RE: Range Rover TDV8 (L322) | PH Heroes

[camel_landy]

philw696 said:

Had a 2008 Vogue when I was living in New Zealand and drove the whole Country in it North and South Islands top to the bottom including one of the World's most dangerous roads Skippers Canyon just outside Queenstown all trouble free much to the annoyance of my Kiwi mates especially as the year before I did the same trip in a Classic Mini Cooper 1275.
Now living in France and would love another.

Skippers... Dangerous??

M

[Myvette1]

sunnyb13 said:

When the turbos do inevitably go, it’s a body off jobby at almost £6k

Thats why you buy the non Bmw engined, all the problems are with the BMW engines, terrible, the JLR 4.2 v8 S/C version, LPG conv to, cheap to run as a 2ltr car...bum-tish!

[biggbn]

Myvette1 said:

sunnyb13 said:

When the turbos do inevitably go, it’s a body off jobby at almost £6k

Thats why you buy the non Bmw engined, all the problems are with the BMW engines, terrible, the JLR 4.2 v8 S/C version, LPG conv to, cheap to run as a 2ltr car...bum-tish!

It is not a body off job and the only bmw engine to use a turbo is the old straight six 3.0.

[ChocolateFrog]

Tomanybikes said:

ChocolateFrog said:

It's going to be a good 10 or 20 years before the RRS loses the terrible image.

I can't think of a car I desire to own less based purely on image.

That’s saying something from a Dacia driver.

It really isn't.

Not many U wot mates and innit bruvs drive Dacias.

[A.J.M]

I need to stop reading this thread.

As I’ve spotted a customers car on autotrader.
It’s immaculate and has a history file that’s reassuringly thick, down to every fuel receipt..

It’s also probably my ideal spec for a car.

I don’t need 2, 2.5 ton land rovers..
I don’t need 2, 2.5 ton land rovers..

[biggbn]

ChocolateFrog said:

Tomanybikes said:

ChocolateFrog said:

It's going to be a good 10 or 20 years before the RRS loses the terrible image.

I can't think of a car I desire to own less based purely on image.

That’s saying something from a Dacia driver.

It really isn't.

Not many U wot mates and innit bruvs drive Dacias.

I think Dacia has got a great image these days.

[chris116]

If I'm ever in the position to run a fleet of cars then one of these will most likely be in it. Still think they look good and I always liked the interior. Would probably go s/c petrol over the diesel.

[Tomanybikes]

ChocolateFrog said:

Tomanybikes said:

ChocolateFrog said:

It's going to be a good 10 or 20 years before the RRS loses the terrible image.

I can't think of a car I desire to own less based purely on image.

That’s saying something from a Dacia driver.

It really isn't.

Not many U wot mates and innit bruvs drive Dacias.

The Motability and pensioners with the pish stained seats have got that sector well sewn up.

[Deranged Rover]

Three pages back, I mentioned how much I love my L322.

“Bing Bong” - CHECK COOLANT LEVEL

I’ve gone off it a bit….

[RichieRhubarb]

John, raise your content publishing skills to the level of the Rangie. Hill Decent Control (what it has to be a decent hill, not a slight incline?) and timbre? 😉
Pushing that aside I agree with the article. Owned a 3.6TDV6 2010 Luxury for over 115,000kms now (has 218k on the clock now) and aside from a dry transmission (possibly from build?) which wasn’t cheap to replace and a wear and tear items it has been awesome. Love the ride on softer tyres and the power is immense following a remap to isolate failed EGR’s). Probably the best towing of all Land Rovers too.

[hvl69]

Does anyone know if the later cars can be put back to the pre-05 look? Front grill and lights - the first ones are a lovely clean look. I'd have thought so, given quite a few early cars have been facelifted to later ones. A 2010 S/C with the early design would be lovely. I'm not a big fan of the Jimmy Hill look on the last 322s - but I'd also want to reverse the first facelift too.
I guess you'd call it a facedrop

Edited by hvl69 on Saturday 25th February 23:21

[anonymous-user]

Deranged Rover said:

Three pages back, I mentioned how much I love my L322.

“Bing Bong” - CHECK COOLANT LEVEL

I’ve gone off it a bit….

If the coolant level is in fact fine despite the message, it’s probably the float in the coolant tank that’s getting stuck. They do this, apparently, as they age. You’ll need to replace the tank and refill. It’s not hugely expensive (some good news).

If OTOH, the coolant level has dropped, then playing “hunt the leak” can be cheap or expensive…

[cerb4.5lee]

BlackWidow13 said:

Deranged Rover said:

Three pages back, I mentioned how much I love my L322.

“Bing Bong” - CHECK COOLANT LEVEL

I’ve gone off it a bit….

If the coolant level is in fact fine despite the message, it’s probably the float in the coolant tank that’s getting stuck. They do this, apparently, as they age. You’ll need to replace the tank and refill. It’s not hugely expensive (some good news).

If OTOH, the coolant level has dropped, then playing “hunt the leak” can be cheap or expensive…

It might be the water pump that has failed? I had the check coolant level on the old GLC350d that I had, and I presumed that it was a hose or a leak, but the water pump had let go at a 100k miles on it though.

[Jon_S_Rally]

Jeremy-57bxb said:

Turbobanana said:

Augustus Windsock said:

If it’s good enough for the owner of Diddley Squat Farm then it’s good enough for me

For some of us, that's an entirely valid reason for running a mile from these.

Exactly!

ChocolateFrog said:

It's going to be a good 10 or 20 years before the RRS loses the terrible image.

I can't think of a car I desire to own less based purely on image.

Posts like the above are so weird. Why are people so obsessed by this stuff?

If you like a car, buy one. I guarantee you that all these ideas about what people think are largely bullst. No one cares about you or what car you drive.

[DonkeyApple]

V8 FOU said:

Turbobanana said:

For some of us, that's an entirely valid reason for running a mile from these.

Indeed. Not all of us worship the oafish Clarkson

Metcalfe uses one across the road. Also green. So there's a gentleman to net off the chav, return balance and bring us back to worrying about buying an old dog.

Most of the JLR lemons roll off the production line as total lemons as key moments coincided with fag breaks or whatever it is that inspires workers to suddenly not give an arse. The thing about those cars is that while JLR may persist in not scrapping them the moment they're discovered by the first user, by the third user cycle they're normally heading for the scrappie so the pool of cars left really does self cleanse of the worst dogs in the first decade.

What people then do need to accept is that these are very big, heavy vehicles that aren't crawling about but being driven around at normal road speeds having quite enormous pressures being put on components so things do simply wear out naturally. And JLR have rarely over engineered parts so they do have more consumable costs than other cars.

On top of that, there is also a chance that one has actually done some work, whereas most other SUVs really don't ever do anything more than a normal road car does.

You've just got to buy smart and accept generally higher running costs. Plus, don't even bother if you don't have a genuinely competent indy nearby.

You need to self educate before buying more than most cars plus it's always worth checking the V5, MOT and SatNav history for any clues of champagne lifestyle/ beer budget running and ignore all the tripe that endlessly flows out of the gob of the punter selling it as used LR vendors have a tendency to be the most comical arses with their imaginary airs and graces and tacky tales of how an object turns someone into a lord of the manor.

Edited by DonkeyApple on Sunday 26th February 08:24

[Nath911t]

I've recently sold a 4.2SC (cheaper car tax model) that was a bit of a lemon with a lot of things that didn't work and it would have needed a fair bit of welding underneath doing to it for it's next MOT. It always started first time, every time and it was reliable. It was such a lovely car to drive and waft about in, although filling it up when fuel was near £2 a litre was a tad painful. 104 litre tank?



On a recent trip to Wales I took the 911 and it wasn't enjoyable at all. The amount of pot holes was unreal and trying to avoid them was tiresome. The RR would have simply took it all in it's stride. I do find myself looking out for another one including TDV8 versions. A 322 with the facelift dash and keyless stop/start is looking likely - sucker for punishment.

[Krikkit]

BlackWidow13 said:

Deranged Rover said:

Three pages back, I mentioned how much I love my L322.

“Bing Bong” - CHECK COOLANT LEVEL

I’ve gone off it a bit….

If the coolant level is in fact fine despite the message, it’s probably the float in the coolant tank that’s getting stuck. They do this, apparently, as they age. You’ll need to replace the tank and refill. It’s not hugely expensive (some good news).

This is by far and away the most common cause, new expansion tank for about 30 quid (LRDirect) and half an hour to fit.

[DSLiverpool]

Anyone had a 5.0 timing chain issue? Any early symptoms to look out for and what needed doing to sort it (and cost)

[p1stonhead]

Krikkit said:

BlackWidow13 said:

Deranged Rover said:

Three pages back, I mentioned how much I love my L322.

“Bing Bong” - CHECK COOLANT LEVEL

I’ve gone off it a bit….

If the coolant level is in fact fine despite the message, it’s probably the float in the coolant tank that’s getting stuck. They do this, apparently, as they age. You’ll need to replace the tank and refill. It’s not hugely expensive (some good news).

This is by far and away the most common cause, new expansion tank for about 30 quid (LRDirect) and half an hour to fit.

And for a contrary view….

I just had this fixed and it cost me £500 odd.

Was leaking onto the exhaust so never saw any drips. But it was some sort of valve on the cooling system that had a mild seep.

Part was over £300 and took my local specialist about 2 hours to change as it was ‘an awkward bugger’ apparently and he had to remove a few other bits.

If anyone is interested I can dig out the part number but not necessarily likely to be the same thing.

[biggbn]

DSLiverpool said:

Anyone had a 5.0 timing chain issue? Any early symptoms to look out for and what needed doing to sort it (and cost)

Asked a similar question earlier. Are any years worse than others? Was it remedied for l405? Things like this scare the ste out of me, enough to put me off if I didn't know the car was 'future proof'