Thinking of buying one

Hi, I have the chance to purchase a P38 TD off my neighbour, 2 owners, 80k ish,
He has has it for about 2years, only uses it for social drives on Sundays,

any thoughts?

RAX1P said:

Hi, I have the chance to purchase a P38 TD off my neighbour, 2 owners, 80k ish,
He has has it for about 2years, only uses it for social drives on Sundays,

any thoughts?

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I'm thinking of some more coffee

im thinkin of buying a lamborgini !!!!---
BUT ive got no feckin money left after throwing it all away in the last year on a P38 ?????????????

HELP ME PLEASE !!!!!!!! MOZZ PLEASE SEE MY THREAD ON ENGINES ITS A V8 MATE .

mozz smith said:

im thinkin of buying a lamborgini !!!!---
BUT ive got no feckin money left after throwing it all away in the last year on a P38 ?????????????

HELP ME PLEASE !!!!!!!! MOZZ PLEASE SEE MY THREAD ON ENGINES ITS A V8 MATE .

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Its a BMW 6 cylinder!

RAX1P said:

Hi, I have the chance to purchase a P38 TD off my neighbour, 2 owners, 80k ish,
He has has it for about 2years, only uses it for social drives on Sundays,

any thoughts?

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Best version of the P38 IMO. Check that everything works. What year is it?

Datatek said:

Best version of the P38 IMO. Check that everything works. What year is it?

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+1. If he only used it for social drives on a Sunday, were the drives on the rest of the week anti-social? Or was it broken down Mon - Sat

Sounds like a good deal to me. Do the usual checks but if he's been nice enough to give it a bit of a run once a week and it hasn't let him down then it sounds like a good way to look after the car. There are some reliable P38s, I class mine as one and, of course, there are thousands of happy owners who've never even heard of Landy Zone.

Every morning, on my commute into work, I see three P38s being used as everyday transport by normal, fairly sane looking people and I wonder if I actually know too much about what can go wrong with these cars. After all, in the years I've had mine, I've only had one true break down and that was a split heater hose. O.K. my gearbox failed but that was within a couple of thousand miles of me giving it it's first ever oil and filter change and I wonder if I disturbed something and if the original box would have survived if I'd just continued in ignorance.

If you really want a RR p38 go for it look after it and you will be rewarded with total satisfaction I have owned my 95 for a good few years and it has been very reliable but since new it has had small fortune spent on it in maintenance

Just make sure you have a grand or so to spare on parts in the first year.

Love my DT but it has come close to being torched a few times. Reminds me, still got to fix that air-conditioning ...

RAX1P said:

Hi, I have the chance to purchase a P38 TD off my neighbour, 2 owners, 80k ish,
He has has it for about 2years, only uses it for social drives on Sundays,

any thoughts?

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yip dont do it man you will end up bald skint and divorced and the p38 will still try to take you for your last penny its a love hate relationship they love to hate you

Datatek said:

Best version of the P38 IMO. Check that everything works. What year is it?

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Its a S reg, and has done 66k, my neighbour does about 1500 miles a year, and has owned for three trouble free years, It has springs fitted to it it by the 1st owner.

springs on a p38 is a swear word on here so its obviously been maintained regardless of cost :yawn:

RAX1P said:

Its a S reg, and has done 66k, my neighbour does about 1500 miles a year, and has owned for three trouble free years, It has springs fitted to it it by the 1st owner.

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You'd be forever declaring it as a mod to your insurance company. If you didn't and you had a blowout or ever lost control, they could avoid a payout on the grounds of a modification that could have had a bearing on the accident leaving you to foot the bill...

You can get a bit of a dog, my engine was good but God, I had to sell my first born to eventually win! Now my P38 is lovely! May need to sell her soon as maybe buying a house.

RAX1P said:

Its a S reg, and has done 66k, my neighbour does about 1500 miles a year, and has owned for three trouble free years, It has springs fitted to it it by the 1st owner.

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You can always put the airsprings back, not expensive. Use the fact that it's on coils to haggle on the price.