Rocket88 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Ex Broadsword, who has looked after it with meticulous enthusiasm…. First Range Rover I have ever owned, due to much prejudice from A.A. Recovery days. Air suspension and alarm / immobiliser have been ruthlessly deleted, and it’s 2.5 dizzler , so no Nickaseal fears. So what’s it like. Let’s get one thing straight, it’s not fast… it’s not even brisk. It’s endearingly ponderous, pressing the loud pedal just turns money into noise, with no appreciable increase in “ performance “. This does not matter a jot. Stick it in drive, gather momentum in a stately manner, and sneer at the peasantry. People do tend to get out of the way of black P38 with some alacrity. Most things seem to work, it does 28 to the gallon, and seems to leak a little, so regular oil changes are ongoing. One glaring omission, no cup holders….RR should provide a serf in the glovebox to decant one’s Earl Grey… Apart from that, enjoying it thoroughly… privatewire, Spurious, rainagain and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I didn't think Lightning, I thought this. Alusilber and Spurious 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 32 minutes ago, colc said: Ex Broadsword, who has looked after it with meticulous enthusiasm…. First Range Rover I have ever owned, due to much prejudice from A.A. Recovery days. Air suspension and alarm / immobiliser have been ruthlessly deleted, and it’s 2.5 dizzler , so no Nickaseal fears. So what’s it like. Let’s get one thing straight, it’s not fast… it’s not even brisk. It’s endearingly ponderous, pressing the loud pedal just turns money into noise, with no appreciable increase in “ performance “. This does not matter a jot. Stick it in drive, gather momentum in a stately manner, and sneer at the peasantry. People do tend to get out of the way of black P38 with some alacrity. Most things seem to work, it does 28 to the gallon, and seems to leak a little, so regular oil changes are ongoing. One glaring omission, no cup holders….RR should provide a serf in the glovebox to decant one’s Earl Grey… Apart from that, enjoying it thoroughly… I do like the looks of a P38 vs a Classic. It's the better looking of the two. Also Gingercators 👍 Any chance of tweaking the fuel pump like you could do on the TDis, not sure how the BMW engine worked really. You could at least generate a bit more smoke and fractionally more power. Or crop dust anything with black smoke if they start tailgating you 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 You can get them re-mapped or tuning box thingy, but at 178000 miles probably best leaving well alone….. bangernomics and Spurious 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 38 minutes ago, Asimo said: I didn't think Lightning, I thought this. i cannot deny that was my 1st thought too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevebrookman Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Nice-doesn’t the cubby box lid flip over with cup holders in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Stevebrookman said: Nice-doesn’t the cubby box lid flip over with cup holders in it? This was my thought too. Both my P38s had that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 Not that I’ve noticed….! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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