quavey wrote:

Sorry yes with you now! I hadn't realised you meant "a Rupert" rather than a chap called Rupert!

Ditto. Only Rupert I've ever heard of:

Actually "Rupert" applies to any officer from junior lieutenant upwards when spoken of by "other" (I.e non-officer) ranks.

Comes from when officers came mainly from the upper classes and had ridiculous names such as tarquin and Rupert and Cedric etc.

No interior pics? 07 3.6 TDV8 Vogue
Buckingham Blue / Sand / Piano

Dolphinboy, thanks for the lesson.

Will pop some interior pictures up this evening if I get chance.

L322 S/C going well, just over 1000 miles into ownership now and nothing to report.

I even got the venture camera working at the weekend to be fair, it just worked nothing wrong with it other than the battery being flat. Although it was in the glove box it had not been pushed "up" into its docked location so the battery was not charged.

Will investigate in a few days to see if the battery still holds charge or not.

We leave to go on holiday in a few days and do the "NC500" which is a tourism initiative from the Scottish tourist board for the coastal route round the top of scotland. Inverness - Applecross - Torridon - Kylesku - Durness - John o Groats - Dunrobin - Inverness etc. I suspect this will be at least 1500 miles (including our travel up there) in the old girl so hope she's feeling up to it.

I checked the oil yesterday, fully expecting it to need some, it is an LR product after all but apparently not! 2005 E60 M5
2006 L322 4.2 SC
2020 Tesla Model S Long Range
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2004 L322 4.4 Vogue, 2019 NP300 Navara, 2016 NP300 Navara, 2002 L322 4.4 HSE, 2006 (MY07) L322 S/C ,2001 330Ci Sport Track Car, 2005 650i Coupe, 2001 P38 Vogue, 2003 530i Sport Touring, 1999 P38 4.6 HSE, 2002 E39 M5, 1995 300zx TT Slicktop, 1997 M3 Evo, 1992 300zx TT Targa, 1998 323i Coupe

Interior pictures as requested, the first 4 are from the previous owner, as you can see it actually looked pretty good. Considering shes done 120k its not bad at all. However I sent it for an interior valet and the last three pictures are a "during" showing a cleaned side and a dirty side of a seat. I don't have any "afters" as it were. but you can see how much of an improvement was made during the valet.

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And During

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My tdv8 is a similar age and has a similar colour interior, with 260k km or 185k miles. The interior in these cars seems to cope very well with regular use. My drivers seat cushion has been replaced but otherwise original.

I look forward to reading about how the SC went in your next trip. ______________________________
Vogue tdv8 08MY poverty pack - wow

Wow, quite a difference before/after on the leather.

The trip round the top of Scotland went fantastically well. The old girl performed very well belting round the very north of the country. We covered about 1500 miles all told and averaged just shy of 20mpg overall. Little man was pleased with the RSE. The only issue we had was a slow puncture which was easily repaired.

Shes now due a service, spoke to the local main dealer and laughed when they quoted £500 for an oil change. So I've ordered the correct oil and genuine filters (including air and pollen) for £130 and just need a garage to do the work now, when I get 5 minutes.

Only a couple of pictures but here goes.

Mine has just gone over 100,000 miles and the interior is still holding up well also.

I want to get mine detailed this summer as it needs it inside more than anything.

Great cars, would like to do the NC500 but think I would take the M5 Touring rather than the RR.

cheers Alex

2018 Skoda Kodiaq vRS
2009 Caterham Supersport Race car
2007 M5 Touring
2005 Range Rover Vogue SE Supercharged
2004 SL55 AMG