Soldato
Congrats. I really like that!
Luxury car for £6000...
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185kYou got a face-lift L322 for under 6k?! What was the mileage? Decent catch there buddy, lovely cars and the updated interior and dash really help the old girl stay hip
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Thanks for the comments guys. So far, it drives really well and you wouldn't believe its a car that's done nearly 185k miles. In the next 3 months, I intend to fix a couple of issues I already knew about and give the thing a full service.
Small issues, which the guy in Reading told me about before I ventured down (he sent me a very detailed video walkaround):
Anyway, I will keep you updated and I am very happy with the purchase. It was filthy when I got it and I was able to make a note of all of the marks and dings (which were minimal for the age and mileage). It seems it was a motorway vehicle and I am assuming that's why it has such high mileage, yet very little wear to the interior. It came with no history other than the original manuals and fully stamped service book. I spent the day cleaning it inside and out and polishing it by hand. I have a DA buffer and will give it a full cut and polish, including wax protection... when the weather permits. I have also purchased a touch-up pen for the little marks that won't buff out. But, overall, it's an incredible car, a lovely drive, the inside is such a nice place to be (especially with the leather headlining) and to say I paid £6150 and it was £80k new, is just mental! Some depreciation, eh?
Small issues, which the guy in Reading told me about before I ventured down (he sent me a very detailed video walkaround):
- Lower tailgate straps have corroded and snapped - £15 eBay
- Nearside wing mirror surround has been glued on (poorly) - £10 eBay
- Bonnet struts don't stay extended - £12 eBay
- Tailgate trim has a couple of missing clips - £5 on eBay for a load
- Start/Stop Engine button is worn and some of the text is missing - £30 eBay
- Tyres to be replaced in the next 3 months - £650 for Pirelli Scorpions
- Full service, oils, fluids and filters (inc. diff, transfer and trans)
- Although not necessary, I may refurb the wheels
Anyway, I will keep you updated and I am very happy with the purchase. It was filthy when I got it and I was able to make a note of all of the marks and dings (which were minimal for the age and mileage). It seems it was a motorway vehicle and I am assuming that's why it has such high mileage, yet very little wear to the interior. It came with no history other than the original manuals and fully stamped service book. I spent the day cleaning it inside and out and polishing it by hand. I have a DA buffer and will give it a full cut and polish, including wax protection... when the weather permits. I have also purchased a touch-up pen for the little marks that won't buff out. But, overall, it's an incredible car, a lovely drive, the inside is such a nice place to be (especially with the leather headlining) and to say I paid £6150 and it was £80k new, is just mental! Some depreciation, eh?
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Need a thread just on this!
Soldato
Brave purchase with those miles, but it does look nice. Good luck, let us know how you get on.
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It could be a Swiss Motorway toll sticker. These have a motorway logo and the year of validity on them?
One of these, Transform IT? They are Swiss motorway tolls as fox mentions...one of mine has these (slowly removing them whenever I am bored!) every year from when it was new
(Edited to a link as I suspect that image was massive) https://i.ibb.co/5GNMYrw/BBBE4-AB1-196-B-481-B-9-C23-6-DB2-B7-B3748-A.jpg
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Soldato
It’s so refreshing to read one of these advice threads where the OP ignores all the wisdom he solicited and goes with what he’d already decided anyway.
They have another very similar one...having had an L322 before I do love these. Brave purchases these days though.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2010-LAND-ROVER-RANGE-ROVER-3-6-TD-V8-VOGUE-LONG-MOT-NAVIGATION-6-SERVICES-/294017770044
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2010-LAND-ROVER-RANGE-ROVER-3-6-TD-V8-VOGUE-LONG-MOT-NAVIGATION-6-SERVICES-/294017770044
It’s so refreshing to read one of these advice threads where the OP ignores all the wisdom he solicited and goes with what he’d already decided anyway.
Sure we've all been there, head says no but you go for it anyway, I know I have.
Fair play to the OP, enjoy & hope it give many miles of happy ownership
Soldato
I thought that, fair warning there which I rarely see in any advert
Agreed. My friend fell into this trap and bought a lovely vogue 2002 for £6k. It looked mint and drove well.
Every month something broke like the suspension or water pump. He was getting work done by a local 4x4 one man band ex landrover and even with that he spent £8k on 8 months on it before selling it on as he couldnt afford to run it anymore.
Soldato
£8k? christ almighty, stuff that, I'd expect that on a Lambo or Ferrari not a RR lol
Bigger 4WD capable vehicles like this tend to get expensive as they get older though you have to be a bit unlucky to spend 8K in less than a year but 2K a year aside from normal running cost isn't unusual. Once you get past ~100K miles or so you are on borrowed time for a lot of stuff.
At these kind of prices you gotta be prepared to run it into the ground and walk away once the bills are outside 100s.
Their cars are what they are, i detailed it further back in this thread but they are not necessarily bad. They'll all fit into the categories mentioned. The description there is just to weed people out who dont understand what it is that they sell.