Greetings. First time owner here from Vegas.

Just picked up a used 2 owner 2006 LR3 SE.
all original 87.5K miles. Arizona car.
Exceptionally clean. So far every switch works as it should. Suspension logic etc.

The car will be used in MN for 5-6 months out of the year. Mostly summer but also in the winter now and then. We dont plan on driving it more than 5000 miles a year realistically.

Hoping this website will be just as valuable as RENNLIST, the one i use for my old Porsche 928. A website of my car and the work i have done Tonys928page

Im a pretty good DIY guy so there is not much i cant tackle. The only issue i will have is all the "code resetting and flashing" that may be required on the vehicle.

Just ordered a trailer wiring harness and have found a LR factory hitch to install.

Besides the introduction, my question is are there any tips or other good webistes for a new owner as far as maintenance and references?
Parts suppliers?

Pics of the new ride.

 

Looks good.

I'd recommend changing the transmission fluid and filter and also the oil in the diffs. Heck change all of the fluids. Land rover is overly optimistic in how long the fluid lasts in these things.

You MIGHT want to consider replacing the dryer on the air suspension compress as preventative maintenance if it's still the original compress and if it's not been replaced before. Mine was starting to get faults and that fixed it for me, and I'm considering doing it every few years now.

I think someone mentioned a coolant hose that is a pretty common weak spot on these too.

Lower control arm bushings are a pretty common wear item too.

I like having a good code reader that can read everything on the vehicle. I'm a big fan of the nanocom from blackbox solutions. Lucky8 recently posted a video of a soon to be released update for the IID tool, which looked like it could talk to an iPad over Bluetooth. (I think that's what I was seeing on their Facebook post, anyway).