Unfortunately, after a short illness, my father died recently. I have now discovered I shall be rather well off in the not too distant future.
So my question ................ do I keep my P38 which is a lovely motor or take a chance and upgrade (again) to a L322.
Will I have to relinquish my membership on here if I go the 322 route?
I love the one I have and the V8 rumble but am thinking of a TDV8 ...... bloody decisions.
The last 322 was a nice motor and drove superb but starting developing electrical problems so I got shot rather sharpish.
I don't see that you'd be blackballed if you went down the Mk3 route. The expertise and empathy on here currently revolves around the P38 though, so you'd be a test pilot for the new one,
It is a pub, after all, so to extend the metaphor, you wouldn't bar a person from your local just because they moved on in their life and acquired a different interest. If nothing else you'd be the guy sitting down misty eyed over a warm pint saying
"I used to have one of those"
You could always put the cash you'd have spent on the L322 into your current P38 (or a replacement one) with the aim of getting the perfect car- paint, trim, new top-hat motor etc. Depends whether you're a P38 person or a Land Rover person. The only thing the P38 and the L322 have in common is the badge on the front after all.
You could always be the first to stick a p38 front end on a 322, lol
The TDV8 does sound rather nice... but I'm not sure its quite as nice as ours (when the centre silencer is replaced with a pipe, in my opinion, anyway).
That said I've been put off diesels lately. Injector costs on my 5 series (4 figures!) and cleaning up the EGR mess on a merc... a TDV8 can't be that frugal, why not go with a petrol?
I've seen Shep's P38 and it is as near immaculate as you are going to get anyway. It needs the thermal cutout replacing in the EAS compressor (currently bridged with a bit of wire) other than that I doubt you will find a nicer one anywhere. You could always buy the L322 but keep the P38 for when it breaks down.......
Will I have to relinquish my membership on here if I go the 322 route?
Aye, bugger off, fullfatrr is that way ---->
Of course not :-D
We'd have to question your sanity :)
But otherwise, it'd be great. I look forward to hearing stories of gearbox changes and electrical faults that I know for certain won't occur on any vehicle I own!
Not to mention suspension struts and steering column locks...
Morat wrote:
We'd have to question your sanity :)
But otherwise, it'd be great. I look forward to hearing stories of gearbox changes and electrical faults that I know for certain won't occur on any vehicle I own!
The L322 is growing on me. A few years ago I really didn't like them but I'm warming to the earlier models, before the facelift.
I think I appreciate them more since the release of the current model - which I really don't like. It doesn't look like a Range Rover to me any more. At least the L322 still looks like a "proper" Range Rover.
I'm sure once this is replaced by some other "monstrosity" it'll grow on me too :D
Perhaps it's a price/reach thing - the closer things move to being in my price range, the better they look to me :P
I'm not sure if I could go diesel though. I working a truck and van dealership and see so many high cost failures with diesel emissions systems, fuel pumps, injectors etc that I've vowed to never get a diesel car. If I did, it would have to be one old enough to do without things like DPF filters and AdBlue etc.
I really hate diseasal motors. They have their place, but not in something aspiring to comfort. The good news is the BMW 4.4 V8 is ideal for LPG :)
So if I do go the 322 route, you're all suggesting I stay with petrol?? My last 322 was diesel and you'd have never known. Went like shit off a shovel. In the price range I am looking at, there is a lot more diesels than petrols for sale. Either way, I want a V8.
As an aside, it could be quite possible that rather than put my 38 in px, I may offer it on here at a very reasonable 'no offers' price just to keep it in the right manner. I know anyone of you guys would look after it properly and I hate the fact that some muppet might buy it who hasn't a clue about 38s
Well, it so happens that I'm looking hard for the right P38 at the moment...
OldShep56 wrote:
As an aside, it could be quite possible that rather than put my 38 in px, I may offer it on here at a very reasonable 'no offers' price just to keep it in the right manner. I know anyone of you guys would look after it properly and I hate the fact that some muppet might buy it who hasn't a clue about 38s
Orangebean wrote:
Well, it so happens that I'm looking hard for the right P38 at the moment...
OldShep56 wrote:
As an aside, it could be quite possible that rather than put my 38 in px, I may offer it on here at a very reasonable 'no offers' price just to keep it in the right manner. I know anyone of you guys would look after it properly and I hate the fact that some muppet might buy it who hasn't a clue about 38s
It will more than likely be the New Year before I do anything. Everything is still very raw and I don't want to appear too mercenary.
Orangebean wrote:
Well, it so happens that I'm looking hard for the right P38 at the moment...
I take it the second chance offer didn't happen then?
Not yet- he's not the best communicator. Still slightly optimistic, but trawling the web again...
Fukk!!! Just looking and noticed the road tax for the ones I am looking at is 515 instead of my current 295!
OUCH !
I don't mind paying higher insurance for an obviously more valuable car but 40% more road tax?? Nah
Orangebean
This one is just down the road from me and looks really nice E-bay 112168474344 with very low miles.
Currently wrestling hard with temptation as its little more than 1/3 rd the miles of mine, about a year younger, and essentially same model. In my view a late HSE has the right blend of nice toys without too much over clever stuff. Like sat-nav and digital audio. No sunroof means no roof leaks too. Nowt wrong with mine but it has stacked up a few advisories on last MoT which need going through and a bit of minor body attention. Parking dings & scuffs. All due to be done as soon as I get the worlds most over engineered garage door sorted so I can get inside to work on it but dropping a grand or two on the swop and not having to get out'n under is attractive at my age!
Clive
That's a nice looking motor ........... the fact the airbags aren't new isn't a problem.