My aunts 04' (which I drove for the past week) has had 0 problems for its 15k miles.

Interesting that your friend had a troublefree LR3. I've heard so many horror stories about that car. And now hearing blondboinsd's problems with his RR, makes me wonder how sporadic LR's reliability is...

Gas mileage wise, the 04' RR (with the old BMW 4.4i engine) gets 15.6 mpg when my aunt drives it, and 11-12 when I drive it

To be honest though, there are better choices out there...