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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 06:53 PM
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Well I've had a discovery forever, but was always jealous of the RR... I've been looking and test driving them for years, but never pulled the trigger since they were never, "perfect."

I found possibly the cleanest Range I've ever seen, every option but gps... I know I overpaid a little... 16,500, but they gave me 2k for my rough shape 150k disco, I was pretty sure I couldn't give that thing away.

00 RR 4.6HSE, every since possible option except GPS...Also has a 2 year warranty from land rover. Best thing about it, it has just about 40,000 miles on it... Apparently one owner who never really drove the thing, it just sat in a garage.

How tough is the air suspension to service, it works now, and I'm covered for two years, but is it difficult to service? typical issues to look for?

Its throwing no codes at all, leaks nothing.... pretty psyched about this!





 
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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well that sure looks nice, i live most of my life in MA and i see
that i has a mass inspection sticker, i might have work on that
car if its from the "south shore" near Boston.
some items of note from the picture are the expensive options of
the real wood steering wheel, e-brake handle, and shifter.
never had a gps option on that, it should have nav being a HSE?
if its has 40k on it i may not have had the 30K service.
it may have the original plugs and wires too.

ok the electric air suspension service part,
if it goes in fault it will go to the bump stops and the four
EAS lights will flash on the dash and you will need a
diagnosis computer to find and clear the codes
after fixing the area of fault, air bag, height sensor ect







 
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 08:33 PM
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Apparently it came from a NY garage... Who knows though... They told me when they got it, they sent it to rover for the 30k where they replaced the compressor, looked new to me...

It was parked on an uneven service, and it struggled to level on sunday when I started it... that's normal though correct? Aside from that, when parked on level surface it goes right up, even after sitting for apparently weeks. How long does it take to swap out a bag?

I will check into the plugs, if it doesn't run propper the warranty should cover it based on what they told me... How much did I overpay @ $16.5?

I've seen some 8-10k ones out there, but they all seem to have issues... Seems like this one with 40k on it @16.5 is prob the safe move...

I drove a rhino edition one today 9000 dollars, 80k on it, suspension didn't work at all... Right after that I finalized the deal and am picking up the above one as soon as I can find time this week.
 
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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well when you see the title i'll bet is from MA
check the date on the inspection for the last time i was on the road.
i guess there too ways to handle the electrical air suspension stuff
replaced various EAS items over the next who knows how long or
convert to coil springs and never have an EAS problem from then on.
the ride with coil springs is firmer then the soft ride on air.
i guess 16K is paying a premium for a very low miles range rover.
carfax or bluebook will tell you for sure.


 
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 10:33 PM
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Yeah I haven't seen the title yet... I'll let you know though.

I already know I don't want to swap it to coils... As long as the air suspension isn't a nightmare to work on I'll keep it running forever! It can't be too bad, I think I read somewhere with some basic tools a bag can be replaced in the field... How long would you say it takes to replace just one? I have alot of tools, air tools as well.

Is test book something I can get for a laptop? Or is it one of those high dollar hand held units? obd2?

I have a handheld tuning computer for my ford, does everything right down to timing, a/f, etc... Anything like that exist for these trucks?

 
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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Good find! I think the price is a little steep myself but it looks cherry and they did cough up 2grand for the old Disco. Sweet wood on the inside!!!
 
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