Lovely car and fantastic condition Mine is also an '02 but a TD6and as yours , totally original. It has no silly add on 'bling' bits nor 'later spec' add ons. Purchased with a few more miles than yours (126k) and now has 167k . Hardly does any mileage now as its a second car to get me to work over the Wolds in winter or stuff to the tip Still love it though

Very similar to my first one as is my name to yours 2010 3.6TDV8 Stornoway Grey/ Black interior - gone
2005 4.4V8 (M62) Bonatti Grey/ Parchment interior - gone
1998 4.6HSE Blue/ Cream interior (can't remember exact colours) - gone
1977 White - gone (should have kept)

Another Drake - sorry about that, didn't mean to steal your name!

It's a road I used to live in at the time I joined the forum so nothing to do with my name at all.

Keith 2010 3.6TDV8 Stornoway Grey/ Black interior - gone
2005 4.4V8 (M62) Bonatti Grey/ Parchment interior - gone
1998 4.6HSE Blue/ Cream interior (can't remember exact colours) - gone
1977 White - gone (should have kept)

Does everyone giggle like a small boy when they take a Range Rover off the road for the first time? It's certainly a memorable moment for a new owner.

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What a great story and car . Age and mileage are not really important but condition is king. I take the dogs up near the Copehill Down farm on the plains and I too feel like a kid when we go “off piste” and unload the animals.

Thanks for that. You live in a lovely area up there over the border - the plains are a great place to be out and about. I find myself in the South of Wiltshire a lot, one of my top walking spots is the country park and surrounding land at Stourhead, there are some great forester's tracks through large areas of woodland near there which are fun to explore by RR as well as on foot.

Are the Stourhead tracks legal byways? Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
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I wouldn't dream of driving into National Trust land, privately-owned land without permission, along footpaths or anywhere there were homes, walkers, cyclists, fragile wildlife or crops. Forestry commission land is also prohibited of course but the many miles of logging tracks are carved out by far heavier machinery than Range Rovers and there are areas in which you don't see a soul all day... say no more. All I know is that it's best to stay on the road at all times if you want to ensure no rules, laws or by-laws might be broken...

It seems pretty common to lose a headlight lens on a Mk 3 to road debris judging by the various threads on the subject. Something hit one of mine hard last month, piercing the glass and allowing water in. I had to wait to replace it until I could find a decent used item... I figured that if I bought a nice shiny new one, I'd have to change the other side to get them to match. That would cost maybe £200 and involve chucking away a perfectly good part so I paid £40 for an old one and finally got it fitted last weekend in between rain storms.

It's a basic little job with plenty of videos and how-to's around so I won't repeat it here. I had to do the driver's side which is a bit more fiddly (the right-hand lower 8mm bolt is made invisible and hard to access by the air box) so it's worth adding that all you need to do is whip off the top of the box as if you're doing a filter change which gives plenty of wriggle room to sight the bolt and get a socket with an extension on to it.

You have got me wondering (great write-ups BTW!) about the headlight damage issue...

So for smartphones it is common to apply a screen protector ie a clear plastic film that help significantly reduce the risk of cracking if dropped etc.

Would this be possible, or has anyone done this for L322 headlamps?

I guess the challenge will be temperature range ie from sub zero to whatever the bulbs heat the glass upto when worst case the vehicle is stationary....

Just a thought, I'll scan mine with an IR thermometer to see what that upper boundary is, when its got its new front suspension struts fitted tomorrow

According to https://betterautomotivelighting.com/2016/...bulbs-get/ the bulbs can reach 171 F or 77 C

So maybe this might be the solution? https://www.amazon.co.uk/PetHot-Safety-Sec...amp;sr=8-7

Thanks for that - it's interesting idea...

There are some big quarries around my way and I often find myself tailing very large (and surprisingly fast-moving when empty) rock-hauling tippers that fling up gravel like bullets behind them. I lost a windscreen last year on a classic car from tipper-truck assault, an old toughened glass one that exploded extremely dramatically and cut my face a bit (luckily I had sunglasses on.) My headlight might have been a victim of the same culprit.

Thing is, it seems to me that the main purpose of the films such as the one you linked is to prevent an explosion or sudden catastrophic failure of glass - it's unlikely to be able to defend agains the force of a high-speed stone. It would no doubt put an end to the fine peppering of tiny impact marks, though and perhaps perfect to keep newer lenses looking pristine.

I found that, when removing the damaged lens, it was cracked into three pieces from the impact hole but the tight fit of the retaining clips against the seal had kept it all together extremely well rather than allowing it to fall out and expose the bulbs or litter the road. I'm pretty sure the film wouldn't have made much difference to the outcome but I'd be up for trying it...

Very similar quarry story hereabouts in Norfolk!

I've asked the question on Amazon of the suppliers as they do say their product is also suitable for table tops where hot cups of tea etc are placed so we will see what they say...

Might get some, apply it to an old Zafira headlight I've got kicking about and get the grandkids to fire gravel at with a catapult

Wouldn't the headlamp wipers rip any covers off?

Good point re headlamp wipers, though maybe as the film is best applied with a squeegee then it shouldn't tear?

I suspect that putting a few tiny spots of superglue around the edges of the film *might* keep it in place when wet but that could be complete b******s - I guess I'll have to try it and see and report back here.