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I hate the Land Rovers with a passion. In my younger years I had a part time job with a Garage in Ickenham Middlesex which was right outside the USAF West Rusilip and they had a contract to take all abandoned American (something to do with no import duty being paid an them) cars up to USAF Mildenhall Suffolk a journey of 90 miles, they were then flown back to the States. I used to hook up these 2 ton+ monsters onto the back of just a normal Land Rover which didnt even have a proper metal cab but just a canvas cover over the top. There was no heater and very little steering as these huge beasts were so heavy it used to lift the front of LR off the ground, even though they had filled the front bumper with lead and ingots of lead strapped into the engine bay, spare wheel strapped to the bonnet. My max speed was 20 mph and that was pushing it. After 7/8 hours I would arrive absolutely frozen in the winter time. The Americans were always very hospitable and always made sure I was well fed in their little piece of America on English soil. That was the only thing that made the drive worth going for because you only saw this part of America in films. They had all their Burger and Chicken joints just as if you were in the States but all to soon the journey home would rear its ugly head but it only used to take a few hours to get home. Ten shillings I used to get to drive that awful piece of garbage, I have never liked them since. Mike

That's true about the tyres. QW assumes he is speaking to viewers who know nothing about cars. He appeared to seriously be trying to convince usthat a 40 year old Range Rover is better than a new RX. Firstly, if I had a classic Rangie, worth 40 - 50K (realistically about half of what QW claimed they are worth), I would not spend much time thrashing it up hill and down dale. Secondly, on any journey, long or short, the Lexus would at least have an even chance of getting there and back without breaking down (every car I seem to have passed on the motorway awaiting recovery lately seems to be a land Rover or a range Rover). The refinement, performance, creature comforts etc are not even in the same league. I like Land Rovers, and appreciate the heritage etc., but I've never come close to buying one as I prefer to spend most of my time in cars than underneath them with a spanner. Be realistic, Quentin, the RR was great in its time and is good now, but don't try to tell us it's better than modern vehicles. I tried to watch the latest episode but the combination of the smarmy delivery of QW, the spectacular absence of any evidence of a personality in Jodie Kidd, and the spontaneous, scripted unfunny banter made me squirm and I had to delete it from my sky box. I prefer the other guy, who covered the military vehicles, he is OK. IMHO the way forward is to ditch the other two, and partner the guy with glasses with Guy Martin, who could also discuss the engineering and maintenance side of these gorgeous cars.

That was the same symptoms I had and replacing the 12V battery fixed it all.

Join the club mate I'm only 23 haha People are taking the ***** out of me because it's a grandads car But I'm not bothered Love the drive in it My mum and dad are like we will get u a hat to drive us round.. Haha Got my mk1 sport out this morning Still love that car too.

I tried watching it, cars good, presenters would be better off on CBBC. I rather watch a programme where the director appreciated that adults like to be treated like adults

....... assuming it actually passes the UK MOT !!! Malc

A luxurious, reliable road based family car. Well that's what is it to us anyway.

There's a guy on the Facebook group that sells the complete kit. Join up and get one there

I like this old but nice vid

The CRINGE factor between the two of them is now off the scale, even recording the program and watch with lots of fast forward and the sound off doesn't really help. Great shame because the cars are great. Mike.

Thank you for the compliment. I have made a career out of sounding like I know what I an talking about ☺

Had the 12 v battery tested and the test camr back pass but week so as in the near future it will be stood for a week I decided to change it. Went to the local motor factors and looked up the battery and found one £85, got it home and low and behold it would not fit, it was miles too big. Took it back and got a refund and they tried to find the correct one with no joy but pointed me to another supplier. Went there and they had a Varta B23 which was the correct size but it wold not fit as it had a lip on the bottom so would not sit flat in the tray. A quick phone call by them produced the same battery at that fitted, a Bosch make this fitted fine and was cheaper £70. Just thought I'd share this saga to all just in case anyone else was thinking of changine the 12 v battery. Had I got one from Ebay then it might have been a differnt story.

Ah, at last we're getting somewhere. Some useful suggestions. This is my first post, I was drawn to the web site solely because after 8 years ownership of a succession of Rx models, I am still staggered by how useless the reversing lights are. I was hoping to find some easy mods on here to improve things. I live in the country, the only light at night is provided by the moon if it's out, my drive is long, edged by trees and has a 90 degree bend on the blind side that has to be negotiated in reverse. I can assure the disbelievers on this forum that it is a very real problem on an otherwise excellent vehicle (hence my loyalty to the product). I use a combination of brake and fog lights to assist, oddly the yellow hazards seem to have no effect, must be something to do with the colour recognition of the camera. I would add that the head in the sand response from Lexus beggars belief. And before anyone starts name calling again, my credentials are that I am a fleet manager with a wide experience of many car and commercial vehicle types over 30 years, I have driven (and reversed!) everything from cars to 52 tonners across most countries throughout the US, Europe and Asia and in my spare time I race cars and restore classics. Drawing on this experience I can confirm that the reversing light/camera/dark glass combination on the Rx is indeed the most useless I have ever come across, I have a 50 year old Jaguar whose single 21w reversing light is vastly superior.