Dealership photos

[British_Rover]

Just realized that instead of posting random photos all over the place from work I should just make a thread.

I have pictures on my phone, work comp, two different cameras and my home comp so I will need to track them all down.

I hope I can find the pictures of the Ferraris my Client let me drive.

First set are of the current rock display I set up the other day.









These photos are at almost full articulation. There is about an inch to an inch and a half of travel left.












This photo is right at maximum articulation. I would have to measure to see how much is actually left but the on board spotter/chassis diagnostic shows the suspension at maximum articulation.



Ooooohh natural lens flair

Also why 19 inch tires aren't such a good idea for rock crawlers.









Maroney label of a Westminster Range Rover. We have sold four of these cars since Dec 26th who says we are in an economic downturn.

Wow those pics came out much better then I thought they would considering the source.

[Crazyjeeper]

Nice shots. Can I bring my Jeep by to drive around on your rock display?

[KaJuN]

Land Rovers in an off road-ish setting? Yes please!! Range Rovers look great in white. I love them! I'll have some more proper off roading photos this weekend.

[British_Rover]

Originally Posted by KaJuN

Land Rovers in an off road-ish setting? Yes please!! Range Rovers look great in white. I love them! I'll have some more proper off roading photos this weekend.

I have to take the white one down now as our other sales guide sold it.


Sucks cause it was a royal PITA to put it there as I had to dodge a large electrical box nestled between the boulders that powers all the lights for the display. Oh and it is raining and he can't take it down himself because he doesn't have my mad skills.

[Blayde]

Forgive the ignorance, but what kind of job is it that you do that involves both Ferraris and Discoverys?

Also, can i have you job

[Night_Hawk]

how come nobody makes fun of these for having big rims and costing so much?

these are like fancy but slim hummers. I like them but they cannot be the greatest off road, I mean they have smooth road tires...

[Blayde]

The rims aren't too big compared to the body and they DO perform amazingly offroad. I sat in a Vogue recently and it felt like nothing else coming down a sand dune, and going up a rocky section it felt even more at home. They're sorted out these 4x4 so that they can properly perform when needed AND they can be used on road properly, that's why they cost so much

[Night_Hawk]

yeah, there's no doubt the suspension is great but overall I think they've become too full of luxury and bling

[No Boss]

Originally Posted by British_Rover

I have to take the white one down now as our other sales guide sold it.


Sucks cause it was a royal PITA to put it there as I had to dodge a large electrical box nestled between the boulders that powers all the lights for the display. Oh and it is raining and he can't take it down himself because he doesn't have my mad skills.

My local Land Rover and Jag dealership has one of these rock displays and I always thought it was awesome. But I was always curious if it hurt the suspension at all to let the cars sit articulated for long periods of time? Or do you take them down and put new ones up?

[KaJuN]

Originally Posted by Night_Hawk

how come nobody makes fun of these for having big rims and costing so much?

these are like fancy but slim hummers. I like them but they cannot be the greatest off road, I mean they have smooth road tires...

One of the new guys in the Rover club has a newer Range Rover and he brought it out to the thick mud we played in last month. Even with pure road tires we were all impressed with how well it did. So even though they might look soft they still have it where it counts. They're still The Best 4x4xFar.

[C53A_4G63T]

So...... can I bring my fathers Murano down and do a straight trade for a Rangey? He likes them and it would be nice to suprise him.

I think he has talked to you on several occasions about getting one, but he says he can't justify it. So I tryed to put him in a Defender.

[British_Rover]

Originally Posted by Crazyjeeper

Nice shots. Can I bring my Jeep by to drive around on your rock display?

No Jeeps allowed. Actually no non-Land Rovers allowed on the rock display or the off road demonstration course behind the dealership. Land Rover does quarterly secret shopper audits to check for things like that and uhhh well the one time we let a non-land rover on the demo course it got stuck.

Oh and it was a H2. The chassis is so weak that it twisted up on the first obstacle causing the drive line to bind and pinching all the doors shut.

Originally Posted by Blayde

Forgive the ignorance, but what kind of job is it that you do that involves both Ferraris and Discoverys?

Also, can i have you job

I sell Land Rovers and since many Land Rover and/or Range Rover buyers are very wealthy they have expensive toys. One client in particular is such a cool guy that he swings by with his Ferraris, yes he has multiple Ferraris, from time to time and lets us drive them.

Originally Posted by Night_Hawk

how come nobody makes fun of these for having big rims and costing so much?

these are like fancy but slim hummers. I like them but they cannot be the greatest off road, I mean they have smooth road tires...

True but you must remember these are Range Rovers which have historically tried to drive well on road and off. The original Classic Range Rover was designed to be better then anything off-road but also challenge contemporary saloon and estate cars on road. A classic Range Rover could hit a top speed of a 100 miles an hour and easily hold its own against the average passenger car of its day.

Then that same range rover could turn around and tow a piece of equipment out to a farm or carry a group of hunters out for an afternoon.

And it could do all that in a fair bit more luxury then the average vehicle.

Now Range Rovers have just evolved along with every other car. The average car is much more luxurious then in the past so the Range Rover needs to be even more luxurious. You can always fit more aggressive off-road tires if you see fit and most Range Rovers will take smaller 18 or 17 inch wheels so you get a wider selection of off-road tires.



Some tires like these for example.

Not a pic from my dealership but from a member of the range rover online forum I go to sometimes.

+ YouTube Video

Another guy from the range rover forum

He organizes some truly wicked trips in the american west for Land Rover owners.

