L322 Ability Off Road

Hi, been out looking at an '02 today, and have a couple of questions. Firstly, is the price. The one I ended up liking the most, is a L322 MY03 HSE with TD6 engine. It is a one owner vehicle, has full LR service history, all the bells and whistles, and the electronics seem to work fine. It has 120,000 km on it, and both the interior and exterior are in excellent condition. Given that while looking around, I have seen prices varying from low 30K for a high KM vehicle, to high 40k for low KM units. This one drove very well compared to one of the others I drove. It looks like I will be able to drive it away for about 41K. Does this sound too much?

I don't mind paying a bit more for the right vehicle, as I will have it for years, but I don't want to get ripped off either.

I would like to name the dealer, to see what others thought of them, but I wasn't sure if this would breach the forum rules?

The dealer was very good - I normally hate talking to dealers, but this operation seems a bit different, and a lot more 'trust worthy' - if I dare use that term when talking about used car salesmen...:D.

Smaller volume kind of place if you know what I mean - owner operator, rather than salesmen looking for a quick sale and commission...

Any comments would be greatly appreciated on the price, and anything else I should be looking out for...

Cheers - Gav

I have an identical vehicle. Won't tell you how much I paid for it because I might cry :(

$41K for a clean one with low KMs is a bargain. They are a stunning, stunning vehicle.

Can you see from the LR service history if it's had the front diff replaced? It prob should have as this was a general recall on that model.

I'd say go for it :p

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Originally Posted by spudboy

I have an identical vehicle. Won't tell you how much I paid for it because I might cry :(

$41K for a clean one with low KMs is a bargain. They are a stunning, stunning vehicle.

Can you see from the LR service history if it's had the front diff replaced? It prob should have as this was a general recall on that model.

I'd say go for it :p

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Thanks - Not sure about all the details of the service history. Looked at the log book, and it had all the services done at the right times by an LR dealer. There are other papers with it - I didn't get there far today, just wanted to get the missus to drive a couple to see if she liked them ... She did :D. This one was the pick of the crop.

I'll find out if this has been done. I also saw mentioned on this thread that the trannie fluid should be replaced regularly - should I be looking to make sure this has been done? If it hasn't, will the trannie have suffered doing 120KKM on the original stuff?

I'm just counting up my pennies now, to see what I am going to need to borrow to make up the short fall.:p

I was originally budgeting for a good D2, so I need to find a bit more cash first.:p

Cheers - Gav

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Originally Posted by bacicat2000

Thanks - Not sure about all the details of the service history. Looked at the log book, and it had all the services done at the right times by an LR dealer. There are other papers with it - I didn't get there far today, just wanted to get the missus to drive a couple to see if she liked them ... She did :D. This one was the pick of the crop.

I'll find out if this has been done. I also saw mentioned on this thread that the trannie fluid should be replaced regularly - should I be looking to make sure this has been done? If it hasn't, will the trannie have suffered doing 120KKM on the original stuff?

I'm just counting up my pennies now, to see what I am going to need to borrow to make up the short fall.:p

I was originally budgeting for a good D2, so I need to find a bit more cash first.:p

Cheers - Gav

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Thats about the right money for the k's.. Id try and get it down to 39k though. Make sure brakes and tyres have lots of life left. And check the front diff recall with landrover (will need VIN numbers). Ive had mine for nearly a month now and loving it more each day. The TD6 goes very well and is great on fuel.

Even took it 4x4ing last weekend:D and still went well on road tyres!

Camo
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That's a classy way to go camping :D

Mines it's twin sister.The brakes are the same price as any other vehicle to replace,I did mine last week. Pat

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Originally Posted by Camo

Thats about the right money for the k's.. Id try and get it down to 39k though. Make sure brakes and tyres have lots of life left. And check the front diff recall with landrover (will need VIN numbers).

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Thanks for that. With the Diff recall, do I need to contact LR, or will it be in the service history somewhere? I will look at the brakes - I think the tyres had a bit left on them. What other tyres does anyone run apart from the road tyres? If I end up getting this, it will be asked on occation to do what it was designed for, but not real rough stuff, I'll leave that to the '86.:p. I was thinking more of an all terrain... Any thoughts?

Cheers - Gav

I run Goodyear MTR's on mine, but that meant going to 19" rims (it originally came with 18s). These are the "official" Land Rover suggestion and are used on the G4 Range Rovers.

Excellent tyre in the snow and mud and not too loud around town (but much louder than the standard tyres). When they wear out I will be going back to the 18"s though as the number of times I have needed these tyres is not high enough to justify the extra cost and tyre noise.

HTH
David

Edit: When I bought mine they were only available in 19", but this may be different today......

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Originally Posted by bacicat2000

Thanks for that. With the Diff recall, do I need to contact LR, or will it be in the service history somewhere? I will look at the brakes - I think the tyres had a bit left on them. What other tyres does anyone run apart from the road tyres? If I end up getting this, it will be asked on occation to do what it was designed for, but not real rough stuff, I'll leave that to the '86.:p. I was thinking more of an all terrain... Any thoughts?

Cheers - Gav

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Yep. Contact a proper Land Rover dealer with your VIN numbers. Mine wasn't even entered in the log books + the guy I bought it from had no idea about the recall (had no idea about rangies anyways). Must have been done some point during a service.

Good luck!
Camo

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Even took it 4x4ing last weekend:D and still went well on road tyres!

Camo
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Lucky basted, I’m very jealous.

This heap of crap 07 RR would be lucky to out do commodore off road, but my 02 L322 was fantastic off road.