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Huttopia

Member Since: 23 Feb 2016
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1972

P38 prices

Any idea why the prices of P38s seem to be on the march still? Petrol variants that were £2.50 not that long ago have rocketed. The good stuff seems to be about £6.5k now! Perhaps the anti-diesel narrative has inflated the prices.

5th Mar 2018 7:45am

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4785

Probably a combination of that and also Range Rover Classics are becoming increasingly valuable so the P38 is the more affordable option and is also starting to gain classic status I'd imagine.

The looks have mellowed some what over the years too

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5th Mar 2018 8:00am

Huttopia

Member Since: 23 Feb 2016
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1972

Yep that makes sense. It is still a lot of car for the money, and arguably requires the same maintenance money as an L322. The variants with the colour coded bumpers - Westminster/ Bordeaux seem to have aged ok. I’m looking at a couple of 2001 models as possible station hacks. Not sure whether to go 4.0 or 4.6!

5th Mar 2018 8:07am

Villa101

Member Since: 12 Nov 2017
Location: n/a
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"Not sure whether to go 4.0 or 4.6!"

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4 minutes in Jay Z answers this...

5th Mar 2018 1:16pm

Huttopia

Member Since: 23 Feb 2016
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1972

Does he cover reliability and servicing in another song?

5th Mar 2018 1:20pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4785

5th Mar 2018 1:24pm

Huttopia

Member Since: 23 Feb 2016
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1972

I went and looked at a P38 4.6 Vogue yesterday. Having asked the obvious questions before going it was pretty disappointing to get there and the guy said 'oh yes there is one thing, the book symbol on the climate control'. So three blend motors / dash out (not interested in hacking it about). He did say we could work the cost of repair into the price.

Other than that it looked pretty good. I've asked 4x4 Development to give it a check over / diagnostic check and the owner was happy to do that. Will know more next Sat hopefully.

Tomorrow morning I'm off to look at another P38, a run out Bordeaux model which looks very clean. I think they were a bit of a parts bin special, and realtively low spec in comparison to the Vogue, but in any event I just hope there won't be any surprises!

8th Mar 2018 5:55pm

Huttopia

Member Since: 23 Feb 2016
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1972

No surprises, the Bordeaux was really tight and clean. Minor crack in the front bumper but no sign of impact, so that will need some work. The sills also need a respray, , they are solid but there are marks where the running boards were removed. The MoT advisory was that the air bags are perished so that is something to add to the list. I didn’t realise that this model had not got heated seats. Not sure how much of a job to refit, perhaps a chat with Trevor at Nationwide.

Time to talk to Mrs H and find out if it is a divorce level event, and which current car has to go to make space.

9th Mar 2018 9:46pm

grafty99

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Location: North Devon
Posts: 4785

9th Mar 2018 9:57pm

Huttopia

Member Since: 23 Feb 2016
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1972

It turns out it’s not a divorce level event! Woo and hoo in equal measure! The most reliable and economical car in the fleet, the VW Golf is about to be replaced with a 4.0 v8 P38, what could go wrong

10th Mar 2018 6:47pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10756

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

Keeper.

Clayton.

11th Mar 2018 9:38pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4785

Huttopia wrote:
what could go wrong

I really hope that is rhetorical as I don't think the internet is big enough for a list

11th Mar 2018 10:15pm

Huttopia

Member Since: 23 Feb 2016
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1972

I know, I know they aren’t without the odd challenge! Parts are still relatively cheap and patience is a virtue. They do drive nicely when going.....

12th Mar 2018 6:20am

Huttopia

Member Since: 23 Feb 2016
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1972

Just picked the kids up in this fat mama:

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It was a slow drive home, but we didn’t break down 😂

23rd Mar 2018 4:58pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4785

Very nice

23rd Mar 2018 11:14pm

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