NJW5007

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Good evening. It looks highly likely that after many, many years trying to find the slightest justification for owning a Range Rover that I may actually be getting one. Okay so it is an old P38 2.5 oilburner, which is not exactly what I wanted, but it is a Range Rover so there.
I have always tried to buy British, my first car being a Morris Marina 1.3 estate. To borrow a phrase from a well known "Hamster", I was a driving god.
I have since driven Austins, Rovers, MGs, Jaguars my latest being a 2010 Jaguar XF 3.0 diesel which went seriously bang 1 year and 4 days after I bought it. Which brings me nicely onto my current vehicle. You see I was in a panic when my XF went kerplow, kersplat and similar and needed a car quickly, (this is me trying to justify my choice) so being lulled into false security by the popular fallacy "If you want reliable you need to buy German" I ended up with a BMW X5. Not the best car I have ever had by any means, a cascade of electrical faults and niggling pain in the rectum problems that I was meant to be avoiding, cost me a fair bit to put right.
Anyway, having spent mahoosive pounds of cash on the panzer it is finally okay.
But being an X5 it is not really big enough for all the tools, equipment, chopped up wives that I tend to carry. Ideally I need a van, but the last thing I want is a van. Therefore I need something as capacious as an elephants scrotum, British, able to carry passengers, cooler than a penguins cod-piece. The only answer is either a Disco' or a Range Rover, so RR here I come. ( probably).
 
Good evening. It looks highly likely that after many, many years trying to find the slightest justification for owning a Range Rover that I may actually be getting one. Okay so it is an old P38 2.5 oilburner, which is not exactly what I wanted, but it is a Range Rover so there.
I have always tried to buy British, my first car being a Morris Marina 1.3 estate. To borrow a phrase from a well known "Hamster", I was a driving god.
I have since driven Austins, Rovers, MGs, Jaguars my latest being a 2010 Jaguar XF 3.0 diesel which went seriously bang 1 year and 4 days after I bought it. Which brings me nicely onto my current vehicle. You see I was in a panic when my XF went kerplow, kersplat and similar and needed a car quickly, (this is me trying to justify my choice) so being lulled into false security by the popular fallacy "If you want reliable you need to buy German" I ended up with a BMW X5. Not the best car I have ever had by any means, a cascade of electrical faults and niggling pain in the rectum problems that I was meant to be avoiding, cost me a fair bit to put right.
Anyway, having spent mahoosive pounds of cash on the panzer it is finally okay.
But being an X5 it is not really big enough for all the tools, equipment, chopped up wives that I tend to carry. Ideally I need a van, but the last thing I want is a van. Therefore I need something as capacious as an elephants scrotum, British, able to carry passengers, cooler than a penguins cod-piece. The only answer is either a Disco' or a Range Rover, so RR here I come. ( probably).
Just had to give that a like !
 
In todays car market if you want "reliable motoring" buy a bicycle.

I'm sure the P38 will giver sterling service..

"Ahem"..
you are right bits fall off everything but with a old land rover at least you can find the bits you need and there is so much help and advise to get it up and running, buy the best you can find for the money you have to spend good luck anyone with your car history deserves a bit of luck
 
you are right bits fall off everything but with a old land rover at least you can find the bits you need and there is so much help and advise to get it up and running, buy the best you can find for the money you have to spend good luck anyone with your car history deserves a bit of luck
At least with a 2.5 diesel, if things do fall off, I wont be travelling too fast to be able to go back to pick it all up.
 
Welcome and with your car history you should be used to British build quality and reliability :D
The worse cars I EVER had was either a Vauxhall Cavalier, or a Peugeot 405 MI16. So you see the Range Rover is really going to have to actually cause a holocaust to be worse than them
 
Welcome :)
I see you've already got the right sense of humour for this forum, forthcoming LR product ownership will almost certainly put that to the test !
At least you will get the best advice here, the aforementioned bits don't normally drop off (not very often at least) they sort of stop working, rather more often :rolleyes:
Nothing that the patience of a saint & a friendly bank manager can't put right though.
nb. like all modern vehicles BMW are not the force they used to be. Henry's suggestion of a bike has a ring of truth about it.
 
Thank you all for your welcome and encouragement. I look forward to many years of trouble free, hassle free, cheap and easy motoring. But then again I am an attrocious liar!
Good morning and welcome to LZ. Trust you haven’t changed your mind after sleeping on it, if you got any sleep that is. For the record I once had a Peugeot 406 and often dreamed of Kim Basiger. A very formidable TV ad and car for that matter. Do send pictures of your purchase we like the before and after sets.
Tricky.
 
Good evening. It looks highly likely that after many, many years trying to find the slightest justification for owning a Range Rover that I may actually be getting one. Okay so it is an old P38 2.5 oilburner, which is not exactly what I wanted, but it is a Range Rover so there.
I have always tried to buy British, my first car being a Morris Marina 1.3 estate. To borrow a phrase from a well known "Hamster", I was a driving god.
I have since driven Austins, Rovers, MGs, Jaguars my latest being a 2010 Jaguar XF 3.0 diesel which went seriously bang 1 year and 4 days after I bought it. Which brings me nicely onto my current vehicle. You see I was in a panic when my XF went kerplow, kersplat and similar and needed a car quickly, (this is me trying to justify my choice) so being lulled into false security by the popular fallacy "If you want reliable you need to buy German" I ended up with a BMW X5. Not the best car I have ever had by any means, a cascade of electrical faults and niggling pain in the rectum problems that I was meant to be avoiding, cost me a fair bit to put right.
Anyway, having spent mahoosive pounds of cash on the panzer it is finally okay.
But being an X5 it is not really big enough for all the tools, equipment, chopped up wives that I tend to carry. Ideally I need a van, but the last thing I want is a van. Therefore I need something as capacious as an elephants scrotum, British, able to carry passengers, cooler than a penguins cod-piece. The only answer is either a Disco' or a Range Rover, so RR here I come. ( probably).
You will probably need to spend at least £1k to get a P38 into a reasonable state, it will then give reasonable service apart from the constant niggles. If you can DIY they are very cheap to run and repair but budget for a Nanocom diagnostic tool as you will need it. Bonne chance.
 
Good morning and welcome to LZ. Trust you haven’t changed your mind after sleeping on it, if you got any sleep that is. For the record I once had a Peugeot 406 and often dreamed of Kim Basiger. A very formidable TV ad and car for that matter. Do send pictures of your purchase we like the before and after sets.
Tricky.

Hummm Kim basinger , i might have to go and have a very cold shower ow the memory's there were some nice posters of her iirc:D
 
At least with a 2.5 diesel, if things do fall off, I wont be travelling too fast to be able to go back to pick it all up.
Unless you get it chipped, mine goes like greased weasel sh1t, welcome I gave you a like for your post because you were very polite, saying good evening. Edit Don't get it chipped if its an auto.look forward to your future posts.;):D
 

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