I was watching a Cybertruck driver “test the truck’s wade mode,” and was treated to some accidental comedy. Check this out: “Wow, What a Beast!” Here’s the Non-Exhaustive List of Damages The drive is pretty uneventful, but the aftermath? It’s pretty eventful. The repair bill just keeps multiplying. The driver reports: The craziest part is […]
If you can’t safely take the Cybertruck to a car wash, I wonder how it will fare as a boat?
Hey now, I know people that buy those types of vehicles and do take them off roading. Not like for sport, but take them up logging roads to hike and camp. Some people have money and like what they like, but aren’t concerned with the squeaky clean image and don’t mind it looking like it gets used.
I have actually been considering the older L322 for myself. Light off roading like you describe, and towing, occasionally pulling people out of snow drifts.
I wouldn’t do it with a new one though. To be fair, I also just wouldn’t buy a new one, even if I could afford to. Too expensive for my taste and I don’t like the looks or engine options anymore. I like 'em depreciated and do my own repairs to keep the costs reasonable.
This is the right call. New ain’t worth the sticker price when it devalues the moment you drive it off the lot. This goes for all vehicles. Quality used is the way to go. Extra points for doing the work yourself. Always good to at least understand the machine you are using.
Oh it’s been like that always for me. Newest car I ever got was 3 years old. Half the price depreciated away already, but minus some rock chips on the hood, it was completely mint. Would still be driving it if my ex hadn’t gotten me into debt that made me get rid of it. But that was not in the Range Rover price range. Those I’d be looking at 14-15 years old, to get the last years of the L322 body type. Rustier than the L405 due to the steel body, but so god damn great looking.
I’ve done almost everything myself, including one engine replacement (admittedly with a bunch of help from my grandfather for that one, but I think the next one I could manage without him, since he’s no longer available). More recently, I took apart the bottom end of my 6HP transmission that was no longer going into gear, dropped the mechatronic unit, replaced the sleeve seals, new filter and fluid, and it’s started shifting better than when I got the car a bit less than a year ago. 200€ and a few days (I first opened it up without ordering the fluid or parts as I wanted to make sure there was no metal debris in the pan), versus several thousand for a professional transmission diagnosis and repair, on a car not worth several thousand.
I actually make an hourly rate that, if I worked full time (and there is plenty of work available if I wanted to), I could lease myself a brand new whatever as a company car, and at times it’s tempting, but I do still enjoy getting my knuckles bloody and my clothes oily. No feeling quite like having a depreciated luxury car develop what would be a ridiculously expensive fault to repair at a dealer, getting it done for a tenth of the cost if not less, and going on that first test drive where everything works perfectly again. The freedom of not having a monthly payment to worry about and knowing that I can get by on 40-50 hours of billed work per month if I need to, is liberating after slaving away so my ex-wife could piss it all away as soon as I earned it.
Okay so if you’re going to buy a stupid ass truck that’s for show, not for actually using for truck things…
Why not buy a Range Rover?
I’m not going to include “does not support a nazi” here, that must be a con for cybertruck buyers.
Hey now, I know people that buy those types of vehicles and do take them off roading. Not like for sport, but take them up logging roads to hike and camp. Some people have money and like what they like, but aren’t concerned with the squeaky clean image and don’t mind it looking like it gets used.
Oh they definitely exist.
I have actually been considering the older L322 for myself. Light off roading like you describe, and towing, occasionally pulling people out of snow drifts.
I wouldn’t do it with a new one though. To be fair, I also just wouldn’t buy a new one, even if I could afford to. Too expensive for my taste and I don’t like the looks or engine options anymore. I like 'em depreciated and do my own repairs to keep the costs reasonable.
This is the right call. New ain’t worth the sticker price when it devalues the moment you drive it off the lot. This goes for all vehicles. Quality used is the way to go. Extra points for doing the work yourself. Always good to at least understand the machine you are using.
Oh it’s been like that always for me. Newest car I ever got was 3 years old. Half the price depreciated away already, but minus some rock chips on the hood, it was completely mint. Would still be driving it if my ex hadn’t gotten me into debt that made me get rid of it. But that was not in the Range Rover price range. Those I’d be looking at 14-15 years old, to get the last years of the L322 body type. Rustier than the L405 due to the steel body, but so god damn great looking.
I’ve done almost everything myself, including one engine replacement (admittedly with a bunch of help from my grandfather for that one, but I think the next one I could manage without him, since he’s no longer available). More recently, I took apart the bottom end of my 6HP transmission that was no longer going into gear, dropped the mechatronic unit, replaced the sleeve seals, new filter and fluid, and it’s started shifting better than when I got the car a bit less than a year ago. 200€ and a few days (I first opened it up without ordering the fluid or parts as I wanted to make sure there was no metal debris in the pan), versus several thousand for a professional transmission diagnosis and repair, on a car not worth several thousand.
I actually make an hourly rate that, if I worked full time (and there is plenty of work available if I wanted to), I could lease myself a brand new whatever as a company car, and at times it’s tempting, but I do still enjoy getting my knuckles bloody and my clothes oily. No feeling quite like having a depreciated luxury car develop what would be a ridiculously expensive fault to repair at a dealer, getting it done for a tenth of the cost if not less, and going on that first test drive where everything works perfectly again. The freedom of not having a monthly payment to worry about and knowing that I can get by on 40-50 hours of billed work per month if I need to, is liberating after slaving away so my ex-wife could piss it all away as soon as I earned it.
Why not buy a Range Rover…because they never get stuck sitting in the service bay of the dealership 80% of the time you own them.
Why buy a shit burrito when you can buy a shit sandwich?
How many have you owned? Lol