Something that made me realise how beautiful my P38 is to drive was spending 8 hours on a train to Scotlandica and back. Getting off the train I felt like I'd spent 8 hours with Ron Jeremy... without lube. Settling into the drivers seat, my word, if I believed in a deity I'd have prayed to one at that moment.
2.0_hippo
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wil2813
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lol it cant be vogue spec or it would be a vogue:your_wrong:Oii
My HSE is a vogue spec
And 2K cheaper
Sure it can, you could get a HSE with all the same toys as a Vogue but not have to pay for a 2k badge. In the same way you can get a Vogue with Vogue SE toys but without an additional 2k badge. However to spec up a lower model normally cost (from the dealer) more than buying the high spec vehicle to start with.
2.0_hippo
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wil2813
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theres 3 different grades of leather in a l322, correct me if im wrong
2.0_hippo
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theres 3 different grades of leather in a l322, correct me if im wrong
Oh right
Didn't know that ??
Mine was the same as my mates vogue anyway
what ever you do. try and purchase something with good honest history of good proper work being done on it.
Don't be in a hurry and drive a L322 to see if you prefer it.
With the L322 I would suggest you need to have a £5k bank ability to throw at it as it is to be a dialy driver and time to do great 'V8' type repairs maybe limited.
Have you a prper LR specialist clsoe to you with sensible labour rates? From what I understand the L322 is a time consuming vehicle to work on nevr mind the price of parts.
As your current RR is going well. Look to buy 'out of season' and sell your p38 'in season'. Affording an overlap will give you time to find out what you have bought and get it fixed if need be.
Enjoy and don't rush. My view would be don't even go and look at anything that has not proper history. it will save you lots of time and possibility of buying the wrong one!
regards
Don't be in a hurry and drive a L322 to see if you prefer it.
With the L322 I would suggest you need to have a £5k bank ability to throw at it as it is to be a dialy driver and time to do great 'V8' type repairs maybe limited.
Have you a prper LR specialist clsoe to you with sensible labour rates? From what I understand the L322 is a time consuming vehicle to work on nevr mind the price of parts.
As your current RR is going well. Look to buy 'out of season' and sell your p38 'in season'. Affording an overlap will give you time to find out what you have bought and get it fixed if need be.
Enjoy and don't rush. My view would be don't even go and look at anything that has not proper history. it will save you lots of time and possibility of buying the wrong one!
regards
Datatek
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Independent Landy specialists here are as rare as hens teeth. Dealer only and parts prices are 2 or 3 times higher than in the UK
Keith is right, DIY is the only option for us over here.
If the L322 is impossibly hard to work on (as a benchmark; I have found the P38 to be one of the easiest vehicles I have ever had to work on, but it is a basic manual gearbox DT!) then that rules it out. Usually it is needing loads of special tools that makes DIY too tricky and expensive to contemplate.
What about a Disco III? Problem being for my budget you are looking at something high mileage...
Cheers,
Jerry
If the L322 is impossibly hard to work on (as a benchmark; I have found the P38 to be one of the easiest vehicles I have ever had to work on, but it is a basic manual gearbox DT!) then that rules it out. Usually it is needing loads of special tools that makes DIY too tricky and expensive to contemplate.
What about a Disco III? Problem being for my budget you are looking at something high mileage...
Cheers,
Jerry
Datatek
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Diagnostics for P38 £350, for the L322 £1K for the same level of competence, EAS diagnostics P38 £15, £350 for Allcomms for the L322, airspring for L322 £300 same as a complete set for the P38, L322 electronics are ridiculously complex, water leaks in the rear quarter gooses the satnav DSP, compressor etc.
I still say you would be better getting a very late P38, 2001/2002 diesel
2.0_hippo
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Diagnostics for P38 £350, for the L322 £1K for the same level of competence, EAS diagnostics P38 £15, £350 for Allcomms for the L322, airspring for L322 £300 same as a complete set for the P38, L322 electronics are ridiculously complex, water leaks in the rear quarter gooses the satnav DSP, compressor etc.
I still say you would be better getting a very late P38, 2001/2002 diesel
Give it a break will ya
