Range Rover

Did the intermittent reverse camera have anything to do with the rear end damage....?

 

No it was doing it before that and the camera is right at the top of the tailgate and this is at the bottom of the top tailgate.


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So car has 115,400 miles on it now. Just had oil service, MOT, new door seal, new bonnet struts, tailgate load straps, 4 new tyres, rear pads and discs and handbrake shows at Land Rover with a total Bill of £2400. A lot of money for a 15 year old car that is probably worth just a tad over £5,000 on a good Fay. Only thing wrong mechanically is some worn lower arm bushes that will probably need attending to next year and got to sort sent in tailgate still. Also needs nee wheel centre caps and Land Rover badges on the back as they have faded and fallen off. Still need to sort Bluetooth and reverse camera out as both have died. Looking at aftermarket units that can be used instead that are actually slightly better.

Thing is, it’s still a great car. I think values of specific ones of these will rise slightly like the classic Range Rover has done. Probably madness taking it to Land Rover for a service, but they were the supplying dealer from new and every service had been done by them and we’ve been their customer since 1996 so nice to keep going back.

Cheers


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If you enjoy it then so what?

I have lost two friends recently who were both only 56, so this has reinforced my view, to enjoy life while you can and if that means spending money on cars, because you like them, then so be it.


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Absolutely agree with that


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Haha, no harm in looking!


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Fun indeed! And who knows, there maybe some interesting calculations that make an F430 sound sensible. Maybe.

 

as the car has sentimental value it is worth giving it a bit of love every now and again

 

Only in the realms of 'man maths'?

 

Just do it


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I have a friend and former colleague that loves his cars. He tragically lost his wife to cancer about 15 years ago. He's still on his own, but has many friends and spends his money buying cars that he loves driving. He's owned many exotic performance cars, and is currently driving a very nice drop head Aston Martin Vantage, and before that a convertible Porsche 911 Carrera 2S. When he gets fedup with them, he just trades them in for the next one. One of his other friends runs a prestige car dealership and Norman buys most of his cars from him. The cost and depreciation is substantial, but as he says, he can afford it.

So I totally agree - If you can afford it, and it gives you enjoyment, go for it.

 

Indeed. It is terrible to lose a loved one in that way.

I was at my friend’s funeral today and the grief of his family was so painful to see.

It is also the first time I have lost someone from my peer group so feeling decidedly less invincible.


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So I’m now using this as my daily driver after selling the Skoda Superb and giving my the Kodiaq vRS to use as I was racking up the mileage very quickly in that. The Range Rover has just gone over 118,500 miles and still runs well. Clonking from the rear is the lower arms that will need doing and is currently averaging 19.0mpg.

Just going to see how I get on with it as have changed jobs a few months ago so have a shorter commute and this wasn’t being used so needed to start using it and even though it is 16 years old it’s still nice to drive.

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So the car has done 122,400 miles now. Had a massive banging noise from the rear over the weekend and had a look at work today and it looks like the rear subframe bushes have failed and split.





As well as this the Bluetooth doesn’t work, rear camera doesn’t work and e rear parking sensors do t work. Insured value is about £6,000 so got to have a bit of a think about this one before deciding what to do with it.

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That’s a tough one. I’d suspect the subframe bushes won’t be cheap.

 

So we had a good look at this again at work. Although the subframe bushes aren’t great there’s no movement in them.

Checked and found the nearside rear lower ball joint had failed and had a lot of movement in and there was rust coming out of it it was so bad.

This was replaced as well as the nearside rear anti roll bar link which had failed and was probably the cause of a lot of the noise as it was banging around on the nearside rear driveshaft.

Total to sort was £200 cash for the tech at work doing it in his own time, £125 for the special tool to remove the lower ball joint, £110 in parts from LR. Still got to sort out the nearside front door, parking sensors, Bluetooth and reverse camera but have sorted out the main problem for seemingly not a lot of money.

Happy days. Going back to work to collect it in a minute. Luckily it had two thirds of a tank of fuel in it


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