Range Rover p38 4.0

[grumpy52]

After a cancer diagnosis, bowel blockage and major surgery resulting in a Stoma bag ( Poo Bag Pete )
I decided after a brief time with a boring B class oil burner that it was time to take the plunge on a early Range Rover . This is is a V8 4.0 HSE. Has working LPG ,everything works , needs a replacement upper tailgate as its rotten. It was in North Wales on Ebay, I live near Dover. Owner did a walk round video and I stuck in my bids . Won it just before Christmas, organised transport via Shiply and had it delivered by New Year eve .
Replaced the battery with a high power one of the correct size . It came with one key ,an original square remote one with flip out blade . Found a company that has won the contract to supply Land Rover with replacement keys for these older models . Not cheap by any means . A lollipop style remote key with fixed blade has cost just under £200 including code capture and postage . By strange fate it is a company just up the road from where the vehicle came from .
I had joined the Facebook group for this model and had messages from a couple of members that had claimed to have viewed the vehicle and declared that it had head problems. I have used it for two weeks including in traffic and on low grinding hills and the temperature has remained steady bang in the middle of the gauge. I don't do many miles so running costs won't be horrendous. Filled the LPG from under 1/4 to full for less than £30 .
It's had a poorly installed Sony radio cassette fitted in place of a Clarion/ Harmon Kardon system . Need to get my brain in gear to install my faithful Pioneer CD /radio usb system.
It needs some love to bring it up to my standard just need a couple of better days of weather and me feeling OK.

[CarlosSainz100]

Love the colour inside and out!

[Jack ketch]

After what you’ve been through taking on a Range Rover will a piece of pi55.

[Mad Maximus]

That does look very nice and very clean! Sometimes life isn’t fair and you just need to remember to enjoy it. Hope it serves you well.

[StuntmanMike]

Bloody hell that looks great.

I too had a cancer diagnosis, lost part of my stomach.

Haven’t got a bag though.

I went the other way, from a five series V8 to a diesel Insignia.

I will never own a car that stresses me or needs ‘preventative maintenance’ and big running costs again.

I love cars, but the problems can stay with other owners for me.

Hope she treats you well.

[QBee]

Good luck with enjoying you new (to you) car. It looks like a joy.
I too have had LPG cars, but so long as you can get LPG close to you that will help with fuel costs.

You mention the temperature gauge staying rock steady in the middle.
I don't know that generation of Range Rovers, but my TVR has a P38 Range Rover engine and the TVR temperature gauge works like a proper analogue instrument should, moving around with the conditions, ie indicating higher temeratures in hot weather of after vigorous use, and cooler temperatures while motorway driving in winter. I had to swap the sensor for a Caterham one to get it to read accurately, but that's another story.

However, other cars of the early 2000s I have owned have left me pretty sure that while their temperature gauges looked analogue, they were actually blessed with only three positions for the needle: Off, running (dead centre) and stop immediately (boiling)
I include a 2004 Audi A8 and a 2011 Range Rover in this scenario.
On this latter car the whole dash is electronic anyway,
But in normal driving I have never seen the temp gauge pretend needle at anything other than dead centre of the gauge.
I suspect it is not being honest.