went to pick up my car from Cricket Auto in Cary yesterday and the guy behind the counter had just returned from towing Michael Jordan's brand new 06 Range Rover Supercharged that was pimped out with 24's.

MJ was on I-40 around 8am when it knocked off. Range Rover roadside called the guys at Cricket to pick him up and take him to the dealership. MJ is apparently in town for charity and other stuff in chapel hill.

tow truck driver said MJ was a cool guy, and didn't seem to mind his 90K range was a lemon.

the driver has also towed torry holt's range rover and terrence holt's lexus.

note to self: no range rovers when im rich.

4/14/2006 11:08:12 PM

so where was MJ, u didnt meet him?

4/14/2006 11:31:09 PM

i saw that thing in the shop at MJ nissan when i went to buy my SpecV and took a tour of the service dept.

4/14/2006 11:32:08 PM

i thought MJ had lamborghinis??? that'd be a lot more fun to drive

4/15/2006 12:35:16 AM

dre bly is hosting a charity golf tournament in chapel hill this weekend. also, torry's range rover might've broken down, but the rolls royce folks gave him a black rolls royce phantom to drive around in last weekend. btw, i don't think the range rover was torry's, just a loaner car from the dealership in cary.

4/15/2006 12:50:36 AM

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"note to self: no range rovers when im rich."

its a range with a supercharged jaguar motor in it. unlike 99% of other range rovers in existance with the good old rover v8.

4/16/2006 2:32:58 PM

based off a 60s buick block?

4/16/2006 2:37:22 PM

Thats the one

4/16/2006 3:00:31 PM

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"unlike 99% of other range rovers in existance with the good old rover v8."

its my understanding that BMW put their own v8 in the newer ranges, and now ford has swapped it out for some ford engine in the newest ones

4/16/2006 3:03:59 PM

Its always had the same buick V8....even when BMW owned them...dunno bout the new ones though

4/16/2006 3:06:23 PM

like the 2003 range rover, the new one, oh well, I guess anything would be an upgrade to the buick

4/16/2006 3:17:00 PM

I think the bottom ends are fine, They seem to have a lot of valve train problems though. optmusprimer could elaborate on this better.

4/16/2006 3:24:42 PM

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"Its always had the same buick V8....even when BMW owned them...dunno bout the new ones though"

correct, when BMW took over in '01 or so the engine management went all-bosch but the guts of the powertrain was the same old rover V8. and yes it is a derivative of the old all aluminum buick 215 from the 60's.

the new range rover sport has a 4.4L supercharged v8 from some jaguar.

4/16/2006 6:06:07 PM

range rover def had a bmw v8 in them, ive seen it. I don't know shit about rovers and even i knew that.



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4/16/2006 6:08:20 PM

any relationship between the blown 4.4 and the venerable Ford 4.6?

4/16/2006 6:09:19 PM

none

4/16/2006 6:10:32 PM

yeah sorry chris i forgot to mention starting in 03 the regular range rover has a regular bmw v8

not sure if the jag 4.4 is similar

4/16/2006 6:14:47 PM

personally i think the new range rover and range rover sport is junk. It has one of the cheapest interiors, i would go for a x5 4.8is or porsche cayenne anyday over the range.

4/16/2006 6:17:33 PM

Porsche Cayenne.....Looks like fun

4/16/2006 6:19:45 PM

yeah the x5 and cayenne turbo s are probably both nicer inside and much faster than a new range rover sport (also called a stormer) but i gaurantee you that the range can do much more offroad than the germans

4/16/2006 6:20:20 PM

Do the 03^ Dicsoveries have the bimmer motor or the "Buick" motor

4/16/2006 6:21:21 PM

who takes there new range rover off road??????????

4/16/2006 6:33:49 PM

Someone with more money that brains

4/16/2006 6:39:07 PM

heres the scenario for the HS kids

take rover off road, get massively stuck

have broken stuff fixed, install a couple grand worth of skidplates/diff guards

4/16/2006 6:50:48 PM

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"but i gaurantee you that the range can do much more offroad than the germans"

I gaurantee you are wrong.

Land Rover hasn't made a decent off-road vehicle since the Disco II's, and even they got crappy as they just started lobbing on all the electronic doodad shit that always broke.

It's pretty sad when dealership owners tell you they suck off the pavement. Especially the LR3, At least the Range Rovers still have some smidgen of capability.

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Now if you want to talk like two generation ago Range's, Discos, or Defenders, I absolutely agree.

[Edited on April 16, 2006 at 11:12 PM. Reason : .]

4/16/2006 11:11:09 PM

any 96-02 range rover can go places where an x5 cant

4/17/2006 7:14:16 AM

is it worth the thousands of dollars in repairs it will cost you every year?

4/17/2006 9:04:56 AM

lol

4/17/2006 10:26:51 PM

Any Honda Civic can go places an X5 cant, whats your point?

4/19/2006 1:12:35 PM