As long as you do indeed have "Deep Pockets" @DeepPockets you will be ok. ;)
I won't touch the new stuff because they are all full of angry pixies trying to escape from ECU's and all those parts cost a mint and I am an impoverished pensioner. :D
Just remember you cannot run a champagne car on lemonade money and you will be fine. ;)
They're even worse than the smoke trying to escape from the wiring looms in older Rangies :D
 


Harry Metcalfe does a good guide to the TDV8, and recommends that setup over the other options available. It was his main vehicle for a good few years, which is a pretty good endorsement given some of what he's owned!
 
I would consider a pajero but not another shogun. Truth is I don’t really need a 4wd at all anymore but p38 is cheap and keeps going. If I sell it now I can’t replace it with a cheap runaround with the money id get. That and the dog would never forgive me
That is the reason I have a P38, cheap to buy and cheap to fix most of the time.:D
 
Hi @DeepPockets

hope u don’t mind me adding but also check out what the insurance groups is, along with road tax , plus cost for a set of tyres , wishbones k brake discs, pads etc

Even going up in the models can add a few groups on the insurance , some of the FFRR are group 49-50:, funny enough been talking to my insurance company regarding FFRR and RRS , some insurance companies req a tracker to be fitted

plse don’t think I’m trying to teach u how to suck eggs , found this link very helpful regarding insurance groups

https://www.parkers.co.uk/car-insurance/insurance-groups/

look forward seeing what u finally decide on
 
See the FFRR has a lovely interior , alas don’t know if thats a rough price these days for one, also see it’s an 8 x speed gearbox

however is right at the top , insurance group 50

Hope it’s helpful @DeepPockets

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I looked at a sport tdv8 today full history but lots rust on chassis. Might throw the gl420 in the mix for good measure :)
Personally I wouldn't touch a sport unless someone was paying me (which is the only time I do touch them!). They're not a real Range Rover, but they also don't seem to be as well taken care of as full size in general. The last one I was under was a 2012 and was considerably more rusty and less tidy than my second Classic, which spent the last decade on a farm.
 
I only drove one brand new years ago when they came out. Is a happy memory
you wouldn’t know it wasn’t a RangeRover is not like a modern badge swapping FL identifying as a Velar.
If I could get that interior in my 38 I would!

They do seem to have suffered more from spinny wheels than other LRs and were built more to not-last than the older generations
 
I only drove one brand new years ago when they came out. Is a happy memory
you wouldn’t know it wasn’t a RangeRover is not like a modern badge swapping FL identifying as a Velar.
If I could get that interior in my 38 I would!

They do seem to have suffered more from spinny wheels than other LRs and were built more to not-last than the older generations
No, it's not a 2WD ****box build for running over protestors or whatever mums do on the school run.
But, the ride isn't as wafty as a Full Fat and a lot of them have been messed about with by folk who have no business owning a Rangie. If you want to drive around on the bump stops, buy an Audi! :D
Sometimes I think old Enzo was onto something with the Approved Owners List!
 

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