+ YouTube Video

Originally Posted by No Boss

My local Land Rover and Jag dealership has one of these rock displays and I always thought it was awesome. But I was always curious if it hurt the suspension at all to let the cars sit articulated for long periods of time? Or do you take them down and put new ones up?

I rotate the cars from time to time. Its not so much the suspension that gets screwed up but the tires. The tires get flat spots from sitting on the rocks for too long.

Originally Posted by C53A_4G63T

So...... can I bring my fathers Murano down and do a straight trade for a Rangey? He likes them and it would be nice to suprise him.

I think he has talked to you on several occasions about getting one, but he says he can't justify it. So I tryed to put him in a Defender.

He should think about a LR2. Towards the end of the year depending on the options I can probably sell you a demo/service loaner LR2 with less then 6,000 miles for under 30,000 USD.

[British_Rover]

Some more pics.

These are old and I might have posted them before but I wanted all the pics in the same place.

[KaJuN]

I remember seeing photos of that old Series on here before. I had forgotten how good it looks. It's like it's brand new! I would love to see one of those out in the rough stuff. Did those mud flaps come off a semi truck? They're huge!

The Defender is really nice as well. It's a real shame there aren't more of them in this country. One of the Rover club members has one and his is the first one I've seen up close and in person. I'm proud to say I've been recovered by a Defender.

[MattD1zzl3]

Do you sell those old ones? Friend of mine in california has one and its just one of the coolest cars of all time.

How much can i expect to pay for one in good condition?

[lv2xlr8]

So do you get to drive these home and just bring them back the next day to work? Since your little box of info says you drive a different car every week.

[TomCat]

Originally Posted by British_Rover

Cool vid.

But it always annoys me when I see videos like this and they say "un-modified" or "factory stock" "all original", etc. The SUV's in the video are top dollar, top of the line, off roaders. They have all the best equipment available in the aftermarket (for off road) already installed by the manufacturer.

If it were a bone stock Toyota Highlander or a Ford Escape, then I'd be impressed by that little fact. But not a fully equipped Land Rover or Range Rover. That's like going to the race track in a Ferrari 360CS and bragging about how "stock" it is.

[British_Rover]

Originally Posted by KaJuN

I remember seeing photos of that old Series on here before. I had forgotten how good it looks. It's like it's brand new! I would love to see one of those out in the rough stuff. Did those mud flaps come off a semi truck? They're huge!

The mud flaps are from Rovers North and I think you can still order them.

Originally Posted by MattD1zzl3

Do you sell those old ones? Friend of mine in california has one and its just one of the coolest cars of all time.

How much can i expect to pay for one in good condition?

We don't really sell the old Rovers this particular one has floated in and out of our hands a few times over the years. As for what you would pay for a series in good condition well that varies greatly on your definition of condition. You could buy ours for around 12,000 USD but it is a 1959 and a survivor not a restored example.

Nothing much mechanical has been done to it and it would need 5,000-7,000 USD of work to get in tip top shape.

You can get cosmetically rougher but newer examples that might be in better mechanical shape and for less money though. Finally you could pay 30,000 to 40,000 or more for a Series II or Series I fully restored to like new condition with a new frame and bulkhead. I know one 1959 around here was recently sold for around 40,000 but it was completely perfect and had some history as it served with the Royal army in Africa and had the papers to proof that claim.

Originally Posted by lv2xlr8

So do you get to drive these home and just bring them back the next day to work? Since your little box of info says you drive a different car every week.

Ehh that is a bit of an exaggeration. I do have a demo and I used to have a Land Rover demo but when I bought the house I have now I asked to get a different demo. Most of the Land Rovers won't fit in my garage and my commute went from less then five minutes one way to over 30 minutes one way. I wanted to save some money on gas.

I can borrow other cars when I want and will do that sometimes in the summer but in the winter I usually just drive my Subaru. Funny enough that Subaru and the Land Rovers are one of the few cars that can climb my driveway in the winter. My Jeep sometimes gets stuck unless you use low range.

Originally Posted by TomCat

Cool vid.

But it always annoys me when I see videos like this and they say "un-modified" or "factory stock" "all original", etc. The SUV's in the video are top dollar, top of the line, off roaders. They have all the best equipment available in the aftermarket (for off road) already installed by the manufacturer.

If it were a bone stock Toyota Highlander or a Ford Escape, then I'd be impressed by that little fact. But not a fully equipped Land Rover or Range Rover. That's like going to the race track in a Ferrari 360CS and bragging about how "stock" it is.

A highlander or escape don't have low range so they aren't really even worth talking about in this context. Most 4x4s with low range could not do those trails without extensive modification. The Rubicon Wrangler could and maybe even the regular Wrangler but I am not sure. The H2 could if the frame didn't bend like a noodle or a tie rod break. The H3 could as well.

The FJ cruiser probably could if the chassis can handle all the stress. G500 probably could as well but would probably get roughed up some on the corners because of the lack of approach and departure angles.

[British_Rover]

XF pictures for this thread...

http://forums.finalgear.com/general-...-xf-now-26586/

These were all shot with my iPhone so quality is only so so.


































The stitching on the dash is of excellent quality and the dash is very soft. The texture of the leather is just perfect.

[lv2xlr8]

Please someone has to mark the above post NSFW, I just had an accident in my pants. I love how you switch gears and the overall fit and finish is just perfect. Fits very well in that dealership.

P.S. Your iphone takes better pics than my sony digi cam.