L322 Buying Advice

[Mr.Nobody]

I was out with a family member in the Jag and they were asking about a Range Rover. Having never owned one, are they really as bad as they seem. They’ve seen a few local ones, of which I’ve listed below:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202409083...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202407292...

[BenS94]

Mr.Nobody said:

I was out with a family member in the Jag and they were asking about a Range Rover. Having never owned one, are they really as bad as they seem. They’ve seen a few local ones, of which I’ve listed below:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202409083...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202407292...

Mine was scrapped less than a month after I sold it.

[Louis Balfour]

Mr.Nobody said:

I was out with a family member in the Jag and they were asking about a Range Rover. Having never owned one, are they really as bad as they seem. They’ve seen a few local ones, of which I’ve listed below:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202409083...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202407292...

The white one comes with nationwide recovery, which will be helpful.

Serious answer? I've had these for twenty years and would not run one unless:

A. It was under manufacturer warranty (extended is fine).

or

B. I developed an inexplicable appetite for risk, searching scrap yards for parts and repairing my own car.

[DSLiverpool]

Death by a thousand cuts

[carreauchompeur]

Probably a well timed thread, I’ve been having dangerous thoughts about them and need warning off!

[300sl-24]

I have a 4.4 TDV8 2012 model with 168k miles on it. Bought in February, used daily 30 mile round trip done 9000 miles since buying it.

It has been great, 100% reliable and drives a dream. I think once you have had one it is hard to have anything else.

Features include diesel heater with remote, warms everything up while you drink your morning Tea, heated front screen, heated steering wheel, heated and cooled seats (Vogue SE model) air con, TV, DAB radio etc, etc,

Choose wisely, I think the 4,4 is the most economical 27 mpg around town and 34 on a run, and probably the most reliable. Can be bought now for £7k or less.
They are not all doom and gloom, plenty of satisfied owners for the L322

[Mr.Nobody]

Is the diesel heater an optional extra? It sounds goo. What do you think about the ones listed?

[s p a c e m a n]

Diesel heater is a good option. You can add a mod so that it will turn in from your key fob, handy for when the glowplugs don't work in the winter.

Had a disco 3 with 290000 miles on it, they're great cars if you're not too bothered about having everything working perfectly. The people who end up spending stupid amounts of money on them are generally the ones who try to have every little thing fixed properly as soon as it goes wrong, they're buy cheap, run into the ground and then sell when the list gets too long cars.

[300sl-24]

I think most diesels had it as standard, I am no expert but have had many cars, mainly Mercedes and this is my first Range Rover.
The 4.4 have the 8 speed auto box and this makes them a lot more frugal than the 3.6 diesel and obviously the petrol ones. VED is £710 per year which hurts a bit. Adaptive cruise is good and the 4.4 has paddles as well.
They have a fantastic road presence and the visibility is excellent. Make sure you get one with a good service history. None of those two would be for me, the red one is a 3.6 and expensive unless you particularly want an overfinch model. The other one because it is white and they are a big car especially in that colour.

Have a look here https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/

[edc]

I had a 4.4V8 2002 in circa 2012 bought at 155k miles with next to no service history. Front diff went and front airbags went, the latter of which aren't too bad cost wise.

[Mr.Nobody]

Any links to decent ones?

[DSLiverpool]

Mr.Nobody said:

Any links to decent ones?

Richard Harris cars in Birkenhead usually has a few - all as good as it gets

[Danny4494]

I had a 3.6tdv8 Vouge SE, for about 10,000 miles, was absolutely faultless but I always had that niggle in the back of my mind is it going to start up in the morning is something going to break today, however on the road it was so so good I haven’t driven a car that was as nice to drive in since and comparable cars I have owned in that category since were: 2014 cayenne turbo s, discovery 4, and a q7 very briefly the latter was easily the worst.

[Patrick Bateman]

For reliability it's hard to argue against the Jaguar 4.2 compared with the diesels.

If I wasn't doing many miles it's what I'd go for.

[Mr.Nobody]

DSLiverpool said:

Richard Harris cars in Birkenhead usually has a few - all as good as it gets

Quite expensive really:

https://www.richardharriscars.com/cars/landrover/r...

[DSLiverpool]

Mr.Nobody said:

Quite expensive really:

https://www.richardharriscars.com/cars/landrover/r...

That’s the green one with no tints, it’ll always attract a premium over black/grey etc and It’ll come with no serious faults and full shakedown - I bought my 5.0 sc from him and recent £3500 pre sale. If you’re handy with spanner’s you’ll find much cheaper but I’m not.

[Ian Geary]

This came up on my Facebook today



With only one spelling mistake it's one of the more genuine adverts I've seen on Facebook imo.

I think its the 2.7 diesel V6 engine, but at £3.5k gives some headroom to fix the air suspension.

However I've not got the inclination or time for a project like this, though hopefully it gives some idea of the value of older L332s

[DSLiverpool]

Ian you know that’s not a l322 ? Thats the smaller sport based on a disco, the l322 is the bigger car often referred to as the FF

[Louis Balfour]

DSLiverpool said:

Mr.Nobody said:

Quite expensive really:

https://www.richardharriscars.com/cars/landrover/r...

That’s the green one with no tints, it’ll always attract a premium over black/grey etc and It’ll come with no serious faults and full shakedown - I bought my 5.0 sc from him and recent £3500 pre sale. If you’re handy with spanner’s you’ll find much cheaper but I’m not.

I sold my 2006 3.0 TDV6 Vogue in 2011 for that price, with the same sort of miles. I bought in new and had "used it up" as my company car and it was ready for someone to start spannering it.

I think when you get to that sort of age and price point for that sort of car you can throw away the price guide. A "cheap" one could require work that would make it comfortably more expensive than an "expensive" one.