Warranty on used range rover?

burlington6

Buy a Landcruiser and get a decent nights sleep

CoreZone

Hi T

Having owned a Range Rover Sport for 3 years, we wouldn’t entertain owning one without a warranty. Repair bills have never been less than £500, no matter how minor you think the repair is going to be.

During our ownership we’ve had the turbo replaced which cost over £2,800, but as we didn’t have a warranty at that stage we had to pay the full cost. Since then we’ve bought a warranty from Used Vehicle Warranty each year and have had cause to use it each year - EGR valve (£593), fuel pump (£1k), brake switch (£120). We check the exclusions and make sure the items we are most concerned about are covered in the plan we purchase.

We pay around £600 each year for our 5 Star Plan, as our RRS has done over 100K miles now, but this gives us a maximum claim value of £5k per repair. So far we have made a claim each year, but even if we hadn’t, we’d still renew as the peace of mind it gives, knowing how much a repair could cost, is well worth it.

At each renewal we check around to see what other companies are offering, but so far we’ve stayed with UVW as we’ve been happy with the service they’ve offered us. We use a local independent for our repairs, although we don’t have to, and they’re happy as UVW are quick to pay them. The only downside is they negotiate very hard with the garage regards the labour hours they’ll pay for the repair, and so we always end up paying separately for the hours UVW wouldn’t pay for. This really annoys us, and we think “next year we’ll change to someone else”, but when we compare against other companies, we still feel we’re better off with UVW.

Depending on your mileage, Warranty Direct does offer ‘wear and tear’ cover, which has always appealed to us.

We use AutoAid for breakdown recovery too, and have had to use them twice.

Land Rover ownership isn’t easy – as the saying goes “Never drive a Land Rover further than you’re prepared to walk” – meaning reliability isn’t the best, but it’s the most comfortable car to drive and be driven in, especially on long journeys.

Enjoy your Range Rover

burlington6

A few years ago I joined a friend on a off road trip arranged though a 4x4 forum. It was over 3 weeks in the Pyrenees. There were about 10 cars/families. Half were in Landcruisers, the rest were in Landrovers. The latter were failing every other day and some were hiring cars so they could do a day trip to Barcelona for parts.

Strider590

Surely the point of buying a Range Rover (what £80'000 new?) is that you can afford anything that goes wrong with it? Otherwise, why buy it?

I'm an advocate for "if you can't afford to fix it when it goes wrong, then you shouldn't be buying it".
I suppose the same applies to fuel too, when filling up my £70 of fuel once a month, I see people drive in with BIG expensive cars, they drop £5 of fuel in and off they go to the next fuel station to use their 8th credit card for another £5 worth of fuel.

motorguy

Strider590 wrote: »

Surely the point of buying a Range Rover (what £80'000 new?) is that you can afford anything that goes wrong with it? Otherwise, why buy it?

I'm an advocate for "if you can't afford to fix it when it goes wrong, then you shouldn't be buying it".

You would buy it because (and this being a money saving site) you can buy it at a fraction of the cost new, therefore saving yourself probably £50,000+ in depreciation.

Also, its not a matter of not being able to "afford" the repairs - think of it as paying a set amount to cover potentially unpredictable maintenance. Again, i would have thought that a fairly MSE approach. :money:

Strider590 wrote: »

I suppose the same applies to fuel too, when filling up my £70 of fuel once a month, I see people drive in with BIG expensive cars, they drop £5 of fuel in and off they go to the next fuel station to use their 8th credit card for another £5 worth of fuel.

Yeah, because that happens a lot in the real world - you rock up in your 1.8 vectra and in your mind you can lord it over someone in a big merc, because you can "afford" the petrol whereas you imagine he has to check which credit card he hasnt maxed out yet.

:rotfl:

Is that how you reconcile yourself with other peoples success? Pretend they cant really afford it?

Maybe you should strive to do better in life, rather than put others down?

Strider590

motorguy wrote: »

Is that how you reconcile yourself with other peoples success? Pretend they cant really afford it?

Maybe you should strive to do better in life, rather than put others down?

Because of course, buying a car you can't afford to run, on finance, is something "successful" people do.........

I know "successful" people with "real money", they wouldn't buy anything they couldn't afford in cash. People with money, have money because they don't have debt.

