Range Rover Review: Should You Buy A USED Range Rover?

I feel super super comfortable right now cruising in a Range Rover. I mean, the good thing is that this is Rio and today I'm in a Range Rover. For some of you who may have noticed it's not actually a completely new Ranger. It's a stylish looking 2014 Range Rover, we're not all Kardashians, we can't all afford a new Range Rover unless you can break your lease or have more money than you know what to do with, in which case the obvious choice is a New Range Rover, however, since some of us have more modest budgets, I guess that begs the question:

should

I buy or buy a

used

Range Rover now?

I'm not here to give some kind of perfect blanket statement that says Yes, you

should

, no, you shouldn't, because that's nonsense, but Range Rovers have a very bad reputation. They have notoriously bad reliability issues, so I wanted to look at it from a sort of holistic perspective. This is one of my very good friends. cars, so I've seen this car go from about nine ten thousand miles to where it is today, which is like 51,000 miles, so I've been around this car a little bit and I think I can give you an idea of ​​some people wondering if a

used

Range Rover is a really good value proposition or if it's a really big mistake or let's say a lot of money waiting to be wasted, so the most important thing to address is the current cost of this car in 2014 which cost around 97,000 new and while there have been some significant changes that we'll talk about in a moment, a 2021 Ranger very similar to this exact car will also set you back around 98,99 thousand dollars.

Now the problem with Range Rovers is that they depreciate significantly. very quickly, so if you were to buy a new one for about a hundred thousand dollars, you'll probably see that car easily lose about fifteen twenty thousand dollars in just the first year when buying a used car, even in just a couple of years. old, you're already avoiding that initial hit, but unfortunately, even around let's say 75,80,000, these will continue to fall further and further into that forty to fifty thousand dollar

range

once they're three or four years old. so if we look at it from that perspective again, maybe this excludes those who are leasing or at least those who maybe can break their lease who don't care, but for those who are buying or for those who are considering buying a used car, the question Again, will this be a reliable vehicle in the future, whether just for a couple of years or longer?

Now I'm proud to say that this particular car, while knocking on all the wood here, has very few problems. It will always be the basic things like brakes, occasional maintenance and some wear and tear things, but considering the reputation that Range Rovers have for being terrible when it comes to reliability, my friend once again knock on wood, he has been very lucky, I want to give one step back. and look at what you will get for your money if you buy a full size Range Rover depending on what year you buy it, so if you buy a Range Rover from 2013 to 2017, that will be the upgraded Range Rover like this car and 18 so far 21 is the facelift and I think by 2022, about a year or so away, I think they will be introducing the complete redesign of this full size Range Rover, so that's another reason to maybe be a little bit wary of buying a model 21 or 20 now because in about 12 to 18 months there will be a completely new version on the road that will definitely help in the appreciation process of the car you buy now, this is a supercharged v6 that produces 340 horsepower and 332 lbs. . ft of torque I want to discuss what you get for your money for that 40 45 thousand dollars that you pay for one of these days depending on the mileage of course, but effectively around 40 45 thousand dollars of these costs, what do you get?

I'm going to have to wait because I want to take the tall boy test. It wouldn't be a Rio Knees video without the tall boy test. We'll take it out on the street and then discuss what you get for your money and what. It could go wrong if you buy one of these, so here's the tall boy test, so I feel super super comfortable right now cruising around in a Range Rover, I mean look, this thing oozes class luxury comfort, everything that, but let's get into What you actually get tangibly when you buy a Range Rover, you get a ton of leather, leather wrapped dash, even the lower dashes, leather up here, on the top of the door, leather, beautiful steering wheel Leather-wrapped with lots of wood, in fact, you have wood throughout the cabin, so the car definitely feels a notch above even the most common luxury SUVs, the BMW X5s, Audi Q7s and Mercedes Gles, this definitely feels above that, as it does now when you compare it to what you can.

Buy new cars for this segment, which are cars like the Ford Explorer, the Honda Pilot, maybe a telluride when you look at those cars, obviously none of them are going to compare to this car when it comes to luxury, which they're not going to do either. . Being able to keep up is the brand and the look of this car, so I mean, look, when you pull up in this car, everyone knows you're in a Range Rover, in fact, in this preface, Range Rovers are They look pretty similar to the facelift and especially heading into the new redesign that will probably be out again in about 10 to 12 months, these will really start to fit in with the facelift variants, if you really want to be picky you could probably even change the headlights and the back. lights and make it look like the facelifted car, at least on the outside for the most part, I wouldn't particularly suggest that, but my point is that this looks like a new Range Rover, even though it's six years old, you still get a digital dashboard in this car, you still have a touch screen now, I admit they are both a little rudimentary in nature and lately cars have definitely started to improve on these exact features, but you still have them, you still get in this car and feel like you're in 2020, you won't feel like you're living in the past, you get softly closed doors in this car, you get a beautiful meridian speaker system in this car that makes listening to the digital dashboard a dark future while you look in the digital dashboard, a very pleasant experience and, uh, my friend actually chose to turn this car off.

