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My Elgrand drove perfect today!!!
- Thread starter Reverend RobP
- Start date
- Messages
- 3
- Reaction score
- 6
- Points
- 63
- Location
- Suffolk
- First Name
- D
- Elgrand
- Looking to buy
- Region
- East Anglia
Sounds perfect in comparison then! It sounds like a lovely car to drive. We will have ours soon, also from a reputable dealer. Gonna be amazing. Like you said though, all cars have issues. It's in the territory of having and needing a vehicle.Paid £9500
Reptuable dealer
Grade 4.b
60273 miles on the clock
I have done
10000 miles in 19 months
£600 in total spent on.........
Front and rear pads
2 services (1 the plugs were changed.)
Undersealed.
£350 rear cat replacement pipes.
Run mainly on Tesco 99ron
Always drive like I have stole it. (apart when following @Mark (Madfish) )
Cheap tax
Cheap insurance
Mods not included.
Never failed emissions or test
I had a 2008 Range Rover 3.5 Petrol Vouge SE before the Elgrand.
Bought it for £21000
Had it 18 month
Cost me
£650 a year road tax
£700 for 2 services
Over £6000 in parts
And sold it for £10500
The Elgrand is not as comfy as the Range Rover was but I know it will get me where I want to go with a good degree of comfort.
I can get loads in the boot.
Carry 8 people and luggage.
Can sleep in it.
Goes like shit off a stick and never complains.
Turns heads better than 10 naked supermodels.
And I will not loose a fortune owning it.
Over the moon I found this place and seen sense.
Big thanks to the forum.
Remember that all cars have problems.
- Messages
- 573
- Reaction score
- 1,330
- Points
- 313
- Location
- Surrey
- First Name
- Ian
- Elgrand
- E51
- Region
- South East
Doh...you and me both lol! Got home the other day and thought something smelt hot. Seized brake calliper! Thanks @BMR, you're a star!Well I just had to tempt fate didn't I.....
Got up this morning to go to work and thought ooh that tyre looks a bit soft. Called into petrol station to pump it up and found a big ass nail poking out
Seems to be holding air ok though so it can wait for the weekend to get sorted.
- Messages
- 204
- Reaction score
- 715
- Points
- 223
- Location
- Morecambe
- First Name
- Sam
- Elgrand
- E51
- Region
- North West
Owned just over a year. Done around 13,000 miles. Currently around 144,000km on the clock.
No breakdowns, uses no oil or water, motor runs spot on.
Imported bargain basement for under 3k otr price.
£1700 for lpg+plugs, 3 wheel bearings, new tyres, poly bushes, new shock/top mounts, 4 drop links, brakepads all round, fog light, new battery, underseal all came to probably around another £1800 with labour (at a guess)
Works our around £6.5k roughly? And shouldn't expect to spend anymore for a while.
Past few thousand miles not a single issue what so ever.
No breakdowns, uses no oil or water, motor runs spot on.
Imported bargain basement for under 3k otr price.
£1700 for lpg+plugs, 3 wheel bearings, new tyres, poly bushes, new shock/top mounts, 4 drop links, brakepads all round, fog light, new battery, underseal all came to probably around another £1800 with labour (at a guess)
Works our around £6.5k roughly? And shouldn't expect to spend anymore for a while.
Past few thousand miles not a single issue what so ever.
Bought today £4500, 2002 only driven it 167 miles home so far, smoooooooth! Had an E50 previousy!
- Messages
- 413
- Reaction score
- 1,093
- Points
- 318
- Location
- Yorkshire
- First Name
- David
- Elgrand
- E51
- Region
- Yorkshire
Only clean cars when selling or picking my mum up from airport.... Cleaned this 4 times in 6 months myself! Plus the 6 times from my local Polish contingent... 
- Messages
- 4
- Reaction score
- 9
- Points
- 23
- Location
- Portslade
- First Name
- Jeff
- Elgrand
- E51
- Region
- South East
I've driven 25 miles today and with a sad face watching the petrol gauge go down lol ...Following on from comments about only seeing negative posts or threads about problems on forums. Here's a thread to post your happy motoring days
A quick 'driven x amount of miles with no problems' will do
Let's combat the negativity and get a sense of the amount of trouble free motoring that many enjoy
- Messages
- 67
- Reaction score
- 217
- Points
- 163
- Location
- Carmarthenshire
- First Name
- Nick
- Elgrand
- E51
- Region
- Wales
425 KM yesterday over to Southend on Sea to visit the aged parent & back in time for last orders - didnt miss a beat & filled up on cheapish LPG too !
Hello ! to White Elgrand being used as a work van just around the corner from my Mums in Thorpe Bay !
Hello ! to 52 Reg Elgrand I passed on the M25 about 5pm around the M40 junction - your headlights are cool !
Hello ! to funny man in cheap Merc who thought he would be able to cut me up on the junction of the A34 & the A420 at 6am - next time you try that make sure its not something with a V6 & four wheel drive...
