OFFICIAL Land Rover thread.

[wworm]

OFFICIAL Land Rover thread.

awesome. He made it back a few weeks ago, with no problems on the car at all. Stopped at that new Rover Shop in Austin to have them rebuild his front brakes and install a working wiper motor.

Went on his first Californian OHV adventure with a buddy in a first gen 4runner.

Also my moms neighbor recently acquired a fun new (ooooold) truck

[LateFan]

Also, I flew out to FL to help my best friend get his RRC/first car/first major catastrophe back together as he plans to drive the thing back to CA in a few weeks. The interiors on these cars are amazing.
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Same exact color as our first one....

[LateFan]

Rode around in my son's '06 LR3 last weekend, in the middle of nowhere on rocky, rutted roads. So nice, great firm ride, great seats, comfortable, starts up smooth, dawg loves the way back....nice truck.

[Ryan...]

Am I a crazy person for considering an l322 with over 130k miles on it? Seeing some decent deals on higher mileage l322's lately and am really wanting one. The wife is British, and I love being different...Am I a glutton for punishment in this thought?

I'v been looking at the early l322's. I like the idea of the BMW motor and electronics as i'm comfortable with them.

Timing chain issues on the BMW engines seem to be the biggest item.

Not exactly the same, but I bought my 07 RR Sport S/C with 101k. I have 104k on the clock and have replaced all the fluids (over $900 for parts/labor), front wheel bearing, fixed the plugged drain tubes + readjusted the leaking sunroof 2x + replaced the front windshield cowl because it was allowing literally a gallon of water into the passenger foot well during every big rainstorm, front sway bar bushings, I have a loose lower control arm bushing now, replaced the alternator, and now I've got an electronic parking brake failure and electrical brake related issue that looks like it would be in the neighborhood of $1200-1800. I'm not fixing the parking brake, decided to pull the fuse instead so it shuts the fuck up.

All in all I'm well over $3k into maintenance, damn near $1/mile, and that's not including the 16.2 mpg.


Overall, still worth it :)

[haaken675]

Is it an early or late L322?

I'v been looking at the early l322's. I like the idea of the BMW motor and electronics as i'm comfortable with them.

[BlackSpeed66]

Is it an early or late L322?

[haaken675]

Am I a crazy person for considering an l322 with over 130k miles on it? Seeing some decent deals on higher mileage l322's lately and am really wanting one. The wife is British, and I love being different...Am I a glutton for punishment in this thought?

[wworm]

SIIA109 looks like nonsense to the average person, but reads Series IIA 109" to Land Rover nut.

thats sick

[rturbo 930]

please share

SIIA109 looks like nonsense to the average person, but reads Series IIA 109" to Land Rover nut.

[wworm]

License plate is nonsensical to the uninitiated!

please share

Also, I flew out to FL to help my best friend get his RRC/first car/first major catastrophe back together as he plans to drive the thing back to CA in a few weeks. The interiors on these cars are amazing.
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This is where it was when I flew in
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This was our set up for the weekend (predicted thunderstorms all weekend, luckily the storm avoided us)
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Managed to get a few test drives in before my flight home. These trucks are ridiculous, using metric and SAE bolts, nonsensical accessory layouts and everything. If it werent for the shmorgasbord of an engine bay I'd be all over these. One of the best looking SUV's in my book.

[LateFan]

I see this beauty a few times a week, parked around the corner from my house. Love this thing.

Now that's a Land Rover!

[UNHCLL]

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I see this beauty a few times a week, parked around the corner from my house. Love this thing.

License plate is nonsensical to the uninitiated!

[wworm]

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I see this beauty a few times a week, parked around the corner from my house. Love this thing.

[LateFan]

Don't poke a hole through the tread of the PO's Hankook A/T's on a sharp rock, 35 miles up a rocky road from the nearest small town.



Luckily this dinky Continental mini spare got them home. He decided to get a full set of BFG E range A/T's, get a used steel wheel in 18", and put the best old tire on there for a spare. It hoists up under the back floor with a little hand-crank winch from inside. It'll hang down a bit more, but then you've get a real tire if you're stuck somewhere.

[haaken675]

I can honestly say I prefer the looks of an RRC set up for overlanding but discos do look so damn good when outfitted. that said I would get a disco over an rrc. It seems like they ironed out some kinks and beefed up a significant portion of the drivetrain compared to rrc's.

That being said, a p38 is a second gen range rover, not a classic. But I think you are both right. I think the disco 2 is the way to go.