Its that time in your FFRR ownership where you are making a list of the ' little' jobs that need doing on the vehicle to keep it perfect whist adding up the cost of those said jobs and parts. Up to around £1000 now on a 126K 2007 3.6 vogue, the biggest job being the replacement of the well known leaky thermostat housing( if any one will do it as 2 landie independents won't even return calls to say - certainly sir, when would you like to book it in) and a new air tank
Had a look through the ads for a replacement but it sort of strikes me I'll just be starting again with the commencement of a list of ' little' jobs I've already been doing over the last 4 years. Decisions, decisions. What did you do ?

Do not ask me, I have spent almost £1k for each mile travelled over the last 18 months.

On the plus side the; bodywork, wheels, tyres, shocks and brake lines are now much better. Just hope the engine and gearbox hold on a bit longer!  2010 Range Rover TDV8 Baltic Blue Autobiography (2011 MY) - SOLD
1960 Land Rover SII SWB SW
2020 BMW R1250 RT LE
2021 Triton ST-125 (Monkey Bike)

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Better the devil you know...  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
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This is asking for trouble I know, but so far all the jobs on my car have been small, arguably cosmetic and I've done some.

The outstanding ones are:

1. Replace a speaker grill on rear OS door (very slight superficial damage)
2. Deployable steps and towbar don't always deploy (but have always worked eventually)
3. No GPS signal from roof aerial (I've become a wazer and I like it)
4. Bracket broken on front OS step (but it works fine as it is)
5. Put on summer wheels (is it summer yet?)
6. Give it a wash

I'm sure I'll get round to them all eventually but no rush - I've had replacement speaker grills for well over a year now!

Like I say no rush  Geoff

Strikes me that £1000 for a car of this size, "quality" and age isn't too bad.

Last week, I took my Audi in for service - similar age. Service cost itself wasn't too bad, although it's a 4.2V8 so with the amount of oil going in, it's never going to be "cheap". However, it also needs the spark plugs replacing every 60k/5yrs - I like to use OEM or equivalent quality parts, so that's 8 plugs at ~£20 each (plus labour). Then the aircon service was due (in fact, 1 year overdue due to corona), the alignment also needed checking and adjusting. So although there was nothing "wrong" with the car when I took it in, we weren't far off £1000 in regular maintenance. Then there was a small oil leak - but that turned out to be from the seperator which is right at the back of the engine. Also, because the pipes connecting it were 10+ years old, they needed replacing too. That's anoter £250+ in (OEM) parts and when all was said and done, a similar amout in labour (it had 3 days in the garage in all).

RR is in for service next month, so I can look forward to being skint all summer. But I guess that's just the way it is. 2012 RR Westminster TDV8
2008 Audi S5 4.2 V8
2006 Mazda MX-5 R/C Sport 2.0

Gone...
2007 RR Vogue SE 3.6 TDV8
2005 Ford Focus LX tdci 90
2006 Mazda RX-8
1996 Land Rover Discovery 300tdi
1998 BMW 523i
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I cannot help myself, if it isn't right I need to fix it  Sold - Bell a 2015 MY16 Loire Blue Autobiography 4.4 SDV8
Previously George a 2007 MY07 Java Black VSE 3.6 TDV8
Previously a 04 MY04 Defender 90

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I cannot help myself, if it isn't right I need to fix it

+1 2010 Range Rover TDV8 Baltic Blue Autobiography (2011 MY) - SOLD
1960 Land Rover SII SWB SW
2020 BMW R1250 RT LE
2021 Triton ST-125 (Monkey Bike)