Range Rover has passed one year in my ownership. Covered 5265 miles in total but a whopping 222.4 hours spent driving it (data helpful collected by the tracker). That's just under a month of driving it 8 hours a day, so fair to say we've used it - just mostly in slow moving traffic, at which it excels.
It hasn't been a cheap thing to own... well, disastrously expensive when you consider depreciation. I think it has lost something like 1,000 a month - pretty horrifying really (coming from something which was worth the same after 5 years), but I think part of that is probably the second hand car market now starting to weaken.
Fuel economy of the V8 is substantially worse than the V6 but given the miles I do in it I'd certainly have the V8. If I was doing 10-15,000 a year in it then maybe not... Annual service was stupidly expensive (about 700 for a major IIRC), plus subs for JLR tracker and a third party one which does proper immobilization and it also had a warranty on it which I think was about £1,000 p.a.
All in cost has probably been near £15,000 which is erm... sobering. Has been a very nice thing to own though and no mechanical issues (touches wood) whatsover. Only thing that needs attention of any sort is the spoiler (yes technically it has one) needs to be adjusted as it lower on one side and touching the C pillar.
Oh and I can confirm it does have auto heated rear and front windscreens and will defrost solid ice in -5 in 3 minutes without you lifting a finger whilst your neighbours spend 15 minutes getting chilblains (<smug face>). Good at getting rid of 6 foot fridge freezers at the local tip too (and christmas trees)
I just remembered it for that return, can't remember what it did to justify such an ignominious and quick end to it's ownership.
