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[Steve Brookman]

Well done Darren,
Mine gives me a smile everytime I use it.

The site below is a good one on fixes such as changing hidden bulbs etc.

http://www.rangerovers.net/

All the best

Steve

[hoofing it]

Do yourself a favour and buy a disco 1 300tdi if your towing.
Dead easy to maintain and not as much leccys to go wrong

[mkirky]

Dont be silly get a toyota landcruiser and have no worries for atl east the first 300,000 miles and then only minor ones a proper 4x4

[belldarr]

Thank you for the pointer Steve, I shall use that to sort the minor bits that need doing.

Regarding the Disco - I don't like the shape to be honest and as for the Landcruiser I had looked at them a while ago but the Rangie won based on parts and knowledge availability.

Darren

[hotel21]

Do yourself a favour and buy a disco 1 300tdi if your towing.
Dead easy to maintain and not as much leccys to go wrong

Just done a brim to brim on mine (D1 300tdi commercial) and nigh on 570 miles to the tank.  Worked out at circa 30 mpg so happy with that, given what it is.   

[joshwyatt]

Buy the later L322 model instead. Improved reliability and a much nicer drive. I've currently got 12 left to sell, all between '02' and '07'.
If you've never driven or looked at an L322 you're more than welcome to take one for a drive.
I've had to sell 7 or 8 P38's in the past 7 months or so. I personally, would never touch one.
I think it's like a V6 Omega. If you purchase an abused, poorly maintained one it will take many hours and copious amounts of money to bring it back to how it should be. The P38 is the same. Some vehicles can take abuse and poor servicing, but not a P38. I do find the L322 can take more abuse and last longer.
One I have currently has 203,000 miles on a '52' plate. It's the BMW M62 4.4 V8 which seems to be a stong engine.

[belldarr]

Hi Josh, thank you for the offer of a drive in a L322 model and last week I would gladly have come over but all I want the P38 for is to tow my jet boat to the coast on the odd weekend and have the 4 wheel drive to drag it back out on a slippery ramp  - if I could justify the £8k minimum spend on an L322 then I would have one in a heart beat as they are such nice cars.

Darren

[2woody]

I'm looking at L322, too

[Markie]

Got a W Plate P38 4.0 Vogue. Love it.

Had it two years - two Mots pretty straightforward. Changed brakes and pads and a couple of brake lines.

Replaced the water pump as i noticed the housing had a hairline crack.

If your spanner handy its a decent Engine to work on.

I only use mine to tow which its amazing at. Also it was untouchable and unstoppable in our snow last year ( and we had it knee high on the roads!)

Buy a late p38 and check it carefully and you can get a good deal. But dont expect much more than 16mpg around town!

[belldarr]

Cheers Markie, picking up the Rangie tomorrow - it's a w plate vogue with 38500 miles on it, got it for a good price so will give it a good service and get the LPG sorted asap so the fuel economy is a bit more reasonable

Darren