L322 for me it's THE range rover : you understand the 405 only when close, otherwise is freelander...ish !

for sure tha car is fantastic, but for me is too 'fashionist' : try to look at the front of a ford edge...

we'll see in ten years..(expenses bills permitting)


max 2007 L322 TDV8 3.6 vogue
1981 Alfa Romeo Spider 1600

It's just the sense of occasion with a Range Rover.

It's the best at what it does.

I had a 3.9 efi Classic and a BMW M5 at the same time and figured I'd covered all bases.

I skipped the P38 in favour of a Disco 2 ES and don't regret it. P38 looked too much like a London taxi for my liking.

L322 is the perfect modern re imagination of the old classic.

I keep hankering to swap mine for an Audi RS6 avant, but not sure it'll get me to work in the snow as well.......

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

Am I the only person with a black /piano black interior who prefers the cherry wood ? although I think Teak would be even better , I know light interiors are very nice and preferable but I have kids and that picture just says it all to me about what I like the most with the L322 preferable. 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

+1 I don't normally like dark interiors that above looks stunning - the cherry provides an excellent contrast - I would have never thought that it would work - but it does big time !  2021 L405 Vogue SE 4.4 V8 DIESEL ~ #17

I'm considering a cherry wood kit, I'm going off the grand black.

I've got a 07 sc but also have a S320 cdi lwb with all the extras (radar sat nav etc) and other cars. I always go for the FFRR's keys, it's my comfort zone .... 
07 Supercharged - Still breaking her in!

Boot soundproofing part 1 - http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic15612.html
Custom exhaust - http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic15296.html
18" wheels for Brembo equipped cars - http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic15052.html

Has been my dream car for so damn long and now I have it , have thrown a small fortune at it , some was well spent and some wasn't but after buying the style 11's from RRUK and spending time cleaning up the exhaust pipes it just looks awesome

Would love a newer 5.0 litre but the prospect of a divorce it just isn't an option

Had a P38 for 3 years and loved every minute of it, (would have another), then got the L322, much more modern, more comfort more stylish, more toys, bigger inside and out.

As a car (which is all it is!) you can do everything you might want to do in a car with the confidence that it will do it, whether you are out on the motorway, in a muddy field, towing a horse trailer, in the snow, in the rain, filling up the boot with a ton of logs, posing , great visibility (see and being seen!), "respect" ( ) from other road users, doormen at 5 star hotels, country clubs.

Also, easy to work on from an access point of view.

Next car will probably be a 2012-ish L322  .
Experience is the only genuine knowledge, but as time passes, I have forgotten more than I can remember
Volvo V70 P2 2006 2.4 Petrol 170bhp Estate SE
MG Midget Mk1 1962

Previous: L322 Range Rover TDV8 3.6 2008; L322 Range Rover TD6 3.0 2002; P38A Range Rover V8 1999

Not so much an l322 "thing" for me but a land rover " thing". It all started for me in about 97 when I was ten with my mother at the local LR dealer when she was eyeing up a discovery, as a ten year old I thought this car was amazing, the climb up into it, being able to see soo much more than I could before and that 2nd sunroof, wow I was hooked.

Sadly we didn't end up with a disco but I treasured the sales brochure that the salesman had supplied, I still remember them to this day, it was a light green disco driving on a snow covered mountain road on the cover & inside a blue disco driving through a waterfall!!

As the years went on a got a job after leaving school at a garage and worked on a few old land rovers and just got taken in by the charm, it wasn't until I was 20 I bought a v8 3.9i discovery, with the two sun roofs and I was like a dog with 2 dicks. Some poly bushes, a k and n filter and full stainless exhaust meant it sounded amazing, went reasonably well and could do so much more than my mates with they're corsas and saxos. Drives through fields, beaches getting it lagged in mud etc was great fun at 20!!! Insurance and fuel consumption killed the dream though, but a few years later I bought a 3.5i four door classic.

Now the classic is something else, it's got the practicality of a disco but is better at it, ok it was slower than the 3.9 but the noise was good the handling was comfortable, I would jump in have plenty of room, plenty of visibility, it looked good wherever I left it, looked smart with horse box on the back, and just as smart parked up in tesco. I loved the real wood on the door cards and the soft teddy bear type seats, the way the doors shut with a thud and the spring tension on the door handles gave a reassuring click, as you drove along it would seemingly glide along in comfort listening to the engine doing its thing, after about six months in the classic I remembered why I got rid of the disco, the fuel consumption was a killer, average about 12mpg so I went looking for a diesel p38...

I knew little about the p38 when I bought one, I bought the first one I seen, with not much history and various problems but got a good deal and went with it, have had it about four years now, and still love driving it, I have covered over 200 miles in it today and it's been great, it still looks good, I seen 2 people in the pub car park this lunchtime admiring it and just think what other nearly 20 year old non performance cars would still get admiring looks in a car park? I drive brand new cars on a daily basis and rate my p38 just as good to drive if not better than some of the 30k motors I drive at work. I don't know what makes it soo good, but for me it ticks every box, oh but wait a minute, it did tick every box and then along came an l322..

Soooo the l322, I've seen them around for last ten years starred at the sexy cherry wood trim and the fancy buttons on the steering wheel, I mean heated steering wheel? Really?! I drove one for the first time last week, oh my, and I thought the p38 was good, in my short test drive of an l322 I can conclude it has taken everything that is good on a p38 and refined it to the next level. The gear change is improved, the brakes, the stereo, the lighting everything is the same, but better. As of yet my l322 is still undergoing repair work but will be on the road soon and having had a taster I can't wait. The only thing to be sad about is I have found a better car than my p38, an l322.

Loved reading your story James

JJ

Nice, James. Very well said.
I'm suers many here have had similar experiences.

Cam-Tech-Craig wrote:

KurtVerbose wrote:

It's the L322 and the classic. I don't think it was ever the case with the P38, and it's a bit early to tell with the L405 - although early signs are looking good.

Sorry David but i do not agree... When released, the P38a was a massive step forward from the VERY aged classic! As was the L322 BUT.......... And it's a BIG controversial BUT!!! I personally was disappointed with the 405... NOT the massive step forward i was hoping it would be!

Don't get me wrong... I really like the 405 and desperately want one, but! I don't have the earge like i did with the P38 & the 322 to run out and sell a kidney, as i HAVE to have one NOWWWW... "you get my point"