Gents My s/c is going in to be welded and painted in a couple of weeks anyway 6 weeks back bloke in the village told me his 2006 4.4 was uneconomical to repair so I offered him 500 quid for it and he said yes so I had a look most of the faults were battery related also one parking sensor and one height sensor also rust in the sills and wheel arches.
I had it repaired by the garage that does all my repairs as a test bed before I gave him mine and the results were very good indeed and they were rotten so now I have another l322 which I can use when mine is being repaired and its ULEZ for 2500 quid

An expensive spare in terms of road tax etc? BMW i3 Electric Car
2012 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8 (now gone)
2006 VW Touareg 3.0 TDi V6

Unfortunately it is a late 2006 so it is top rate tax but only 300 a year to insure once I have my daily back from the body shop I will just pass it on to my son its a good car and it has done less than half the mileage of mine but then mine has had all suspension bushes ,wheel bearing drive shafts and diffs replaced at some point my last xor lost a grand a month and that was 20 odd years ago so all on the road for 3 k is good value in my book

Sounds like a good plan to me, well done that man. BMW i3 Electric Car
2012 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8 (now gone)
2006 VW Touareg 3.0 TDi V6

£500 bargain

If I can work out how to post photos I will put a couple up

 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
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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Not bad for 3k on the road including insurance and road tax with new sills and new wheel arches