Been looking around at L322's lately, a current P38 V8 owner..

Can't help but spot the 4.4 2002-2005 M62 bargains on the market are they worth a punt when compared to the latter 3.6 TDV8?

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Cheers  MY2001 Range Rover P38 Vogue 4.6
MY2005 Jaguar S type 3.0 SE
MY2000 Land Rover Discovery II TD5
MY1987 Bentley Turbo R "project"
MY1977 Rolls Royce Silver shadow. "project"

no. go for as modern an engine as you can afford. The 4.4L TDV8 is sublime compared to any of the others.

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ones petrol and the other diesel....that could sway your decision.. ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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The later diesels look to be an expensive thing to have a mechanic work on. Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

Speaking from experience if you want an L322, go for the 4.4 V8 Diesel - if you have any doubts just go for a test drive. Or if you want petrol get the 5.0 SC this is the only other engine I would consider. 2021 L405 Vogue SE 4.4 V8 DIESEL ~ #17

MonteCarlo wrote:

Been looking around at L322's lately, a current P38 V8 owner..

Can't help but spot the 4.4 2002-2005 M62 bargains on the market are they worth a punt when compared to the latter 3.6 TDV8?

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Cheers

I went through similar and bought my first l322 last weekend. It took a while and it's higher Mike's than I would have liked but went for a early 2006 jag 4.4, as had full main dealer service history and everything works, well it did yesterday.
On the drive home it did 26.7 at 70mph on cruise control which I was very happy about.
Around town be rubbish obviously
I was too scared of the diesel going wrong and costing what I paid for it to fix

@Drellis.

The jag is a great engine and copes with most things. Well done on finding a good one. The BMW engine is easier to work on than TDV8 but suffers in that it is much older, can have PCV and chain guide probs, but otherwise a goodie. I've still got my 2004 4.4L V8 but it's struggling a bit at the moment. My 2011 TDV8 however is purrrrfect.

MonteCarlo wrote:

Been looking around at L322's lately, a current P38 V8 owner..

Can't help but spot the 4.4 2002-2005 M62 bargains on the market are they worth a punt when compared to the latter 3.6 TDV8?

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Cheers

IMHO the most important thing in buying a 322 is the rotting of the rear sills, inner sills and wheel arches, if you can't weld and fabricate you are looking at a couple of grand for a decent job...

You need to have a good look around the rear jacking point which sticks out the bottom of the plastic sill cover, it's a plastic block fixed into the sill, a screwdriver all around it will give a bit of a clue. Pull the cover away from the body in the rear door shut and shine a torch down, this is the best way to check other than removing the trim which most sellers would not let you do....

After that a well looked after car with no faults and everything working, then I'd worry about the engine...

It all depends on how much money you have, you can buy them cheap but they are not a cheap car to run, if you can't do big jobs yourself these fatties will cost serious money to keep on the road....  Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

I'm hoping the ulez gets kicked out so I can keep my L322 4.4 M62 after doing the chain guides and hg it's runs like a dream.

I’m hoping diesel drops in price to £0.50 /L, road tax is £12 and insurance becomes free. All more likely than ULEZ being kicked out….  2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

3.6 tdv8 shouldn't really be an option when the 4.4 tdv8 is newer, more economical, quieter, has more power and comes with the far better 8 speed auto. It is also not that much more expensive to purchase.

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JayGee wrote:

I’m hoping diesel drops in price to £0.50 /L, road tax is £12 and insurance becomes free. All more likely than ULEZ being kicked out….

Luky the sport V8 and D3 V8 are both Ulez then

Brimfull wrote:

3.6 tdv8 shouldn't really be an option when the 4.4 tdv8 is newer, more economical, quieter, has more power and comes with the far better 8 speed auto. It is also not that much more expensive to purchase.