Hi All,
After three odd years of searching, I have finally bought our Range Rover.
She is a 08MY 57 plate TDV8 Vogue SE in Java/Ivory. She has supercharger 9 spoke alloys, side steps, privacy glass and RSE. She also has the dog mesh net that sits on top of the parcel shelf.
Last service was an Insp II in April and Manu warranty lasts until September and then dealer warranty until April 2011.
The satNav DVD was changed in April too.
She is in fabulous condition but I need to spend a bit of time to get it up to my standard. I am aware this post is useless without pictures so I will deal with that ASAP after the waxing!
The price was excellent too given I spotted one (Very similar) on LRs website for almost £10,000 more!
I am most chuffed as I was after an 08MY car but at 56 plate money.
I will update soon,
Kind regards,
Ed
P.S.on the drive home from Northampton she was doing 36.5mpg on motorway and 35.3 overall on run home over 120miles - very pleasing!

3 years !? welcome we need pictures !  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

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Welcome Edward...

sounds like you may now need to start looking for its replacement if it took you 3years to find this one!

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36.5MPG how slow where you going!

36.5mpg were you being towed? No body told me there would be days like these

L Reg dark purple/burgundy sort of Disco
R Reg very red disco
Bright Silver disco TD5
Sort of bright girly powder blue disco TD5
Gone (a while back) 1999 P38 4ltre Autobiography. 13 miles to the gallon, 10,000 miles to the engine
Gone MY06 RRS HSE Rimini Red
Gone MY10 RRS HSE Purple
Gone 2007 TDV8 Vogue OF Stornoway Grey (In Love again)
2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue Baltic Blue
MY66 VOGUE TDV6 3.0 Red

driving like a Granny is not good for the car.

I have managed 32mpg on a run driving like a pensioner.

It must have been downhill all the way. I drive like an OAP and average 30.

me driving :-

normal 23 mpg

long run 27 mpg

long 30-35 mpg

To put this in perspective my new Mazda RX-8 in 2003.
Short runs 20mpg
Long runs: 21mpg
Driving it spirited like: 19mpg
And it was half the weight!

Got up with the sun this orning to do the outside. She needs a clay but did a meguiars 3 stage on her. Went to start to head off and take photos and hey presto - flat battery.
read up about the pyrotechnics on the +ve terminal so rang LR for some advice. "We'll send a chap straight round."
Battery knackered - bad news; covered under warranty - good news!
LR chap kept saying how great the TDV8s are and a few interesting things they do - for example, on every start she quickly selects low range to exercise the transfer box as previous car owners found the box seized when they went to use it. Also the +ve terminal pyros have been deleted and instead the ECU will kill all the electrics, except hazards, telephone and drive the central locking open.
What a wonderful car with a brand new battery.
Photos taken so should have them up by this evening...if I am not called out to work!

EDWARD757 wrote:

Battery knackered - bad news; covered under warranty - good news!
LR chap kept saying how great the TDV8s are and a few interesting things they do - for example, on every start she quickly selects low range to exercise the transfer box as previous car owners found the box seized when they went to use it. Also the +ve terminal pyros have been deleted and instead the ECU will kill all the electrics, except hazards, telephone and drive the central locking open.
What a wonderful car with a brand new battery.

Two facts I didnt' know! Seems to make sense that the car thinks about what to kill, rather than just 'blowing stuff up' which sounds a bit crude by todays standards!

I can't believe you got 36mpg from it

I average about 22
I've had 17, driving like a cock
My best was 31, driving like the pope!!

Quote:

me driving :-

normal 23 mpg :Twisted Evil

long run 27 mpg :Thumbs Up

long 30-35 mpg :Embarassed

Still trying to work out how a long get's 35mpg...

On the TD6 I drop it into low range in trafic once a week to keep the parts used. Habit I've always had with Land Rovers.

Well I have not done the brim test yet but that was what the computer thought.
The M1 south had a 50 limit on stretches and then on the unrestricted sections I went up to 60. I have not driven her much but she seems to go into 6th at about 55-57mph dropping down to 1600rpm or so.
I had just picked her up so AC and cooled seats were on/off all the time. Cruise did the work and I tried not to touch the brakes at all - she seemed to coast in gear quite well.
She has done 49,000miles so is nicely run in.
It seem the previous owner/s did not bother cleaning the roof much as that needed a good bit of work but has come up well. A couple of minor blemishes dissappeared with polish but I am looking forward to getting a Meguiars G220 to cut out the odd bit of swirling - apparently they are the best thing since sliced bread.
The spare seems to have a cut in the sidewall and only about 3 mm of tread - the fronts are 4mm at best so new shoes before winter but what to do? LR built the car to use Scorpions but I also bought the car to virtually guarantee I can get the kids to school in the winter so was thinking about 18-19" wheels and Vredestriens just for the winter - perhaps new scorpions would suffice?
Who is the best source to tyres blackcircles,camskills or somewhere else?
I also need to source a tow hook cover for the front as that is missing.
Do the cars come with a tool kit? I have the jack,chocks (2 plastic and 2 metal), wrench but no tool kit wrap.

are you Scottish ?  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

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