Correct i owned number 6,PAGE 13 ON CARIN 50 WEBSITE,SOME PICS IN MY PHOTO ALBUM.BEST P38 OUT OF ALL IVE EVER OWNED,RECENTLY OFFERED BACK TO ME BY THE FELLA I SOLD IT TO 2 YEARS AGO.IM TEMPTED
55 made origanally and another 30 with different spec added later due to demand,total 85.think there are only 10 or 12 left in existance
hmmmm obviously the book I have - Range Rover the Second Generation written by James Taylor (cos I am a geek and have a massive passion for Range Rover hence the library of books) states 100 were made.....
P38 Range Rover Vogue 50 Carin (#35) page 14,mmmmm maybe land rover them selves are wrong then ...nevermind but i did enjoy number 6 whilst i owned it ,got me thinking of buying it back now
Maybe the researcher for the book fecked up then! your letter from LRUK indicates 55+30 and I am sure they know what they made!!
ha ha no i havnt, i paid for it once and its only done 5000 miles on it still under guarunteeyou got no chance mate
how u keeping bud will meet up soon. ps 4k buys vogue 50 carin no 6 u interested
saint i read the same myself somewhere aswell but after i purchased a 50 i done alot of research into them,there is actual rumors of higher numbers in the 80s but some never had a plaque on them so its anyones guess bud
Sounds a bargain. P38s have depreciated like a rock.
i agree irish i like my l322 cause its effortless luxury drive but sadly comes with very high cost maintenance,ive only ever had range rovers as my main car and over many years progressed from various classics to various p38s upto a l322 and no doubt i will carry on.looking back 38s and classics are a easy fix whatever goes wrong and can be fixed by a diy mechanic most of the time,i also agree most are status symbols and not used to full potential,you only have to switch the tv on and theres a rr on the news,soaps,tv awards etc etc with some celebrity climbing in and out of them in london etc,but i will never forget the first v8 carb rr classic i purched and the excitement it gave me which put me on this long rollercoaster im still on:behindsofa:
If it's any consolation, the New Rangies have dropped in price like a stone also.
It very much appears that the "Qudos" of the L322 etc has dropped in the same way as the P38 did after it had been in production for a few years. Regular Forum readers will have noticed the rapid increase of new Rangie problem related posts
Despite all the claims of increased reliability of the L322 over the P38 which claimed the same over the old Classics....proved to be false in my opinion, it now seems certain that the new Rangies are a pain in the ar*e compared with the P38 and it's getting worse as time passes. Added to this is the lack of availability of spurious aftermarket parts thus adding greatly to the running costs.
To be honest, from a practical owners point of view, with all the electronic systems, even compared to other manufacturers, d.i.y. repairs, even by competent owners gets increasingly difficult if not impossible from a practical and financial aspect. They seem to be aimed at those with an Expense Account facility, or be in the fortunate position to be able to trade them in just before the warranty expires.
As a past owner of both a Classic (3.9, SE) and a 4.6, HSE and having had use of a 09 Supercharged 4.4 new RR for a few weeks it is a "No Contest"...the new Rangie looked the part and had all the bells & whistles but from a reliability & comfort point of view the old Classic left it standing ..However, from a "Street Cred" point of view, I suppose the later Posers motor took the prize. I wonder how many of these shiny motors have been used to their full potential-e.g. Off Road, or are just status symbols.
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If it's any consolation, the New Rangies have dropped in price like a stone also.
It very much appears that the "Qudos" of the L322 etc has dropped in the same way as the P38 did after it had been in production for a few years. Regular Forum readers will have noticed the rapid increase of new Rangie problem related posts
Despite all the claims of increased reliability of the L322 over the P38 which claimed the same over the old Classics....proved to be false in my opinion, it now seems certain that the new Rangies are a pain in the ar*e compared with the P38 and it's getting worse as time passes. Added to this is the lack of availability of spurious aftermarket parts thus adding greatly to the running costs.
To be honest, from a practical owners point of view, with all the electronic systems, even compared to other manufacturers, d.i.y. repairs, even by competent owners gets increasingly difficult if not impossible from a practical and financial aspect. They seem to be aimed at those with an Expense Account facility, or be in the fortunate position to be able to trade them in just before the warranty expires.
As a past owner of both a Classic (3.9, SE) and a 4.6, HSE and having had use of a 09 Supercharged 4.4 new RR for a few weeks it is a "No Contest"...the new Rangie looked the part and had all the bells & whistles but from a reliability & comfort point of view the old Classic left it standing ..However, from a "Street Cred" point of view, I suppose the later Posers motor took the prize. I wonder how many of these shiny motors have been used to their full potential-e.g. Off Road, or are just status symbols.
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