New member needs range rover advice?

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Anndale said:
I have a 2008 (show off) Range Rover Vogue TDV8 (Not bad for a Tratter engine) for a few days on trail (brokeback mountain trail ?) and i have fell for it already (Honeymoon period, soon it will be just be a period) - can you give me any advice as to what faults i should be looking for? (Bless you, you don't need to go looking for faults, they will come and find you !)
Everything works as it should as far as i can tell (wah wah wah waaahhh) but there's a slight smell of coolant under the bonnet (head gasket) but levels are ok (probably the oil and coolant topping each other up), also a slight vibration which i'm putting down to either tyres or balance.(you wish)

The mileage is 85000 (Or as we like to refer to it as the bankruptcy danger zone) and the jeep (**** off) seems genuine.

Any advice is appreciated.

David
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Only joking... or am I .....:)
Welcome David, if i can ever afford a 2008 i will help you
 
You enjoy it, you are after all a most helpful link in the RR ownership chain, please do spend thousands on turbos, injectors and suspension and then offload to a lesser(read wiser) RR 'desiree' when one finds himself a skint all of a sudden come Aspen season.. quick bung onto the bay of fleas and sell to a lesser link (me et most) who see the thousands already spent and fancy a cheap surf of that wave....Cogs n wheels, cogs n wheels:D:D:D:D
 
I think the fact that we don't see many has to be a good sign, there are many P38's and the early BMW L322 02-05 owners on here but i am guessing the newer vehicles will start to suffer from the usual suspension issues, suspension joints and air bags but the later transmissions are more reliable from what i can tell, the TDV8 is a good engine also so your usual preventative maintenance and servicing should see you ok for a while. The service history of any car determines whether it is a lemon or not as any good vehicle can be turned bad by the lack of maintenance.
 
ukadamwest said:
two things for range rover ownership.

1. learn to spanner yourself, if you don't it will eat your face
2. get a proper diagnostic tool. not a generic but one specific to the RR

What tools you have will amass over time, start with a set of ring spanners, decent socket set, quality screw drivers and a torque wrench.. oh and a box nitrile gloves and plasters.
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And patience - and lots of it.
 
Never take RR out when it is cold, damp or wet.
Met an owner with a nearly one year old RR and he was saying that in the cold damp weather the electronics were playing up badly. Non stop trouble since winter started. He has had 5 new RRs over the years and this was the worse yet.
 
Gmacz said:
Never take RR out when it is cold, damp or wet.
Met an owner with a nearly one year old RR and he was saying that in the cold damp weather the electronics were playing up badly. Non stop trouble since winter started. He has had 5 new RRs over the years and this was the worse yet.
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funnily enough i know someone who has a brand new RR, well a year old now, he said the origional one he ordered was so beset by problems he sent it back and they ended up replacing the car for him.

The Classics are appropriately named.. the P38 appropriately referred the last of the proper Range Rovers (apologies to Saint V8 and all other L322 owners).

Unfortunately it seems that Land Rover have lost their unique market position of an offroad vehicle with luxury capabilities and gone for a luxury vehicle with off road capabilities. And where does that differentiate them from the rest of the SUV market ? Mercedes, Jeep, Lexus, BMW etc etc.

And don't get me started on the Ejoke
 
I think - for what it's worth - that the P38's star is going to shine soon - and brightly. I drive for a living and see quite a few around in good nick, some working pulling heavy trailers and others just carrying their owners around in comfort.
The rough old ones now have gone and the ones that left are for the main I feel well looked after by people like ourselves on this site with all the niggles sorted and/or understood. Even one of the specialist press, I think it was Classic Car Weekly or Buyer tipped the P38 as one to grab now before the world joins in.
As for the L322 - well round my neck of the woods, they're on every street corner, a lot on cheap personal plates. I have often wondered about having one but I have heard of some horror stories of the cost of rectification work.
So, I'll keep to P38 - they have a good presence on the road - I always like to see them out and about, whether cruising the left lane or hoofing down the right.
 
gold rover said:
Welcome back @tomcat59alan . Did you make enough on your self-imposed exile* to pay for any repairs that come up this year? Or did that new dress not do the trick?

* couple of weeks down the docks.
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Hi GR, I've put your dress in the post,thanks for the loan.Sorry about the stains but they match the ones that were already on it. I'm off the docks now but thanks for lending me your corner, the lads cannot wait for you to go back, I look the part but they say you carn't beat the real thing.xxx
 
gold rover said:
Welcome back @tomcat59alan . Did you make enough on your self-imposed exile* to pay for any repairs that come up this year? Or did that new dress not do the trick?

* couple of weeks down the docks.
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Hi GR, I've put your dress in the post,thanks for the loan.Sorry about the stains but they match the ones that were already on it. I'm off the docks now but thanks for lending me your corner, the lads cannot wait for you to go back, I look the part but they say you carn't beat the real thing.xxx;):D:D
 
tomcat59alan said:
Hi GR, I've put your dress in the post,thanks for the loan.Sorry about the stains but they match the ones that were already on it. I'm off the docks now but thanks for lending me your corner, the lads cannot wait for you to go back, I look the part but they say you carn't beat the real thing.xxx
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Thanks Alan for keeping the boys warm, but I told you to just keep the dress. Every time you borrow my dresses or stockings you stretch them :( Good to have you back.
 
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