Daz
Went for a 159 sportwagon. 2.0 jtd. Auto, averages 50mpg, goes well enough to be able to squirt past a doddling granny in a Toyota Yaris on a country lane and handles like a go kart. being used to @22 mpg, this is amazing getting circa 60 on a motorway run and giving 700 miles of range on regular basis. Everything works on it, not a squeek or rattle and only thing I have replaced in 10000 miles is pulley damper. Only complaint is that it chucks all the road crud up the back door and covers rear number plate
 2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

Will a sport with 70k and new engine still hold its value ....well nearly everything new on it !
2008 hse
New engine
Alternator
Battery
Fuel filter
Transfer box bearings
Suspension compressor
@ the moment

One would hope so

I was joking in the office yesterday that, by the time I've finished with it, my RRS will be as good as it should have been when it left the factory!

Someone asked if the Range Rover Sport was the automotive equivalent of Trigger's broom - there are no original parts left! 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

^^^^ yeah I'd read you have been having a few new parts fitted.

So what the plan with yours run it till the death or chop it in?

Not sure really. Part of me thinks I should move it on and try a new one. But part of me thinks I know what's been done to it and when, so run it 'til it drops. I do enjoy taking it off road on occasion which would be slightly more worrying with something newer.

Toying with adding some underbody plates (mostly to protect the transfer box electric motors really) and a raised air intake (to give protection from an unintended bit of deeper water as I can't see the point of playing submarines with a 4x4 like some of the Defender boys do). I quite fancy a trip along Strata Florida before the Ramblers get greenlaning banned... I also quite fancy a trip or two down to the Pyrenees and Portugal as they look like fabulous off road adventures.

Having said all of that, I do quite fancy a 4.4TDV8 Vogue SE though...  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

I am toying with changing my TDV8 now its got 112k on it - not because its got issues - far from it - only reason is lack of availability of a warranty after 130k - unless anyone knows any sensible warranties which are worth the paper...

glad to hear the old girl is looking after you Darren  RRS gone
Audi SQ5...Gone Audi Q7 S-Line 240 3.0TDI Gone
Audi A6 Allroad Sport 270 3.0TDI

RRSTDV8 wrote:

I quite fancy a trip along Strata Florida before the Ramblers get greenlaning banned...

I'm out green laning all the time but on my ktm 300 six days not the sport as I don't even take the up Tarmac curbs

Strata florida is also on my list to do but I'm doing a race season next year so laning will take a back seat, make sure you film the trip when you do it

awd man wrote:

glad to hear the old girl is looking after you Darren

Yeah mate it's run perfect!

Well anti roll bar bushes which it needed when you sold me it cost £36 and a few hours of my time, 92p on an injector spill rail o ring and a battery which I got foc! Granted them jobs would of been more if I went to the stealers.

Plus I do drive like a vicar