Marin, I agree with most of what you said, but I'd have to disagree in the
last paragraph about avoiding a LWB. I truly feel that these are some of
the best bargains out there for those who want family luxury. The primary
problems with these models are the suspension and the flexy engine.
The first problem can be sorted with a conversion kit to coils. If you do
the labor yourself, that is a $500 change. The second problem can be
ameliorated somewhat by adding some cross bracing along the bottom end. A
good machine shop should be able to do this without too much trouble, so I
would bet on about $800. LR had sorted a lot of the issues with the
electrics by this point, and the ride is pretty good. This means that for
about $1500 invested, you could get an AWESOME highway cruiser for about
$15k. That's a pretty good deal in my book. And there are PLENTY of
motivated sellers out there who simply cannot justify the high dealer costs
of maintaining the air suspension and other small issues.
Certainly not for everyone as you have to be willing to get your hands
dirty and let people work on your vehicle for tricky things, but certainly
not the money pit some people would have you believe.
-Perrone
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lro@Works.Team.Net [mailto:owner-lro@Works.Team.Net]On
> Behalf Of C. Marin Faure
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:44 PM
> To: lro-digest@Works.Team.Net
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> Subject: LRO: Re: 95 Rangie and on...
> And as long as we're on the subject, steer clear of the Range
> Rover 4.2 LWB
> in general. Not only is the engine a repair bill waiting to happen, but
> the LWB has Land Rover's first generation air suspension. This is the
> system that Rover used to learn how NOT to design an air suspension. The
> second generation air suspension, introduced on the "new model"
> in 1995, is
> much more reliable. Of course, if you get a coil sprung model, you will
> never be presented with an air suspension repair bill at all.
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