Appreciate all the enlightenment. I've watched the videos including a couple by L R Time where he suggests that the crank issues were likely caused by football matches going the wrong ways resulting in moody engineers on Monday mornings. Definitely I will be changing oil every 5000 miles...

Seven seats?

Thanks for flagging that up

Unfortunately no warranties seem available for anything over twelve years old

Don't like the hand grenade analogy. That's sure to ruin my peace of mind on any long journey.

Very keen to buy a D4. I've found a decent 70k mile HSE and all seems good but nagging at the back of my mind is the whole crankshaft issue. Is it worth playing Russian roulette with £15 grand or is the whole problem overblown? Would be grateful for real world advice

Thanks - I'll check them out.

North - near to Cromer area if possible

Does anyone have any recommendations for a specialist garage in Norfolk for servicing and general maintenance of late model L322? Would appreciate any info.

I paid a bit over £6k but it went in for a service straight away and I added a pair of tyres to match the new Maxxis ones it had so now stands me in at about £6.5k - I have a list of things that I would like to do. Drivers seat is really good but I'm going to put a new seat foam in as it's a bit...

I don't know why they bother with price guides as they are not even vaguely helpful other than in allowing gullible owners to sell for less than they are worth. As soon as a car is of a certain vintage it is in effect unique as hundreds of variable come into play beginning with the original spec...

Agree about the comets which mine came with and I got an excellent second set from Ebay for £50 plus delivery

I made a start today on the rear chassis and peripherals. All looks good and I have got as much off as I could and then coated with the Hydrate 80. Looking at this long term it seems absolutely obvious that if this is going to work then you need to take out the fuel tank as it's obscuring way...

So Mike visited today and did the work. Fascinating to see the process and to understand a bit more about the vehicle ECU map and how it was originally programmed and also why it is not necessarily correct to leave it like that. Anyway have driven the car I am very impressed and simply the car...

Have just spoken to Mike and should be all done by next week!