RR Sport & Disco 3 Body Off Engine Out

eightinavee said:

What was the design team thinking ?

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Hamster97 said:

Well, consider the extra cost of one of those. You could fully trick out your P38 with wider arches, supercharged wheels, front end conversion, paint and a nice satnav/dvd dash job.
Thats where my money would be spent although I'm not in the market for a sport so I'll carry on fixing on a pittance of a budget.

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eightinavee said:

Now you see why I dont like them ! It takes about 4-5 hrs to get the body off,but this assumes a young car where all the brake pipes and hose clips etc will come undone easily - not a 10 yr old heap full of rust and cowsh-t.
You can see from the pics they use a 2 post lift then wheel the rolling chassis out from under the body.Am I glad I only have a 4 post ramp.I can see these cars getting scrapped at a very young age as it just wont be worth fixing them.A clutch job costs £1100 +vAT for parts if it needs a dual mass flywheel - nearly all do.What was the design team thinking ?

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oldskool said:

Fords charge that for a mondeo clutch infact most stealers do. some indipendants around me do aswell, rip off bastids.
I lost a job a few of weeks ago to a PILLOCK who works on his drive at home, cos he under cut me by £72, Clutch and fly wheel on a tdci mondeo taxi, it was on his driveway for nearly a week, then when the owner picked it up the price had gone up by £200 LOL (i quoted £874 incl. parts and VAT)

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rasheed said:

This really feels like they're taking the mick. Its unnecessary and its trying to coerce owners to go to dealer workshops or at least a professional garage. Makes me almost angry. How far away from the Land Rover ethos of go anywhere, fix anyhow do these monkeys want to take it I wonder.

Reckon I better take care of my P38 cos I'd rather put half a million miles on it than get one of these!

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oldskool said:

Fords charge that for a mondeo clutch infact most stealers do. some indipendants around me do aswell, rip off bastids.
I lost a job a few of weeks ago to a PILLOCK who works on his drive at home, cos he under cut me by £72, Clutch and fly wheel on a tdci mondeo taxi, it was on his driveway for nearly a week, then when the owner picked it up the price had gone up by £200 LOL (i quoted £874 incl. parts and VAT)

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oldskool said:

I think you'll find that they arn't classed as go anwhere off roaders any more, i think the only one that is is the fender. All the others are like the X5's big comfy flashy chelsea tractors. I would still have one but then i don't go off roading.

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rasheed said:

I'd never do that. I'm one of those who likes his cars as close to original and in as nearly mint condition as he can manage. I also think the P38 is the smartest looking RR, very refined presence. I like the Classic a lot for retro cool but never got into the L322 which just looks too gangsta for me and the MY2010 has a weak chin and just looks plain inbred. The L322's interior though is a lovely place to live so I might consider perhaps a 2006 - 2009 at some point but that's about it.

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Hamster97 said:

I do like the look of the 19" wheels

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