I actually drive a GL as well. My wife use to drive the R and last year she bought a ML. Our son in university was driving the R on weekends. I loved the ride and room in the R I would drive it most days for the last year when my son was in school. I would take it on any long trips as I could drive it for hours it was so comfortable. Unfortunately he was stopped on the highway in stop and go traffic as was a new ML behind him and some young lady in her 20?s in a brand new land rover hit them at 50 mph. Nobody hurt but all 3 cars were written off. It was a blessing in the end as we were having lots of issues with the R in the last year. So my son has ended up with a new QX to drive on the weekends when he is home. How do you like the GL? My wife liked the QX as the layout was the same as her ML.