L322 Owners - step forward...

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Evening all.

I am interested in L322 owner experiences, I'm sure there must be plenty of you here?

These have what appears to be a fairly negative reputation in terms of reliability, but is it deserved? There are countless examples for sale at very high mileage.

Often the horror stories are second hand, rather than first - "my mate Dave down the pub spent £10k a year on his"

On the face of it, they look a very nice car, inside and out, for £10-15k (for later 2010+ diesel models). Plenty of parts available, and plenty of knowledge out there.

So, how have yours been to run? Please include the age and model as I suspect a 2002 version may differ quite a bit from a 2012.

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So, on average so far, nothing sounds particularly out of the ordinary. Any fairly complex 10+ year old car can have these issues.

If buying from a dealer, I wonder just how much something like the RAC Platinum warranty would cover, I know they can be hit and miss (at best).