Gaurav

Looks like he worked out recently, while switching on the wipers.

I need to copyright this term too. lol. "Timed Spare Parts" - They are timed to fail "EXACTLY" after the fixed period of time or engineer will loose the job to design them if they last any longer than their warranty period. Prime example: AC Delco and Solite Batteries - 1 year and 1 month. Solargard tinting - 1-2 years Dunlop grandtrek - 30-40k km

With present approach of timed spare parts and built to fail cars from almost all car manufacturers, very soon we might have an expiry dates on the cars even.

Second one is the best answer, lololol.

At least he is better than mobile glued driver, who keep slowing down slowly as they are busy texting or reading while driving. Now if car in front of me slows down w/o brake light and I can see that there is nothing in front of that car, I change lane or give little beep to those sleepy head.

I guess its something to do with size of population on any given road. In 1970-80 with few thousand cars in UAE, no one was honking here in Dubai and not much red lights were there. I'm in Dubai since 2000 and remember reaching Internet city in 10-15 minutes from Bur Dubai. Now with 5 million cars everyone at least honk here almost daily. Now imagine with 300+ million cars in India. @Frederic how is China? Do they also honk a lot?

Set the budget first, so that you end up with a fair comparison and not like many buyer start from 50k and then end up buying 90k car. Tiguan is compact SUV vs Touareg, so space wise Touareg wins. If daily kms fuel usage is not of big concern for you, I would suggest Touareg any day, being proven through the test of time unlike Tiguan or any other recent release. Also, Touareg is a VW flagship model, so chances of cheap material or timed spare parts will be far less. Last but not least, whichever option you buy, make sure its well serviced and if its with full dealer service history then its worth more in its value, so you can buy at premium (worth it). German cars are good for first 5 years in GCC, then next 5 years are totally dependent on how well they were taken care previously (not forgiving like Japanese and US marque).

Hi @Rajeevan Vickneswaran, @Denver Martins, @Michael sammy, @Gawie Herholdt, @balaji0007 Welcome to Carnity Off-road Club. Could you please share the following details: Which 4x4 vehicle you will be driving? Do you have any previous offroading experience? Ensure that your front and rear recovery points (tow hooks) are in good condition.

Which year model you are eyeing and for what exact purpose will it be used? Of course daily drive (can't be off road) but how long you drive daily? Have you set the max budget yet? If not do that first before comparing.

I would say show it to two LR specialist and get the diagnosis done, so you know what it is. Get the pricing with parts and without parts to compare how they both stack up and also share here so we can advice further. If it's something simple you can still opt for non specialist, if it's too technical and require programming after parts change, better stick to specialist. LR4 is not too complicated like RR but being 2014 I'm little concerned having too many sensors and gizmos. @Halit Mert Issever please advice how complicated your LR4 is and which garage you are working with?

Found these two LR boys in business listing here:

Which LR is this and which year model? Depending on that I can advise that you actually need a LR specialist or not. I recently sold Range Rover Supercharged and my experience with Al Tayer was same as yours and when looking for minor service from LR specialist it become 2k instead of 4K. Having said you can still shave off lot of cost if issue is confirmed of bushing or mountings (I doubt), then you can get the original OEM parts from Gulf star with free delivery and get it change to any decent workshop near your area instead of LR specialist adding marking up 20-30% on parts and with double the labor cost.

I'm not really sure to be happy for Hummer (Iconic brand) come-back or be sad to be back in an electric avatar this time! Although it's still a story, but sound quite real and relate-able when they are preparing for super bowl commercial. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a30473542/hummer-returns-electric-gmc-pickup-report/

Why I am feeling we gonna have a tough fight at Moreeb this year, oops next month.......!

Yes fewbie on same time, sri will be posting it shortly. Afternoon, I might post an Intermediate drive, waiting for the ministry of interior approval.

Posted my photos in the gallery and looking fwd to see more from others. https://carnity.com/gallery/category/172-newbiefewbie-drive-al-qudra-17-jan-2020