I need to stop reading threads like these, the more people's say how bad and expensive the ownership of a Range Rover is, the more I want one. I've even just been on EBay looking at some nice P38s. Is ownership really that punishing?

Col
 
Buying a P38 is the fun part, maintaining one is well.....challenging....but rewarding.
Was it Clarkson that said 'a range rover is like an STI, can be fun to get but difficut to live with' ;)
 
martynv8 said:
Buying a P38 is the fun part, maintaining one is well.....challenging....but rewarding.
Was it Clarkson that said 'a range rover is like an STI, can be fun to get but difficut to live with' ;)
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Stop it, you'll talk me into it. The hard bit will be convincing the missus. What sort of mpg could I expect from a 2.7 or 4 litre

Col
 
martynv8 said:
Buying a P38 is the fun part, maintaining one is well.....challenging....but rewarding.
Was it Clarkson that said 'a range rover is like an STI, can be fun to get but difficut to live with' ;)
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And the only way to get rid of it is give it away :D
 
Colthebrummie said:
Stop it, you'll talk me into it. The hard bit will be convincing the missus. What sort of mpg could I expect from a 2.7 or 4 litre

Col
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For P38 there are :
2.5TD
4.0V8 petrol
4.6V8 petrol
My 4.6 would average around 16mpg, 24mpg on a good steady run. LPG helped.
I'd go for the 4.6 if your looking at petrol, better autobox than the 4.0l & little difference in mpg. The 4.6's are generally better spec'ed
 
gold rover said:
Which supports everything that has been said in previous posts. Even doing all the work yourself, you have paid out £1200 in just the first year. Imagine the cost if, like the OP, you had very little mechanical knowledge and hadn't been abe to do it yourself.
It's best to know going in that these beasts will cost you lots. If not your money, your time, or even both. Ask @Saint.V8 , he gave his up eventually because of other, more important, commitments for his time and money and if ever man knew how to work on the L322 it is he.
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https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/its-been-a-year-now-so-whats-the-damage.225898/

Here was my first year report.....Just over £2k in parts alone for the first year - and was a similar story for the subsequent years until it got to a point of do I let her go to someone who has the money and time to continue the upkeep and fix the ever growing list of things that need to be done - or do I let her go to wreck and ruin cos I gotta pay for childcare costs, nappies, food, mortgage, bills, more childcare, more nappies etc etc....something had to give and they tend to frown on people who sell their kids to others!
 
I regularly drive across Germany on the autobahns with Cruise set at 80mph and an occasional blast up to 90-100 for overtaking. On a 600 mile trip like that I generally get around 22-24mpg (4.0 thor)
Around town and on the country lanes in Czech I get anything from 15-18mpg.
Touch wood, she's never left me stranded. I've spent about 1k since I bought her on things that we're due for doing but not failed yet. (servicing, discs and pads all round,new air bags and shocks height sensors, new exhaust etc etc)
I still have a few jobs to do. Replace autobox filter and oil. Replace diff and t/c oil and fix leak on front diff. Headlining is quickly getting worse.
That said, I only paid 1500 quid and I've done about 15k miles so far so mine definitely isn't a horror story.
It's like any car, you can get good ones and bad ones, there is an element of luck but it is worth it.
 
My TD6 averages 17mpg on my commute which is 3 miles each way, on my recent trip to Lemans fully loaded with bike rack on the back and 3 inside averaged 25mpg but I took it steady and set the cruise around 70 most of the way.
Yes it's cost me £1200 for the first year and hopefully only the same again for the next year but it won't depreciate much more than it has already, a new Euro box will cost you £300 upwards a year just in servicing costs and that will lose more than £900 a year in depreciation so I'll stick with rangie for now. Cus I love it, if I had to choose between the high mileage rangie or my low mileage Porsche then the Porsche would be gone. There's just something about the rangie that can't be put into words.
Or maybe it's something wrong with us owners that shouldn't be put into words
 
youmitegetian said:
My TD6 averages 17mpg on my commute which is 3 miles each way, on my recent trip to Lemans fully loaded with bike rack on the back and 3 inside averaged 25mpg but I took it steady and set the cruise around 70 most of the way.
Yes it's cost me £1200 for the first year and hopefully only the same again for the next year but it won't depreciate much more than it has already, a new Euro box will cost you £300 upwards a year just in servicing costs and that will lose more than £900 a year in depreciation so I'll stick with rangie for now. Cus I love it, if I had to choose between the high mileage rangie or my low mileage Porsche then the Porsche would be gone. There's just something about the rangie that can't be put into words.
Or maybe it's something wrong with us owners that shouldn't be put into words
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Well that reinforces my sentiments regarding the TD6, lol.
Not casting aspersions but I can only see one benefit to having a TD, an illicit supply of the 'ol red stuff, purely for emergencies of couse (yeah right, lol)
 
Lol if I used more fuel then that would definitely be a consideration. Especially as I can get it from the local garage.
 
I could live with those mpg figures quite happily, I don't do high mileage and I have access to a frugal car if necessary. I just need to train my brain into believing that the stories of mechanical and electrical woes are just the minority and the one I eventually get will be trouble free. I just need to consider the spec level now.

Col
 
Wazzajnr said:
I regularly drive across Germany on the autobahns with Cruise set at 80mph and an occasional blast up to 90-100 for overtaking. On a 600 mile trip like that I generally get around 22-24mpg (4.0 thor)
Around town and on the country lanes in Czech I get anything from 15-18mpg.
Touch wood, she's never left me stranded. I've spent about 1k since I bought her on things that we're due for doing but not failed yet. (servicing, discs and pads all round,new air bags and shocks height sensors, new exhaust etc etc)
I still have a few jobs to do. Replace autobox filter and oil. Replace diff and t/c oil and fix leak on front diff. Headlining is quickly getting worse.
That said, I only paid 1500 quid and I've done about 15k miles so far so mine definitely isn't a horror story.
It's like any car, you can get good ones and bad ones, there is an element of luck but it is worth it.
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The OP was asking about the L322 and if I'm right, yours is the , I think , maybe, bit easier to work on and easier on the wallet, P38.
All the tales above about the L322, seem spot on. Buy it if you are a masochist with a desire to let a car rule the house ;)
 
Yes, your right, in the L322 world it's either M51 or M62.(Bimmer), up to 2005 anyways;)

Post 2005 we have the Ford 3.6D/4.4D or the wonderous Jag AJ8's.
 
Just a note about my l322 spending.
The only thing I've spent money on that wasn't an existing fault or job that needed doing when I bought it was an air spring that decided it no longer wanted to hold air for very long.
I've also changed the oil as the engine got tappy but I reckon that's got a lot to do with it being stood for 2 years before I got it,
And I'd of changed the oil anyway after a year.
So really I've run the car for a year for £160 and half an hours work
 
So you bought a (known) lemon that perchance tore it's bag in your short tenure?:rolleyes:;)

Only kidding, I spent £400 notes on my first day.........on a tow bar.
 
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