New Purchase

[Coasting]

Hi Guys

I don't post much but read a lot, great forum and great information. I am excited because I just purchased a P38 2002 with just 72000k's on it from new. It's a HSE and very nice condition, full service history, I am going to be towing a 27ft Caravan which we will be living in for a few years. I won't be doing a lot of towing so the fuel costs will be kept to a min.

Anyway when I pick it up very soon I'll attempt to post a photo.

Coasting

[Hoges]

Noice! :D Hope to hear from you regularly!

[willem]

Good choice of car! 72 000 kms is almost new!

Willem

[Kalincho]

Even for a P38 Range Rover! :twisted:

[PaulP38a]

I look forward to seeing what a P38A with less than 100,000Km actually looks like :D

Coasting - if you have problems posting a photo, you can email them to me and I will post/host them for you.

Cheers, Paul.

[DT-P38]

So like everyone, I'm keen to see what a fresh one looks like... though I just can't help but ask.. how much does the used limo market :p ask for a really nice one?

Feel free to tell me to mind my own business Cruiser, but wadjapay?

:DDave

[Coasting]

Hi Guys
Well to put you out of your misery ...... I had to pay 35K, but when you consider the 110K new price tag and after it's a rangie I guess it was worth it. I can tell you this much, I've had 3 Rangies my 1st was back in 1976, it had 14K on the clock and I had to pay $14000 for it then. That was back in the days when you might be lucky to see 3 advertised, then by the time you got there it was sold. Some people just bought them and sat, waiting for the highest bidder, I know one guy wanted 18K for his and that was around 3K from memory above new price.

Anyway I'm really pleased with the way it drove, it's been a long time since my last Rangie (1988) and it's great to be back in the saddle so to speak.

Regards Coasting

[Coasting]

Just a quick side note... I saw one advertised with 35K on the clock and he wanted 47K for it, now that is really pushing my limits, so I settled for second best ...lol...Plus the wife would have killed me.. we needed some money left to buy the Van.

Regards Coasting

PS.. Paulp38 thanks for the offer I'll see how I go Mate and let you know.

[Hoges]

In the Australian market, $35k for the marque/age/2002 model etc is a very good price... well done! When you realise that it's been costing someone else 10k per year for the past 7yrs , it's an excellent time to buy it !

[Coasting]

Hi guys
Here's some photos - hopefully!
Coasting

[Grumbles]

Well I'm just plain jealous. Hope you get many enjoyable years out of it.

[mike 90 RR]

I am going to be towing a 27ft Caravan


Congrats on your new ride :)

I would be installing a aftermarket external Auto trans oil cooler, if your gonna be towing that van ... and upgrading the radiator wouldn't go astray either ...

Mike

[Hoges]

Noice rig :D

from my "research" it appears that from 2000 onwards there was a factory installed power outlet in the "boot" ...is this so with yours and if so what's the amps capacity?

Also, did yours come fitted with a Nav system...AND does the radio hop in steps of 9KHz or in 10KHz steps in the AM band ... mine hops in 10KHz steps although it was an "Australian" spec ...but the radio appears to be Mexico/Canada/USA... just curious!
Thanks

[PaulP38a]

Very nice looking Rangie there Coasting. I'd be fibbing if I said I wasn't just a bit envious of such a clean (and low Km) vehicle. :)

Cheers, Paul.

[Coasting]

Noice rig :D

from my "research" it appears that from 2000 onwards there was a factory installed power outlet in the "boot" ...is this so with yours and if so what's the amps capacity?

Also, did yours come fitted with a Nav system...AND does the radio hop in steps of 9KHz or in 10KHz steps in the AM band ... mine hops in 10KHz steps although it was an "Australian" spec ...but the radio appears to be Mexico/Canada/USA... just curious!
Thanks

Hi Hoges
Yes mine jumps 10KHz at a time as well, and as far as the power outlet is concerned there's only the cigarette lighter in the rear, not sure what you mean about a power outlet.

Regards
Coasting

[Coasting]

Congrats on your new ride :)

I would be installing a aftermarket external Auto trans oil cooler, if your gonna be towing that van ... and upgrading the radiator wouldn't go astray either ...

Mike

Hi Mike
I will be only towing small trips and the longest will be when I go to Narooma on the East coast, around 600K's so I don't think it will be a prob under those conditions, not as if I'm going to be doing thousands of K's around Aussie, then I would consider making some modifications.

Regards
Coasting

[Hoges]

thanks for the quick response :) Yep, the cig lighter in the rear is the power outlet...
The radio is an imbuggerance in that it is never quite properly tuned :o Would appear that while the owner's manual stipulates it hops in 9KHz steps for our market the reality is that "they" fitted the wrong (10KHz interval) radio... guess it's a bit late to ask LR for the "proper" one!

I have examined the radio minutely and tried all sorts of combinations of button pressing/turning on etc to try and get it into a calibration mode to change its tuning characteristics...but no luck ...so far
cheers & thanks

[mike 90 RR]

I will be only towing small trips and the longest will be the East coast, around 600K's

...Your Auto costs a :twisted: Bomb :twisted: to rebuild & a Trans cooler is very cheap insurance :angel:

All Auto trans box's collapse under overheated conditions ... and your van is very heavy :(


Other than that ... enjoy it's pleasures

Mike
:)

[Scouse]

does the radio hop in steps of 9KHz or in 10KHz steps in the AM band ... mine hops in 10KHz steps although it was an "Australian" spec ...but the radio appears to be Mexico/Canada/USA... just curious!
Thanks


Hi Hoges
Yes mine jumps 10KHz at a time as well,


Would appear that while the owner's manual stipulates it hops in 9KHz steps for our market the reality is that "they" fitted the wrong (10KHz interval) radio... guess it's a bit late to ask LR for the "proper" one!

I have examined the radio minutely and tried all sorts of combinations of button pressing/turning on etc to try and get it into a calibration mode to change its tuning characteristics...but no luck ...so far
cheers & thanksI'm sure I saw a bulletin about a similar problem years ago. If I get a chance tomorrow, I'll try & dig it up.

[Scouse]

I'm sure I saw a bulletin about a similar problem years ago. If I get a chance tomorrow, I'll try & dig it up.Found it.
Rather than completely hijack this thread, I've started a new one:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/p38a-range-rover/91277-alpine-head-unit-resetting-am-9khz-steps.html