Thread: 2007+ L322 Buyers Guide

Hi mate, whilst there is no place quite like aulro, ffrr.co.uk has all the info you need, great site.

TDv8 is a great engine by all accounts.

cheers

neil

Quite a few that we looked at were really tatty inside, some of the trim like armrests etc does not seem to hold up anything like as well as on the earlier years even at reasonably low KMs.

There weren't many options I don't think, worth sticking to looking for the Luxury spec level on the diesel though as it doesn't seem to make a great difference to the price now. The heated/cooled seats are vaguely nice to have and if you want the factory fitted aux input for music it only came with the rear seat entertainment fitted too for example.

We ended up going with a supercharged petrol though, the economics of the extra cost to buy a TDV8 didn't work with the sort of KMs we do on it.

they are a all round very good reliabe car,, biggest complant we get is wind noise from the plenum seal, other then that, id buy one no doubt

supercharged petrol is only one to get rear e-diff ("locker") as standard too - very rare on TDV8 - so if you intend using it offroad its something to be aware of
cheers

Thanks guys. The most offroad this would get is fishing, I don't see it being overtaxed doing that.

Originally Posted by stig0000

they are a all round very good reliabe car,, biggest complant we get is wind noise from the plenum seal, other then that, id buy one no doubt

i just happened accross this comment and immediately thought this Plenum seal noise could be what that dreadful buzzing noise is comeing from the dash at about 100km/hour/ ????????

Our RR is a vogue V8 2003. do they have plenum seals and if so and this is the noise , can it be dealt with ?

sorry to chnage th subject , but thought id jumo on this quickly and maybe fix an annoying problem.

thanks

Hi Danske
Suggest you check the windscreen mounting seal, I recently had windscreen replaced and immediately had very loud buzzing noise at 100k.
Took it back to O'Briens - problem gone, not sure what they did but probably added some flexible sealant to the mounting seal. May pay to check with your local glass dealer.
Hope this helps
Peter

Hi Danske,

The early L322's (2002-2004) had a sporadic issue with the seals around the windscreen not setting properly with the sealant. This meant that over time, particularly in our warm environment, they lifted away from the screen allowing the edge at the base of the windscreen to vibrate when subjected to wind flow across the base of the windscreen.

A nice run of Sikaflex across the seal along the base of the windscreen worked a treat on mine. Over three years ago since mine done and not a hornet heard since.

Hope this helps. (sorry to hijack thread folks).

Cheers,
Iain