RE: Range Rover TD6 (L322) | Shed of the Week
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Budget another £1500 when you buy this, for a Citroen C1 so you have something to use when the inevitable happens.
I would see this more as a hobby than transport really, at least until you have built confidence in it and got some knowledge, just so much to go wrong and you have to be handy with the spanners as if paying labour and garage prices it could soon be a ten grand car. If its just the suspensions sensor or compressor thats not too horrendous, but like others have said, if its £50 and a couple of bolts, why havent they done it ?
When sorted I am sure they are quite a nice way to travel and they are sort of losing the old Range Rover thing, when a new one comes out the more recent ones tend to be made to look a bit old but as they shuffle through the generations when they get to this age its no longer competing with the newer ones, more sort of a classic, the very upright styling compared to the L405 instantly made it look ancient but now it doesnt seem to jar as much, maybe edging towards more of a classic ?
I would see this more as a hobby than transport really, at least until you have built confidence in it and got some knowledge, just so much to go wrong and you have to be handy with the spanners as if paying labour and garage prices it could soon be a ten grand car. If its just the suspensions sensor or compressor thats not too horrendous, but like others have said, if its £50 and a couple of bolts, why havent they done it ?
When sorted I am sure they are quite a nice way to travel and they are sort of losing the old Range Rover thing, when a new one comes out the more recent ones tend to be made to look a bit old but as they shuffle through the generations when they get to this age its no longer competing with the newer ones, more sort of a classic, the very upright styling compared to the L405 instantly made it look ancient but now it doesnt seem to jar as much, maybe edging towards more of a classic ?
I've akways fancied buying one of these to sit in in my garden, possibly eat food in and the like. That way it can't disappoint. I could revel in the sumptuous interior, enjoy the panoramic views because of its upright square rigged style and it wouldn't cost me a penny to run. Better to embrace the sitting broken down feeling than fear it?
I ran one for 6 months in 4.4 V8 flavour.
There were not enough days in the month for me to keep up with the everyday new faults. None serious, but every day something needed resetting, fixing, adjusting or replacing. I’ve never, ever known a car with so many niggles. Lovely to drive when working though. My advice is buy 3 of them: then there’s a better chance you’ll have one working when you need to drive somewhere
There were not enough days in the month for me to keep up with the everyday new faults. None serious, but every day something needed resetting, fixing, adjusting or replacing. I’ve never, ever known a car with so many niggles. Lovely to drive when working though. My advice is buy 3 of them: then there’s a better chance you’ll have one working when you need to drive somewhere
biggbn said:
I've akways fancied buying one of these to sit in in my garden, possibly eat food in and the like. That way it can't disappoint. I could revel in the sumptuous interior, enjoy the panoramic views because of its upright square rigged style and it wouldn't cost me a penny to run. Better to embrace the sitting broken down feeling than fear it?
I used to like this about the Cerbera that I had as well, and when it wasn't working it was a lovely place to just sit in and spend time in I thought. You could just daydream in it, and remember back to happier times from when it was working! 
My neighbour had one of these with the same engine and surprisingly, as it was a BMW straight-6, it was such a noisy and unrefined thing that it disturbed me every time it passed.
It basically always sounded like it was accelerating WoT just to potter up the road which, considering the weight of the thing, was very likely the case.
That car looked a bit sheddy even 8 or 9 years ago. If I wanted old skool Rangy vibes with expected old skool Rangy high running costs, I'd seek out a V8.
It basically always sounded like it was accelerating WoT just to potter up the road which, considering the weight of the thing, was very likely the case.
That car looked a bit sheddy even 8 or 9 years ago. If I wanted old skool Rangy vibes with expected old skool Rangy high running costs, I'd seek out a V8.
Our 2007 V8 (Jag unit) was more or less faultless up to 140,000 miles - then a water-leak in the boot started playing havoc with the radio, sat-nav etc. The spare wheel well looked like a paddling pool after a few rain showers. It had been been a daily driver most of the time we had it and it was a properly lovely place to be.
Probably an easier fix than whatever horrors lurk here. And running boards…. why?
Edit: Out of curiosity I typed the reg into Google just now can it came up with our old car in a previous life!
Probably an easier fix than whatever horrors lurk here. And running boards…. why?
Edit: Out of curiosity I typed the reg into Google just now can it came up with our old car in a previous life!
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 31st March 09:50
I've run a 2012 L322 5.0 V8 N/A here in Dubai for the past four years. I can honestly say it's been the most reliable car I've ever owned. Nothing, but nothing, has gone wrong on it. It's a pleasure to drive every morning. However, I think this can be put down to two things. First, it has been meticulously serviced by myself, and also the previous owner, the Royal Meridian Hotel, using a Land Rover specialist. Second, with Land Rovers, it seems the cars built in the final few years of production are the ones to go for: they'll have finally got them right by then! That said, I'll probably go down to the carpark in a minute and find it looking like a burning Christmas tree! :-)
Wren-went said:
Dam shame that the pinnacle of luxury off roaders no doubt a £70 grand car 20 years is now a tired old shed.
I don’t get it when people make comments like this. Every car has a shelf life. It’s a luxury car, but a lot of FFRRs get used much harder than an equivalent Merc or 7-series.
20 years sounds about right for a complicated diesel FFRR. The number of people who want to run one of these as a “classic” is far less than the number of cars that Land Rover made in the first place. Therefore most of them will have to be broken up for parts. They can’t all be saved.
I look at the new FFRRs and nearly always think of the elegance they've lost compared to this older generation. I've never had a RR, but if I did, I'd probably look for a well sorted item of this vintage. Or even a shed to pamper and bring up to standard.
I happened to see the Wheeler Dealers episode recently where they took a very chavvy one of these and delivered a relatively classy outcome, bar the rims. This one always seems to look instantly drug dealer on the slightly larger rims.
I happened to see the Wheeler Dealers episode recently where they took a very chavvy one of these and delivered a relatively classy outcome, bar the rims. This one always seems to look instantly drug dealer on the slightly larger rims.
cerb4.5lee said:
biggbn said:
I've always fancied buying one of these to sit in in my garden, possibly eat food in and the like. That way it can't disappoint. I could revel in the sumptuous interior, enjoy the panoramic views because of its upright square rigged style and it wouldn't cost me a penny to run. Better to embrace the sitting broken down feeling than fear it?
I used to like this about the Cerbera that I had as well, and when it wasn't working it was a lovely place to just sit in and spend time in I thought. You could just daydream in it, and remember back to happier times from when it was working! I recall a survey undertaken years ago that indicated how long different models and brands were kept taxed and tested. I think a Fiat won, simply because it was so cheap to repair. The big, complicated, "every-day" stuff, like this, were the earliest to go. Seems such a shame, really.
And remember, for every classic oldie on the road, some poor soul has coughed up to keep it alive!
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