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Personally, I dislike the P38, however given your choices I'd plump for a p38 and gas it but then I'm biased - I'm an LPG installer! What about a disco series II? Non-converted V8 models seem to go for ok money just now and are worth considering for conversion. Again I'm biased, that's what I run as my daily car. Badger. B.H.Engineering Rover V8 engine specialists

I'd always recommend the latter option, however I'd probably go for a

With two cars, you can have a nice economical and cheap to repair runabout for the family, then for the fun stuff and also lugging things around you've got a 4x4 that you don't need to depend on if you bounce it off rocks too hard.

Range Rovers are dodgy from what I've seen, too many electronics, all connected together with the cheapest connectors available at the time they were made. Last authorised landy dealer I went to said that they normally see second-hand Range Rovers back within a few months of selling them as the owners want shot of them as they don't realise how long they'll spend in the dealer's workshops getting fixed.

Also you won't want to off-road in your only car, it's extremely easy to scratch paint and bend metal when off-roading, you can cake the inside in mud in no time at all, and of course if you run road tyres (and that includes the pathetic "all terrain" tyres) on it you'll get stuck very quickly, but if you put muds on it then you'll reduce brake performance on the road.

So if you have the parking space, get the off-road toy that you can use for messy stuff, and get the safer family car to do the daily trips in.

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