Sounds perfect in comparison then! It sounds like a lovely car to drive. We will have ours soon, also from a reputable dealer. Gonna be amazing. Like you said though, all cars have issues. It's in the territory of having and needing a vehicle.Paid £9500
Reptuable dealer
Grade 4.b
60273 miles on the clock
I have done
10000 miles in 19 months
£600 in total spent on.........
Front and rear pads
2 services (1 the plugs were changed.)
Undersealed.
£350 rear cat replacement pipes.
Run mainly on Tesco 99ron
Always drive like I have stole it. (apart when following @Mark (Madfish) )
Cheap tax
Cheap insurance
Mods not included.
Never failed emissions or test
I had a 2008 Range Rover 3.5 Petrol Vouge SE before the Elgrand.
Bought it for £21000
Had it 18 month
Cost me
£650 a year road tax
£700 for 2 services
Over £6000 in parts
And sold it for £10500
The Elgrand is not as comfy as the Range Rover was but I know it will get me where I want to go with a good degree of comfort.
I can get loads in the boot.
Carry 8 people and luggage.
Can sleep in it.
Goes like shit off a stick and never complains.
Turns heads better than 10 naked supermodels.
And I will not loose a fortune owning it.
Over the moon I found this place and seen sense.
Big thanks to the forum.
Remember that all cars have problems.
Doh...you and me both lol! Got home the other day and thought something smelt hot. Seized brake calliper! Thanks @BMR, you're a star!Well I just had to tempt fate didn't I.....
Got up this morning to go to work and thought ooh that tyre looks a bit soft. Called into petrol station to pump it up and found a big ass nail poking out
Seems to be holding air ok though so it can wait for the weekend to get sorted.
I've driven 25 miles today and with a sad face watching the petrol gauge go down lol ...Following on from comments about only seeing negative posts or threads about problems on forums. Here's a thread to post your happy motoring days
A quick 'driven x amount of miles with no problems' will do
Let's combat the negativity and get a sense of the amount of trouble free motoring that many enjoy
She'll learn to love it as much as you do in time mate!!Had mine for a couple of months or so and I still find myself looking for any excuse to take it for a drive. Every other car I have ever owned has been a 'it's alright but...' kind of drive, the Elgrand is 'it's alright YEEEEEEE HAAAH' kind of drive.
Wife still hates it but you can't have everything in life.