Advertise on fullfatrr.com »

Home > General > TDV8 Buying Advice
Post Reply  Down to end
Page 1 of 1
Print this entire topic · 
Buz1500



Member Since: 05 Sep 2011
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 368

United Kingdom 2019 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Carpathian Grey
TDV8 Buying Advice

Hi,
I hope you can off some advice for a new member.

I've currently got a 2006 Grand Cherokee 3.0 CRD but I want to upgrade to a TDV8 Range Rover Vogue.

I've spotted an immaculate 2006 car with 83,000 miles on the clock and the vendor is asking £24,995. Does this seem a fair price. The car has a full service history with two local owners and really is in immaculate condition.

Also, I tend to do 15,000 miles per year so I'm interested in hearing any views on these cars with 130k miles plus.

Thanks in advance.

Post #79306 5th Sep 2011 12:00pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
bozmandb9



Member Since: 06 Dec 2010
Location: Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Posts: 1020

Sounds like a fair price to me, presumably it's a Vogue? Not from a main dealer I'm guessing. You might find a main dealer car at that price and mileage, which would give you a little more peace of mind.

So far as I'm aware there are no issues with the TDV8 at higher mileage, I would have thought that the car you're looking at would be an excellent purchase, though clearly you'll know it has a little depreciation still to go.

Good luck! I'm sure at TDV8 owner will be along shortly to tell you more. Range Rover-less at the moment - Pining!

Post #79309 5th Sep 2011 12:21pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
SGH



Member Since: 09 Oct 2010
Location: BN27
Posts: 9

United Kingdom 

I am moving to a FFRR having just sold my D3 last weekend.

Been looking at TDV8 and petrol V8 and was wondering what difference in mpg between the two was.

Simon

Post #79366 5th Sep 2011 6:06pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
mzplcg



Member Since: 26 May 2010
Location: Warwickshire. England. The Commonwealth.
Posts: 4029

United Kingdom 2014 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Corris Grey

Right, I'm on my 2nd TDV8 and before these 2 I had a V8 Petrol Disco 3. What I found is this.

TDV8 is a great engine. Better for towing than the petrol due to the much higher torque. Economy is:
24mpg towing a 26ft caravan
30 MPG general knocking about
36 MPG on a long motorway run. 38 if I drive like my Grandma.
D3 was about 14 / 22 / 25 respectively.

My 1st TDV8 was a nightmare but it had been an Estate Manager's car so although only 56k on the clock, that was 56k across the fields. Basically it was knackered.

The 2nd one was a city car and in much better mechanical condition. So far it has needed a few bits done but nothing major. Just got back from a 1500 mile trip to France with the caravan in tow. Faultless..

Stuff to look out for.
Suspension bushes and ball joints
Brakes. Particularly seized rear calipers.
Notchy gearchanges at the mileage you suggest. Gearboxes need fluid changes despite LR claims of them being sealed for life. Budget 300 quid for a megaflush. Do the PAS while you're there. www.4-tech.co.uk
Scratched windscreens, mainly driver's side near the A pillar. Crappy wiper design and lots suffer this.
Scabby door handles. They all suffer this.
Water ingress into rear quarter panels. Well documented on this site.
Knackered rear wiper motors. Crap design where they fill with washer fluid.
Air suspension. Check it operates through all heights smoothly.

Hope this helps.

Dom

Post #79388 5th Sep 2011 7:01pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
Tim in Scotland



Member Since: 25 Mar 2007
Location: Somewhere between here and there, if not then I'm all at sea or at home in Scotland
Posts: 2181

2010 Range Rover Vogue TDV8 Stornoway Grey

I'm about to send a 18 month old 2010MY Tdv8 3.6 Vogue 11,000 miles, Stornoway with Ivory leather interior, privacy, Logic7, hybrid TV and tow pack back to Lookers Park Royal at the end of the week if anybody is looking for a dealer supplied car.
 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

Post #79394 5th Sep 2011 7:17pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
Buz1500



Member Since: 05 Sep 2011
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 368

United Kingdom 2019 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Carpathian Grey

Thanks for the replies. I'm now a proud owner of a 2006 Stornoway Grey TDV8 Vogue. 83,000 miles but in superb condition.

Buz

Post #81813 16th Sep 2011 1:56pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
delamo



Member Since: 17 Mar 2010
Location: Beaconsfield, Bucks
Posts: 1121

England 2007 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Tonga Green

Thumbs Up Well done Buz - fantastic vehicle - you wont be disappointed Wink

Post #81822 16th Sep 2011 2:19pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
A1GSS



Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 1973

England 

Buz1500 wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I'm now a proud owner of a 2006 Stornoway Grey TDV8 Vogue. 83,000 miles but in superb condition.

Buz


Thumbs Up

Pictures...? Graham

____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey

Post #81829 16th Sep 2011 2:39pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
bozmandb9



Member Since: 06 Dec 2010
Location: Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Posts: 1020

antoniasdad wrote:
Buz1500 wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I'm now a proud owner of a 2006 Stornoway Grey TDV8 Vogue. 83,000 miles but in superb condition.

Buz


Thumbs Up

Pictures...?


Congratulations!

Thumbs Up Range Rover-less at the moment - Pining!

Post #81832 16th Sep 2011 2:48pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
PJS



Member Since: 06 Jul 2010
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 506

United Kingdom 2006 Range Rover Vogue Td6 Zermatt Silver

Tim in Scotland wrote:
I'm about to send a 18 month old 2010MY Tdv8 3.6 Vogue 11,000 miles, Stornoway with Ivory leather interior, privacy, Logic7, hybrid TV and tow pack back to Lookers Park Royal at the end of the week if anybody is looking for a dealer supplied car.


Why back to the dealers Tim?

Post #81849 16th Sep 2011 3:45pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
stan
Site Moderator


Member Since: 13 Jul 2010
Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation
Posts: 35248

United Kingdom 

nice one buz, now you can update your car profile.. ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
.

Post #81850 16th Sep 2011 3:46pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
nbunney



Member Since: 10 Aug 2008
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 2031

United Kingdom 

I think Tim pay have chopped it in for his Evoque

Post #81886 16th Sep 2011 6:25pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
johnson1



Member Since: 30 Aug 2010
Location: South West
Posts: 519

United Kingdom 2011 Range Rover Autobiography TDV8 Santorini Black

nbunney wrote:
I think Tim pay have chopped it in for his Evoque


He certainly did.

Post #81889 16th Sep 2011 6:29pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Post Reply
Post Reply  Back to top
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT

Jump to  
Previous Topic | Next Topic >
Posting Rules
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum



Site Copyright © 2006-2024 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
fullfatrr.com RSS Feed - All Forums


Switch to Mobile site