patrick_y
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Yes, that was the original one made from the early 2000s till around 2012ish.
Great car, not great to drive, but definitely a nice car. Rolled backwards on the slightest incline, the torque converter wasn't designed to make the car creep forward like most automatics. Probably to reduce temperatures in the transmission to improve longevity.
“Sweetzerland chocolats”. Hehe, easy to guess again where you were 😉
Splendid Maybach by the way. Best wishes Alkiro
House car?
Nice car. I attended the launch of the Maybach at the Los Angeles auto show. Great car, with actual reliability past 200,000 kilometers (supposedly), a rare thing in this segment.
True! Technologically it is a mass produced car...
However, in the USA, it's rare to find a BMW 7 series, late model, with the V8 engine to last much longer than about 200,000 kilometers. Statistically, they have fairly poor reliability after a certain point. The V8s in particular are known to leak oil an...
Yes, that was the original one made from the early 2000s till around 2012ish.
Great car, not great to drive, but definitely a nice car. Rolled backwards on the slightest incline, the torque converter wasn't designed to make the car creep forward like most automatics. Probably to reduce temperatures in the transmission to improve lo...
Oh yes
I have to say those rear seats in the latest S-class/Maybach are the most comfortable I've ever experienced! As for driving - I haven't owned a car since 2004 and have only driven myself twice, each time while on holiday, in the last 3 years. I was once a...
Wow. That'd be cool.
I still like driving and consider myself a big petrol-head. But I must admit, with the traffic here in California (Los Angeles and San Francisco has world famous traffic) is so bad that I would definitely prefer to be driven on most days!
I worked with a man in England who was driven almost everywhere
He was chairman of our company group, wore out a Range Rover about every 3 years, and his transport cost (including driver, petrol, depreciation) was over £100,000 a year. He did get a lot done while "commuting" and he never had to worry about a parking p...
I hope they had a low operating cost Range Rover...
Maybe a small engine diesel Range Rover! Not that it makes a major difference percentage wise in the big scheme of things... I wonder if there's a Range Rover equivalent vehicle that is extremely reliable that is able to be used for high mileage duty. My ...
When you are chairman of an auto-related group, cost efficiency isn't part of the equation
His was the largest Range Rover with V8 and all the toys. They did about 40-50k per year and swapped cars at about 100k. It wasn't the miles alone, but time spent moving it around that wore out the car - road rash, seat wear, rim bashing, etc. at about 25...