I think it's a case of words can't describe how he felt. I bet it was the best fun you've had with your clothes on  21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Got picked up from the station in a new rrs to the garage to pick my fl2 Sunday,......stunning,with stop start,sales man martin(Taunton LR ) claimed he done 36 mpg driving it very sensible from Bristol to Taunton !  Current: Freelander 2 GS, Orkney Grey, Factory fit privacy glass, design pack and Clearview pack. Almond Leather ,rear spoiler,rear mudflaps.my13.

Gone:Freelander 2, GS, "61"

Gone: Freelander 2, GS.e, "59"

Gone: Freelander 2, S, "08"

I have to admit that the new RR Sport is an impressive vehicle and no comparison to the old Sport. The 3.0 SDV6 drives really well both on road and off it and I got 36 mpg out of one today on a journey from Lincoln to Corby without trying too hard. The 5.0l Supercharged is in a different league in terms of performance (and sadly price) and even with one of those I managed 27.4mpg from Gaydon to Corby.

Sadly both out of my price range at the moment but still very happy with my Freelander 2 and looking forward to seeing its replacement.

As much as I liked the Sport, I am in no rush to order one, I am happy with my Freelander 2 and I would happily keep it another year. My next car is likely to be an RRS, it's just a matter of figures and working out when it would be a convenient time to change.

All sounds great, but... all these options would just do my head in of what to choose.

With my sensible head on, I'd wait until all the fuss is over and wait until a near new one comes up for sale and let someone else lose out on depreciation.

I've always bought new in the past but the Freelander was a year old when I bough it. I saved $20k (£12k) by doing so

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It's an awesome machine. But I still haven't decided whether to place an order yet, will have a talk with SWMBO over the weekend.

Do you think I would be hit hard with depreciation? I have never owned a brand new car before, they have always been ex-demos or 6-12 months old when I bought them.

I've just booked a test drive of the new RRS (took 3 attempts + an email BCC to the dealer MD to get a callback... Don't they want my business???).

Can anyone confirm that it comes with Auto as standard?

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I asked my salesman and he said that the Auto box comes as standard. The one I drove was 8-speed, I'm guessing they are all the same?

There is no manual gearbox option on the Sport they all come with an 8 speed auto, although you do have the option to change gear manually using either the paddles or gear lever.

Thanks for letting us know.

I think he was letting you know Chris, we already knew

You keep saving

Will be having a long talk with SWMBO at the weekend to see what will happen next. Love my Freelander but the RRS is an awesome machine, I can't resist!

Cars been in the garage today, 60k service, had a look at the RRS in the showroom again, it was new in 6 weeks back, today the drivers seat right hand bolster is knackered and creased to death with people getting in and out of it
Paintwork swirled too, probably constantly wiping dust and finger prints off it.