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Gents, First issue with the LR3... Was glamping with some buddies this weekend in the Olympics here in WA. Woke up to a dead battery. Totally dead. We were pretty deep in the woods, but fortunately came across another truck relatively quickly. If we hadn't found him, we'd be still be hiking...

My 2004 had a dealership-installed, brand new 4.6. Truck was essentially mint and one of the nicer bone-stock 2004s around. 12 months later the 4.6 catastrophically failed and I lost quite a bit of money. It was utterly demoralizing. The LR3 I'm on now will be the last chance I'm giving Land...

We get the more problematic V8 and the numerous secondary and tertiary systems no one needs, i.e heated bull****, navigation, 35 different airbags, chrome badging, "special paint", 19" "special" wheels, suede headliner, etc etc. It's such a delicious, hideous irony that the country with the...

Canol Road

Only been here for a couple weeks and already love it.

Needs a new thermostat.

The West is fading and Asia is rising. If you pay close attention you'll see that LR is planning on opening a factory in China. Why worry about satisfying a small North American enthusiast crowd, at great expense, when you can sell another 3,000-10,000 cars per year by expanding Chinese...

I saw that too -- but I'm reading that they're fluid-filled apparently and prone to leaking. I don't have the ability to press bushings in and out so I want a long-term solution. The poly bushes seem like the way to go, although there is some concern that the bushings are so stiff that they...

I'm getting the knock/rattle from the front suspension. Apparently this is super common and the genesis of the problem is a subject of some debate. I think I'll start with the front swaybar bushings and go from there -- I'm reading some of Nwoods' posts on LRR and apparently the issue returned...

It's pretty weird looking but on the other hand it's cool that someone did something else besides 33"s, winch bumper and an SD rack. I don't think this is the first time we've seen this truck...

Yeah, that was my first thought -- especially since at this mileage (70k) that's not uncommon on any vehicle I'm convincing myself that because I've gained, lost, and gained again so much elevation in the past 24 hours that the motor is confused and popped a momentary rich condition. Yeah...

... And there's the CEL. Part of me knew it was coming. Anything common that would kill fuel economy? It's the passive indicator, not the ! LED one. :( Update... Back up to 14mpg. Hmm. Gonna try to pull the code in Salt Lake.

MPGs took a serious dive today under similar driving conditions. I can't get above 11 mpg. I thought maybe the trailer brakes got stuck or something, but not the case. Weird.

More boring non-4x4 stuff: Halfway through my drive/move from AZ to WA. I'm towing 5,400 lbs. This truck's gonna be workin for a living. :) Over the first 650 miles, the LR3 averaged 14.4 mpg between 60 and 70 mph through mountainous northern Arizona. I'm pretty happy with that considering...

It's at Royal Land Rover Tucson (AZ). I have no idea what their plans are for it.

The 2004's 4.6 lost its camshaft bearing with 23,000 miles on the clock. The motor (new from LR Nashville) was out of warranty, unfortunately. I got absolutely killed on the trade. Oh well. While I liked the 2004 at first, and it certainly looks great, I was overall pretty ambivalent about the...

Already have tires. BFG ATs I got for cheap. Gonna wait to put them on, though, because I need to make a 2,000 mile drive to WA first and the Army will pay me to haul 'em.

First step will be a bumper and a winch, I think. Lots of interesting options there.

My 2004 has a bad 4.6, unfortunately -- 3 days before I was planning to use it to move to WA -- and needs a new shortblock. It's sort of a long story and one I have strong feelings about, but I don't want to get into all that business here. Funny that my 1995 6.2L keeps humming along despite my...

A bunch of bad news today. #1, my 2004 needs the front cover pulled to replace a bad oil pump. #2 my 1995 blew its transmission cooler line out in the Chihuahua desert -- cherry on top was that it was on its maiden voyage after I spent the better part of a year getting it kitted out JUST the...