http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-RANGE-ROVER...&rt=nc

freind of mine might be getting it but guy has no service history with it, thought anyone on here could shed some light on it. I know you cannot chase history as its individual garages but is there any other way of tracing anything on it?
thanks

No service history, and...

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Remapped to 235BHP with button adjustable 3 setting sprint booster fitted making this car take off with great torque at almost no revs.

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Oh dear..... The more you mod them, the less they are worth. Certainly not worth the 20k he was hoping to get for it. I wouldn't touch a RRS without a service history. But if it's what floats your mates boat, then that is upto him. Check to see when the cam belt was last changed, ask when it was last serviced at least, he must know that. Sooo much needs keeping upto on a Range Rover Sport, you really need to know its history... If it hasn't been mapped right, he will be looking at big transmission bills very soon.

no expense spare, but i have no service history

probable that it will smell of the 2 big Bulldogs he/she owns too and leather smells of sweat from him running about doing Pakour and gym work

Ady 555 wrote:

If it hasn't been mapped right, he will be looking at big transmission bills very soon.

Yeah, if he's lucky he'd probably get away with just the transmission...  Visiting from DISCO3.CO.UK
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lol thanks for the input guys il advise him to stay clear

Lost for Words wrote:

Ady 555 wrote:

If it hasn't been mapped right, he will be looking at big transmission bills very soon.

Yeah, if he's lucky he'd probably get away with just the transmission...

Ho hum

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"The more you mod them, the less they are worth"

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Current reg plate N111GKX

"A real head turner!" Yeh yeh, it's the pedestrians looking round to see who the plonker is who is playing 3200w of thumping from just behind the rear seats. With that much ouput I wonder how long before all the screwheads fall out through excess vibrations... 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Oh dear, I would be running the other way from that. 20k as well I thought I paid over the odds for my 2006 and that has been loved and pampered all it 44000 miles. Far far far better examples out there for far less money.

Is it a Police auction?

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"The more you mod them, the less they are worth"

- Completely true. Is there any mod that actually adds value? I rather doubt it.

I like to think that my intercooler, silicone hoses, V8 brakes and FBH controller, for instance, are good things, if not adding much/any monetary value.  Visiting from DISCO3.CO.UK
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I like to think that my intercooler, silicone hoses, V8 brakes and FBH controller, for instance, are good things, if not adding much/any monetary value.

I'd probably class those as mechanical improvements rather than mods, but perhaps we should refine the concept a little. Visible mods design to improve the aesthetic appeal of a car will almost certainly detract from the value or, at best, have no impact. Mechanical 'improvements' if invisible will be unlikely to harm the value but are also very unlikely to increase the value.