Classic Range Rover Vogue V8
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I've just got her back from a week apart and realised how much I missed her even though I had a nice Impreza to play with so thought I'd add a quick post here.
Apart from getting away unscathed from a pretty serious car fire - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-370... - there has been little to report on the Range Rover front.. She continues to produce a lovely v8 warble whilst being faultlessly reliable.
Properly great cars these.
Apart from getting away unscathed from a pretty serious car fire - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-370... - there has been little to report on the Range Rover front.. She continues to produce a lovely v8 warble whilst being faultlessly reliable.
Properly great cars these.
MrMoonyMan said:
I've just got her back from a week apart and realised how much I missed her even though I had a nice Impreza to play with so thought I'd add a quick post here.
Apart from getting away unscathed from a pretty serious car fire - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-370... - there has been little to report on the Range Rover front.. She continues to produce a lovely v8 warble whilst being faultlessly reliable.
Properly great cars these.
Lovely RR mate, lucky you didn't get caught up in that fire.Apart from getting away unscathed from a pretty serious car fire - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-370... - there has been little to report on the Range Rover front.. She continues to produce a lovely v8 warble whilst being faultlessly reliable.
Properly great cars these.
O/T I hate boom town with a passion. I live close to where its held and it f
ks the traffic right up with so many cars, the god awful separation of the lanes and the right turns from the 2nd lane of the dual carriageways. People trying to catch lifts from me. Someone always dies every year there. Sorry I'd missed these replies gents..
And yours is a lovely colour. That was the only other colour I was looking for when I got mine. Really suits them.
AVV EM said:
Lovely RR mate, lucky you didn't get caught up in that fire.
O/T I hate boom town with a passion. I live close to where its held and it fks the traffic right up with so many cars, the god awful separation of the lanes and the right turns from the 2nd lane of the dual carriageways. People trying to catch lifts from me. Someone always dies every year there.
Thanks for that AVV, it was worse than that actually - my mate had borrowed it while I had his Impreza. I had no contact with him while he was there so didn't even know if it was okay! Was pretty scary. O/T I hate boom town with a passion. I live close to where its held and it f
ks the traffic right up with so many cars, the god awful separation of the lanes and the right turns from the 2nd lane of the dual carriageways. People trying to catch lifts from me. Someone always dies every year there. Harleyboy said:
Lovely RR! I'm away at the moment and while the family is missing the dog and the horse, I'm missing the Range! Sad? Maybe but they get under your skin, don't they?
Mine too very reliable and although far from mint, is a lovely old thing!
Gratuitous photo
Yep. I miss mine too when I'm away from it! Nothing wrong with that. Mine too very reliable and although far from mint, is a lovely old thing!
Gratuitous photo
And yours is a lovely colour. That was the only other colour I was looking for when I got mine. Really suits them.
Been a little while since I last posted on this thread but the Range Rover is still going strong. The worst thing that's happened so far was a sunroof switch packing up and (yesterday) the drivers window fell half way down.
It has taken us on holiday around Devon and Cornwall and many other great trips.
It has been the only one of the cars the be kept taxed throughout the whole year and it's definitely the dogs favourite of the cars too.
And tonight she is being used to over see a pretty big firework display
It has taken us on holiday around Devon and Cornwall and many other great trips.
It has been the only one of the cars the be kept taxed throughout the whole year and it's definitely the dogs favourite of the cars too.
And tonight she is being used to over see a pretty big firework display
Haven't used this for a few years now. It has run faultlessly but needs welding in the usual places.
I have collected all the required bits of metal from YRM who have a good reputation in the Land Rover World.
Along with a brand new old-stock petrol tank to go in it.
At the moment I'm not sure whether to crack on with it or sell it as is. I don't know if I've got another restoration in me currently. Problem is that when I started her up after sitting for so long I immediately remembered one of the reasons I love this car - such a good noise!
Even after sitting for so long she ran and drove perfectly. I gave her a good clean up and took some pictures so that I can do an advert - just need to convince myself that's the right thing to do now.
I have collected all the required bits of metal from YRM who have a good reputation in the Land Rover World.
Along with a brand new old-stock petrol tank to go in it.
At the moment I'm not sure whether to crack on with it or sell it as is. I don't know if I've got another restoration in me currently. Problem is that when I started her up after sitting for so long I immediately remembered one of the reasons I love this car - such a good noise!
Even after sitting for so long she ran and drove perfectly. I gave her a good clean up and took some pictures so that I can do an advert - just need to convince myself that's the right thing to do now.
After I posted the other day a bit of good luck happened. Possibly even fate.
Having explained to the missus that I was feeling sad about the prospect of selling her she happened to mention that an old friend of hers had recently decided to start out on his own as an automotive welder. She put me in contact with him and he popped over two days later.
We had a good chat and I explained that if I was going to commit to this it needed to be done properly with all the bad bits completely removed and replaced with fresh metal. In total it works out to a week and a bit’s worth of work. He gave me a figure I was happy with and will be collecting it this week.
He’ll also be pulling the interior out so that I can swap the motors in the seats over to the new interior I have waiting to go in.
Crazy really how this things sometimes happen. Two years of it sitting waiting for something and the week I decide to sell it all starts moving quite quickly!
Having explained to the missus that I was feeling sad about the prospect of selling her she happened to mention that an old friend of hers had recently decided to start out on his own as an automotive welder. She put me in contact with him and he popped over two days later.
We had a good chat and I explained that if I was going to commit to this it needed to be done properly with all the bad bits completely removed and replaced with fresh metal. In total it works out to a week and a bit’s worth of work. He gave me a figure I was happy with and will be collecting it this week.
He’ll also be pulling the interior out so that I can swap the motors in the seats over to the new interior I have waiting to go in.
Crazy really how this things sometimes happen. Two years of it sitting waiting for something and the week I decide to sell it all starts moving quite quickly!
My apologies for taking four years to reply. I had not been back to this thread for a long time!
si_xsi said:
Love these, I saw 2 in the space of 10 mins over the firework weekend, the GL / Cotswold set still like an old Range Rover. Is the photo of yours by the water in Charmouth by any chance?
Great spot with Charmouth. lovely bit of the World. ilovequo said:
Any shots of your T16?
Here is one from a tour around Scotland. Had some good fun up there. Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff