Buying RR 4.4 V8 Advice

[ilaishley]

Just a quick intro. Joined PH many years ago when I was buying a Maserati 3200 and found it invaluable in finding the right car, which was from a main dealer and previously belonged to a PH member, so I was very comfortable in my purchase. The time has come for a car change (the maserati is long gone :-( ) and now with big mortgage funds aren't what they were. So the brief is £15k. For this I will be looking for vogue & lpg or £12K and converting myself on an 03 plate and newer. I have already trawled previous posts and will not be buying anything but vogue and v8 as it seems to be against the law to burn oil on these forums. Similarly not having a vogue is virtually high treason. So the advice needed is what best model year for the money I am suggesting (where there any major changes ), and what is the best LPG system. I am ready to buy so as many answers as possible would be great.

Many thanks

Ian

[ilaishley]

Great advice thanks. I also favour sourcing my own car and having it converted. Ownership will be minimum 2 years and mileage at least 30k total, so LPG will be worthwhile. The diff advice is fantastic. Thats why I love these forums. Iw ould not have known about it otherwise. I am in Southampton so any advice (apart from how to play football properly please) about LPG installs will be most welcome.

Cheers

Ian

[ilaishley]

How much over is mildly. Email me details might be worth a look

[ilaishley]

I think the LPG has merits for me as I will be doing min. 15k a year. Add in some potential resale benefit, which I would have thought must be at leat 20% of install costs. So over 2 years totaling 30k miles £450 back on resale, lower VED for 2 years i think it is LPG all the way. Of course I should factor some ancillary costs like insurance incresing because of LPG. What LPG apart from Prins should I consider?

Cash is in the bank just need to find the right Vogue 4.4 V8 I have 6 on the list from 11.5k to 13.5k. Will all cars that havent been front diff converted be done by LR free of charge ?

Cheers again

Ian

Edited by ilaishley on Wednesday 5th November 01:46

[ilaishley]

Have a dilema now. 53 plate 4.4 RR vogue blue with cream 50k miles, or 05 plate Disco 3 SE 2.7 tdv6 Black with cream 50k miles. RR is 13k and disco about 14k. Extended full warranty is not available on 5 yr old cars but select warranty is available for those under 60k miles subject to visual inspection by LR dealer. I believe the warranty wont be valid with an LPG system installed and no Syntner garage will touch any LR with LPG installed even for service work.

So in basic terms newer disco or older RR.

Cheers

Ian

[ilaishley]

My choice would be based on which is the best 2 year vehicle. The age of the car is not relevant to me. Which car after 2 years would have leave me happy with my choice. I think for swanning about and feeling great the RR is a no brainer, but I remember in my Maserati days always having that "is it going to get me to work today" feeling every morning. The Maserati was actually very reliable and the best grin per pound car I have owned, bearing in mind I paid 36k for it and sold some 14 months later for £26K that was a lot of pounds!

So both cars tick the boxes but just different boxes. I have a boat, I play guitar for bands and have a fair amount of gear to move about during the week, go skiing a few times a year, of which at least one trip is by road, so you can see that the car suits my situation well. This year I have covered 20k miles so that is a big factor.

Someone stop me buying a nice X5 3.0d sport !!

Edited by ilaishley on Friday 7th November 09:23

[ilaishley]

I knew that was coming Phil....I thought mentioning the X5 would start some pro RR points to start flying in. When asking for this type of advice naturally and rightly so, the comments are what to avoid and horror stories, so come on, lets hear what the joys of RR ownership are. I had a 1990 3.9 SE which had been modded by Justin Banks and really did fly. They were still agricultural then but I loved it because I had a company fuel card :-) Happy days.