There have been a couple of people's Range Rover history on here so I thought I might as well add my 2p. As the topic title suggests this is number 6 for me, 2 were P38's and now onto my 4th L322.
My first was a 1999 P38 4.6 HSE, I bought for £1250 unseen over the internet from a Honda dealer 250 miles from home. A moment of madness, I then paid a man to deliver it to my parents. It was a similar cost to a train ticket believe it or not. To my astonishment this bizarre purchase went well and it wasn't a bad car by any means. I had it for roughly 2 years and in that time it required a set of airbags and the compressor rebuilding. I also had a new radiator fitted and one or two other small items but on the whole a great car and I will miss the old girl forever. I sold it just before my son was born in an ill thought out plan to save money and be more practical. (I had my BMW 650i at the time which I didn't want to sell, the replacement for the P38 was a 530i Touring - a nice car but no range rover.)
Number two came when my son was around 6 months old, the 530i did not last very long. This was was a late 2001 Vogue (4.6 of course). This was a fairly straight car although initially had a curious ABS fault - its quite well known now but the ABS ECU had failed internally and was giving strange faults. After a bit of head scratching I tested the wiring continuity in the car and took a punt on a used ABS ECU which resolved it. Other than that I had few other problems with that car other than a latch failing on the passenger front door. I sold this car to buy a new Range Rover, the 650i also went at the same time, it went to a chap who did the jobs it needed and what I might call a small restoration and it made a stunning car out of an already nice example. Always regrets, perhaps I should have done these jobs as nice ones are getting sought after these days.
This started something of a tradition of a set of photos I will treasure for ever, here is my son Thomas aged about 14 months.
Then came the first 2006 MY07 Supercharged which I bought from Mike, MPX on here. It was a brilliant car, gave almost no bother at all and we enjoyed this car with a trip round the NC500. One issue it did have was an annoying problem with the glovebox release switch which failed and caused a battery drain. I had another issue after having the gearbox serviced it leaked oil which was not the cars fault at all but the garage that serviced it. Eventually got that sorted but it was extremely annoying! A wonderful car, quiet comfortable and plenty of power. However, I got the bug for an E60 M5 which is another very special car so the S/C was sold for the M5 - which hurt but I do still have the M5 after 4.5 years.
Thomas again here not yet two and awkward to get a photo of!
A few months without a Range Rover lead me to this interesting machine, a 2002 4.4 HSE, it was cheap £2500, it was rough but it seemed OK. I had not realised how basic the HSE cars felt compared to a Vogue or better until I owned one. However that first drive home, there was just something not quite right. In hindsight I should perhaps have just taken it back to the previous owner but its difficult in a private sale. It didn't improve in the final couple of miles towards home when it developed a horrific noise - turned out the drivers side front brake heat shield had been glue gunned back on and had fallen off. I spent quite a bit of money on it, brakes, calipers, tyres, wheel bearings various service items. The compressor was also shot, so I rebuilt that and could not for the life of me fix the EAS until I realised that somehow it had put its self in transport mode. After that it was largely OK although one day the wipers packed up in torrential rain - it never did it again but another odd moment. I eventually swapped this thing for an X5 which was OK, but again not a range rover. It lasted 6 months and was sold on. The car cropped up a couple of times though, for stupid reasons I ended up with the history for it - the X5 owner "forgot" the history and it never turned up... Anyway, by change I found the next owner and managed to reunite the car and its file and it then ended up being bought by an acquaintance of mine by this time it was getting very tired and I believe its last move went to Blackpool and has now ended its days.
Thomas again, at age 2 1/2 I'd say just before we went sledging!
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I then managed two months without a Range Rover but then went and bought 2004 4.4 Vogue which was not an expensive car, £2700 as I recall, but it turned out to be a semi precious stone in the rough. It was a rocky start with the transfer box potentiometer and the navigation computer plus some corroded pins here and there but once I had ironed all that out it gave me 2.5 years of relatively reliable service. Sadly at its last MOT in October 2021 it needed brake lines and some other bits which was the first proper expense. As I've detailed in the other thread about this car a friend of mine was keen to buy it after borrowing it and I eventually gave in which left me without a Range Rover. But it was a good car and we both liked it.
This car also saw the birth of my daughter.
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Which brings us onto my current 2006 MY07 Supercharged, very much the same car in spec as the previous supercharged and I think will be with us for a while. Range Rovers have become a large part of family life, we don't use them for every journey but lots with plenty of memories!
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The latest one here, Thomas aged 7 and Jennifer aged 2 1/2 2005 E60 M5
2006 L322 4.2 SC
2020 Tesla Model S Long Range
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2004 L322 4.4 Vogue, 2019 NP300 Navara, 2016 NP300 Navara, 2002 L322 4.4 HSE, 2006 (MY07) L322 S/C ,2001 330Ci Sport Track Car, 2005 650i Coupe, 2001 P38 Vogue, 2003 530i Sport Touring, 1999 P38 4.6 HSE, 2002 E39 M5, 1995 300zx TT Slicktop, 1997 M3 Evo, 1992 300zx TT Targa, 1998 323i Coupe
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