Are Land Rovers any good?

[RGN]

My boss had a Jeep Cherokee as a company car for a couple years. That thing never worked right, electronics were horrible.

Yeah, I saw a couple of standard Cherokee's used as company cars in the mid/early 2000's. Total garbage by 60K miles. I still bring up stories of these cars to friends, simply astounding how bad they were.

 

[mmntech]

Bullshit. I used to manage a car rental office and the local Jeep dealership was one of my clients. We would always get the same people in over and over again when their piles of shit were in the shop for repairs.

My boss had a Jeep Cherokee as a company car for a couple years. That thing never worked right, electronics were horrible.

They may be better now, I don't know personally, but they used to be utter garbage.

My dad had one which I believe was the 2001 model. Heated seats went on the damn thing after a couple years. I wouldn't touch anything from Chrysler prior to the Fiat buyout.

If the OP is eyeing a luxury SUV, I'd probably start with the Lexus RX. You can get ones from the first half of the 2000s for $10k and under without a ridiculous amount of miles on them.

 

[nerp]

Bullshit. I used to manage a car rental office and the local Jeep dealership was one of my clients. We would always get the same people in over and over again when their piles of shit were in the shop for repairs.

My boss had a Jeep Cherokee as a company car for a couple years. That thing never worked right, electronics were horrible.

They may be better now, I don't know personally, but they used to be utter garbage.

You know, you're right. There was an era of shoddy quality. I can't argue against that. But those days are long gone and during the Daimler years the Jeep products tended to be a little better overall than what was rolling out of the Plymouth, Chrysler and Dodge plants.

 

[JimKiler]

Which episode?

Episode 40: "Mammoth Mountain"

Challenge 3 A there and back drag race Tanner is concerned that whist he will win this his car starts having problems like water is coming into the car and his air suspension is acting and Adam points out the Range Rover is a bad choice due to only 12 dealerships across the US and the company is now Indian and will therefore be harder to find a place to repair or buy a new Land Rover. Despite all this Tanner still wins. Winner:Tanner.

 

[NutBucket]

Wow. If there are only 12 dealers across the country...I think there are at least 3 in the LA/OC area.

 

[MongGrel]

Bullshit. I used to manage a car rental office and the local Jeep dealership was one of my clients. We would always get the same people in over and over again when their piles of shit were in the shop for repairs.

My boss had a Jeep Cherokee as a company car for a couple years. That thing never worked right, electronics were horrible.

They may be better now, I don't know personally, but they used to be utter garbage.

The old Jeep non Grand Cherokees were great years ago, the wife and I both had 1996's that ran have ran 17+ years, we had one in the garage for awhile after I bought a Mazda 3.

She still drives my old one that was low mileage after being stored and we sold her 200K+ one.

Grand Cherokees always seemed to be the ones had problems, the old Cherokees we have hung onto didn't have a lot of powered window etc type of things on them and the old 4.0 HO 6 cylinders.

My old Cherokee Sport she's currently driving still looks good, and runs well and has about 100K on it.

 

[Meghan54]

Wow. If there are only 12 dealers across the country...I think there are at least 3 in the LA/OC area.

I think he was being factious. In a 100 mile range of LA (90012), there are 11 dealers.

 

[jlee]

Get a Landcruiser instead, and with the money you save on repairs you can buy fuel!

 

[Sattern]

I don't think they are worth the price mainly because I have never seen an old version of one on the road.

They don't last long and are way too expensive.

 

[evident]

If the OP is eyeing a luxury SUV, I'd probably start with the Lexus RX. You can get ones from the first half of the 2000s for $10k and under without a ridiculous amount of miles on them.

+1, if you're not planning on doing any offroading.
Say what you will, but this car really just kicks major ass in the utility department. Its easy as hell and cheap to repair too.

 

[ScottFern]

Is the Evoque considered reliable?

 

[Scarpozzi]

You know, you're right. There was an era of shoddy quality. I can't argue against that. But those days are long gone and during the Daimler years the Jeep products tended to be a little better overall than what was rolling out of the Plymouth, Chrysler and Dodge plants.

I think a lot can be said for the Jeep Cherokee being manufactured for 17 years or so... They made a lot of them and there were good years and bad years, but overall the fact that they made so many helped keep the cost low and parts cheap.

Chrysler angers me the most because of their cheap plastics and engineering. They tend to choose cheaper parts manufacturers for window motors and radios and don't care about quality control... For example, I've never seen a Dodge truck from the 2000-2005 era that didn't have a cracked dashboard. Poor suspension design paired with rigid injection molded plastics that were bolted down too tight....

 

[Insomniator]

Is the Evoque considered reliable?

I wouldn't think any modern luxury vehicle is reliable. They are all loaded with technology and computers that are prone to failure. When the time does come to get something fixed, it costs a fortune.

I don't think anyone buys something like an evoque worrying about the reliablity... they keep it until the factory warranty is up and trade it in. A 40k car has the maintence costs of a 40k car, even if you get a used one for half that.

 

[ScottFern]

I wouldn't think any modern luxury vehicle is reliable. They are all loaded with technology and computers that are prone to failure. When the time does come to get something fixed, it costs a fortune.

I don't think anyone buys something like an evoque worrying about the reliablity... they keep it until the factory warranty is up and trade it in. A 40k car has the maintence costs of a 40k car, even if you get a used one for half that.

I am not wondering if its expensive to fix, but more so is it reliable, which is something I think all social classes would want their vehicle to be.

 

[jlee]

I am not wondering if its expensive to fix, but more so is it reliable, which is something I think all social classes would want their vehicle to be.

Google "land cruiser vs land rover reliability".

 

[kmmatney]

A buddy of mine (sottish guy, but living in Denver area for last 15 years) has a tricked out land rover, and he seems to be constantly working on it. it also gets about 12 mpg. He can do most of the repairs himself, but sometimes needs to take it to a Land Rover specialist friend who is 45 minutes away. I don't know how he puts up with it, and why he doesn't buy something more reliable, but he has worked on them enough to feel comfortable with them and doesn't mind. Maybe since he is from Scotland he has a fondness for them, but I wouldn't touch one with a 10 foot pole.

 

[QueBert]

I know they have shit reliability but daamit I would love to have one of the Discoveries. I know that's the "cheaper" model but I like it. I don't know if this is true, but I heard the latest resign from like 2 years ago they improved reliability a good bit - which even if true, isn't saying much lol.

 

[rommelrommel]

I don't think they are worth the price mainly because I have never seen an old version of one on the road.

They don't last long and are way too expensive.

There are some old ass defenders that would like to have a word with you