Range Rover advice please guys....
Discussion
All, some advice please.
Just how stupid would I have to be to buy something like this.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2010...
I've been doing up a house for a couple of years and bought a manky old espace to shuffle stuff from builders merchants to mine and then from mine to tip.
Don't really need it anymore so fancy getting something which I can use when I want to carry some stuff around and for when(if) the snow hits again this year. It won't be used for commuting, got the XJR for that, so MPG is irrelevant, and the miles per year would probably be laughably low, maybe less than a thousand!
So is one of these a good idea? Does it really have room to carry stuff in the back, can the seats fold down/come out? Would it handle being left for weeks at a time untouched, excepting flat battery of course?
Come on guys, tell me about these, should I, what should I be looking for?
Cheers
Just how stupid would I have to be to buy something like this.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2010...
I've been doing up a house for a couple of years and bought a manky old espace to shuffle stuff from builders merchants to mine and then from mine to tip.
Don't really need it anymore so fancy getting something which I can use when I want to carry some stuff around and for when(if) the snow hits again this year. It won't be used for commuting, got the XJR for that, so MPG is irrelevant, and the miles per year would probably be laughably low, maybe less than a thousand!
So is one of these a good idea? Does it really have room to carry stuff in the back, can the seats fold down/come out? Would it handle being left for weeks at a time untouched, excepting flat battery of course?
Come on guys, tell me about these, should I, what should I be looking for?
Cheers
If it's abuse, I'm against the wall alongside you
I've been sniffing about Land Rovers looking for a good one and whilst I was at it I sniffed about a few V8 Classic Rangies too - because my last one was a hoot.
Naturally I then found myself sniffing some similar to the one in your OP.
So much sniffing.
Gorvid said:
If it's abuse, I'm against the wall alongside you
I've been sniffing about Land Rovers looking for a good one and whilst I was at it I sniffed about a few V8 Classic Rangies too - because my last one was a hoot.
Naturally I then found myself sniffing some similar to the one in your OP.
So much sniffing.
They look a lot of car for the money, maybe, maybe too much car! I've been sniffing about Land Rovers looking for a good one and whilst I was at it I sniffed about a few V8 Classic Rangies too - because my last one was a hoot.
Naturally I then found myself sniffing some similar to the one in your OP.
So much sniffing.
Found this which has some info:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Thing is, there's nothing there that actually scares me off, so now I'm even more tempted.
God I hope someone comes along soon and tells me I'm mad, but these newer ones look so much more of a car than the old 'classics'. Like they actually might work for more than 10 miles at a time. Maybe as much as 20 miles.
Piersman2 said:
Gorvid said:
If it's abuse, I'm against the wall alongside you
I've been sniffing about Land Rovers looking for a good one and whilst I was at it I sniffed about a few V8 Classic Rangies too - because my last one was a hoot.
Naturally I then found myself sniffing some similar to the one in your OP.
So much sniffing.
They look a lot of car for the money, maybe, maybe too much car! I've been sniffing about Land Rovers looking for a good one and whilst I was at it I sniffed about a few V8 Classic Rangies too - because my last one was a hoot.
Naturally I then found myself sniffing some similar to the one in your OP.
So much sniffing.
Found this which has some info:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Thing is, there's nothing there that actually scares me off, so now I'm even more tempted.
God I hope someone comes along soon and tells me I'm mad, but these newer ones look so much more of a car than the old 'classics'. Like they actually might work for more than 10 miles at a time. Maybe as much as 20 miles.
Nothing to add, just want to be in before bluethunder says his was a unreliable basketcase and cost thousands to maintain before buying a defender and showing countless photos of said defender.
Also 309bhp saying to buy a jeep wrangler as they are really good and we are all ignorant for not considering one.
Said in joking manner,
Also 309bhp saying to buy a jeep wrangler as they are really good and we are all ignorant for not considering one.
Said in joking manner,
A.J.M said:
Nothing to add, just want to be in before bluethunder says his was a unreliable basketcase and cost thousands to maintain before buying a defender and showing countless photos of said defender.
Also 309bhp saying to buy a jeep wrangler as they are really good and we are all ignorant for not considering one.
Said in joking manner,
The thing is mine werent a basket case. It was a little over 3 years old when i bought it. And the best part of £27,000. It was one owner and mint in every respect. P38,s were problamatic from new. They just got worse as they got older.Also 309bhp saying to buy a jeep wrangler as they are really good and we are all ignorant for not considering one.
Said in joking manner,
Gorvid said:
Piersman2 said:
Gorvid.
After you old chap.
And can you let me know how you get on with yours first
I'm losing my nerve and heading back towards Classics and Defenders.... After you old chap.
And can you let me know how you get on with yours first
I suppose I should look at Mitsubishi... but they're just not cool! Like you NEEDed one rather than WANTed one!
edc said:
Just sold my P38 but it's been a decent and reliable car for 10k miles and 10 months. Plenty of past threads about relaibility of P38s.
Yep I spent about 2 hours trawling back through the threads last night, seem to be lots of niggling eletrical stuff and the occasional air suspension needing fixing. The only truly worrying thing was the porous engines. I've been driving older jags for donkeys years so not too fussed about everything working so long as it doesn't become scrap, I'm also quite willing to get my spanners out and wouldn't have the car as a main car anyways.Any decent specialists in Berskhire, Reading area that I could lean on when things beyond my ability need sorting?
Piersman2 said:
edc said:
Just sold my P38 but it's been a decent and reliable car for 10k miles and 10 months. Plenty of past threads about relaibility of P38s.
Yep I spent about 2 hours trawling back through the threads last night, seem to be lots of niggling eletrical stuff and the occasional air suspension needing fixing. The only truly worrying thing was the porous engines. I've been driving older jags for donkeys years so not too fussed about everything working so long as it doesn't become scrap, I'm also quite willing to get my spanners out and wouldn't have the car as a main car anyways.Any decent specialists in Berskhire, Reading area that I could lean on when things beyond my ability need sorting?
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