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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10381  
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It's difficult to say, though it would be around £8k at a guess?
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2nd Sep 2020 3:06pm |
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| alpacaman Member Since: 07 Mar 2016 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 160
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A very good guess. Just above. Have seen plenty of older, scruffier models for much more than that. And plenty of Td5s (perhaps not with the same mileage, but still with a lot of TLC required) for well over £10k.
Should I be overly concerned about the high miles? Sadly, there's no service history, but stamps don't always mean a lot in any case. |
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2nd Sep 2020 3:10pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10381
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I bought mine by ear, as soon as it started , that was it...sweet as a nut.
Service history in my opinion means d-ck. I have just added a Femco sump plug, as it will get oil every 3k miles, nothing will be noted on the service book anyway. The rusty nuts and bolts, worn bushes, corroded radiators etc can all be replaced easily! However, even piles of crap demand high prices, it's whether you want to pay it and have a Defender, there's a lot better, nicer cars out there for £8K.. But, we are all on here for a reason.. illness. |
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2nd Sep 2020 3:17pm |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3748
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Very hard to say with out viewing in person.
Pictures can look pretty good if that is all you have to go on? do you say its at a garage (as you would have a bit more comeback) then a private buy? You have however 2 further options I guess? Ask on the forum is anyone near, someone maybe able to go and look and hopefully give you an actual opinion rather than what the sales person wants you to hear? Get a independent review done on it, many companies would offer this including the big ones like the AA Personally for me and cars I would go and see it... Many cars I have bought are miles away and have some great cars by widening my search. Could you go and see it with a trailer in case you did buy? Spending what I assume is a fair amount you want to get the 'feel' and have a poke around. |
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2nd Sep 2020 3:18pm |
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| alpacaman Member Since: 07 Mar 2016 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 160
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Thanks. It's for sale by a Land Rover specialist (diagnostics and servicing – I think they bought it off a customer after the clutch had gone, did the work and are now selling it on). I did think about seeing if I could pay a local LR indie to go and check it over, or as you say pay a couple of hundred quid for an independent inspection.
I don't mind driving over to see it, then getting the train back over to collect if I bought it. |
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2nd Sep 2020 3:24pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10381
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I will add, if the door bottoms are gone, the tops will be too, my 606 110 had the rear door handles held on with silicone...as good as Bluetooth technology..kinda floating!!
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2nd Sep 2020 3:28pm |
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| jaygti Member Since: 04 Nov 2012 Location: essex Posts: 377 
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Sadly You could probably find something similar, but tarted up a bit for £15k.
It sounds like it’s worth a look, shame it’s not nearer🤔 2002 td5 90 county hardtop |
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2nd Sep 2020 3:45pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17363 
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191,000 is not a high mileage, it is only about 12k per annum, and is in fact substantially lower than my '07 TDCi.
The only thing that would put me off it is that it is a Td5 not a TDCi, but that is just down to personal preference.
That figures, it's a Td5! if it has had a full clutch including DMF fitted, assuming that no Britpart compnents were used, that is a plus point. Last edited by blackwolf on 2nd Sep 2020 3:53pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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2nd Sep 2020 3:51pm |
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| alpacaman Member Since: 07 Mar 2016 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 160
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Thanks. I appreciate it's not high mileage for the age of the vehicle, but it might be in terms of the engine. My budget won't get me anywhere near a TDCi unfortunately.
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2nd Sep 2020 3:53pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17363
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It's lower than my 2002 Td5 Disco 2 as well.
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2nd Sep 2020 3:54pm |
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| roel Member Since: 08 Aug 2009 Location: Lelystad Posts: 2039  
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Just make an appointment and an appointment with an indie and go there. Take the 110 to the indie and be there yourselves. You will learn a lot more if you see it for yourself.
It may cost you something if you don't buy it but you will have a good feeling either way. I did that when I bought my D3 G4 from Nene Overland that involved a flight and a train and a boot on the way back.  I got a 3 months guarantee and I needed to use that but it was worth it I drove it for 10 years. Roel
1984 90 2.5 na Diesel - RR V8 (1994-2001) 1997 Camel Trophy Discovery 300TDI (2001-2009) 2005 G4 Discovery III 4.4 V8 (2008-2018) It's gone but it still hurts. 2003 90 Td5 (2009-now) |
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2nd Sep 2020 5:23pm |
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| cherob1boats Member Since: 25 Jun 2020 Location: derbyshire Posts: 18 
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You shouldn't even consider buying it without seeing it, and go with an open mind. If you don't like anything walk away. If you want to think about it walk away, you can always go back. You should be prepared to travel as far as it takes when buying a vehicle.
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3rd Sep 2020 4:14pm |
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| alpacaman Member Since: 07 Mar 2016 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 160
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To clarify, I have no intention of buying any vehicle sight unseen. Just wanted to get views/opinions before committing to a journey. Should have been clearer in the OP.
As it is, a very generous forum member has offered to go and take a look for me tomorrow. I can then decide whether or not it's worth the trip. |
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3rd Sep 2020 4:17pm |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8020  
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I have bought my last 3 vehicles unseen. The last being my 130.
Price for miles works. I would want clarification it was the clutch that it went in for and that's all that was wrong with it. Sounds like it went for work, was priced too high to fix so he sold it to them?! Or pxd? Cheers James 110 2012 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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3rd Sep 2020 5:04pm |
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