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The p38a
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
I have never owned one, but used to drive a v8 4.0 regularly at work that was loaded with comms equipment and I found it very pleasant to drive.
A friend of mine had a 2.5 straight 6 diesel manual which ended cracking the block due to the cooling system silting up at the back end of the block. According to LR they needed regular flushing out as the common mistake was to refil with tap water and anti freeze. Apparently is distilled water is used, there is no build up of crud in the cooling system, which solves the problem.
And yes, it was very comfortable to drive off road and very capable.
Mind you, when I took the Plod one off road, the traffic boys got most upset as I got mud all over it! :lol: :lol: :lol:
andycwb:
Mine was wallowy when I first got it - a set of Koni shocks sorted that out straight away! If you think the genuine shocks are about £40 each, and the Konis are more like £100 each, you get the idea!
In the grand scheme of things, mine was probably about average - I had a couple of 4 figure bills in the 6 1/2 years I owned mine, though I was starting to suspect a few more down the road which is one of the reasons I sold it earlier this year. I think in five years time (so when they're all 10+ years old) they'll be something of a rarity: it was LRs first foray into a "serious" electronically controlled car and they didn't have all the design issues solved.
I'd wanted a Range Rover since I was about 11 years old - someone drove past me in a "denim blue" classic and I told my mother "that's what I'm going to drive when I'm older".
"Don't be daft", she said, "you'll never be able to afford to run one of them".
To this day I can't figure out if that's the least encouraging thing she ever said to me, or a superb example of reverse psychology. But I had a HUGE grin on my face when I parked it outside her house!!!
I told her the only reason I hadn't sold her into slavery to pay for an L322 was that they wouldn't give me enough for her!
:D
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