How much have you spent on your RR since purchase ? I mean repairs, maintenance but excluding road tax, insurance and non essential upgrades.

Apologies if this has been asked before somewhere.

A couple of quid here and a couple of quid there

I bought mine in November 23 and so far Id say €1000 ish so not bad considering I've a bit to do yet. I think these are the type of cars you need to get to a certain level of maintenance as in do all the jobs you need to like fluids, brakes etc. Once you have them done you would be hoping for reliability


This is my list done since Nov23
oil cooler
oil change
all filters
small parts missing in engine
key fob
Ipod BT unit Current yokes
2012 4.4 TDV8 Westminster
2006 Disco 3
Scoobie GT wagon
Mx5 G Ltd
TT S Line
Pajero JDM Exceed

so far after eight months ownership, I think I've spent ~£1700. Four new tyres, timing belt change and equipment to carry out an oil change oh and new front grill badge and smoked side repeaters, crikey more likely £1800.

Yeah, I probably shouldn't have added that up, but since purchase in October 2023...£4,193.14

Fuel Cap £20.00
Parking Sensors £10.00
Paint for Sensor £15.00
wheels £270.00
wheel refurb £260.00
tyres £565.00
Jack £35.00
Wipers £11.00
Sun visor clip £12.00
washer hose clips £15.00
replace locking wheel nuts £12.00
boot straps £15.00
fog lights £34.00
Welding £260.00
Sill rust (I stupidly got them tarted up at a bodyshop before doing them properly) £280.00
waxoil £14.00
Handbrake £328.80
Service Belts £467.04
CV Boot £343.20
Transfer Case £436.78
GBox Oil Change £549.00
Engine Oil Change £197.74
Air Filter £21.08
Cabin filter £21.50

To be fair, £1,100 of that was wheels, tyres and refurb.

And it is properly sorted now and shouldn't need any money spent until next MOT unless one of the front airbags lets go. Or any number of other disasters occur. ---------------------------------
2008 L322 Supercharged
2007 Porsche 987 Boxster S
2021 BMW iX3

I try not to think about it too much, it's a totally irrational purchase and I love it to bits.

If I tracked my spend I'd probably scare myself into selling it and buying a Kia

Andy Fuji White 2012 4.4 TDV8 Westmiinster

No idea how much I've spent as I'm never going to get it back. I'd not want to have less than £5k per year set asside for repairs and maintenance though if anyone is looking at this to budget their potential ownership costs. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

When I sold the 3.6 to get the 4.4, I looked back through all the service invoices etc. I found that I'd hit nearly £50k in twelve years (160k miles)!

Thus far, the 4.4 has been 2.5k in 2.5 years!

Biggest difference is that the I never lifted a glove on the 3.6, not even an oil change at home, whereas the 4.4 has not seen a workshop other than my own driveway/garage in over 20k miles. This includes doing bigger tasks such as the oil cooler and front struts. The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom

I have kept a spreadsheet to itemise everything since my purchase on 28th December. My objective is to get my car to immaculate condition. I’ve allocated every item to one of three buckets: Restoration, Maintenance, Upgrades.

Restoration: £1,429

Includes full machine polish, minor wheel arch paint, new Bluetooth module, compressor service kit and minor work for MOT.

Maintenance: £1,025

Includes MOT, full service incl gearbox oil change, wheel alignment and new battery.

Upgrades: £215

Includes smoked side repeaters and high level brake light, autobiography style armrest adjusters, interior LEDs, wheel centres (from Stuart) and Land Rover dust caps.

I have yet to have the wheels refurb’d (£380) and I’m sure there are other bits and pieces I will think of.

My overriding impression is that the car isn’t overly costly to maintain (esp vs a previous BMW X6) yet it delivers a vastly superior experience for driver and passengers alike. I love it. Des

2005 (2006 MY) L322 4.2sc Java Black, 2010 facelift conversion
1965 Lenham Lemans GT 1310 , Gulf Racing blue, FIA spec and road legal
2018 F56 Mini JCW, Thunder Grey/Black, Mulgari St2 tuned, FMIC, short shifter and Eibach springs

Classified data 😂 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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I’m not at liberty to say, SWMBO might read this

£4,400 since September 2020, includes MOT's, tyres, the rest just in services and parts done here on the drive using mainly OEM parts.

Will

Having a mental block for some strange reason!!!

Since buying my Mar 2017 car in Nov 2019 and 23k miles in my possession (23k to 46k) I've had 4 MD services, rear discs/pads and 3 tyres (made use of the full size spare!)

Total cost in the region of £3.5k

It's booked in for the next service and MOT in a couple of weeks, fingers crossed! 2017 SDV8 Autobiography

With the username recordman, shouldn't you have an exact record?

Or are you vinyl recordman in which case we could have a different convo? Des

2005 (2006 MY) L322 4.2sc Java Black, 2010 facelift conversion
1965 Lenham Lemans GT 1310 , Gulf Racing blue, FIA spec and road legal
2018 F56 Mini JCW, Thunder Grey/Black, Mulgari St2 tuned, FMIC, short shifter and Eibach springs