02/03 Range Rover Vogue

[vxdave]

Hi All,

This is my first foray into the Land Rover forum! I’m thinking of buying a 02/03 plate RR Vogue. Probably with around 80K-90K on the clock. The 4.4 V8’s seem to be trading at around £10-£14K which is a lot of car for the money. I believe they were around £65K new.

I guess the main running cost of these is the fuel comp? I’ll only be doing 5000 miles pa so I’m not too worried about that. If I only spend £12K then deprecation won’t be too bad either.

Anyone have any experience owning/running a RR this age/mileage? Are they a money pit? Anything to look out for? Did a search but couldn’t find much info…

Cheers!

[Plotloss]

A 53 plate Vogue went at auction a couple of weeks ago for £8900 with reasonable miles, around 80K

They're hideously expensive if they go wrong, buy at £12K and they've still got a long way to fall.

That said, they're lush and I want one.

[BLUETHUNDER]

I would wait a bit longer.The arse is really fallen out of the market.Come January.The bulk of early ones will easily be in four figures.

[Meeja]

I would suggest test driving a few before committing yourself. That way you will get a feel of how a good one should be.

Front diff was a huge problem, but LR eventually decided that they could replaced as a recall. Check that it has been done, or use it as a bargaining point, and make sure you get it done as soon as possible.

Lots of good stuff on http://www.rangerovers.net/rrmkiiiremedies.html

[wiffmaster]

We've owned an '02 4.4 since new and it's got around 50k on it now. Been faultless (bar a few electrical niggles to start with fixed under warranty). Has cost nothing outside of regular servicing and consumables. Great cars for the money now...

[vxdave]

Cheers for the advice everyone.

I'll either hang on for a bit until they reach 4 figures or drive a hard bargain!

[BLUETHUNDER]

The local dealer near me,has two up for sale.Both on 03 plates.One a 4.4 Vogue,the other a 3.0TD6 Vogue.£15,995and £16,995 respectivly.They have sat,and sat,and sat,for approximately 8 months now.I would wait until the new year.There will be bargains to be had.Funny thing is.I have four people over the last few months,offer me more for the 90 than i payed for it.

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BLUETHUNDER said:

The local dealer near me,has two up for sale.Both on 03 plates.One a 4.4 Vogue,the other a 3.0TD6 Vogue.£15,995and £16,995 respectivly.They have sat,and sat,and sat,for approximately 8 months now.I would wait until the new year.There will be bargains to be had.Funny thing is.I have four people over the last few months,offer me more for the 90 than i payed for it.

Does anybody know if there is any difference in the RFL between the 3.0TD6 and the 4.4 Petrol? assuming 2002-2005 Registered

[eliot]

get the registration and put it into here: (click the vehicle enquiry button)
http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/inde...

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Cheers eliot,

It appears they are both £210 at the moment but not sure how that will change next year and the year after? It doesnt give you that info.

Can someone also please put the vogue models in spec order?

including Autobiography etc?

[Meeja]

You need to know the emissions data.

Details of the VED here:

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/faq.htm?id=20

If it is over 255g/km, then start saving now.....

[RedLeicester]

screem said:

Cheers eliot,

It appears they are both £210 at the moment but not sure how that will change next year and the year after? It doesnt give you that info.

Can someone also please put the vogue models in spec order?

including Autobiography etc?

HSE (boggo)
Vogue (sensible)
Vogue SE (only on later cars, Vogue with a few choice extras thrown in)

Autobiography is purely the name of LR's custom extra division - means nothing and everything, except to imply that something has been done to the car over and above the "normal" options list: this could entail custom ordered leather colours, exterior colours, wheels, stitching, etc etc etc. Thus some Autobiog cars will look totally different from any other Landie you have ever seen before, others you'd have to take apart with a toothcomb to find anything out of the ordinary.

PS - I seem to remember there was very briefly an SE below the HSE, which had absolutely nothing on it... didn't last long though IIRC.

[BAHN-STORMA]

RedLeicester said:

screem said:

Cheers eliot,

It appears they are both £210 at the moment but not sure how that will change next year and the year after? It doesnt give you that info.

Can someone also please put the vogue models in spec order?

including Autobiography etc?

HSE (boggo)
Vogue (sensible)
Vogue SE (only on later cars, Vogue with a few choice extras thrown in)

Autobiography is purely the name of LR's custom extra division - means nothing and everything, except to imply that something has been done to the car over and above the "normal" options list: this could entail custom ordered leather colours, exterior colours, wheels, stitching, etc etc etc. Thus some Autobiog cars will look totally different from any other Landie you have ever seen before, others you'd have to take apart with a toothcomb to find anything out of the ordinary.

PS - I seem to remember there was very briefly an SE below the HSE, which had absolutely nothing on it... didn't last long though IIRC.

As said, for age you are looking at Vogue is the ONLY way to go!

[OJ]

We had an 03 4.4. Out of 7 Range Rovers we've had it was the most reliable of the lot over 4 years and 70k. Didn't go in for warranty work once. To compare our current 4.2 S/C has been in 3 times this year

I once saw Judy Dench driving an SE... tight cow

[flyingjase]

I'm looking for a similar car myself at the moment and have seen 2002 Vogue, 89k miles, FSH for £9995 (from a dealer)! Looks like they have already dropped below the £10k mark.

It was green which isn't really me, but good nees if you are a buyer.