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I've been contemplating the quandary of L322 or P38.

The prospect of expected repairs to the L322 such as the Vanos, suspension, steering column, auto transmissions has raised plenty of viability doubts in my mind from both reliability and financial perspectives.

I am beginning to form the conclusion that getting a P38 and allowing for the cost of the common repairs of heater core, blend motors, cooling system might make it a more reliable buy for a lot less total financial outlay....and it is still a luxurious and capable car all for a relatively small outlay.

The L322 4.4 Jag v8 with ZF 6 speed sounds like a pretty good vehicle. Less expensive and less complex than the later super charged and tdv8 terrain response models. However I like my 3.6 tdv8 a lot.

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Originally Posted by Grumbles

I've been contemplating the quandary of L322 or P38.

The prospect of expected repairs to the L322 such as the Vanos, suspension, steering column, auto transmissions has raised plenty of viability doubts in my mind from both reliability and financial perspectives.

I am beginning to form the conclusion that getting a P38 and allowing for the cost of the common repairs of heater core, blend motors, cooling system might make it a more reliable buy for a lot less total financial outlay....and it is still a luxurious and capable car all for a relatively small outlay.

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G`day ,

because we live in the county the P38 is the clever choice because a spare parts one costs not much , even thors can go cheap , whereas with the L322 parts needed wouldn`t be on hand .

One concern i have about the L322 is they tend to be flasher than we are so as well as all the other things we`d need one that didn`t look too flash .

It`s one of the reasons i didn`t look at them too closely when we still had the LSE .

I actually have a set of Comet wheels and a Kaymar wheel carrier for a P38 so i guess i must intend to get a P38 at some stage , i just don`t realise it .

I really don`t understand why i`m having so much trouble deciding , i have all the facts , i have a couple a bob , i guess when the right one fronts up i`ll know .

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Originally Posted by rar110

The L322 4.4 Jag v8 with ZF 6 speed sounds like a pretty good vehicle. Less expensive and less complex than the later super charged and tdv8 terrain response models. However I like my 3.6 tdv8 a lot.

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Thanks ,

if an L322 i`d only be looking at the BMW ones unless a cheapy the same type as yours came up .

It does seem though that they are all initially pretty good until they prove themselves other wise , which they all tend to at some stage or another .

I think with any it`s a matter of learning about them and then you know what is good and bad what has to be fixed and what is an inconvenience , ETC

Everyone seems to be missing the obvious IMO :D

it would take a broken headlight to writeoff a old classic. How bad is the damage to the LSE. If it's the nose, surely you can stick another nose on it given a weekends work, and your away again :D

seeya,
Shane L.

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Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

Everyone seems to be missing the obvious IMO :D

it would take a broken headlight to writeoff a old classic. How bad is the damage to the LSE. If it's the nose, surely you can stick another nose on it given a weekends work, and your away again :D

seeya,
Shane L.

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G`day ,

Yes , i missed that it should have been obvious , my main concern wasn`t with the car .

Front door doesn`t open without grabbing , rear quater sitting out about a foot , same side rear door doesn`t seat well .

Radiator support back so`s the battery won`t come out .

Both chassis rails out the front at 45 degrees , one side torn away , as i understand thats`s an engineer inspect .

Even if a VIV were possible have you priced a new complete SRS system that would be required , not just the bags the entire system .

Yes , your right about the headlight there was one left and useable too .

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Originally Posted by PLR

G`day ,

Yes , i missed that it should have been obvious , my main concern wasn`t with the car .

Front door doesn`t open without grabbing , rear quater sitting out about a foot , same side rear door doesn`t seat well .

Radiator support back so`s the battery won`t come out .

Both chassis rails out the front at 45 degrees , one side torn away , as i understand thats`s an engineer inspect .

Even if a VIV were possible have you priced a new complete SRS system that would be required , not just the bags the entire system .

Yes , your right about the headlight there was one left and useable too .

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Bloody hell... That's a MASSIVE hit .... I'm glad your wife is ok :o :o :o I was thinking a simple front on hit that's taken out the radiator, headlight and bonnet (which would easily write off a low value car).

seeya,
Shane L.

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Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

Bloody hell... That's a MASSIVE hit .... I'm glad your wife is ok :o :o :o I was thinking a simple front on hit that's taken out the radiator, headlight and bonnet (which would easily write off a low value car).

seeya,
Shane L.

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Not good but probably sounds worse .

If it wasn`t insured and no paper work was done on it , i`d imagine it would have had some different colours on it but we would have been using it within a week or so , it`s one of the reasons we have a spare short one .

Cheers

I thought your car had taken a decent hit but nothing like you have described. Great outcome for your wife considering what happened to the car.

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Originally Posted by PLR

...................it`s one of the reasons we have a spare short one .

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Now that is the essence of a true Range Rover owner. Always prepared for the worst whilst enjoying the best and all with out compromising ideals and humbling one self by taking on a Jappo.B) :D

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Originally Posted by Grumbles

I've been contemplating the quandary of L322 or P38.

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In my opinion the L322 is destined to become the next classic, and as Jeremy Clarkson once said (and many have repeated since) "The P38 just has no soul........" I drove a brand new P38 to Perisher and back in early 1996 just after it was released, off the back of a market research evening (they even threw in a free tank of fuel). As nice as it was I have never been inclined to own one.......

Both will drain your bank accounts dry, test your marriage, question your sanity.......

I like my new Prado :)