I learnt fro a body shop that there was a factory and dealer mod to prevent water ingress round the rear lft windw, the seals at the top of the window fail. It involved fitting a plastic sheet over the electrical gubbins to stop water dripping straight onto it. Sadly I didn't keep the LR info...

An adventurous day, visit to the dealer in deepest Essex who advertises the 4.4 Vogue with 8 speed box, 137,000 miles on the clock for just under £6k. It's a very tidy car, a bit of a blemish on the back bumper and the high level stop light broken, the gas struts under the bonnet need to be...

I did and did, it still braked! It's a right pain. horrible car.

I don't know if DAB was standard on the 10 reg car I've got at the moment as the radio doesn't work! I don't like the adverts, but the BBC is not my first choice of radio these days. BTW, my partner's Disco 4 van has been ok, apart from initial steering/tracking problems, turbo change and...

All of them sounds like good advice!! I had a Velara as a loan car when my 08 Vogue was hit by a bus. It was truly the most awful car I've driven. There was nothing about it I iked. I couldn't get mey hand between the seats to do up my seat belt, the auto-lane control thingy was a nightmare, it...

BMW wheel nuts on that car IIRC.

The internet market place has thrown up a 4.4TDV8 with a dealer in Essex. He assures me its a good'un, new moT today, no defetcs, no christms tree lights on the dash, and within my budget, 137000 on the clock. The vendor of my current car is getting a couple in over the next few days, I'll see...

an internet search on a popular auction site shows some half sensible 4.4TDV8 cars with dealer warranty with about 130,000 miles on the clock. If my last dealer can't supply anything better today he will have to give my money back. A question though, on the facelift version, they don't seem to...

A mate used to have one of the original early 1970s Range Rovers, he wore it out in 2 years!

Ravin'mad pal, ravin' mad! I haven't had another car that gives the room I need, not that I'm vastly overweight, I just can't bend as I used to. I need restoring.

But, with my progressive illnesses with being over retirement age I need a big car so I don't have to bend or stretch too much to get in and out.

Yes, with the current car and the one before. The 08 Vogue was from a reputable garage and a transfer box broken soon after purchase covered under warranty extension, the only other problem until this year was an inlet manifold cracking. And that was on about 200,000 miles. The 52 reg car bought...

Is it worth keeping then? It seems like a lot of expense to use once again. But then so are my vintage buses!

Interesting, but possibly beyond what my pension will run to unless there's finance available. Unless there's a half deent on out there for about £7k somewhere..

That's the attitude I'm having to take these days! As much as I hate wasting things, one has to be practical about it. I've wasted loads of money over the years restoring old buses with a view to earning something when I retired (7 years ago), but still having to rebuild engines for them at vast...

Wow, what mpg does that do??

With all the trouble I've had with my recently acquired L322 2010 Vogue, documented on here under "infotainment", 110 Autologic faults and gearbox problems, I contacted the seller who offered a refund or get me another car. I'm looking for another diesel Vogue, 2010 or newer,, any particular one...

What sort of mileage has the car done? I had a 52 reg L322 from new and it must have been a Friday Afternoon cr, it was always going wrong. I had the gearbox rebuilt at least twice. The first time I cn't remember what happened to it at about 140,000 miles which I'm told is good for the ZF box...

But LEDs in the passenger saloon just does NOT look right! Not on a 1950s bus. I've heard someone does actually do an LED replacement with a 2" globe, but at about £25 a bulb that's a fair bit of dosh. The last batch of those bulbs made all went short life, the globes came loose in a relatively...

Thanks, I'll tell my partner to get that cheked when the car goes in for a service. I had the same problem with my 08 Vogue!