For previous posts which I edit etc simply because when I read them really don't make much sense.

I am quite a confused and indecisive person but would like some final advice on this please to hopefully try and help.

I have this old 06 l322 td6 and it will cost roughly £1500 plus to get through the next mot (due now). Both back arches and jack points (have photos and are a mess). Both back lights, both back tyres and no doubt a few other things the tester will find.

I was talking with a friend last night and asked say with a budget of around £2000 all in to get it road worthy and be able to use it again. Or look for another for the same as what would cost to put this one right.
His answer was probably to stick to this as you are simply buying someone else's problems.

Or sell as is and stick to a car.

What would most of you do in this situation, honestly. This is also, due to health there are things now i don't think I could do being a heavy 4x4 whereas on a smaller car shouldn't (not saying it won't) be as bad to work in if need be.

So as I say, what would most of you honestly do in this situation.

If it were me, looks like a nice spec car and all original. What's not to like...

You know the car and its good and bad bits, I would get fixed and keep on trucking. Better the devil you know, and as your friend says, nothing to say you buy another one and it has even bigger troubles.

Now in reality it probably doesn't make financial sense, but its a Range Rover. Not sure any car is actually a sound financial decision in reality. So if you invest in it, then keep it and carry on enjoying it. then to me there is your answer.

If you are going to flog on in 6 months then maybe a different decision


Only my thoughts, good luck either way sir.

Thanks for reply and yes you are probably right. I have got myself in a bit of a mess car wise again, 4 of them including this and they all need work, got them advertised though.
I ideally just want one to be able to use and enjoy while I can.
I just wonder what my dad would say if he was still hear, I am sure i would get a well deserved lecture.

Apologies are always the sign of a person with integrity so cap doffed.

You need to ask yourself why you are buying the cars - is it to get a bargain, is it because you love them, is it because you enjoy working on them etc etc.

Once you've established that, then you can make progress.

Personally, I would look for a Rangey that has had the arches properly sorted. That would typically point to someone who has looked after the car and would indicate other areas of potential concern would also have been looked at.

"You need to ask yourself why you are buying the cars - is it to get a bargain, is it because you love them, is it because you enjoy working on them etc etc."

Stupidly and thinking the grass is greener etc.

If you sold them all, and just had one much better one , know what I'd do.... Take a huge loan out and bust the budget  2019 SV AB Dynamic Scafel Grey

While some regard the 322 as "peak Range Rover" (eg Harry's Garage, J Clarkson) my two were the most troublesome RRs I have owned, and corrosion is a real problem, especially in Scotland. Once a certain stage is reached it can be a case of "there's aye something" which can be demoralising and a constant drain on funds.

The hindquarters are structural and so need a good quality repair. It may well be the case that once it is opened up things are even worse than they look at present. You need tyres and rear lights too, and your garage has advised the car is past economic repair. So unless you have a particular sentimental attachment to that car and no problem in paying whatever it costs the wisest course seems to sell it for whatever you can get.

If you are getting to the stage where your enthusiasm for projects is declining maybe best to rationalise down to one dependable car and keep that in good order. Only Range Rovers since 1988

I know i phoned a place earlier and as soon as I said L322 he said "I will stop you there" and that was that.
He explained as did the local garage yesterday that it really isn't worth it unless there was sentimental reasons (there isn't) and even then I guess your have to be realistic etc.

Yes it have thought about it and it goes at the end of the week. I will need to get rid of the junk and as you say just have one decent thing. Joking aside, I think i must be an illness of some kind thinking I can probably do things when I can't. And it is only to when I get them and see them for what it is then I sat oh my god what have I did.

I really should learn not to do it, i think this time i have.

I'd stick. Seems like a reasonable number to get through MOT and then maybe have a couple of years before the next bill. Or perhaps longer. And meanwhile enjoy the best RR of our time, cos we're all jealous of the imperiousnes of the era, and you're cultivating a classic. Change the oil obsessively and manage the rot, the rest is a lotttery. L405 P400e Autobiography (MY2020)... Silicon Silver / Espresso

I know what you mean but it is away now or will be today. I honestly don't know if it will have another, nice to drive etc etc but the money to keep them i am not sure about.

They are expensive cars - lots of gadgets to go wrong and not cheap to fix.

If you can do some or most of your own work, that helps but its never going to be a cheap way of motoring.

I have a similar aged Defender - this has also cost a fair bit, but once bottomed(all the stuff done) its a lot cheaper than the L322 is to keep moving (much easier to repair) - but not quite the same road manners

I'd personally keep the L322 on the road (co like repairing stuff and love the car) but if its a money question - there are cheaper (more reliable than a modern classic) options to consider that do the same job (a-b travel).

Concern is, if you put 2k into it this year - next year might be the same (or more) to keep it on the road, or you might have nothing to worry about (but on a 20 year old motor - things wear out) Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints.....