I think he may have turned it off when Bunny bought it, but the headlights are off, the taillights are off, the badge is off. The wheels are blacked out so these are actually the 20 inch wheels. I should mention that they are actually 20 inch wheels. I think the 18 or 19 are standard, which are too small, even these are a little small because when you get the 20 like These are, they come, I think they're eight and a half inches wide on 255 um rubber. When you get the 21 and 22, they come with 285s, I think, and they have nine or nine and a half inch wide wheels. and they make the crowd position a little better when you have both wheels bigger but also wider.

I'm a little picky when it comes to that stuff, but I think that would make a small difference in the overall width. and the stance this car has, other than that you get that Range Rover flat hood vibe and a comfortable ride, that means this car is definitely far from sporty and I would tell someone who wanted a sportier car to In fact, I would look at maybe a x5. or a cayenne and go down that road, this is definitely the affordable rolls-royce of the suv world and affordable because it's used not because it's new because these new ones can easily cost 200k when they have the highest specs and equipment levels higher, but that kind of gives you an idea of ​​what I mean, this is a new car in its highest version with a more powerful engine and more luxurious materials and a longer wheelbase that can easily reach 200,000 and the fact that you can get a card for about 70 percent 65 percent of the same car, but for only maybe 25 of the money, is actually a good value proposition, but that brings us to the bigger question of the video, the reason you're probably clicking on this video, which is reliability, so even though the owner of this particular car has been lucky to have very few reliability issues.

This video wouldn't be complete without mentioning what can potentially go wrong if you're thinking about buying a 50,000 mile, 40,45,000 used Range Rover, even a slightly newer and slightly more expensive Range Rover. These same problems can still occur, so a very common problem is that while this car has a lovely air suspension that can actually lower and raise on its own depending on conditions, it may have an air suspension failure and that failure can easily last between one thousand and three thousand four hundred. dollars per corner, so you're looking at almost five thousand six thousand dollars for the four corners.

Hopefully you want a miss on all four corners, but the point is that a single miss on an individual corner can easily earn you more than a thousand dollar bill, like me. I mentioned that this card has soft closing doors which is very nice to drive but unfortunately the motor can break down and that has actually happened to one of the doors on this car and that can easily cost around 200 per door, so yes. The engine failed, he fixed it, it wasn't a big deal, but it's another thing to consider and something you don't have to deal with with a more basic vehicle, it doesn't have soft closing doors, I know.

It kind of fits with general wear and tear, but it's important to keep in mind that these cars weigh around 5,000 pounds, if not more, depending on the V8 engine or longer wheelbase, and with that in mind, you'll go through the pads pretty quickly, even the rotors actually a little. faster than your typical vehicle, something to keep in mind is that if you are purchasing and using one of these, there is a chance that someone is intentionally trying to unload it once it gets to the point where things like braking need to be done. , so definitely something to keep in mind that if you plan to buy one, maybe look for one that has had the brakes serviced more recently or has fewer miles on it or try to inspect the brakes because it will easily cost you several thousand dollars to replace the pads and rotors in all. four corners, but I think Range Rovers still have a very, very bad reputation and it's a little unjustified, I think when you take into account things like massaging seats, heated and cooled seats, all the luxury features, air suspension, comfortable driving, but most importantly, Feeling that you get into this car, I feel a little special driving this car because I fit in with the crowd.

I'm in a Range Rover and even though it happens, look at this, a Range Rover right in front of me, facing to the right. Behind me right now you can't make this stuff up, it's hard to deny that even though it's a little more affordable and a little older, this car still fits in a way that other cars can't. I will definitely tell you that a 2014 x5 is not going to fit the way this one fits and again when you take into account the luxury, the leather and all the amenities, the secret compartment here on the dash, the secret compartment here on the doors, the decent . legroom the big trunk really is a nice place to be you will really enjoy being in one of these cars i would just remember that there will be certain things that will go wrong, without a doubt, things will go wrong try to find the best example of that You can do it, but don't be immediately deterred by fact or reputation.

I have to say that Range Rovers are unreliable because honestly, they aren't that bad. I really enjoy driving this every chance I get, and with all that being said, I sincerely appreciate you. Guys for watching, remember to like, comment and subscribe on Mac for more information, as always, this is Rio Peace.