Well, it was inevitable that it would happen sooner rather then later, wasn’t it!

I was browsing eBay on Sunday and came across a 2012 5.0 Supercharged Range Rover Autobiography that had the word “Salvage” in the title. Naturally, it piqued my interest so I had a look.

There was no damage to the car whatsoever and the description said the timing chain had stretched. Turns out it’s showing a P0016 Crankshaft/Camshaft Correlation on Bank A so the Restricted Performance light is amber at the moment. Apparently it's still as smooth as silk with no misfires and no rattle on start up so I'm toying with the idea of very gently trying to drive it home at the moment.

It's a lovely spec car. It's got the Premium Audio Pack, Electrically Reclining and Cooled back seats, deployable side steps, detachable tow bar (which is still in its sealed bag apparently) with 13 pin electrics, rubber mats, Autobiography carpet mats, illuminated tread plates, adaptive cruise control, etc

It's just had new front discs and pads and 4 new Continental tyres on it too!

It's my favourite colour combo on these too... Silver, Black Leather with Piano Black trim and the Ivory Leather Headlining.

After having a good chat with the seller on the phone this morning, a deal was done and I’m collecting the car from London next week

Anyway, here's some pre-collection pictures!

Lovely spec, silver has aged well on them I think.

Let us know how you get on with the timing chain, assuming this was a bit of a bargain?

They really suit silver, don’t they

The car was too cheap for me not to buy after doing the history checks, etc. I’m debating if I’m going to buy the tooling and do the chains myself or if I’m just going to put it in to someone to get them done.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2007 Range Rover Supercharged in Java Black with Ivory Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

Nice one Sir, that looks like a VERY nice car, luurvvve the colour it really makes it look the business.

Now looking forwards to another cracking read, hope it,s a lot shorter story than the other interweb purchase all the best Sir

Thinking about my above post David, may I respectfully suggest another solution to collecting the car from London next week. Have it delivered or collect it using a trailer, more expensive I know, BUT.....if it were to go all 'Pete Tong' during the drive home ( God forbid ) Then you would end up either writing another expensive epic thread for us all to follow or seeking the services of a good therapist and the boss might not be too happy with the time spent in your amazing workshop.

We all admire someone with a sense of adventure, I did mention this to Nursey but with her knowledge of my RR and other car addictions her utterances are unrepeatable. But....she can recommend some good therapists in the Glasgow area All the best with the new ccar.

that's a lovely looking motor.
A little jealous of the audio upgrade and rear reclining seats!

Looking forward to reading more about it..

I'll second the DO NOT DRIVE IT HOME... in fact DON'T EVEN START IT AGAIN.....

The chain tensioner fails and the tension is released on the chain, it can then jump teeth.... which you really don't want, AFAIK one tooth and your valves are OK, two and it's a new engine job....

Get it transported and don't start it, even to load......

Lovely looking fatty, they are a joy to drive...  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-

Thats a cracking looking car and spec and looks like it has the four zone climate as well and HD Harmon and reclining rear seats is a well specd car and perfect colour too and looks factory too which is even better.

Good job old bean .

Thanks

Am really looking forward to collecting this one. Got over a week to go though as collection isn't until Thursday 22nd June!

My plan is to keep it totally original and just tidy up anything that's not 100%.

I've got the original build sheet for the car and I don't think the window tints are original so I might remove them. It depends how well they've been done as with the little guy in his car seat they do keep the sun out quite well.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2007 Range Rover Supercharged in Java Black with Ivory Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

Good luck with it David. Might be able too help you out tho, I've got a suitable trailer that will take the range and get it back to your place in Glasgow and I live in East London so there's that for an option if you need it.

Cheers Bean.

Hoping everything is sorted now. Fingers crossed though

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2007 Range Rover Supercharged in Java Black with Ivory Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

Nice car. This looks like its not got the 8 speed gearbox the tdv8 4.4's have - I didnt realise that the petrols didnt have that. 2010 L322 Autobiography Black Edition
1975 Land Rover

Yea, unfortunately the 8 speed box didn't make it onto the 5.0 RR until the L405

Think it was 13MY across all the JLR range actually.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2007 Range Rover Supercharged in Java Black with Ivory Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

We’ll add me to the list of those who didn’t know that, assumed they were all the same 10-12.

When do you get it home or to the workshop?

Collecting it on Thursday next week  2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2007 Range Rover Supercharged in Java Black with Ivory Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior