rover lol. And my parents are happy that their baby is happy.

No, seriously they did get a good deal on it and it has really low mileage. She is a lucky girl!

[villageidiot]

I ran a land rover/jaguar repair shop for about 8 years.

Nice cars.

Haha.

On the real, what a horrible pile of shit. The transmissions and transfer cases are junk, the air ride suspension is real nice, til a 1500 dollar air spring fails. In 2006 or so they switched to a jaguar power plant from the BMW engine, lame. The jag engines would fail In the sedan, then they make it push a 6000lb truck.

The reason they are cheap is because they cost an arm, leg, and first born to repair, trust me, I'm the repair guy. People would be like I got a great deal on this, was only 24k, it was 90k new 2 years ago. There's a reason. JUNK.

All those bells and whistles, fail. And it is not cheap.

Hope she's/your parents are prepared for premium fuel only, and roughly 3-5k a year in maintenance costs.

Good luck