Hello ! to White Elgrand being used as a work van just around the corner from my Mums in Thorpe Bay !
Hello ! to 52 Reg Elgrand I passed on the M25 about 5pm around the M40 junction - your headlights are cool !
Hello ! to funny man in cheap Merc who thought he would be able to cut me up on the junction of the A34 & the A420 at 6am - next time you try that make sure its not something with a V6 & four wheel drive...
- Messages
- 157
- Reaction score
- 297
- Points
- 223
- Location
- Somerset
- First Name
- J
- Elgrand
- E51
- Region
- South West
Torrential rain on way home tonight so glad I have the 4x4 ...
- Messages
- 1,423
- Reaction score
- 3,122
- Points
- 343
- Location
- Isle of wight
- First Name
- Cliff
- Elgrand
- E50
- Region
- South East
Started my old white deisel e50 up this morning coldest of the year here so far and it came to life immediately, drove to garage to work on my black e50, looked underneath and felt so proud of the work I accomplished yesterday 
- Messages
- 14
- Reaction score
- 33
- Points
- 83
- Location
- Yorkshire
- First Name
- Richard
- Elgrand
- E51
- Region
- Yorkshire
Went for a drive after re-installing the Hot InaZma voltage stabiliser that came with the van when it arrived from Japan. It's either a real or imagined effect but it does feel faster! It looks trick at least. I'm still amazed this thing is as fun to drive as it is for a 16 year old banger.
- Messages
- 120
- Reaction score
- 258
- Points
- 223
- Location
- E. Midlands
- First Name
- Neville
- Elgrand
- E51
- Region
- Midlands
Had mine for a couple of months or so and I still find myself looking for any excuse to take it for a drive. Every other car I have ever owned has been a 'it's alright but...' kind of drive, the Elgrand is 'it's alright YEEEEEEE HAAAH' kind of drive.
Wife still hates it but you can't have everything in life.
Wife still hates it but you can't have everything in life.
- Messages
- 4,164
- Reaction score
- 12,555
- Points
- 383
- Location
- York
- First Name
- Rob
- Elgrand
- E50
- Region
- Yorkshire
She'll learn to love it as much as you do in time mate!!
Glad you're enjoy the feel good factor
- Messages
- 337
- Reaction score
- 621
- Points
- 233
- Location
- mansfield
- First Name
- jason
- Elgrand
- E50
- Region
- Midlands
I'm up for this one, mine has covered a fair few miles this summer, always started first time, never had a problem, everyone that has driven it loves it and all I've done is a basic oil, oil filter and air filter service. Drove from Mansfield to the centre of London and back last Sunday to fetch a bed. There and back in one go took 7 hours, stopped for one wee on the way back and stepped out the car at home fresh as a daisy. Do need to have a look at rear brakes over the winter as looking at the drums it's been a few years since they have been off. It's currently nudging 220k km on the clock and looked after I'm hoping to do that again
- Messages
- 282
- Reaction score
- 1,164
- Points
- 323
- Location
- South Lincolnshire
- First Name
- Margaret
- Elgrand
- E50
Had our wonderful E50 since July 2018. Never uses oil and water. Since our ownership, had to have a top mount and spring, and a v-belt replacement. Spark plugs changed. But they were things that I wanted to do. I know that the speed sensor has gone, but there are ways around that (thank you @MrChops) the bigger expense is the undersealing. It's been a great investment for us.
- Messages
- 8
- Reaction score
- 44
- Points
- 143
- Location
- cornwall
- First Name
- chris
- Elgrand
- E51
- Region
- Devon/Conrwall
collected E51 HWS myself from Bristol port. Installed rear fog/switch (in reverse light), fitted front pads, and Mot'd - no issues. Documents all away to DVLA on 12th - waiting on reg no. !
Meanwhile replaced music system with Kenwood DAB/CD touch screen unit. Plug and play all good and working.
Washed it 4 times ! - waiting to get on the road.......
Meanwhile replaced music system with Kenwood DAB/CD touch screen unit. Plug and play all good and working.
Washed it 4 times ! - waiting to get on the road.......
- Messages
- 2,932
- Reaction score
- 8,870
- Points
- 383
- Location
- Hull
- First Name
- Matthew
- Elgrand
- E50
- Region
- Yorkshire
Just been on an 2 hour round trip to mcdonalds with the youngest to get all our tea not normally something I'd do after work but any excuse to take Ellie out for tea
- Messages
- 667
- Reaction score
- 1,393
- Points
- 313
- Location
- Beckenham, Kent
- First Name
- Peter
- Elgrand
- E51
- Region
- South East
Think it might be tempting providence, but Boris has been as reliable as any car I have owned and better than most. 3,000km around France no problems other than trying to keep son-in-law down to somewhere near the speed limits, when it was his turn to drive (to be honest I was probably worse than him). I think everyone knows that the problems people have reported on the Forum are not representative of the overall performance of these fantastic vehicles. 