# 2012 Land Rover Range Rover - Buying used

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-land-rover-range-rover-buying-used/130449>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** landrover\
**Created:** [December 8, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-land-rover-range-rover-buying-used/130449 "2018-12-08T15:25:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Don01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@Don01](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Don01)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-land-rover-range-rover-buying-used/130449/1 "2018-12-08T15:25:03Z")

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Hi. I’m about to purchase a 2012 RR Super Charged with 42,000 miles. Is it anything particular I should check for? Are you having problem with increased mileage? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-land-rover-range-rover-buying-used/130449/2 "2018-12-08T15:34:43Z")

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Make sure you have a second car that you intend to keep and a large pile of cash in reserve after you buy it. These things are unreliable at best (hence the need for a 2nd car) and unreliable money pits at the worst.

If you must buy one, pay a completely independent Land Rover specialist mechanic to look it over very carefully before purchase.

Then read this before signing the purchase agreement:

> **[One Year With A Carmax Warranty And An Unreliable Used Car](https://dougdemuro.kinja.com/one-year-with-a-carmax-warranty-and-an-unreliable-used-1485113319)**
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> Well, folks, it’s been a year. For many of you, this immediately begs the question: A year since what? But there’s a select group of readers out there who knows exactly what I’m talking about; a privileged class of readers who’s aware of this...

This was a year-long series of articles written by Doug DeMuro, a guy who bought a RR and chronicled the HUGE amount of money his CarMax warranty paid to repair his car.