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Why do automakers insist on the light color top half of the interior and the dark bottom? I just don't think it looks very good. granted the bottom being dark makes it easier to hit stains and dirt, but why wouldn't you apply that same concept to the seats and make them dark as well.

Maybe when you get to the point where you can afford a Range Rover your butt doesn't get dirty, who knows.]]>Aug 23rd 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
The Range Rover has I think around 30 different interior, exterior and wood combinations available so I am sure you can find one that you will like.

As for the DVD CHANGER it holds six discs I mean come on with the right DVDs in their you can get nearly 24 hours of video into the system. You aren't going to drive a Range Rover for 24 hours without stopping because it only has a 500 mile range with a full tank of gas. That is just a stupid thing to complain about.]]>Aug 23rd 2007 12:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/Aug 23rd 2007 1:01PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/Aug 23rd 2007 12:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/Aug 23rd 2007 1:03PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/Aug 23rd 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
Ok, how's this: Land Rovers are by and large the most unreliable vehicles on the market today. Do you feel better now? I swear, GM fans have managed to be more obnoxious than even the preteen Honda crowd that was around when F&F had come out. The difference is that the Honda crowd were by and large just arrogant; the GM fanbase seems to be both arrogant, petulant and, well, whiny at the same time.

Now, seriously, we know they have problems. Europeans in general (and the British in particular) have real problems with quality assurance. There's a reason why the UK has no native manufactures above the "cottage industry" level and Jaguar and Land Rover (and the shadow hand of Lucas Automotive, the Prince of Darkness) are the reasons for this. For sure they're nice cars, but you'd be mad to not lease.]]>Aug 23rd 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/Aug 23rd 2007 1:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
Only difference between the old ones and new ones is that the old ones you could get up and running with a sledgehammer, a paperclip, and duct tape.

The new ones have so much whiz-bang computer whatnot in them that you're pretty much SOL unless you take it to the dealership.

Reason #83 that I will never, ever own another Land Rover.]]>Aug 23rd 2007 1:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
The side vents are the actual air intakes. That is where the engine breathes.]]>Aug 23rd 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/Aug 23rd 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
The Range Rover is rated to ford 27.8 inches of water and can actually do a bit more then that in the right circumstances.

Our dealership sponsors an off-road driving school at www.overlandexperts.com once a year and Range Rovers do show up. We had over 30 people there last year and expect at least as many this year.

If you hunt around you can find pictures and video of the last Land Rover expedition to Belize and they show Range Rovers driving with water nearly over the hood.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/pb/landroverbelize.htm

http://autos.msn.com/advice/article.aspx?contentid=4024093]]>Aug 23rd 2007 1:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
Oh cut the bleeding heart crap...we've all got our switches, lights and knobs to deal with. I mean I am literally surrounded by hundreds of switches and lights, and their blinking and blinking and...

Couldn't resist. Somebody name the reference.

That being said, I dig the RRS...it looks great, the interior materials are gorgeous (switches, lights and knobs notwithstanding), and it will seemingly go anywhere quickly. I agree that the DVD system sounds like very poor execution, but unless that DVD changer is tied to the NAV system, when each one of us goes to buy our RRS we can forgo the $2500 option and run down to our local high-end Mobile A/V shop and have a similar system put in, with much better integration, for probably less money. I'm just saying...]]>Aug 23rd 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/Aug 23rd 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
As for reliability, yes, Land Rover is at the bottom of that ladder. In fact, the lowly LR2 might turn out to be the most reliable Rover, simply because it's a Volvo. ]]>Aug 23rd 2007 1:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
Oh wait cancel that I know a couple of people who have had XM installed in them easily enough but that is it.

Also the headrests use a variation on Volvos WHIPS system so you don't want to mess with them and disable it.

I am just chuckling that people are complaining about the location of the DVD changer. It holds six DVDs and takes all of one second to get too. There is a handle that you pull on and that removes the panel in front of the changer.

The DVD system does come with RCA jacks in the center console so if you just had to be able to change DVDs on the move you could plug in a separate DVD player or playstation and then use that to play a DVD on one monitor. The system is very slick in that you can play a DVD on one monitor then plug in some other device to the RCA jacks and play a video game on the other. Using the wireless headphones you can play a game and then if you don't care about the sound from the game you can listen to some other audio source like Sirius.]]>Aug 23rd 2007 1:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
In my opinion (take it for what it's worth), it doesn't get in the way of enjoying the vehicle from behind the wheel, but the location of the DVD player is inconvenient and impractical. It seems arrogant to expect people to accept the location by saying "well, it holds 24 hours of video." So what? It's a stupid place to put the player. ]]>Aug 23rd 2007 1:47PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
Sorry that doesn't make any sense. Plus the DVD changer won't fit there as the entire bottom of the center console houses the rear air conditioning system and duct work. I guess if you completely eliminated the center console storage bin then it would fit but I think people would complain more about the lack of storage for the driver.

What I find so amusing about this argument is that in the nearly three years of selling Range Rovers with this system NO ONE has complained about the location of the DVD changer. I tell them where the change is, that it has room for six discs and either the driver or rear passengers can control it then they are happy.

Some people have complained that the DVD system is a little complicated to use because you can pipe so many different sources into but that is it. Most people just want to be able to watch DVDs from the back and easily turn the system on and off. For those people I tell them to ignore all the other controls and just use the voice recognition command to turn the system on.

By simply pressing the voice command button and saying, "Rear Seat Entertainment Play," or "Rear Seat Entertainment On," you can turn the whole system on and start playing the first disc in the changer.

No buttons to mess with on the screen or the remote.]]>Aug 23rd 2007 2:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
The system itself is very cool, regardless of where the hardware is. Seeing it in the rear quarter like that makes me cringe thinking about a tap from another car. ]]>Aug 23rd 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-range-rover-supercharged/
One of the great blessings and curses of online writing is that readers can pick your piece to shreds.

Read that run-on sentence again...please...

Why not just put the bad investment quip in a new sentence, leave out "For us..." and say the niceties are icing on a vehicle that will be used simply as a wagon?

Just because the Internet allows for 10,148,056 word reviews does not preclude the need to write with brevity.]]>Aug 23rd 2007 1:30PM