It is with deep regret....

[RobJohPlo]

If you've got the grand to spare invest in a warranty - any problem that you get a 91,000 l322 is going to cost you at least that (and that's from a range rover fan.. My 4.4 tdv8 is arriving soon)

 

[A210AMG]

^ cool, I love the RR you really do feel like a Lord driving it I bet

You will also have a different view of the world than in the E as you see over hedges etc.

Hope the deal goes wel and look forward to the Pictures

 

[Deleted member 37751]

If you've got the grand to spare invest in a warranty - any problem that you get a 91,000 l322 is going to cost you at least that (and that's from a range rover fan.. My 4.4 tdv8 is arriving soon)

It's one of the reasons why I love this forum- people who don't really know each other, looking out for one another
Enough of the soppy stuff, things going wrong on any motor doesn't really worry me- one of my best friends works as a mechanic/technician for Mercedes Commercial, so he gives the cars a good going over beforehand and then afterwards if anything needs doing, he only charges me for parts (we have a favour for a favour thing going on)

 

[jdrrco]

we have a favour for a favour thing going on

aye aye!

 

[Deleted member 37751]

If you've got the grand to spare invest in a warranty - any problem that you get a 91,000 l322 is going to cost you at least that (and that's from a range rover fan.. My 4.4 tdv8 is arriving soon)

Just got a quote from Warranty Direct for their top level cover for 13 months. £841. Does this sound good? A bit steep to a Yorkshireman such as myself....

 

[tpwuk]

What year is the one you're looking at?

I must admit I miss my Range Rover and I will get another one some day. Nothing really went wrong with mine in the 18 months I owned it.

I fitted a gadget in mine called an "Intravee II" which basically allows you to connect iPODs and MP3 changers to the head unit.

Top tip for checking the air suspension (which costs big time if it goes wrong!)

Raise the suspension to the maximum "off road" setting and leave it for about half an hour. If there's a leak anywhere, you should notice a corner or more drop!

 

[Deleted member 37751]

It's a 2003

 

[RobJohPlo]

Just got a quote from Warranty Direct for their top level cover for 13 months. £841. Does this sound good? A bit steep to a Yorkshireman such as myself....

Snap it up.. Decent warranties from WD and as long as it's been serviced / has a good mot they won't even inspect it beforehand. You can also use the main dealer to do any repairs (which unfortunately is stratstones in Donny..) £841 wouldn't cover the cost of one airbag if it's leaking.

Try and drive it every day, they don't like being left stood & tend to throw up lots of warnings on the dash when the battery is anything but 100%

Also don't just drive on road - you've got to try it in the rough, they are the best 4x4xfar.. There is no other car that has the same on & off road presence in one package - enjoy!!

Ps if it's got the factory phone you'll also have voice control for the sat nav which always impresses people. You'll also want to upgrade the nav drive from cd to DVD (2 minute job) which gives you better maps, it's quicker and you gain postcode entry

 

[tpwuk]

^Good point about the battery.

Another "quirk" of the Rangie I found was battery drain. I pinned it down to the SatNav system in the boot. I won't go into it now but if you keep getting a flat battery let me know and I will tell you what I did to resolve it.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Snap it up.. Decent warranties from WD and as long as it's been serviced / has a good mot they won't even inspect it beforehand. You can also use the main dealer to do any repairs (which unfortunately is stratstones in Donny..) £841 wouldn't cover the cost of one airbag if it's leaking.

Try and drive it every day, they don't like being left stood & tend to throw up lots of warnings on the dash when the battery is anything but 100%

Also don't just drive on road - you've got to try it in the rough, they are the best 4x4xfar.. There is no other car that has the same on & off road presence in one package - enjoy!!

Ps if it's got the factory phone you'll also have voice control for the sat nav which always impresses people. You'll also want to upgrade the nav drive from cd to DVD (2 minute job) which gives you better maps, it's quicker and you gain postcode entry

I have started going coursing after a 10 year hiatus, so it will see its fair share of mud

 

[RobJohPlo]

Regarding the battery, when I got my first l322 in 2003 I had loads of problems with the battery going flat as I only really used it at the weekend, after a couple of times calling LR assistance the chap that had come out to it told me not to lock it up as it took 40 minutes for the computers to check & shut everything down whereas if you left it unlocked it shuts everything down in 5.. If you sit inside it after you've turned it off you'll know what I mean.. Never had any more flat batteries but it depends where you park it I suppose..

Battery still drops it's charge though - hdc inactive usually means battery is a bit flat and not that the hdc system is faulty

 

[tpwuk]

^Strange you sould say that because that's the exact opposite piece of advise LR gave me. They insisted I always lock it after each journey, otherwise the plethora of onboard computers don't receive the shutdown/standby signal and they all remain switched on, thus draining the battery over a short period of time (a couple of days in my case). Once my wife always remembered to lock it after she'd parked it up in the garage, everything was fine, that is until my SatNav computer in the boot decided it wanted to continually try and lock on to satallites from inside my garage! lol Gotta love the Rangie!! hehe

 

[RobJohPlo]

Yes, strange indeed!! I blame BMW.. Swmbo is currently using a 7 series whose battery keeps going flat so they've still not cured that problem.
The 3.6 tdv8 that I had recently uses ford electronics which never caused a problem, but I still prefered the interior of the earlier model.

Quite looking forward to the new one though

 

[James Rothwell]

Depending on how much you want to spend on a Range Rover I would look at the Landcruiser 200 series they are rather lovely and better value than the Range Rover. Although the RangeRover does have a nicer interior. I recently drove an B6 Amroured Supercharged one that used to belong to a certain wealthy Russian, over the last few thousand miles it had averaged 7.8mpg!! GULP.

Also if you want a 4x4 for towing rather than actually going offroad the Porsche Cayenne is quite interesting, they go rather well, and the Turbo models are serious machines.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Depending on how much you want to spend on a Range Rover I would look at the Landcruiser 200 series they are rather lovely and better value than the Range Rover. Although the RangeRover does have a nicer interior. I recently drove an B6 Amroured Supercharged one that used to belong to a certain wealthy Russian, over the last few thousand miles it had averaged 7.8mpg!! GULP.

Also if you want a 4x4 for towing rather than actually going offroad the Porsche Cayenne is quite interesting, they go rather well, and the Turbo models are serious machines.

Thanks, but I don't like Landcruisers.
I will be going off-road from time-to-time so the Porsche is a big no-no

 

[tpwuk]

The Porsche is also butt ugly!

 

[Deleted member 37751]

The Porsche is also butt ugly!

I was trying to be polite......

 

[James Rothwell]

I know the Porsche is rather fugly but it's entertaining to drive and once you are in it you can't see how awful it looks.

 

[tpwuk]

I know the Porsche is rather fugly but it's entertaining to drive and once you are in it you can't see how awful it looks.

Everyone else can though!

 

[RobJohPlo]

To be fair if you've test driven the range rover you'd never buy a landcruiser or cayenne.. The only problem being is once you're happy with the rr everything else is a come down