Hi all

Lee here, North Staffs. Interested in RR's I have a Landrover fetish for a number of years. I have a little diary web site of some of my antics here

http://www.lrproject.com

I currently run a 2003 Vogue TD6 in Silver, I have a 110 CSW also 1990 TD which is for play and project. Run about is a Laguna which the Mrs generally uses.

I'm interested in home repairs as I really have to make my RR last for ever! Other interests aside from a growing family, amateur radio and playing BF2 on PC.

Nice to find this site!

Hi Lee , welcome to the forum , had a wee nosey thru your site very interesting ...............

New to this forum,

Had the afternoon off and found this forum.

I have a 2004 TD6 Vogue. 106000miles. It has broken a couple of times:-

5 gearboxes, 4 under warranty

7 Front Diffs, all under warranty

2 Turbo's, under warranty

2 rear props, under warranty

1 transfer box, ender warranty

1 rear diff, under warranty

Not bad for 106000 miles. It has had a re-chip to 250bhp. The mission is to top 200000 miles without bankrupting me!

Crikey!

Good job you had a warranty to cover that little lot!!

Oh and welcome...

Why so many failures? Could it be the Re-chip?

Hi,

I have not got my Range Rover yet and perhaps not for a little while as i have just purchased a 2 yr old Disco. I have always loved the RR since it came out in 2002 and did plan to buy a 4.4 V8 but seeing the prices spiral upwards after the snow and the limited un-pimped examples about, I decided to get the little brother instead

...great site!  2007 LR Discovery 3 TDV6 XS Stornoway grey
2005 Porsche Boxster S Arctic Silver
RR TDV8 (next??)

Hello everyone

I have been a Range Rover owner for 6 years now - I can't justify my behavior or actions and I have been trying to overcome the voices in my head that tell me to do these foolish things . . .

. . . and then I find this site!




WHAT DO I DO NOW?

Well it would help if we knew what the voices were saying ............

Welcome in the meantime .......

yeah it would help and welcome btw  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

2023 FFRR L460
2021 AM new Vantage

"Yes - Buy that 3.3 ton, 130mph TDV8 Range Rover, you deserve it! It is the most practical car you could possibly own don't listen to them (wife, accountant,bank manager) what do they know? 20mpg is perfectly reasonable when fuel costs £1.20+ a litre £400+ for RFL every 365 days - bargain! ivory leather with two young children is a great idea Yes, you must spend another 4 hours cleaning it (foreplay)-there must be some dirt on it somewhere, after all its been at least 3 days since you did it last Is that a Prius next to you at the traffic lights? - Excellent! Yes you must obtain every LR produced accessory that eBay has to offer Woohoo - its snowing!, lets go for a drive Now lets see if you can repeatedly drift it side ways...You can! - Well done oh look, a 2010MY Range Rover - that would look good on your driveway!



Those voices gentlemen.

Actually its 2.7 tonnes!  Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

delamo wrote:

"Yes - Buy that 3.3 ton, 130mph TDV8 Range Rover, you deserve it! It is the most practical car you could possibly own don't listen to them (wife, accountant,bank manager) what do they know? 20mpg is perfectly reasonable when fuel costs £1.20+ a litre £400+ for RFL every 365 days - bargain! ivory leather with two young children is a great idea Yes, you must spend another 4 hours cleaning it (foreplay)-there must be some dirt on it somewhere, after all its been at least 3 days since you did it last Is that a Prius next to you at the traffic lights? - Excellent! Yes you must obtain every LR produced accessory that eBay has to offer Woohoo - its snowing!, lets go for a drive Now lets see if you can repeatedly drift it side ways...You can! - Well done oh look, a 2010MY Range Rover - that would look good on your driveway!



Those voices gentlemen.

You forgot about taking about 30 pictures of the RR a week just in case you sell it one day. Even sneeky ones on the Blackberry when picking the kids up as it looks good in the middle of a car park

RRUK wrote:

Actually its 2.7 tonnes!

After further investigation -

Indeed, you are correct...

...this differs from the information given to me recently from my local ATS Euromaster Tyre & MOT Centre where I went to get its 1st MOT - After they stitched me for full whack retail on a pair of Conti's, he (MOT tester) then further explained that they could not actually test the vehicle because of its weight? - insisting that I had to go to a Class 7 test centre as it was over 3 tonnes - he pointed at the sticker under bonnet as proof - 3200kg (not 3.3 as I mentioned earlier) - this, as it turns out, is the gross vehicle weight.

It did puzzle me why it would weigh so much more than my previous TD6.

I did not bother to question this motortrade professional (t t) and continued on my way to a Class7 test centre as suggested - the weight issue was not questioned here either.

I have just checked my MOT certificate and it is correctly marked as IV (Class 4) so no real harm done.

Thank you for the knowledge RRUK

Welcome. It's how we roll here... Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Gazellio wrote:

You forgot about taking about 30 pictures of the RR a week just in case you sell it one day. Even sneeky ones on the Blackberry when picking the kids up as it looks good in the middle of a car park

Bless you Gazellio - You have the voices aswell!

I have not progressed to picture porn yet - but I will confess to repeatedly driving past a certain office block with the Dallas style mirrorred glass and seeing her reflection occasionally - there ... I said it!

Is there a cure that you know of?