What leads to debt? Trying to be something your not, falling into the trap of thinking material possessions = wealth and higher social class.

This is all about the the cost of "keeping up appearances".

motorguy

Strider590 wrote: »

Because of course, buying a car you can't afford to run, on finance, is something "successful" people do.........

Ah, back to your world again - where everyone who drives a Range Rover or a german brand are just doing it to impress others and are having to max out yet another credit card to put a fiver of fuel in it. :rotfl:

Heres one - maybe a lot of people who stick a car on finance / lease / PCP a car do so because its just a tiny bit of their overall income for the month, and they dont really want to either (a) put a whole pile of their hard earned into a depreciating asset and maybe they dont want to drive a 1.8 Vectra, so they just pick the car they want and make a monthly payment on it?

Strider590 wrote: »

I know "successful" people with "real money", they wouldn't buy anything they couldn't afford in cash. People with money, have money because they don't have debt.

Yeah and i know a load of people with money who'll lease the car they want because they simply wont want to tie up the cash when they could have it working harder for them elsewhere.

Nip in to your local Porsche dealer and ask how many are bought with outright cash - precious few i would suggest.

Because its Not A Good Idea.

Strider590 wrote: »

What leads to debt? Trying to be something your not, falling into the trap of thinking material possessions = wealth and higher social class.

Debt in itself is not necessarily a bad thing. Uncontrolled or unmanaged debt IS a bad thing.

Maybe a lot of people drive nice cars because - and this is really radical - because they want to :eek: - and not to impress others? Maybe !!!!ing off people like you is just an added bonus.

:rotfl:

Strider590 wrote: »

This is all about the the cost of "keeping up appearances".

Ah, back to your world again - where people only do things to "keep up appearances", and not in actual fact, because they want to and it pleases them.

You're making the fundamental mistake of assuming that everyone who has a nice car on finance has uncontrolled debt.

That is NOT the case.

Strider590

There is no such thing as "uncontrolled debt", you have no control over whether you can or cannot pay off those debts, that control always lies with others, whether employed or self-employed.

Most people are but one pay day away from losing everything. That means they're living beyond their means and once you fall through the crack, you'll find plenty of former "middle class" folk living rough on the streets.

pvt

CoreZone wrote: »

Hi T

Having owned a Range Rover Sport for 3 years, we wouldn’t entertain owning one without a warranty. Repair bills have never been less than £500, no matter how minor you think the repair is going to be.

During our ownership we’ve had the turbo replaced which cost over £2,800, but as we didn’t have a warranty at that stage we had to pay the full cost. Since then we’ve bought a warranty from Used Vehicle Warranty each year and have had cause to use it each year - EGR valve (£593), fuel pump (£1k), brake switch (£120). We check the exclusions and make sure the items we are most concerned about are covered in the plan we purchase.

We pay around £600 each year for our 5 Star Plan, as our RRS has done over 100K miles now, but this gives us a maximum claim value of £5k per repair. So far we have made a claim each year, but even if we hadn’t, we’d still renew as the peace of mind it gives, knowing how much a repair could cost, is well worth it.

At each renewal we check around to see what other companies are offering, but so far we’ve stayed with UVW as we’ve been happy with the service they’ve offered us. We use a local independent for our repairs, although we don’t have to, and they’re happy as UVW are quick to pay them. The only downside is they negotiate very hard with the garage regards the labour hours they’ll pay for the repair, and so we always end up paying separately for the hours UVW wouldn’t pay for. This really annoys us, and we think “next year we’ll change to someone else”, but when we compare against other companies, we still feel we’re better off with UVW.

Depending on your mileage, Warranty Direct does offer ‘wear and tear’ cover, which has always appealed to us.

We use AutoAid for breakdown recovery too, and have had to use them twice.

Land Rover ownership isn’t easy – as the saying goes “Never drive a Land Rover further than you’re prepared to walk” – meaning reliability isn’t the best, but it’s the most comfortable car to drive and be driven in, especially on long journeys.

Enjoy your Range Rover

What a compelling advert this is for a Range Rover...

motorguy

pvt wrote: »

What a compelling advert this is for a Range Rover...

And one of the reasons why i wouldnt run a car like this - whilst its second hand, and thus much cheaper than new, its still got £80,000 car running costs and because of the complexity of them, things go wrong.

Not for me personally