Joined the club today ,

[orangepop]

Pretty excited to collect this girl today , SDV8 Autobiography MY16 , 24k on the clock & still has the new car smell.

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[CSBrisie]

Outstanding! Well done!!

[justinc]

Having driven my first 4th generation SDV8 just yesterday, I am totally smitten. Great choice!!!!

[Gregz]

Excellent - I think you have hit the sweet spot.... if I was buying, that is what I would go for.


Edit - I just looked at the ad on car sales, and me being a sticky beak, could not resist putting your VIN into Topix... looks like you are up for the 2 year service already..... maybe the dealer can throw that in for free?

[rar110]

Nice. That will be a big step up from a RRS. Not saying a RRS is crap but a L405 sounds pretty good, the 21st century king of 4WD.

I am looking at buying a L405 in 2027 (not kidding - that’s the plan). Hopefully the L322 lasts (and keeps putting a smile on my face) until then. I really like my MY08 tdv8 and will miss checking the dipstick for carbon contamination.

I think Greg is right, the MY16 seems to be a sweet spot.

The MY13 & MY19 also have there pluses and minuses.

[orangepop]

Excellent - I think you have hit the sweet spot.... if I was buying, that is what I would go for.


Edit - I just looked at the ad on car sales, and me being a sticky beak, could not resist putting your VIN into Topix... looks like you are up for the 2 year service already..... maybe the dealer can throw that in for free?

Thanks , truth is I was looking for a 2016 SDV8 Sport and stumbled onto this car and not too big a price diff.... so hell why not grab it!
Re service record that’s interesting, are you sure you checked the right VIN as the osh.landrover.com shows 1,2 & 3 yr services completed by my local Gold Coast LR Dealer

[orangepop]

Now I’m curious, what features etc make the 2016 hit the “sweet spot “

[Geedublya]

Now I’m curious, what features etc make the 2016 hit the “sweet spot “

105l fuel tank is a big one.

[rar110]

Now I’m curious, what features etc make the 2016 hit the “sweet spot “

Yep retains large fuel tank and gets updated electronics. I think the tdv8 was also updated.

Down side it gets Adblue and looses the small storage space in the door.

[Graeme]

I though the smaller diesel tank in MY17 was to make room for the Adblue tank.

[orangepop]

I thought it had a 105 L tank so was surprised to see it has Adblue. I’ll get back to you after it’s 1st fuel ⛽️ fill as I took delivery with a full tank. It has the small door storage under the arm rest, front only [emoji848]

[CSBrisie]

If it has Adblu (a pain - I’ve added it at 13000 and 22000 Km) then it has 87l tank; not critical- but if I could choose again I would have gone MY16 without it.

[orangepop]

Looks like this car is right in the Adblue transition stage.... Adblue top up funnel etc in the boot but under the bonnet just a plastic flat cover plate where the Adblue filler point should be according to the handbook ... happy days [emoji2]

[CSBrisie]

An Adblu funnel? Well, I missed out on that!! lol!!

[peter g]

I think you’ll find that the funnel is for use when refuelling from jerrycan, or if using an older style diesel pump nozzle. (Which I found in Norseman WA last year).
Peter

[orangepop]

Its a steep learning curve. Can anyone tell me what this is for & I assume the "Tool Kit" referred to in the owners handbook is simply the wheel brace & Wheel Chocks as pictured.
There is also a small inline canister that may be a small fuel filter ?
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[BobD]

I'm not sure what you are asking about from the picture?

Have you looked at the manual? I think the suspension compressor is located under the cover in the centre of the spare wheel and the battery is behind and below the spare wheel as you can see from the positive and negative terminals. I doubt that there are any fuel lines or filters inside the car but I am not sure what items in the photo you are referring to. Perhaps you are looking at the suspension air lines coming from the compressor?

As Pauline says, please explain!!

[Graeme]

The suspension compressor has a filter on the inlet line so perhaps that's what has been spotted.

[orangepop]

Thanks BobD & Graeme, I ordered a manual via AULRO but not here yet, the owners hand book is very short on anything other than features .
Compressor makes sense and I guess the canister is as Graeme suggests. Owners handbook mentions a tool kit in same compartment as the spare wheel which is where the polystyrene block pictured is with provision only for the wheel brace & wheel chocks so I’m assuming that is “the tool kit “[emoji15]

[Gregz]

Hi Orangepop,
that's about it for the tool-kit. you might want to check, if you have locking wheel nuts, that you have the adaptor - should be sitting to the left of the 1st photo (at least in L494, could be different in L405) . Also you should have a jack sitting towards the rear seat from the compressor (in L494)..... be careful as you take that out, the little pins on the straps tend to fall off and become lost (experience).
...Greg

[simmo1]

If you have locking wheel nuts I would strongly recomend removing them and repalcing with normal. It is a fair pain if you or your trusted mech losse the locking key.

Simmo